Brodie Martin is a worthy late pick.. 26, neat kick and tackles hard. I like him....

I'd be happy for a 5/3 split between draftees and players recruited from other clubs. If the club is planning to go silly with former GWS players and have only the bare minimum of players picked through the draft then that seems like odd list management, especially for a club that is supposed to be rebuilding. No quick fixes - indeed. I can't even see Tomlinson dominating in his position unless we can somehow turn him into another giant midfielder. He's not the KPF we need so I don't why we'd be cutting our whole draft in half to get him.

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Bloody oaf! They want the AFL to help us with our rebuild (rightly, when appropriate) but we are not prepared to help ourselves.

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The same thing we say every year - '"it's a weak draft".

They aren't there for us because we don't do the hard work.

Who's fault is that?

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So here is my final phantom off-season predictions, based solely on nothing but rumours

List Changes:

Retired - Judd, Carrazzo, Allard
Delisted - Armfield, Warnock, White, Watson, Giles
Trade (Out) - Yarran (Pick 12 from Richmond), Bell & Casboult (Pick 21 from Brisbane), Henderson (First Round pick 2016 from Geelong)

List Add-Ons:

Trade (In): Plowman, Phillips & Lamb (Bell pick to GWS), Adam Tomlinson (Henderson pick to GWS)
Draft: Jacob Weitering (Pick 1), Sam Weideman (Pick 12), Jade Gresham (Pick 20), Bailey Rice (Pick 38), Daniel Rioli (Pick 56), SOS (Pick 74), Ciaran Byrne (Pick 92)
PSD: Not sure, lets just say Josh Walker.

That's 12 gone and 12 in. Massive change, but a considerable improvement to the TPP and youth profile of the team. Not a lot of tried depth, which is good for developing kids, instead of list cloggers IMO.

B: Tuohy, Jamison, Plowman
HB: Docherty, Weitering, Simpson
C: Boekhurst, Cripps, Curnow
HF: Graham, Tomlinson, Everitt
F: 1AW, Walker, Thomas
RCK: Kreuzer, Gibbs, Murphy
INT: Phillips, Buckley, Lamb, KJ

YOUTH: Gresham, Smith, Rainbow, SOS, Rice, Weideman, Rioli, Holman, Foster, Dick, Byrne, Gowers, Walsh, 4 x Rookie Selections

Two Walkers in one team....head and pants explosion for Bruce

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Let's hope only one of them wears a hat...

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Thank the lord they aren't number 1 picks, hey?

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Can you imagine next year when Weitering, Kreuzer, Murphy and Gibbs link up in a chain of possessions while Bruce is commentating?

SOS at trade meeting - first priority -Hendo deal - requires first round pick for yarran -otherwise he is contracted - there is interest in Casboult but already lost hendo a forward so not ideal - plowman and Phillips confirmed interest - non committal on Tomlinson

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If we get any 1st rounders we need to keep them. Ideal situation would be to have 2 first round picks this year and next. I would rather keep these then trade for GWS players. Only get GWS players with second rounders on wards.

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Blues open to offers for contracted key forward Levi Casboult
Carlton list manager Stephen Silvagni has confirmed interest from several clubs in strong marking forward Levi Casboult, who is under contract.
"At the minute we've got Lachie Henderson looking to get to Geelong so to lose another forward, it wouldn't be ideal. We are happy to discuss, but we'll just see what happens," he said.
Silvagni reiterated the club's desire for an "early pick" in return for rebounding half-back Chris Yarran.
"If we can't get that done then obviously he still has a year left on his contract," he said.


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saw of a bit of that rioli kid when i was in the NT last, and given his combine results ... he's the betts-prototype small forward we're screaming for. i'd def burn a pick for him, maybe a mid 2nd rounder – if we get that back for some of the outgoing deals (bell?).

hope we don't replace cas with josh walker just for the sake of it. that's a shuffling-the-deck-chairs-move if i've ever seen it.

Talk of us chasing another quality ruck, tells me the whole kruezer situation of he won't play a full season at 100% ever again with his foot & knee, might be accurate?

So ... weitering & silvagni are our givens in the draft so far. we need what, as many mids as possible, another key forward and at least one small forward?

http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2015-1 ... ade-period


Reading into this - the picks we get for players might not scream 'winning' initially - once we on trade them for GWS kids, or Anderson etc we will look ahead in the deal.

..krooz is 26, you need a younger ruck coming thru..

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..if you can't be good, be good at it..

If we cant get a pick inside 20 then its a disgrace re Yarran, super talent and will be dynamic in a better side.

Need to hold firm and make him stay if we don't get the deal we want.

Listening to McKay interview we are adopting the Hawthorn model in terms of players we are after; Good kicks, good decision makers.
It sounds pretty basic but if you look at our list we have a few holes to fill.

Seems like we won't be missing Bell much then

GET GODDARD! I'm pretty sure he still is a Blues supporter.