Blues need a priority draft pick
27 August 2006 Herald-Sun
Comment by Jon Ralph
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/ ... 42,00.html

"SHOULD Brendan Fevola threaten to tear Collingwood apart today, Denis Pagan would be advised to repatriate him to the back line to continue his all-round education."

"The Blues have 14 premiership points from 3.5 wins this year, which gives them 25 victories from 108 games.

Another win would take them over the new priority pick threshold of 16 points, and strip much of the benefit from what shapes as their third wooden spoon in five years.

Carlton is desperate for that priority pick, even if, under new rules, it has become pick 17, rather than the first selection of the draft"

Pretty brually honest article.

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"Carlton's most loyal, their bruised and battered egos now seemingly a bad dream, drank beers, murdered pies and cheered every time Judd touched the ball."

I don't know...

we'll probably give the extra pick to the Eagles for Gardiner anyway so I hope we win.

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Formerly: Ackland the Wonderkid / Army the Wonderkid / quivering mess / molsey / Tony Lynn Fan Club

Wow, the AFL would hate that.

Laserkid, I have been trying to contact you but my outgoing PM's have not been working, could you please contact me via email at jarusa at iinet dot net dot au.

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get a room..sheeesh..

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Stopped at 3rd and 43
Exit to the night

What are the chances that we can get our priority pick moved to the first round? I know the draw from last yr put us over the edge with the "rules" that the AFL have put in place, but where carlton are at the moment, i dont think anyone can really argue that carlton do not need this kind of help.
The real reason that the priority pick was put in place was to help struggling clubs to get back to the pack. Carlton at the moment is the epitome of a struggling club and desperately need the aid that the 1st round picks would give.
That and i want both Gibbs and Hansen.
=o)

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I have something to say, its better to burn out than to fade away.

The chances of that happening.....id say negative 40. I just find it so hard to picture the AFL ever wanting to do anything that would be to our benefit. Oh well we'll just have to settle for GIbbs.

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Loooook OUT!

Gotta love some of Ralph's ideas.

"Every other club would trade for Aker with pick 17. But he doesn't want to come to Carlton."

Speaks for itself really.

Zero chance, don't even allow yourself to entertain the juicy thought.

However, and I know I'm going to have the masses descending on me about this, I am actually of a different view regarding Demetriou. I think he has now got to the stage where he can see that the competition is suffering because of where Carlton is, and he would like to see Carlton in shape off the field, and a finals participant on it.

Whatever his thoughts were back on Black Friday, I am sure he now wants to help Carlton rather than pusnish it.

Cue the rest of you to jump down my throat.

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Mens sana in corpore sano.

Bring back the laurel wreath logo!!!

AGRO?

quote="Siegfried"]However, and I know I'm going to have the masses descending on me about this, I am actually of a different view regarding Demetriou. I think he has now got to the stage where he can see that the competition is suffering because of where Carlton is, and he would like to see Carlton in shape off the field, and a finals participant on it.

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I agree with you.
Carlton having such a poor run is beginning to hurt his bottom line. Doesn't give a sh1t about the fans.

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"Carlton's most loyal, their bruised and battered egos now seemingly a bad dream, drank beers, murdered pies and cheered every time Judd touched the ball."

You have got it pretty right their is no humanitarian or magnanimous motives behind "The Spew's" moves to "assist" Carlton - its all about the precious Key Performance Indicators that his salary bonus is measured against - he knows that a successful Carlton means better KPIs and this is where his next salary increase will come from.

But I would swap the dollars any day of the week for what we rightly deserve and that is Picks 1 & 3 in the coming National Draft.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

I hope Big Jack takes the league to court to get the PP at the start of the draft





oh......

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Love Cricket? Love me

I hope we use 'all' of those first three picks and the next three as well.

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Just because I'm offended, doesn't mean I'm wrong.

Almost our 12 month anniversary of the tank.

The difference is that we really are tanking this time.