GC going after Rosa too. Why oh why...
Rocket, 2nd worst thing to happen to a club since the list manager tried managing.
So if Dee’s finish last next year they just gave away the number 1 pick?
Wouldn’t swap our draft position for anyone else’s.
So if Dee's finish last next year they just gave away the number 1 pick?
Nobody’s going to finish below Carlton next year. They’re properly terrible, have made themselves worse over the trade period, and are the undisputed masters of tanking.
So great to see the absence of GWS and GCS having every other pick.
Still likely that Melbourne could sneak into 17th spot and have given away #2… which is just as horrendous.
Imagine that half backs that must be available at 4 and 5!
Imagine that half backs that must be available at 4 and 5!
Have they played for Frankston though?
Updated with the Rosa trade (West Coast get 31)
Carlton now have 1, 8, 20, 21.
Updated with the Menzel trade (Carlton get 28)
Updated with the Everyone From GWS trade (Carlton get 8, GWS get 28,77 & 95)
So if Dee's finish last next year they just gave away the number 1 pick?Nobody’s going to finish below Carlton next year. They’re properly terrible, have made themselves worse over the trade period, and are the undisputed masters of tanking.
Can you be considered a master of tanking if you don’t manage to benefit from it in any remote way at all?
Carlton now have 1, 8, 20, 21.+ Yarran deal - Kudos to the scum for putting the broom through so aggressively.
So if Dee's finish last next year they just gave away the number 1 pick?Nobody’s going to finish below Carlton next year. They’re properly terrible, have made themselves worse over the trade period, and are the undisputed masters of tanking.
Can you be considered a master of tanking if you don’t manage to benefit from it in any remote way at all?
Fair. Masters of bottoming out, then.
Far out, Carlton are going to have fun this draft too.
1,8,20,21
Hope they stuff them all.
To be fair, they have got rid of one of two exciting youngsters in the process.Carlton now have 1, 8, 20, 21.+ Yarran deal - Kudos to the scum for putting the broom through so aggressively.
Carlton having the long overdue, much needed clear out. Acknowledgement that they need to essentially burn their entire ■■■■■■ club to the ground and start again. I’m not sure why you would bother but I guess the AFL needs 18 teams to satisfy the TV deal…
Scary thing is that they still will have 10-12 list cloggers on the list. Apparently Bolton enquired to the AFL whether it was possible to have 26 picks in the National Draft in order to fill their list.
THE Carlton Football Club says it’s confident it will have no players by season 2018 as its ‘Player Zero’ strategy picks up pace.
“We’re working really hard to ensure we have no players by 2018 and this trade period shows we’re well on track,” said Carlton CEO Steven Trigg.
“Players are expensive, troublesome and require constant feeding. Draft picks are much easier to manage.
“Having zero players also cuts down on our carbon emissions and everyone knows how much we care about the environment at the Blues.”
Anyone want Patrick Cripps for a third-round pick?
Mr Trigg said Carlton were confident of still being able to keep up their on field performances with no players.
“Really, who would notice? You can finish 18th with or without players to be honest.”
It’s believed that there are elements within Carlton who are less than happy with the ‘Player Zero Strategy’.
“I may be old fashioned in my thinking but I think players are kind of essential to a football team,” said new Carlton coach Brendon Bolton.
“At Hawthorn we had lots of players and a lot of them were also really good at football.
“That was sort of the model I was hoping to replicate here but now it seems unlikely.”
Mr Trigg said the first stage of the ‘Player Zero’ strategy had been to trade away every good player.
“That’s coming to an end now but I want to acknowledge the work of my predecessors.”
“There’s just a few to go. I’m just about to ring around to see if anyone wants Patrick Cripps for a third-round pick.”
When asked if Carlton members and fans should be upset with the trading away of good players, Mr Trigg said they were ‘not a key stakeholder in the process’.
Other clubs have applauded Carlton’s approach. “Every time they ring it’s like Christmas,” said Adelaide CEO Andrew Fagan.
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Carlton having the long overdue, much needed clear out. Acknowledgement that they need to essentially burn their entire ■■■■■■ club to the ground and start again. I'm not sure why you would bother but I guess the AFL needs 18 teams to satisfy the TV deal...They've kept Lili, Thomas and co, and lost 1 of their 2 good kids, one of their better big-bodied mids and their only good key tall. It's fantastic.