Laugh at Carlscum thread

[Jezza]

I was listening to trade radio yesterday and Wallace's assessment on Carlton's list was scathing! It warms the heart to hear that and I don't think he's the first person to suggest that Carlton's list is miles off from being finals contenders let alone premiership contenders.

Of course reading TankingCarlton, they believe Wallace just hates Carlton and isn't objectively assessing their list

[thebaldfacts]

[Jezza]

Yes Carlton devoted far too much time and its resources towards ensuring that Judd would somehow win a premiership with them despite it being delusional from everyone else's perspective.

Judd as an individual was their best player between 2008-2014 but they were absolute rubbish when it came to draft selections and recruiting good players all around the ground during their lean years. Carlton had a strong midfield and one good forward option in Fevola and that was it.

Carlton should have been far better between 2009-2011 but ultimately a semi final elimination was the best they could achieve much to the delight of all of us

[Pies4shaw]

http://titusoreily.com/carlton-confident-of-being-player-free-by-2018/

[Jezza]

Funny article!

In all seriousness though Carlton has obtained five players during this trade period. Let's take a look at these selections:

1). Sam Kerridge - 22 Years Old (27 Games, 23 Goals)
2). Lachie Plowman - 20 Years Old (18 Games, 1 Goal)
3). Jed Lamb - 23 Years Old (22 Games, 17 Goals) - Carlton is his third club in his short career.
4). Andrew Phillips - 24 Years Old (14 Games, 5 Goals)
5). Liam Sumner - 22 Years Old (12 Games, 9 Goals)

I'm trembling in fear!

[stoliboy]

There is some great gold in this article!

Some selected paragraphs for your consideration

Carlton had a good trade period? Spare me
By Ryan Buckland, 22 Oct 2015
http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/10/22/carlton-had-a-good-trade-period-spare-me/

"Make no mistake, Carlton have had an absolutely dreadful trade period, and done almost exactly the opposite of what they should have done as far as recalibrating their list goes."

"By my reckoning, Carlton had two very clear choices: take the hard road and clean out the top end of the list, or the easy one by moving arguably better assets to get a slightly better haul of draft picks. They chose the latter."

"The list profile has not radically shifted. All that has happened in this trade period is that the Blues have lost some good, young talent that’s just about to enter its collective prime, replaced it with the leftover depth talent of an expansion franchise, and taken a punt on a shallow draft."

"Carlton had four very good players aged 24 or under coming into this trade period: Bell, Menzel, Blaine Boekhurst and Patrick Cripps. They traded two of them away."

"You think the Blues had a good trade period? Spare me. They have gone backwards, remarkably so, without any prospect of moving forwards."

[MagpieBat]

[Bucks5]

But why?? Watching Carlton getting flogged was a great night's entertainment and the perfect start to the weekend.

[5150]

[Jezza]

[The Prototype]

[MagpieBat]

Blues in the red: Carlton to post $2 million loss, break debt ceiling

November 10, 2015 - 10:00PM
Mark Hawthorne

[Jezza]

My heart bleeds for them...

[Jezza]

Couldn't happen to a nicer club!

[ronrat]

And now Clem Smith in trouble for a a fight in Chapel Street. I would have thought after Fevola the scum would have warned the players about those hotspots.

The late Robbie Flower coached my mates kids team. He used to say the best place was to go to restaurants and Cafes and have a wine with your meal, and maybe a few beers, but where possible local.. No chance of some idiot wanting to make a hero of himself. And in summer adopt a local cricket or golf club and just don't put yourself in situations where unknown wankers can have a go at you.