Has been a good pickup French, albeit an ordinary 75% of this year was the call sign for his retirement.

All the best Barny, you've given it your all.

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Mjonc signing off at 8888

He hinted earlier in the year that this would most likely be his last season. Good time to go as the injuries were starting to take their toll.

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"We used to sit around and talk about how bad the game plan was." Anthony Koutoufides

Looks like Denis will almost certainly go after Gardiner now.

Congratulations go to Barnaby for a fairly good career. Just an honest bloke who played to his limits. Will be missed.

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Twitter - @johnfeeney24

Pathetic.

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"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, and the young know everything." Oscar Wilde

Good on ya Bananaby, sad to see you go. Thankyou big guy!

Gardiner ... if the club recruit him my family wont be members anymore...

French was a good team man who did his best with what abilities he had...
time to recruit a young ruckman and stick with him....

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"When you have the attitude of a champion, you see adversity as your
training partner."
- Conor Gillen

Always gave 110%. Congrats on a great career. I' proud to say I was there for his farewell game.

Can he hang around to help Demps with ruck coaching?

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Richard Pratt - A Carlton legend.

Congrats Barnaby

Great player for us and I'm very sad to see him go. Thought he might have gone another season. We'll miss him terribly.

All the best

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Love Cricket? Love me

Are the odds out for the wooden spoon for next year? If so im definately going to put money on carlton!

You have to have a ruckman in your team, fukin hell. WE HAVE TO GET GARDINER NOW!!!! n west coast knows this, so they are going to make as pay big

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delist the whole carlton list

And sacrifice what character and respect remains at our club?

No thanks.

I'd rather endure another year of Dylan McLaren.

At least his knees are still working.

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Twitter - @johnfeeney24

Good on you Barney for knowing when it was time to go. You'll be sitting back drinking pina colladas next year while Kouta is dragging his sorry arse around the park embarrasing himself and the club.

Well @#$%&! me dead, if it isn't the grinch.



See you in December just in case we are enjoying the offseason too much. Misery guts.

he is a ray of sunshine isnt he

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dane's trolling again

agreed stuff Gardiner if his Knees are shot and i still think Maclaren having No #1 rucking duties may show more than we saw this year.

He was No #1 ruck for 2 games this year and wasnt to bad ... averaged 20+ HO and in one of the games 10 Tackles ..... when he was second string we didnt see much of him but he was used very sparingly.

with Maclaren No #1 for 2007 and maybe elevating Aisake for back up could be a okay combo ... but Maclaren is more mobile and to be fair only had 2 games in 2006 where he was given Number 1 Role and wasnt any worse than Barnaby ... was better in being a mobile Ruckman and like Barny is a good clubman

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CFC TAC Squad everyone over 25 must be traded sounds like Loguns Run

Well said if bryan had frenchs heart it might help

Well done, big fella. Thanks for the good years of service.

By the way, he & Jane are moving back home to Adelaide to start a family, so no chance of he staying on at the club in an off field capacity.

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For some silly reason, you people want to assassinate him, and it's just rubbish. You people. All of you, ALL of you!

I'm with you, PJ.

Isn't Aisake being groomed for rucking?

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

Yep.

And as my sig suggests, he will develop in to the ruckman we have been looking for.

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Twitter - @johnfeeney24

Sad to see you go, Barney.

It was a shame that it was such a shocker for your last match.

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

Yep looks like McLaren for next year - don't forget people he has rucked almost a whole year when Brisbane's ruck division were down it wont be new to him.

Is there any decent rucks after Luenberger (he will be gone by 17) in this years draft?