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[drusswaylander]

Hi Druss,

Don't want to get into it again as it was done to death last year. I'm just stoked for the Carlton footbal club.

A great draft, and a great future for Carlton

Splendiferous,
I agree. Let's move on. Given how the draft panned out, you could have left my post unfettered .

Note: I have manlove for Lucas who will be able to play so many positions for us, and is just a quality player going through his development!

Fair enough. As Splendini wrote lets move on, great result for us. If you could have just resisted the franking bit, given your earlier posts I doubt that you would even have elicited a response. Not always easy I know and something I am not immune to

 

[BlueGibbs2011]

Happy to cede that to you fella, but I am afraid this draft does not prove we did not adhere to best available. WH has kept the argument alive by saying he focused on talls, Ratts squashed it again by claiming we stuck to best available and the selections we made were best available that just happened to be a) tall b) filled a need we had.

Gonna have to wait out another season to continue this one mate. Enjoy the winter over there.

You're a good man 30YB.

Might be a quiet Carlton Bigfooty summer with a great draft, and no Fev. Make sure you keep everyone on their toes as you're the poster of the offseason!

 

[drusswaylander]

Happy to cede that to you fella, but I am afraid this draft does not prove we did not adhere to best available. WH has kept the argument alive by saying he focused on talls, Ratts squashed it again by claiming we stuck to best available and the selections we made were best available that just happened to be a) tall b) filled a need we had.

Gonna have to wait out another season to continue this one mate. Enjoy the winter over there.

Well Wayne does have a habit of telling the truth rather than following the party line though.

 

[40yearBLUE]

Well Wayne does have a habit of telling the truth rather than following the party line though.

Its a bit of a game aint it. But look at it from this angle. AFL is bigger than politics and played the same way off the field. Every word and body language nuance is scrutinized and placed on the record. A coach that does not massage the egos of the recruits by signalling that they were considered the best available opens themselves up to criticism from agenda driven journos or indeed the players themselves at contract renewal time. If a player does not feel they got a fair go and can look back to post draft and see that the coach did not consider they were the best available they have ammunition to feed their agendas. And confidence is a big part of the success or otherwise of these kids. Some need reassurances some dont. You wont ever hear anyone complain you loved em too much but some would complain if they didnt feel the love........lets play it safe. We love ya fellas, all of you prolly shoulda gone top 10 and sooo lucky for us ya didnt.

 

[ESKIE]

Rapt with the outcome, both Watson and McCarthy, should have gone much earlier, from what i have read so absolute good gets for us, including Mitchell, takes a good grab. Can;t wait to see our young guns running around in navy

 

[Dramoth]

I am stoked with what we picked up in the draft. It has been acknowledged over the last couple of seasons that we are 1 quality defender away from our step into the top 4. If would be putting some serious effort into the young talls we got this draft as well as pushing Levi as hard you can so that we could start playing them in the later half of the season.

Duigan will be in the mix from the get go and Laidler will play a part as well.

I dont think that our defense is our weak point these days.