Plus, what is unseen is often seen and what we neglect to draft for in terms of practical means is dwarfed by what we do not draft for in practical means which means in essence that we do not draft with an eye to what the future is, in reality we draft with an eye to what the past is and even when we draft with an eye to the future it is a buck rodgers type future which may look like the future but in actual fact is just some actors in skin tight jumpsuits. Pafloyal has been warning us for years that recruiting based on perceived needs rather than quantifiable and measurable wants that are also based on list structure, grumpiness about how the local council are not mowing the local park properly and the lack of sufficient philosophical rigour in choosing and gaining draft picks.

These things are important, and will continue to be seen as important by all the people that know they are important.

Luckily we know who those people are.

Tonight proved a few things....but here's the obvious ones:

Robbo and Ellard should never play for this club again. Both try very hard but are C graders.

Kane Lucas....all speed and nothing else. Can't tackle, can't kick, terrible decision maker.

Warnock is a true 1990s ruckman....gets the tap but that's all folks. See you later, come on down Camo.

Gibbs, last Q aside is a pansy flower. Worth $400k tops. Adelaide can have him for $700k no dramas, and let's hope we get decent compo.

Daisy is class and when gets fit will be our best player easily.

Menzel and Buckley showed plenty. Bucks has arrived....welcome aboard SOJ. Menzel all class, just hope the LARS holds up for a while longer.

Rowe battled hard, but lost too many 1 on 1contests at crucial moments. Not our worst but not the future either.

Bottom 4 to 6 for sure this year.

Yarran showed what he can do if he pulls his finger out. Needs to play wing for the rest of the year.

Tiges are kidding themselves if they think they're any good

Someone said earlier just bring in and play our kids.

Exactly who are they again.

Another positive - conclusive proof We got rid of the right ruckmen

Cripps, Holman, Temay, Giles if close enough ?

One paced, can only tackle, 2 years and still no game, hope he is better than McCarthy, Mitchell or Watson.

The Blues committed 82 turnovers last night, but it’s the breakdown of those turnovers that will make Blues supporters sick.

Carlton gave the ball directly to a Richmond player a staggering 36 times. Yes, 36. It is the most direct giveaways coughed up by a side this year.

Giles will be a gun. Our new swing man.....like a young Waite but not flakey and a better kick

Temay has limitations but sometimes they do better in the 1s than the 2s. Gotta at least try him.

I am really excited by this squad.

Tonight was a watershed moment.

We should have won the game by three goals with opportunities, but the result meant nothing because the proof of the pudding was the ingrediants.


Buckley is now in the side to stay. He will move from the backline to forward over the course of his career. He has got it. Will be at the very least a good Carlton player, potential to be great.

Warnock played an outstanding game despite the two obvious stuff ups. What is twelve point here or there when in reality if everything went well we should have been 42 points better off.

Menzel is a gun. What is it, 5 multiple goal efforts in 9 games? Some of those off the bench. Absolute gun and will keep improving.

Thomas will keep getting better every week.

Everitt already proving a solid pick up. Will never star, but is a footsoldier. In an area where we need it.

Curnow just keeps on improving, where is this guys ceiling?

On the negatives, pretty obvious that Robinson and Touhy are living on borrowed time. Touhy is great on the run but has shown many times that he cannot take the proper defensive position in a one on one contest. Hopefully Docherty can take over Touhy's spot and help us in that area.

The Robinson one is easy, actually it could easily be either Robbo or McLean.

Cripps cover both of these blokes in almost every aspect of the game already.

Fitness is his only issue. So what? There is the sub rule. Play Cripps flat out for three quarters every game and let the sub on. Too easy.

Cripps is beyond elite. I know this is a big call but in my opinion Cripps is the first absolute superstar player we have recruited from the draft since Koutoufides.

This boy is special with a capital S. It is sad that it has taken this long. I am talking superstar, do not get me wrong this boy is going to make it big time. The sooner he is in the senior team the better.

He is exactly the type of player we need, which is a stupid comment really because every team need superstars.

I am really excited by this squad.

The over reliance on Judd for the last few years sticks out so much when he isn't playing. Look at the first half, when we were annihilated I'm the middle!