2013

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2013 Summary

All eyes were on Carlton as we entered 2013. The footy public wanted to know if 2012 a blip or a sign that we'd already peaked on our return to football credibility, and whether AFL Legend Mick Malthouse could have an impact on the list. Big questions. All eyes were to the season ahead...

After 3 initial losses to likely finalists and aspirants Richmond, Collingwood and Geelong, the pressure on the Club was immense. No typical Round 1 win over the Tiges! Close losses to the Pies and the Cats but an inability to stop an opposition run. But Malthouse and the boys would turn it around in Round 4 when they defeated the Eagles in the West, and followed it up with consecutive wins over Adelaide and Melbourne to return to the top 8. A horrific loss to St Kilda allowed us to reset our goals, before some easy wins against low opposition saw the Blues at 6 and 4 by Round 10. An enthralling but difficult game lost to the Bombers saw us back on our heels, pondering that very same question - yet again:

Were we any good? Were we just making up the numbers in 2013?

Well, 4 successive losses meant the Blues fell to 6 and 8, with only 8 games to go. The press began the annual ritual of writing obvious articles against the bottom 8 clubs (trashing lists / questioning Coaches) and the masses began to question the Blues. The Blues would need a turnaround in form to make the 8, and a massive one to be competitive should it make it...

But in the background a bigger storm had been brewing. Essendon's 'pharmacological experiment' in pursuing alternative drug therapies for their players brewed away but exploded in August with their termination from the Finals notwithstanding a good year on the field, opening up a spot for the next best Club to take.

Armed with this knowledge, Carlton took on Port in Round 23 to claim 8th place. And did so by just 1 point...

.... Giving some impetus to our 8th/9th spot! A stirring win over the Tigers followed before an away loss to the Swans. The Blues had only made the finals due to some 'pharmacological experimentation' by the Bombers, yet finished 6th. What did this mean? Were we mediocre or would 'Master Coach' Mick Malthouse be building something?

People of 2013

Coach: Mick Malthouse
Assistant / Development Coaches: Robert Wiley, Mathew Capuano, Gavin Brown, John Barker
Captain: Marc Murphy
Leadership Group: Andrew Carrazzo, Kade Simpson, Marc Murphy, Jarrad Waite and Nick Duigan
Leading Goalkicker: Jeffery Garlett - 43 goals

Milestones

Debut (Coach) / (Captain): Mick Malthouse / Marc Murphy
Debut: Sam Rowe, Dylan Buckley, Jaryd Cachia, Troy Menzel, Nick Graham
250 Games (AFL): Heath Scotland, Chris Judd
200 Games (Carlton): Heath Scotland, Kade Simpson
150 Games: Marc Murphy, Andrew Walker, Bryce Gibbs
100 Games: Matthew Kreuzer, Dennis Armfield
50 Games (Carlton): Lachlan Henderson
50 Games: Zach Tuohy
50 Goals: Matthew Kreuzer, Chris Yarran

Ladder / Fixture

Pos	Team	W	D	L	P	For	Ag	%
1	Hawthorn	19	0	3	76	2523	1859	135.7
2	Geelong	18	0	4	72	2409	1776	135.6
3	Fremantle	16	1	5	66	2035	1518	134.1
4	Sydney	15	1	6	62	2244	1694	132.5
5	Richmond	15	0	7	60	2154	1754	122.8
6	Collingwood	14	0	8	56	2148	1868	115
7	Port Adelaide	12	0	10	48	2051	2002	102.4
8	Carlton	11	0	11	44	2125	1992	106.7
9	Essendon	14	0	8	56	2145	2000	107.3
10	North Melbourne	10	0	12	40	2307	1930	119.5
11	Adelaide	10	0	12	40	2064	1909	108.1
12	Brisbane Lions	10	0	12	40	1922	2144	89.6
13	West Coast	9	0	13	36	2038	2139	95.3
14	Gold Coast	8	0	14	32	1918	2091	91.7
15	Western Bulldogs	8	0	14	32	1926	2262	85.1
16	St Kilda	5	0	17	20	1751	2120	82.6
17	Melbourne	2	0	20	8	1455	2691	54.1
18	Greater Western Sydney	1	0	21	4	1524	2990	51

2013
Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Agst	RI	CO	GE	WC	AD	ME	SK	PA	BR	GWS	ES	HA
Carlscr	101	100	103	89	115	121	77	109	98	148	72	87
OppScr	106	117	119	65	83	60	68	91	85	54	77	102
W/L	-5	-17	-16	24	32	61	-9	18	13	94	-5	-15
Ladder	10	13	15	13	9	8	11	10	8	6	7	8
%	95.2	90.1	88.8	96.5	103.6	114.3	111.1	112.2	112.5	122.7	120.3	116.8
Game	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Agst	Bye	SY	CO	SK	NM	GC	FR	WB	RI	ES	PA
Carlscr		43	77	74	109	120	80	89	96	76	103
OppScr		65	118	110	108	77	116	117	106	82	104
W/L		-22	-41	36	1	43	-36	-28	10	-6	1
Ladder	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
%	116.8	113.9	109.1	111.4	110.6	112.9	109.7	107.4	107.6	106.9	106.6

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