Carlton legend Anthonyย Koutoufides believes his former side can improve in 2019, after a disastrous season laast year.
The Blues won just two games and were handed the wooden spoon in 2018, but Koutoufides says there's a lot to like about this season's squad, naming their off-season recruits.
Carlton brought in Mitch McGovern, Will Setterfield, Sam Walsh and Liam Stocker, and the former Blues skipper has higher hopes for his side this season.
โLast year was a year everyone wants to forget, Iโve never seen anything like it,โ Koutoufides toldย SEN Breakfastย on Wednesday.
โI canโt see (Carlton) going backwards, theyโve got some great inclusions into the list.
โHopefully they stay injury free, Sam Dochertyโs obviously a massive loss already for the guys, but look, theyโve got a young list, theyโve got some really great young players and improvement should come from them.
โI see them going forward no doubt about it.
โIโm a little bit more excited about the upcoming season, but only time will tell.โ
Carlton open their 2019 campaign with the traditional season opener against Richmond, before travelling to Port Adelaide, hosting Sydney and visiting Gold Coast over the opening month of the fixture.
