Robbo went ape in his column this morning about why we shouldn't get a PP. Not fair to the Bombers obviously...

What will he say in 12 months if Essendon** have a horror season?

That the Bombers have been punished enough for a legal supplements program and deserve significant assistance as compensation for it.

2012 draft - GWS and Gold Coast - 6 OF THE TOP 12 PICKS.
2013 draft - GWS and Gold Coast - 4 OF THE TOP 14 PICKS.
2014 draft - GWS and Gold Coast - 4 OF THE TOP 8 PICKS.

And yet one lousy extra pick for Carlton isn't warranted?

Robbo went ape in his column this morning about why we shouldn't get a PP. Not fair to the Bombers obviously...

How does this make us any more deserving of a priority pick than any other team? Why don't the AFL just give 'one lousy extra pick' to each of the other 16 teams impacted by the creation of GWS & GC?

Equalisation via additional priority picks is a farce. We complain all year about our poor list management, drafting and development but then want the AFL to bail us out and save us from our own previous incompetence.. Screw that.

I'll accept us applying for it because I think it's merely a ploy to keep the AFL honest with the Kreuzer compo pick, but I don't think we, or any other team, should receive a priority pick. That whole scheme should be abolished.

We complain all year about our poor list management, drafting and development but then want the AFL to bail us out and save us from our own previous incompetence.. Screw that.

I don't doubt Carlton has been incompetent with their list management. eg Betts loss for gain of Collingwood player Thomas. eg that Footscray forward on a 3 year deal

However, that is just one element that explains Carlton's predicament. Another is the relative lack of AFL support compared to their project teams

eg AFL gifts given to numerous other clubs, but when it is Carlton's turn they are supposed to turn the other way? I disagree. You wait and see what the AFL has in store for Brisbane. This makes Brisbane stronger relative to Carlton. Why is Brisbane more important than Carlton? They just won 3 flags recently. So why should they get bailed out for theirpoor decisions but Carlton can't

Are we that proud? Forget pride Carlton needs help. I am not sitting through 100 point drubbings

Can't think of many other reasons a team would be low enough to deserve a priority pick than poor drafting, list management and development. If they were decent at them things they wouldnt be at the bottom asking for a pick.

That is how most, if not all teams wind up on the bottom with little hope. Maybe being in the wrong spot when a new club is invented is another reason.

Robbo needs to stop writing.

Essendon* cheated, simple as that

We don't need a priority pick and neither do Brisbane

Both clubs have had poor management and deserve to be where they are today.

If Carlton never got Malthouse, we would probably be in the top 8 and the ex blues would still be at the club. MM got too many players off side and was too involved in recruiting, which led to bad recruitment decisions. Jaksh for pick 7 was just a wowser. To think we are so sweating on a number 2 pick, which is only 5 spots off pick 7.

Like any job, people leave bad environments due to poor management they receive, direction of the business and how much they are getting paid. What is Carlton's direction, management and environment like. MM got everyone excited saying he couldn't see the blues losing a game in preseason with no game plan. Round 2 we announce we are rebuilding and Murphy / Gibbs on the table. After that, the players are not playing for the coach and when the club needed to come out and just sack mick, the big fat prez says he is safe until end of season. They let it go on for 3 weeks until he got himself sacked. After the belting Hawks gave us weeks ago, Media has labelled user a rabble and need a full rebuild. Will take years to get back to the finals blah blah blah. Won't help in attracting players. Free agents generally go to premiership contenders now.

Brisbane is just as bad and neither deserve a priority pick. They both need to learn how to develop a list and create a good environment. Both clubs are toxic right now, but SOS and Bolton will turn that around quickly. I don't know what is worse though, 2 years of a drug case hanging over your heads or 2.5 years of malthouse running your club. How many quality players have left the club, it is a joke. Essendon** has kept it together better than both clubs before WADA appealed their case.

Priority pick is just insulting. So nah.