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 |
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| 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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Gallery
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2012 - F1 Driver Daniel Ricciardo. -
2012 - Singers Lee Kernaghan & Dierks Bentley. -
AFL President Mike Fitzpatrick 2012 -
Robert Walls And Wayne Johnston 2012 -
Ratten Not Happy! -
Jo Silvagni And Megan Gale 2012 -
We Did It! Carlton Defeats Richmond 2012 -
McInnes On Debut Against Collingwood 2012 -
2012 Simpson Gets Smashed Against Collingwood -
2012 Walker Flies High Against The Cats -
A Goal On Debut For Tom Bell -
Chris Yarran 2012 -
Garlett Picks Out A Target -
Hampson 2012 -
Jarrad Waite 2012 -
Percy Jones & Rob Warnock 2012 -
Thornton Kicks A Goal 2012 -
Simon White Takes A Ripper Against Sydney 2012 -
You Beauty! Bell Kicks His First Career Goal -
Ellard Fires Off A Handball -
Header From Brett Ratten\'s Weekly Email To CFC Members -
Coach Ratten Sets Out The Game Plan -
Brett Ratten Deep In Thought -
Curnow Accepts A Pass -
T Bird Gets A Handpass Away -
Nick Duigan Marks Over Cat Jimmy Bartel 2012 -
Levi Casboult Marks In Front 2012 -
2012 Carlton Best & Fairest Heath Scotland -
Heath And Alisha Scotland 2012 -
Ratten Consoles Kade Simpson 2012 -
2012 - Nicholas Graham. -
2012 - Nicholas Graham. -
2012 - Troy Menzel. -
2012 - Nicholas Graham in action. -
2012 - Morrish Medalist Nick Graham. -
2012 - Tom Temay (Vic Metro). -
2012 - Troy Menzel. -
2012 - Troy Menzel. -
2012 - Tom Temay at draft camp. -
2012 - Troy Menzel. -
2012 - Tom Temay. -
2012 Rookie - Matthew Lodge. -
2012 Rookie - Nick Heyne. -
Jim & Dylan Buckley 2012Image: The Australian -
Tuohy On The BurstImage: Carlton Football Club -
Yarran Scoots Away Against The Bombers 2012 -
Jarrad Waite Brings Up Full Points 2012 -
Tom Bell & Bryce Gibbs 2012Image courtesy of Carlton Football Club -
Tuohy clears the pack - Rd 22 2012.jpgImage: AFL Record. Originally listed as being in the 2013 Nab Cup, this is clearly from late season 2012 -
Levi Casboult Flies High Against Sydney 2012.Image: AFL Media -
2012 - Blues Assistant Coach Gavin Brown.Image: Carlton Football Club -
Josh Bootsma 2012Image: Carlton Football Club -
Brett Ratten Confronts Mitch Robinson 2012 -
Matthew Capuano Ruck Coach 2012 -
Ruck Coach Matthew Capuano At Training 2012 -
Cam Wood Vs Matthew Kreuzer 2012Image courtesy of The Age newspaper. -
Paul Williams Asst. Coach 2012 -
Luke Webster Development Coach 2012Image courtesy of Carlton Football Club -
Darren Harris CFC Development & Academy Manager 2009 12Image courtesy of The Leader. -
Brent Crosswell 2012 Tasmanian Football Hall Of Fame -
2012 Ed Curnow Barks Instructions -
2012 - Carlton board member Adrian Gleeson. -
Marc Murphy Cops A Coat Hanger From A Docker 2012Image courtesy of Carlton Football Club. -
2012 Rd 5 - Skywalker. -
2012 Rd 5 - Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting -
2012 - Future Blues; Zac Williams & Michael Gibbons. -
2012 Rd 18 - Brock McLean celebrates thriller over the Tigers. -
2012 Rd 20 - Brock McLean cartoon. -
2012 Rd 23 - Brock McLean marks. -
2012 Rd 23 - Jeff Garlett marks on a lead. -
2012 Former Blue Ross Young
