2012

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2012 Summary

Three successive years of Finals Action; three successive years of improved respect, yet three successive years of early exits and of failing to impact on those last few games in September (October in some cases). The Blues may have been coming for a while but their arrival time was yet to be finalised. How would the season pan out? Well, the Club was targetting a top 4 finish...

The Blues quickly set aside a winless pre-season to begin the season in front of 70,000 fans with a customary win against Richmond. But what was not customary was to follow it up with two strong wins over Brisbane and Collingwood to go 3 and zip, the first time we'd achieved this since 1995. Premiership Favouritism sat well with the Blues at this stage, particularly with how we'd outmuscled and outran the Pies.

But season 2012 would throw up many hiccups and as it turns out, many premiership favourites on the way through.

The first chink in our armour was a surprise loss (to us, not them) to the impressive Bombers, who should arguably have won by a lot more. An away win against the tight Dockers saw us at 4-1 and facing a month of winnable games and all was still good with the world. But that seemed to be the beginning of the end. Those winnable games were not won, other than a boring affair against Melbourne, as Carlton plummeted out of the 8 and well out of contention with 6 losses from 7 matches. Form, injuries, an inability stop a team on a roll and 4 weeks to Chris Judd for a 'chicken-wing', and Carlton's season fell apart to be 7 and 8 at Round 16. Two wins in Rounds 17 and 18 against lowly opponents steadied the ship, but was the season gone?

The answer was yes, but it took one final kick in the guts to not only nail the season but to end the tenure of Coach Brett Ratten. And the kick came from a surprising source - an away loss to the Gold Coast. In a match where the Blues appeared to be putting a good 22 together, they failed to turn up - no chasing, no defence, no hard running and a forward line that could take a mark but could not kick a goal - and the Blues were out. In the ensuing week Carlton announced that 'Ratts' would finish up, and in the Round 23 clash he would Coach his last game for Carlton.

A season that began with so much promise ended with a whimper. The Blues were coming but we were all wondering whether we'd caught the same train.

Ladder

Pos	Team	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	For	Against	%
1	Hawthorn	17	0	5	68	2679	1733	154.6
2	Adelaide	17	0	5	68	2428	1833	132.5
3	Sydney	16	0	6	64	2290	1629	140.6
4	Collingwood	16	0	6	64	2123	1823	116.5
5	West Coast	15	0	7	60	2244	1807	124.2
6	Geelong	15	0	7	60	2209	1886	117.1
7	Fremantle	14	0	8	56	1956	1691	115.7
8	North Melbourne	14	0	8	56	2359	2097	112.5
9	St Kilda	12	0	10	48	2347	1903	123.3
10	Carlton	11	0	11	44	2079	1925	108.0
11	Essendon	11	0	11	44	2091	2090	100.0
12	Richmond	10	1	11	42	2169	1943	111.6
13	Brisbane	10	0	12	40	1904	2092	91.0
14	Port Power	5	1	16	22	1691	2144	78.9
15	Bulldogs	5	0	17	20	1542	2301	67.0
16	Melbourne	4	0	18	16	1580	2341	67.5
17	Gold Coast	3	0	19	12	1509	2481	60.8
18	GWS Giants	2	0	20	8	1270	2751	46.2

2012
Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Agst	RI	BR	CO	ES	FR	GW	ST	AD	ME	PO	GE	WE
Carlscr	125	154	122	79	65	110	98	55	107	45	85	69
OppScr	81	63	62	109	57	43	122	124	49	99	97	79
W/L	44	91	60	-30	8	67	-24	-69	58	-54	-12	-10
Ladder	4	2	2	4	3	2	4	7	6	7	9	9
%	154	193	194	152	146	157	140	122	128	118	115	113
Game	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Agst	BYE	HA	CO	NO	FO	RI	SY	BR	ES	GC	SK
Carlscr	0	70	85	96	102	95	71	113	156	86	91
OppScr	0	120	62	149	84	91	93	77	60	98	105
W/L	0	-50	23	-53	18	4	-22	36	96	-12	-12
Ladder	9	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	9	10	10
%	113	107	108	103	104	104	103	105	110	109	108

People of 2012

Coach: Brett Ratten
Captain: Chris Judd
Leading Goalkicker: Eddie Betts
Best & Fairest: Heath Scotland

Milestones

Debuts: Josh Bootsma, Andrew McInnes, Tom Bell, Levi Casboult, Frazer Dale, Patrick McCarthy, Luke Mitchell
50 Games: Mitch Robinson, Shaun Hampson, Chris Yarran
50 Games (AFL): Lachlan Henderson
100 Games (Carlton): Chris Judd
100 Goals: Jeffery Garlett, Kade Simpson
150 Games: Eddie Betts, Andrew Carrazzo, Jarrad Waite
150 Consecutive Games: Kade Simpson
250 Goals: Eddie Betts
Departures: Bret Thornton, Jordan Russell, Rohan Kerr, Nick Heyne, Matthew Lodge, Blake Bray

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