Only one real option....................Krooz. Has big fish Salmon pre-knee reco written all over him. 200cm, not slow, can mark, great conversion rate, and can dish off if he doesn't mark it. Sweet.

mil i couldnt agree with you more !!!

Absolute no brainer i reckon, give it 2 years and it might just be Fev who ?

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I wore number 25 on the back of my jumper 40 years ago..... yes, pre Marchesani !!

I think Hampson is a better option then Kruezer. I think Kruezer is a better forward now, and would still be inclined to through him there every no and then, but I thought that last year Hammer showed signed he could be like Tippet, but harder to match up on.

I would play Hendo as the developing genuine CHF, and Hampson as a developing FF who pinch hits in the ruck, with Waite drifting forward occasionally too.

'versatility' is one thing, but 'unstable' is another. You'd want 2 permanent tall forwards all the time, with a 3rd floater but its no good to keep changing your key forwards. I think we need to pick 2 (say Hendo and Setanta) who will ALWAYS be in the forward line and then throw a third out of the rest (Kreuz, Waite, Hampson) when the times right.

btw, do you guys think that Kreuzer, Hampson, Warnock, Hendo and Setanta can all be in the same side at once? Throw in the tall defenders in Waite, Thornton, Jamison etc and we seem to have a alot of talls in our team (although some of our 'tall defenders' arent actually that tall).

I guess one advantage is that pretty much all our talls are the mobile, agile type so they can cover ground, but if they are all in the same team it means we will have 3 tall forwards pretty much at all times next year, with 1 ruckman on the field and 1 on the bench, which is rare these days (although not necessarily wrong, who knows it could prove to be the tactic that gives us the edge).

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Carlton Premiers '10

Hey Little Teddy Hopkins.... Welcome to the boards

Good idea- it's original!

Thanks. I am a fan of Mitch Robinson. Trouble with Ratts is that with such a versatile team he does not seem to think out of the square enough.

P.S. I also saw the highlight reel of the new Tasmanian arcus Davies we picked up in the draft and reckon he could be even better. Smooth, quick, solid.

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"Get ready, Teddy - you're on": Ron Barassi half time 1970 Grand Final

Talls like Kreuzer, Setanta and Hampson who are as quick as most medium players are like gold. The premise that a side can be too tall is based on the norm that talls aren't too good below their knees, or are not fast enough across the ground. Buddy Franklin is a classic modern tall player who can mark in a pack and then outrun or out-turn a tackler whilst bouncing the footy.
Setanta is great below his knees, as is Kreuzer. Hampson is super fast but his weakness is that his marks aren't sticking as yet.

I think we can go tall given these three players are like tall mid-types. Add Waite to that list as well if you like.

As the great Jack Dyer used to say, A good big bloke will always beat a good little bloke

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

Carlos !!!!!!

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1. Walker,
2. Menzel,
3. Murphy,
4. Gibbs,
5. Judd.

I'd like to see them play Carlos, Hendo and Kreuzer as three roaming tall forwards, with Carlos more towards FF, Hendo more around the arc and Kreuzer given a licence to run. Houlihan, Betts and Yarran around them, with Gibbs and Murph pushing forward in support.

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Dut, de dut, de daaa!

Play Jacobs and Warnock in the ruck, and play Kruezer/hammer/henderson up forward for the Nab cup. See how they go

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LACHIE 23

Whomever kicks the most goals for us in the pre-season comp...and is eligible....no, probably not carrots...

one of at least a half dozen options

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S M C , S F L

Betts...

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"Truth, for the tyrants, is the most terrible and cruel of all bindings; it is like an incandescent iron falling across their chests. And it is even more agonizing than hot iron, for that only burns the flesh, while truth burns its way into the soul"     — Lauro Aguirre

All these names are reasonably irrelevant as they are all keeping the seat warm for Pavlich when he plays with us next year!
Just wait for it. Couldn't do it all in one trade period - but no harm waitinhg 12 months. Gives Henderson time to develop and lets Pav's contract run out so we get him easier. PLENTY of room in the cap (paying guys overs/front loaded this year) ready to go bang on a big name!

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It's the vibe.........Tell him he's dreamin' Darryl!

Nah, He's our CHF

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Cheats never prosper (except in the AFL)

The recruiters should be going for Panos in the pre season draft. All Australian U18 full forward and no one has picked him up

It means having to delist somebody as a mature age.

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"Get ready, Teddy - you're on": Ron Barassi half time 1970 Grand Final

Teddy you would think that with 16 clubs overlooking him on several occassions in the ND, that there would be several question marks over him.

Whilst I value the opinion of posters on TC, you cannot claim to know more about the kid than these guys.

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“It is a state of mind, a system of belief, a way of seeing the world, a deep faith that, because you are Carlton, you belong to something great.” - Mike Fitzpatrick articulating what Out of the Blue means.

Someone should really send Wayne Hughes a link to his youtube footage

But don't tell the 15 other clubs about this youtube thingy that can give you the greatest insight into a player.

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“It is a state of mind, a system of belief, a way of seeing the world, a deep faith that, because you are Carlton, you belong to something great.” - Mike Fitzpatrick articulating what Out of the Blue means.

Surely they already know.... I mean its only due diligence to watch a players YouTube footage.

What are we paying these guys for?