In today's age in an article on the Saints, Parkin stated the following:

How many of these "decent" players do we have going forward?

IMHO this question goes to the heart of our list management and what we should be thinking of come draft time.

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"It was like calling your ex girlfriend after a night on the booze, just a really bad decision".

id say fev, murph, stevens, simpson, carrazzo.

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"I can't wait to win a premiership with this club" - Fev

I'd say all of those guys except for Murph. He will be a great player but he hasn't been so great this year compared to the others (except for Stevo).

Hopefully in two years

two decent ruckman...Kreuzer, Aisake, Hampson

two decent insiders...Murphy & Gibbs

two decent carriers... Scotland, Stevens, Simpson & Shaun Burgoyne [assuming we trade pick 3 to Port so they can get Ebert]

and two players who can close down...Walker & Wiggins

Ruckmen: Aisake, Hampson, Jacobs.

Insiders: Gibbs.

Carriers: Simpson, Houlihan, Scotland.

Either: Murphy, Walker, Stevens, Carrazzo, Jackson.

Taggers: Bannister, Anderson, Walker.

+ possibly Kreuzer + Masten/Cotchin/Ebert/Palmer/Morton.

I'd say we WILL fit his recipe, but currently we are relying too much on Murphy, Walker and Gibbs.

I'd like to know how many ingredients he left us with when he quit coaching....

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Richard Pratt - A Carlton legend.

Good point, Deano.

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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.

Ruckman: Kreuzer, Aisake, Hampson

Insiders: Murphy, Gibbs , Carrazo

Carriers: Stevens, Simpson, Walker

Stoppers: We really don't have any. Anderson may get that role, but we need some more development in this area. Bannister is pretty good at this role but only on certain match ups. And he is no certainty to be retained on the list. Wiggins isn't a tagger. Russell showed glimpses but I highly doubt it fits his style of play. Bentick is too slow.

Although I think Parko left out an important category...

Goal kickers: Fev, Waite, Fisher

What happened to the premierships are built from defence forward?
We need relable kep posi backmen.

Exactly. The midfield will look after itself (especially now that it looks like Kreuzer is on his way to PP), and our forwards have been our most impressive feature this year. To be competitive, we need to stop giving up 20+ goals a game. Do this, and that's a good portion of the battle won.

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#GUILTY

Why do we want Ebert? 190-some games behind him .. not that many in front of him .. would the same impetus behind recruiting Mick Martin be behind recruiting Ebert? Or would this be on the basis of axeing Ackland and getting a real ruckman to teach the likes of Landcruiser, Zacky, and Hammer?

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[Sam Jacobs] looks like a 7' Lance Whitnall, and [Mitch Robinson] looks like a 4' Lance Whitnall
(The SEN team during the Carlton v Cats 2009 pre-season match)

Read it again, p12.....

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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.