Season 2009 - Wrap Up
Carlton finished seventh on the ladder last year. In an ordinary year, you could extrapolate, interpolate and make reasonable assumptions on where Carlton are headed. That was before they lost 86 goals last year and 185 goals the previous two years in trading Fevola to Brisbane.

On the positive side, Murphy and Gibbs are stars who have still have improvement in them. And if Waite can return to anywhere close to what he was in the first half, this will go a long way to making up for Fevola's loss (but you never truly cover a player who scores almost 190 goals in 2 years).

Stat Leaders
Leading goalkicker: Brendan Fevola (86)
Leading possession winner: Bryce Gibbs (597)
Most kicks: Bryce Gibbs (315)
Most handballs: Marc Murphy (287)
Most marks: Bret Thornton (163)
Most tackles: Chris Judd (101)
Most hit-outs: Matthew Kreuzer (394)
Most Dream Team Points: Bryce Gibbs (2353 - 22 games)
Most Dream Team Average: Bryce Gibbs (107)
Most Super Coach Points: Marc Murphy (2483 - 22 games)
Most Super Coach Average: Marc Murphy (113)

Awards
John Nicholls Medal:

1. Chris Judd (558 votes)
2. Marc Murphy (451 votes)
3. Bryce Gibbs (415 votes)
4. Brendan Fevola (390 votes)
5. Matthew Kreuzer (311 votes)
6. Jordan Russell(281 votes)
7. Paul Bower (279 votes)
8. Kade Simpson (254 votes)
9. Bret Thornton (225 votes)
10. Aaron Joseph (201 votes)

Best First Year Player: Aaron Joseph

Who They Lost?
Brendan Fevola (traded to Brisbane Lions)
First-round draft pick No.11 (traded to Melbourne)
Second-round draft pick No.27 (traded to Brisbane Lions)
Adam Hartlett (delisted)
Jordan Bannister(delisted)
Adam Bentick(delisted)
Jake Edwards(delisted)
Luke Stanton (rookie listed)
Lachie Hill (rookie listed)
Darren Pfeiffer (rookie listed)

Who They Gained?
Brock McLean (from Melbourne)
Lachie Henderson (from Brisbane Lions)
First-round draft pick No.12 (from Brisbane Lions)

Under The Gun
The Carlton Forward Line.
Lachie Henderson/Matthew Kreuzer/Sentana O'Hailpin/Eddie Betts. Take your pick because you don't lose 86 goals of production and replace it like for like. Maybe they should have signed the Bulldogs forward coach. Then again, "you can't make chicken salad out of chicken sh-t" as the level of talent in the Carlton forward line minus Fevola is not even close.

Burning Question: How will Waite return from a knee reconstruction?

A successful Waite return will be a bonus so don't look for him to score 90+ in 87% of his games as he did in the first 8 last year. The fact that he went down in round nine does not bode well for any significant contribution to your fantasy team. Traditional knee reconstructions generally takes a full year for the player to just get a game and another year for them to be back playing confidently. Although he'll be heavily discounted, waite (pun intended) and see how it plays out until making a decision.

Some fantasy football stats for Jarrad Waite:
Averages DT (107) SC (98)
High DT (127) SC (143)
Low DT (59) SC (64)
90+ Points DT (5/8) SC (7/8)
* The above numbers have ignored the 2 & 7 he scored in round 9 when he did his knee.