The boys turn their attention to the Carlton Blues, a side stuck in AFL limbo after sliding further back into mediocrity, and out of the 8 in 2025. 

A year after a finals run, the Blues once again leaned heavily on too few stars, with Walsh and Cripps hurting, Cerra carrying load, and George Hewett producing a career Fantasy year.

List movement was busy: Carlton added Harry Deane, Campbell Chesser, Ben Ainsworth, Ollie Florent, Will Hayward and ruck depth via Liam Reedy, while losing Tom De Koning and Jack Silvagni to St Kilda, Charlie Curnow to Sydney and saying goodbye to veterans and depth through delistings and Sam Docherty’s late-season retirement.

We break down who boomed in 2025, who underwhelmed, and why Jagga Smith is shaping up as the breakout cash cow of 2026. Nick Newman gets heavy discussion as a value play off a 30% discount, and the boys debate whether Carlton’s Fantasy relevance outweighs their actual football trajectory.

We wrap with ladder predictions, the boys locking the Blues into another year outside the eight unless everything goes right.