2008

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2008 Summary

Despite another disappointing season on-field in 2007, the Blues would enter Season 2008 filled with supreme hope after not only securing another #1 Draft Pick in Matthew Kreuzer, but by luring one of the best - if not the best - players of the competition to Carlton in Chris Judd. This was nothing short of a coup in the AFL, and one that created impetus to all of the old rivalries - suddenly the Blues weren't pitied, but remembered as the foe of yesteryear. And didn't the Carlton fans know it as well, climbing on board with a massive new membership record of over 40,000, almost 5000 more than our previous record!

In the pre-season, Carlton set out to play some of our exciting kids (and new players) were not able to back up last year's NAB Cup win, but in a well attended pre-season practice match, about 10,000 people turned up to see Judd's first game in Navy Blue in another sign of the emerging force we hoped to be.

And then...the season proper. Expectations were high, but perhaps just for improvement given the arrival of Judd, Kreuzer and Richard Hadley from the Lions. Despite a surprisingly slow start, losing to Richmond, the Blues made it to 3 and 4 at the Round 7 Break with stirring wins against Collingwood, Melbourne and a fantastic away victory against the Eagles - only our second away win in 32 matches! Further wins against Fremantle, Port (in a stunning comeback) and then the Pies (again) had Carlton in the 8 for the first time mid-season since 2001.

From there on, Carlton faced three teams just on the cusp of the 8, and if we had beaten all 3, you'd feel as though we deserved to be playing finals. But losses to Essendon and St Kilda, despite a win over Richmond, and Carlton turned for the finals straight (last 7 games) a win outside the 8 and having to play 6 of the top 8 teams.

Despite another stunning win over Brisbane from a record 32 points down, Carlton would rue close losses to Adelaide and Sydney in the run home, narrowly missing out on finals action in a most welcome increase in output for the year. The Blues finished 2 games off 6th place in a year which had a group of about 7-8 clubs fighting out for the bottom spots in the finals. At year end we remained close to the 8 - but still of a significant distance away - but had shown tremendous improvement on our record of 2003-2007.

Off the field, in addition to the record Memberships, Carlton were able to celebrate a number of anniversaries; first, the 100th anniversary of our 3rd Premiership, second, the 70th anniversary of our 6th Premiership in 1938, and third, a full Spirit of Carlton function for the 40th anniversary of our 1968 Flag. It was indeed a year that Carlton got that glint in its eye back...

Perhaps it would be next year which would bring the reward so keenly sought by Carlton players and fans alike.

Ladder

Pos	Team	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	For	Against	%
1	Geelong	21	0	1	84	2672	1651	161.84
2	Hawthorn	17	0	5	68	2434	1846	131.85
3	Western Bulldogs	15	1	6	62	2506	2112	118.66
4	St Kilda	13	0	9	52	2126	1923	110.56
5	Adelaide	13	0	9	52	2017	1838	109.74
6	Sydney	12	1	9	50	2095	1863	112.45
7	North Melbourne	12	1	9	50	2121	2187	96.98
8	Collingwood	12	0	10	48	2267	2038	111.24
9	Richmond	11	1	10	46	2228	2288	97.38
10	Brisbane	10	0	12	40	2156	2200	98.00
11	Carlton	10	0	12	40	2217	2354	94.18
12	Essendon	8	0	14	32	2130	2608	81.67
13	Port Power	7	0	15	28	2118	2208	95.92
14	Fremantle	6	0	16	24	1988	2121	93.73
15	Eagles	4	0	18	16	1670	2535	65.88
16	Melbourne	3	0	19	12	1629	2602	62.61

Game

No.

Yr.

Rd.

.

%

Ladder

Posn.

Win

2244

2008

1

Ca

4. 3

9. 6

10.10

11.13

79

Ri

4. 3

8. 5

11. 5

17. 7

109

72.48

14

.

2245

2008

2

Ca

4. 4

6. 6

6.10

12.13

85

St

2. 5

8. 7

12. 9

19.11

125

70.09

14

.

2246

2008

3

Ca

5. 2

9. 4

18. 6

21. 8

134

Es

6. 4

11. 8

17.11

23.12

150

77.60

14

.

2247

2008

4

Ca

6. 0

10. 2

12. 6

17. 9

111

Co

3. 4

6. 6

7. 9

13.10

88

86.65

12

1326

2248

2008

5

Ca

3. 3

10. 6

12.10

15.11

101

Me

1. 3

4. 5

4. 9

9.14

68

94.44

11

1327

2249

2008

6

Ca

5. 7

7.11

9.13

11.15

81

Ad

3. 3

6. 7

12.11

16.15

111

90.78

11

.

2250

2008

7

Ca

2. 4

10. 7

12. 8

17. 9

111

We

2. 1

2. 7

8. 9

10.14

74

96.83

11

1328

2251

2008

8

Ca

2. 2

4. 8

9.14

12.20

92

Br

8. 3

11. 8

16.13

18.17

125

93.41

11

.

2252

2008

9

Ca

4. 3

7. 7

11.10

14.13

97

Fr

3. 1

7. 1

13. 1

14. 4

88

94.99

9

1329

2253

2008

10

Ca

2. 2

6. 3

6. 4

12. 5

77

Ge

2. 7

7.10

13.18

19.19

133

90.38

11

.

2254

2008

11

Ca

1. 4

2. 9

3.12

10.15

75

Po

3. 5

6. 8

8.12

8.15

63

91.98

10

1330

2255

2008

12

Ca

2. 7

3.10

9.13

17.17

119

Co

1. 4

5. 8

9.13

12.17

89

95.01

8

1331

2256

2008

13

Ca

1. 2

5. 4

9. 6

15.11

101

Es

7. 5

8. 9

12.13

20.16

136

92.94

10

.

2257

2008

14

Ca

1. 5

5. 9

10.12

17.16

118

Ri

2. 7

7. 9

10.13

12.16

88

95.44

9

1332

2258

2008

15

Ca

2. 8

5. 9

8.12

12.15

87

St

2. 4

9. 7

14. 9

18.11

119

93.74

10

.

2259

2008

16

Ca

5. 5

10. 9

15. 9

18.11

119

Sy

2. 1

8. 5

14.10

18.13

121

94.07

11

.

2260

2008

17

Ca

2. 4

5. 8

12.13

18.18

126

Fo

3. 3

10. 4

15. 6

15. 8

98

95.97

11

1333

2261

2008

18

Ca

4. 4

7. 6

9. 8

12.14

86

Ad

1. 7

6.11

12.14

13.16

94

95.74

11

.

2262

2008

19

Ca

4. 7

8.16

12.22

18.24

132

Po

1. 4

2. 5

5. 8

9.12

66

99.28

10

1334

2263

2008

20

Ca

6. 2

9. 3

10. 5

14. 6

90

No

5. 2

13. 5

17. 8

22. 9

141

96.88

11

.

2264

2008

21

Ca

7. 2

11. 3

12. 4

18. 7

115

Br

3. 4

7. 9

16.12

16.13

109

97.31

11

1335

2265

2008

22

Ca

2. 3

4. 5

8. 6

12. 9

81

Ha

6. 4

10. 7

16.13

24.15

159

94.18

11

.

People of 2008

Captain: Chris Judd
Vice Captain: Nick Stevens
Leadership Group: Andrew Carrazzo, Heath Scotland, Kade Simpson, Nick Stevens
Coach: Brett Ratten
Leading Goalkicker: Brendan Fevola - 99 goals
Best and Fairest Winner: Chris Judd
National Representatives: Marc Murphy, Kade Simpson

Milestones

200 Games (AFL): Nick Stevens
150 Games: Brendan Fevola
150 Games (AFL): Heath Scotland, Chris Judd
100 Games: Heath Scotland, Jarrad Waite, Simon Wiggins
50 Games: Marc Murphy, Jordan Russell
Debuts: Jake Edwards, Darren Pfeiffer, Matthew Kreuzer, Steven Browne, David Ellard, Dennis Armfield Debuts (Carlton): Chris Judd, Richard Hadley

Gallery

2008 - Ackland & Sentanta wrestle at training.
Banner Vs Richmond 2008
2008 - Michael Shields.
2008 - Michael Shields marks at training.
2008 - Ryan Jackson.
True Blue Stars Diesel Williams & Greg Murphy. 2008
Mark Riley Assistant Coach 2008 12
Brett Montgomery Assistant Coach 2008 10
2008 - Alex Jesaulenko - Hall of Fame Legend.In May, 2008, Carlton champion Alex Jesaulenko was elevated to Legend status in the AFL Hall of Fame.
2008 - Cain Ackland.
2008 - Ex Blue; Port Melbourne's Dylan McLaren.
2008 Rd 1 - Jake Edwards about to handball.
2008 Rd 1 - Fevola & Betts celebrate Jakes Edwards goal.
2008 Rd 14 - Jake Edwards scrambles for the footy.
2008 Bendigo All Stars; Ex Blue Damien Lock

2008 Pre-Season
Round: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
2008 Hall of Fame Game