Since hearing about these injuries I have done some extensive research on what has caused this.
A) just unlucky
B) SOS recruiting injury prone hacks
C) long term high price contracts caused injuries
D) playing surface is not right
E) time to burn Russel at the stake
F) players playing to young and bodies not allowed to develop
G) it's the boards fault
H) Voss game plan of contested football
I) the curse still hasn't been lifted
J) soft cap
K) all of the above

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Shit , i shouldn't have asked .No , thanks for the answer . The concerning part of your answer is the early draft picks being so so . Think that what is hurting . Really hoping this latest batch make there mark ..........................

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Can't agree on the limited midfield WOW. Our midfield depth and ability is better than most. As for the team getting older, we probably have less 30+ players than most as well.

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Thankyou Carlton for the annual reminder that I am emotionally over-investing....
*sigh*

(I do feel for Zac)

Agree with you for once
Think about it
What has Williams done in his first 2 years
Was given an opportunity as a mid in his first year and was shit
Second year body failed him
So no great loss
His first year he clearly wasn’t fit enough and his calf and Achilles couldn’t handle the training loads in his second year
Late 20s it’s bad luck for the guy but it’s one of the reasons you don’t give a guy a 4.8 million contract over 6 years when there 26 years of age
Philip was given a 2 year contract extension based on 2 games
Martin’s body obviously can’t handle training loads
Mc Govern was given a 5 year contract despite 43 games over 6 years at The Crows

Personally I don’t believe any player should get a 6 year contract for obvious reasons
So O’ Brien will get the nod given Boyds rooted
O’ Brien should have gone 2 years ago

I just got off the floor. FMD.

Nice to read this post.

Here lies our answers: options, opportunities ... another preseason under their belts...its a long season for every club.

Walsh, Boyd and Cottrell will be back. Cottrell earlier than Boyd (hopefully). No idea about Walsh, but glad he's building up.

Expecting 2nd half of the season to be better for us than last year.

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Our 24-th-30th players are very important as they are for every club.

LOB has a role to play.

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We had a good year in 2022 despite up to 16 out injured at the same time, and we won a couple games with a dozen out.
This year hasn't even started. Season start is 40 days away.
We can't write off Kemp, Carroll, LOB and Honey.
Williams is a HBF...did we draft any HBF's who have failed. Do we have potential great HBF's draftees playing in a different spot.
Walsh is a mid and he will be back by round 5, and we have cover in there.

I agree our depth would have been better if SOS had more success with his choices, but that's in the past.

The inevitable return of Walsh, Boyd and Cottrell will make a huge difference.

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I would be heading to St Mochtas in Louth and having a word with the Irish lad to see if he is interested in returning

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I'm going with:
A) definitely (esp re Marchbank - pretty sure he wasn't injury prone at GWS?, Walsh, Docherty)
B) to the extent that he was prob a tad optimistic about how McGovern, Williams and Martin would 'change their ways' if he came to Carlton. Similar to Nick Kygrios, poor training/care standards and attention to detail leads to soft tissue injuries. Less so re Williams' ACL.
D) Maybe. Should be looked into although for years our ground was considered one of the best playing surfaces? (And Williams did his ACL in Qld...)
J) Definitely. Well, I'd just rephrase it as 'Soft KNEE Cap' and then we get Newman & Charlie under this category.
L) Dumb shit - which def captures Curnow and possibly Weitering trying to bump De Goey at full pace (brave yes, and he did stop that goal that looked inevitable but... sacrificed the rest of his (and our?) season.

Our home ground with a concrete base is the major issue with the foot injuries. I have raised this plenty of times. Our kids bodies have been destroyed by playing them early. There is only so much their bodies can absorb at such a young age.

I know some will try to divert it to our training ground but that is farcical, as we have used that ground for decades and even resurfaced it of late. Anyway just believe what you want.

Byrno

No harm in trying again.
HIf he was gettable we couldve got him as a rookie or a Cat B?

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Marchbank was injured when we got him !!
McGovern also had a history with injury as did Martin.
Williams too I think?
Look beggars can't be choosers. The quality talent we can lure from rival clubs came with buyer beware tags attached.

Outside of that the 3 foot related stress fractures is the other obvious trend.
Is it really the surface? Is the club that stupid?

Either way it is pretty fkn unprofessional, all these injuries.
I don't believe in bad luck when the trend is sustained.
We have had the off season to get players right and every day we hear of another injury.
If we get more then it will seriously hinder our chances in 2023.

AFL is a physical game, and the pace is faster when compared to the past.
I expect injuries, and I think every player experiences them at some stage.
Some players get through their early career with small niggles but front up every week, only to experience soft tissue injury towards the back end of their career.

If we are to take a guess as to why we experience long term injuries, then, for the first time, I think there may be something in that highlighted line. We were beggars for a long long time.

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Look at the bright side of Williams injury, if there is one.

JSOS was looking as if he could be pushed out of the team. Could be a good HBF. Reliable, good mark, determined, give him a try.

Another is Kemp. I have been saying for ages he deserves a run of senior games. Here is his chance.

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Also….

what if…WHAT if…the kid we picked up for this
exact position…comes in after a few games and
destroys it…?

every season there are a few kids who KILL it first
up for other teams…why can’t Cowan be one of them…?

fingers crossed…!


kindest regards tommi

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Thanks tommi for letting the cat out of the bag. I am seriously thinking of Cowan in my Fantasy team.

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Fair enough too….

i like his shoulders…!


kindest regards tommi





Also…we need to discuss why you’re keeping cat’s in
bags Mr Hopkins…!

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