A new decade is upon us.
What can we expect from a Navy Blue lens in the 2020s? Wonder no more.
That was out of bounds
The year is 2029. It’s the 50-year anniversary of the 1979 Grand Final. Collingwood looks as though it has hit the front against the old enemy, until updated score review technology shows the ball was out of bounds and the score is overturned. Somewhere, Brian Taylor is yelling.
Another decade of ‘Simmo’
Aged 45, Kade Simpson chalks up two significant milestones: his 550th career game, and the fifth career kick taken on his right foot. He signs his 14th consecutive one-year contract extension to take him into 2030.
The Train rolls in
The game’s search for the perfect pre-game entertainment on Grand Final day is never bettered when Carlton goes full Angry Anderson circa 1991: the Blues enter football’s biggest stage on an actual Teague Train.
Worldwide domination
Madison Prespakis was joined by Sam Walsh as the Club completed a Rising Star double. History continues to be made when Prespakis joins Patrick Cripps as the first AFLW/AFL MVP pairing from the same club. This isn’t a prediction: it’s a spoiler.
Wow - these results really are realistic. 😏🐐#BoundByBlue pic.twitter.com/d7NZsMC20W
— Carlton FC (@CarltonFC) July 16, 2019
Draft night re-imagined
Come the end of the decade, 100 live trades involving first-round draft picks have been completed. Somehow, comparisons continue to be made to ‘The Liam Stocker Trade’.
The Decision
The hype surrounding the draft reaches fever pitch in the next decade, particularly in 2029: that is, the year when Oscar Judd is up for being drafted. Channeling LeBron James and Antoine Griezmann, his Navy Blue (instead of the royal variety) decision is broadcast live on Kayo.
Membership milestone
‘Baggers everywhere continue to get behind the Navy Blue surge, seeing the Club hit the 100,000 membership mark early in the decade. The plan to announce it with a 100,000-second livestream of a chair doesn’t make it beyond the cutting room floor.
The Champ Champ Champ
Special dispensations are made when Carlton goes onto AFLW glory, with a premiership cumberbund (Captain Raymond Holt style) awarded to the Blues’ No.7. Arise, Tayla Three Belts.
