2000

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2000 Summary

The year after making the Grand Final, the Carlton Brains Trust felt that the Blues were close to Premiership number 17 and topped up with experienced players Michael Mansfield and Stephen O'Reilly rather than draft youth.

Unfortunately, this strategy failed to pay off. Although second on the ladder at year end, who would not be able to win the flag. For sure, there were some highlights, with three 10 goal quarters or more during the year in Rounds 6, 13 and 18, but there was one rather large obstacle in the way.

The Blues would take on the rather unstoppable Bombers, who had lost only 1 match all year, and were hell bent on avenging the 1999 Preliminary Final, and would knock us out of the finals race at that stage before going on to win the Big One. In doing so, the Bombers would match our 16 Premierships and share bragging rights over the rest of the competition.

But one big story for the year was the irrepressible form of a dominant Anthony Koutoufides, who would achieve an honour only twice won by Blues. Kouta would be unstoppable all year, including a golden series of performances mid-year, and would win the AFL Players Association Most Valuable Player Award. Kouta came close in the Brownlow as well, but was pipped by Demon Shane Woewodin.

Ladder

Pos	Team	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	For	Against	%
1	Essendon	21	0	1	84	415.326.2816	259.216.1770	159.1
2	Carlton	16	0	6	64	396.291.2667	291.233.1979	134.8
3	Melbourne	14	0	8	56	378.289.2557	314.275.2159	118.4
4	Kangaroos	14	0	8	56	359.293.2447	338.276.2304	106.2
5	Geelong	12	1	9	50	329.260.2234	337.284.2306	96.9
6	Brisbane Lions	12	0	10	48	384.298.2602	323.284.2222	117.1
7	Western Bulldogs	12	0	10	48	347.239.2321	330.261.2241	103.6
8	Hawthorn	12	0	10	48	327.236.2198	328.283.2251	97.6
9	Richmond	11	0	11	44	303.250.2068	323.283.2221	93.1
10	Sydney	10	0	12	40	333.256.2254	328.251.2219	101.6
11	Adelaide	9	0	13	36	323.317.2255	347.265.2347	96.1
12	Fremantle	8	0	14	32	276.230.1886	387.296.2618	72
13	West Coast	7	1	14	30	326.260.2216	351.293.2399	92.4
14	Port Adelaide	7	1	14	30	273.290.1928	339.261.2295	84
15	Collingwood	7	0	15	28	301.283.2089	356.295.2431	85.9
16	St Kilda	2	1	19	10	272.223.1855	391.285.2631	70.5

People of 2000

Captain: Craig Bradley
Coach: David Parkin
Leading Goal-kicker: Lance Whitnall - 70 goals
Best & Fairest: Scott Camporeale and Brett Ratten (tied)

Milestones

Debuts: Adam Chatfield, Andrew Merrington, Ryan Houlihan, Scott Freeborn
Debuts (Carlton): Stephen O'Reilly, Michael Mansfield, Trent Hotton
AFLPA MVP: Anthony Koutoufides

2000 Pre-Season Round: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 Qualifying Final | Semi Final | Preliminary Final Playing List | Debuts | The Rookies | Stats Leaders | Brownlow Votes | B&F Votes Big Stories: Winning streaks | Kouta's Golden Run 1999 | 2001

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