2014

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2014 Summary

Carlton fans entered season 2014 - our 150th year - with a few queries in their mind - were we actually 9th or actually 6th (where we finished up due in part to Essendon feeling the competition's wrath for 'pharmacological experimentation'). Were we declining or thereabouts? Even with some luck would we have a snowflakes chance in hell of competing with the super-competitive teams of the league like the Cats and the Swans in any case?

With a pre-season restock including 3 former first round picks in Dale Thomas, Andrejs Everitt and Sam Docherty, surely we couldn't go backwards?

Even if we could advance, history would be there to provide a firm punch to the abdomen for Round 1, 2014; where we would equal our record for consecutive games played without a Flag. Carlton, a club rich in history, but a recent history that had plumbed the depths of despair....

The punches didn't stop coming in the first month of the season, with some disastrous efforts against Essendon and Melbourne to leave us zip and 4 after 4 Rounds. A breakthrough win in Round 5 raised hopes and by the bye we were 3 and 5, but with much work to do to compete with the better teams. The tests kept coming; some good wins against lower teams and some tight struggles against some top teams, but the loss to the Lions loomed as a season ending debacle.

Some good performances would follow, and some typically honest losses to the Cats stick in the mind, but the season provided few highlights as it wound down. A horrific loss to Port in Round 22 was uncharacteristic yet shone out as a warning sign for all Carlton fans that the return to the top echelons of this competition could still be a long way away... Yet for 2015, could a list revamp and positive trading (plus some injury luck) help us improve?

People of 2014

Coach: Mick Malthouse
Assistant / Development Coaches: Robert Wiley, Dean Laidley, John Barker, Brad Green, Mathew Capuano, Michael Osborne
Captain: Marc Murphy
Leadership Group: Andrew Carrazzo, Kade Simpson - Vice Captains; Michael Jamison - Deputy Vice Captain; Bryce Gibbs, Lachlan Henderson, Brock McLean and Andrew Walker
President: Stephen Kernahan / Mark LoGiudice

Milestones

Debuts: Andrejs Everitt, Dale Thomas, Patrick Cripps, Sam Docherty, Blaine Johnson, Cameron Wood, Ciaran Sheehan, Nick Holman
Rising Star Nominees: Dylan Buckley, Troy Menzel
150 Games (AFL): Brock McLean
100 Games: Jeff Garlett, Mitch Robinson, Chris Yarran
100 Games (AFL): Lachlan Henderson
50 Games: David Ellard
50 Games (Carlton): Robert Warnock, Brock McLean
Retirements: Heath Scotland

Ladder

Pos	Team	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	For	Against	%
1	Sydney	17	0	5	68	2126	1488	142.9
2	Hawthorn	17	0	5	68	2458	1746	140.8
3	Geelong	17	0	5	68	2033	1787	113.8
4	Fremantle	16	0	6	64	2029	1556	130.4
5	Port Adelaide	14	0	8	56	2180	1678	129.9
6	North Melbourne	14	0	8	56	2026	1731	117
7	Essendon	12	1	9	50	1828	1719	106.3
8	Richmond	12	0	10	48	1887	1784	105.8
9	West Coast	11	0	11	44	2045	1750	116.9
10	Adelaide	11	0	11	44	2175	1907	114.1
11	Collingwood	11	0	11	44	1766	1876	94.1
12	Gold Coast	10	0	12	40	1917	2045	93.7
13	Carlton	7	1	14	30	1891	2107	89.7
14	Western Bulldogs	7	0	15	28	1784	2177	81.9
15	Brisbane Lions	7	0	15	28	1532	2212	69.3
16	Greater Western Sydney	6	0	16	24	1780	2320	76.7
17	Melbourne	4	0	18	16	1336	1954	68.4
18	St Kilda	4	0	18	16	1480	2436	60.8

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