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The bolded is extreme for Carlton (fifth occurrence in club history), but not exceptional by AFL standards. In the past decade Gold Coast has won 11 games under those conditions; GWS 9; Melbourne, Richmond, Collingwood & West Coast 1-2 each.
Or was it blokes like Lobbe, Graham, Jones, Wright and so forth?
It really only supports my opinion that Carlton's development is behind where it should be. There's not a lot of evidence of a young unit being moulded, just individuals swimming against the tide.
Nothing with what I have seen this year surprises me with what I expected, aside from our defensive failing following on from last years very effective defensive unit. We're a shambles down back, after being as tight as a frogs bottom last year.
We've rotated 17 players down back with injuries to Docherty before the season started, and with ASOS, Rowe, Plowman, Marchbank, Jones, Byrne, Williamson, McReadie and even Weitering missing games this year due to injury. Coupled with an offensive game plan that we were not yet ready for, it hasnt been entirely surprising though,

