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The good and the bad from your club's performance this weekend.

Is footy's forgotten free agent the key to unlocking Carlton's skipper? A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size The boys from Ikon Park are in a precarious position heading into the 2021 off-season with the likes of Patrick Cripps and Harry McKay coming out of contract at the end of the year and demanding big pay packets. On top of reserving money for Sam Walsh in 2022, the big contracts of Adam Saad, Jack Martin, Zac Williams and Jacob Weitering, fresh reports state Carlton are going to pursue Essendon star Z...

Round 7 ratings and projections A Set the default text size A Set large text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Last week was tough for me and (to a lesser extent) the ELO-Following Football rating system. That said, despite our five count in picking winners, we also picked five winning wagers and ended the weekend exactly a dollar to the good on our nine hypothetical $2 wagers, making our weekly total $10.16 profit on $108 from 54 games so far this season. The ELO-FF rating system also outperformed the bookmakers in five out of nine games last week, meanin...

"Stars on every line": Ross Lyon defends Carlton's drafting calls By Former Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has defended Carlton and their recent decisions at the draft. The Blues underwent a full rebuild in 2015 under the direction of Stephen Silvagni, using 10 first round picks between 2015 and 2019. They have come under criticism this year for the development of the likes of Paddy Dow, Lochie O’Brien, Liam Stocker and Sam Petrevski-Seton in particular, with the quartet not yet reaching the lofty expectations out of their draft years. However, Lyon believes Carlton has done a good job overall ...

One positive and one negative from your club's Round 5 performance By Just two sides remain undefeated after five rounds. The Western Bulldogs and Melbourne continued their perfect starts to the season with respective wins over Gold Coast and Hawthorn. Richmond, West Coast, GWS, Port Adelaide, Brisbane, Fremantle and Geelong also recorded important wins with North Melbourne the only side without a victory. We have selected one positive and one negative from every club’s Round 5 performance. See our thoughts below: Positive: Promising youngsters showed plenty Adelaide has improved greatly ...