Opinion Which new Carlton player are you most excited about?

[Soapy V]

Not new but excited what he can do after 12 months in an AFL program.
Got some serious tricks around goals like young Eddie always had.
If he learns to impact game as Eddie did over time, watch out, exciting times.

Round One. No doubt

 

[footyfan1978]

God, yes please.
Make it a debut like the Buzz or something. ha ha.
A man can dream.

 

[footyfan1978]

I thought I replied to OP but seems I must have not pressed reply.
Most excited to see if Dow is some gun that can do a Craig Bradley type career and just week in, week out bring the class stuff to the game. Get a sense from recruiters talk he may have that type of consistency. That would be awesome.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Jarrod Garlett looks like a player who will get people out of their seats and cheering.

 

[footyfan1978]

Jarrod Garlett looks like a player who will get people out of their seats and cheering.

I'm already out of my seat and cheering him.

Someone find the lid, to put back on. Bit excited of how our list is looking, all of a sudden.

 

[Nori]

De Koning because I have no idea what to expect. If he and Harry can eventually play in the same side and do a decent job sharing the ruck and playing forward. That’s going to be huge.

 

[Neese]

Kennedy

 

[Metalcrusher]

Can I say this? All of them .... but I am MOST intrigued with Ralphy boy to see why he went so late. If his goal kicking was 30/30, his field kicking 29/30 ........ his tank OK ..... Could he be the latest picked up player in a draft (excluding Rookie/recycled) to play in a premiership side???

 

[Cowboyblues]

Angus Schumacher. Last year we had a kid we picked in the 60s as a bottom ager get a lot of games with his laser left, determination and never taking a step back. Young Angus might be the similar surprise packet. One can hope.

 

[bmaurizio]

Jarrod Garlett looks like a player who will get people out of their seats and cheering.

Jarrod Garlett moves beautifully special, if Pickett and SPS too can fire in same game it will be one to remember and hope its early Rd1 against the Tigers.
Go Baggers

 

[BlueGum]

Kennedy - switching between mid and forward. Havoc.

 

[JustaBattler]

Immediate impact Kennedy V Garlett choice - I'm thinking Garlett will get some chemistry going with SPS and Pickett
Longer term - Dow hopefully ( fingers crossed )

 

[Metalcrusher]

3 amigos Mark II??

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

3 amigos Mark II??

Hopefully not. It was a rubbish nickname at the time and I would rather not reprise it just because we have recruited more indigenous players.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Dow, O’Brien, Kennedy, all exciting.

For me.......Garlett, an absolute steal.

 

[agro]

3 amigos Mark II??

It’s actually 4:

- SPS
- Pickett
- Le Bois
- Garlett

 

[Masqualero]

Dow in my opinion. Excited about LOB and Garrett as well. It's Dow because he has the most potential to be that elite future AA threat with his combination if skills. Our list lacks elite level, game breaking capacity over sustained periods in games and throughout seasons. Dow is most likely to offer this factor.
Helps achieve the objective of less variance in performance, distance between best and worst, to have as many players as possible sustain quality output. I see the others having quality sporadic performances, Dow is most likely to go to the next level consistently.

Did you see SPS against the Pies!? Match winner!

 

[Funk]

All the photos recently of Adam Kennedy I have seen suggest he is a little overweight, hopefully a big preseason he can shed some weight and turn into a key part of our midfield.

Dow looks amazing, should play 15+ games if injury free.

So it's him for the PSD???????

 

[katmanblue]

Craig Bradley??

Exactly. I hope LOB takes #21.

 

[Blubagger71]

Did you see SPS against the Pies!? Match winner!

Absolutely but you make my point. Consistent excellence where the variations are minimised. Elite players produce that regularly, not just every now and then. Dow has the best chance of this new crop to do that. Not saying there aren't others outside this crop but they aren't consistent yet.

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

Absolutely but you make my point. Consistent excellence where the variations are minimised. Elite players produce that regularly, not just every now and then. Dow has the best chance of this new crop to do that. Not saying there aren't others outside this crop but they aren't consistent yet.

C Curnow rarely played a bad game once he was up and running. Also, Cripps.

 

[Masqualero]

Absolutely but you make my point. Consistent excellence where the variations are minimised. Elite players produce that regularly, not just every now and then. Dow has the best chance of this new crop to do that. Not saying there aren't others outside this crop but they aren't consistent yet.

SPS didn't have a preseason and busted that out, with a full pre-season he will be consistent.

 

[Blubagger71]

C Curnow rarely played a bad game once he was up and running. Also, Cripps.

And they need friends. I reckon Murphy was pretty good too, obviously Doc, Kreuz, Gibbs is gone but he was great until he got tired. Needs to be a whole team consistently performing in adherence to Bolton's plan. I feel like we are getting close.

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

And they need friends. I reckon Murphy was pretty good too, obviously Doc, Kreuz, Gibbs is gone but he was great until he got tired. Needs to be a whole team consistently performing in adherence to Bolton's plan. I feel like we are getting close.

You said our list "lacks elite level, game-breaking capacity over sustained periods in games". I actually think our youth are some of the best-placed in the league to do just that.

Cripps, Curnow and SPS will all be/are match-winners in their own right. Pickett can join them if his tank complies.

 

[Blubagger71]

You said our list "lacks elite level, game-breaking capacity over sustained periods in games". I actually think our youth are some of the best-placed in the league to do just that.

Cripps, Curnow and SPS will all be/are match-winners in their own right. Pickett can join them if his tank complies.

Six whole times last season...

Sometimes we forget that the other teams grow exponentially as well.

I'm hopeful like everyone but, I'm not prepared to call these guys match winners until there is consistent match winning.

You'll note I also said within seasons.