That's a very half glass empty assessment. I prefer BB's.

I get Docherty's return is unknown but Cunningham, Marchbank and Philp. When are they expected to be back playing at some level and then add 4 weeks to get back to the seniors. Where does that put their potential return, assuming form warrants selection?

Maybe they’ll all build form and construct a winning culture with all the younger players like Mirkov in the VFL team that will then come through to the seniors in 2023?

Do you really want us to go to the draft for eight more players?

Cuningham’s ongoing hamstring issues, having removed a piece of them to repair his knee, are a foregone conclusion.
Philp has to learn how to run again.
Marchbank has played a couple of reduced-capacity scratch matches in the last two and a half years. His constitution is just super, yet he’s the one that I’m most confident about.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

I hate to break it to you, but we’ll never have a list of 37 guys who are all ready to impact at AFL level. No club has that. All clubs have 18-19 year olds, category B rookies and players returning from LTIs. You hope that a few might pop up and contribute at AFL level, but generally you’re getting them ready for the following year.

You seem to be bemoaning that we don’t have enough players who can contribute at AFL level in 2022, yet you want us to take half a dozen more picks in the national draft and the rookie draft. Realistically, a bunch of late picks in this year’s drafts will not improve our list. Perhaps we could have cut Setterfield, Cottrell, Parks etc - but you’d be replacing them with this year’s equivalent of O’Shea and Mullett. Next year may be a better year to take a later pick or two because the state and junior leagues should be back to normal.

Our list isn’t perfect but I’m glad we didn’t cut any deeper than we did this time.

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It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.

That’s where they have to come from.

The real question is what do those five lumps of flotsam add to the side?

As hard as I try, the only two I can find anything unique about are Boyd, who serves as a constant reminder to everyone how easily they can be replaced; and Cottrell, who might offer a fair contest for Walshy in a foot race around Princes Park.

Meanwhile we’re scraping the barrel for another clutch full of supplemental additions and 12 months further removed from any sort of contingency should Harry, Weitering or Jones miss significant time.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

We may have a surprise extra spot on our list.
Channel 7 news ran with a story of a Carlton player who is refusing to be vaccinated.
No name mentioned.

Shit , i hope its one of the also rans .

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All my dangerous friends

Was it definitely the men's team?

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Our tradition demands success!

Yes

Did they run the story with footage of Carlton players?

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Sounds like someone got the good mail backwards…

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"Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen."

Mort Sahl

while listening to SEN and drinking an orange juice backwards

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If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!

So, here we are.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

I understand the club committed to re-drafting Cottrell. But with the way our list is shaping now, the club needs to renege on this and bring in an additional key position. I think we need to draft both a young key defender and a mature one ready to go now. We just don't have enough spots on the list to persevere with Cottrell any more I wouldn't have thought.

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Better late than Cerra

Hopefully the horse hasn’t bolted there.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

How many rookie picks do we have?

I’d be saying to Cottrell, we’re taking 2 picks in the draft and you can have Jones spot via the other draft.

He's being rookie drafted, is he not?
So he'll be listed after the ND and PSD take place.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.