Old Herald sun article

[TrueBlue05]

Ok so I don't remember the year, it could've been 2007. I read an article about Carlton in the herald sun naming 6 players, and how if we want to win a premiership we need to get rid of them. I don't remember exactly who the players were but I really want to find that article again, I've tried searching for it but no luck!
some players that spring into mind: Fisher, Houlihan, Thornton, O'hAilpin, Scotland, Wiggins and maybe Bannister
does anyone remember, or know where I can find this article??

 

[athensblue]

IIRC was written by Wallsy; he compared our bottom 6 players to the bottom 6 of other good sides at the time and how big the gap was

 

[matt decat]

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/success-comes-in-half-dozens-20091124-j3wu.html

 

[Kades_Dad]

He was right on the money too, but in retrospect probably too harsh in naming players like Hoops and Russell who have gone on to improve and elevate their games.

The biggest improvement we have made of late is the depth of our list and competition for spots. It's great that we can argue about elevating quality guys like Mclean, Lucas, Armfield etc... Two or three years ago our bottom six players and most of our Bullants listed players were not to AFL standard.

 

[TrueBlue05]

yea this is a good one but I dont think its the same one. I could've sworn it Mentioned Fisher and Scotland.

 

[dylan_mike]

Russell, Cloke, Wiggins, Ryan Houlihan, Setanta O'hAilpin and Bret Thornton

Spot on with all of them. Ryan Houlihan is probably th ebest out of that lot. Unfortunately we still have Russel and he is still in the bottom 6 for mine.

 

[blueswagger]

dylan-mike...have you seen any of Russell's games from 2010?

Have you bothered to look at the John Nicholls Medal from 2010? Considering he was beaten by the eventual Brownlow medallist, I would consider that a pretty good year! Certainly not bottom 6 material, but hey, that's just me....