Carlton (1-10, 18th)
What's gone right: A few of their young stars have shown glimpses of reaching their potential. Charlie Curnow has put forth some dominant games as well as many of their other under-22 players. Unfortunately, they've struggled to put good games together as a team, it's often just one player pulling their weight, and it's a different player every week.
What's gone wrong: Carlton have been plagued with injuries. It all started in the pre-season when their All-Australian Sam Docherty injured his knee and was forced to sit out for a year. Since then, Carlton have lost captain Marc Murphy, Caleb Marchbank, Matthew Kennedy, Matthew Kreuzer, Sam Rowe, Jacob Weitering, Tom Williamson, Ciaran Byrne, Levi Casboult and Alex Silvagni all to injury at some point of the season. All players you could argue are in the Blues' best 22.
Best and fairest: Patrick Cripps. One of Carlton's only consistent players. Cripps puts up quality efficient games every week in a team that rarely performs. It's a no-brainer who takes home the award at the end of the season.
Season prediction: 3-19. It'd be a win for Carlton if they manage to pick up two victories in the latter half of the season. Only able to pick up one win so far, the Blues could be only the second team since 1996 to win one game the entire season (The other being GWS in 2013).
