Saad is only 27 going into next season, birthday in July

Also posted in another thread.
Joshua Cripps will be training with Carlton with the chance of being added to our list early next year.

Who are the others who are training with us over summer and competing for the one remaining spot?


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Alongside Josh Cripps Carlton has invited Eastern Ranges' Tyreece Leiu to train with the club as part of its preseason supplemental period program in a bid to win a spot on the list. Leiu is 194cm & played in defence & played well as a strong-bodied midfield option.

Looks the goods. Kills two birds with the one stone if the above is true about Leiu.

https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1056274/walsh-wastes-no-time-a-blue-for-the-long-term

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Michael Lewis, 19 y.o. tall defender, is training with Carlton’s AFL program to push for a list vacancy. Potentially helps with Liam Jones hole.

Not tall. 192cm. Not KP.

Not tall. 192cm. Not KP.

We’re doing the old Murray Vance/Trent Sporn trick - draft them at around 190cm and hope they grow a few more centimetres

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Michael Lewis, 19 y.o. tall defender, is training with Carlton’s AFL program to push for a list vacancy. Potentially helps with Liam Jones hole.

Cripps & Leiu no good?… or is there a missing piece of information (how the additional spot has opened up) yet to come?

But they now have everything at their disposal, most critically a list they’ve gone chips in with.

So over to you Blues — it’s time to deliver.

The team’s flimsy defensive structure that consistently meant Carlton couldn’t stop teams from going on big runs was widely considered its biggest weakness in 2021 and something that must be amended for it to play finals, and rightfully so.

But Maclure believes a tough off-season on the track could also pay dividends.

“Voss has brutalised them over the Christmas period. You don’t know how much better you can get yourself until you get rock-hard fit,” he said.

“I think that was one of the problems in the past. It doesn’t kill anyone, it makes you better.

“Getting them to peak fitness is a must. But you never know what can happen because they haven’t been there in a while.... one thing you know is that they’ll be fit and they’ll be hard.”

Indeed, 2022 looms as a big year at Ikon Park after several seasons of failures.

All signs point to it being the year the penny drops and the club delivers on its potential