A STIRRING second half of the season will have Carlton full of confidence with 2019 coming to a close.

Familiar faces fired in Navy Blue while the Club’s emerging youngsters owned the future in a campaign which saw the Blues record seven wins for the year.

With the home-and-away season now over, we’re going through every player who featured for Carlton at senior level in 2019. 

Here’s the year that was for Carlton’s No. 30, Charlie Curnow.

GAMES

2019: 11

Career: 58

KEY STATISTICS (averages in brackets):

Disposals: 135 (12.3) Marks: 49 (4.5) Contested possessions: 73 (6.6) Contested marks: 49 (4.5) Inside 50s: 27 (2.5) Score involvements: 48 (4.4)

OVERVIEW

Backing up a breakthrough 2018 season was difficult for Charlie Curnow, with injury halting his year before he could get up and going. 

A series of knee injuries restricted Curnow in the opening months of the season, before he regained fitness and - on the back of that - form to show what he was truly capable of. 

With 14 goals in a four-game stretch, Curnow seemed set to explode in the second half of the season under new coach David Teague.

However, just as Curnow was on the verge of leading the charge with Harry McKay, another knee injury against Fremantle saw his season prematurely end. 

BEST PERFORMANCE

There’s absolutely no doubt when it comes to Curnow’s best game of the season, purely because of his dominance against the Western Bulldogs in Round 13. 

Marvel Stadium was Charlie’s playground in June, with the dynamic forward becoming the first Carlton player to kick seven goals since Jarrad Waite six years ago. 

The Dogs had no match for Curnow, who nearly single-handedly dragged the comeback Blues over the line in a narrow defeat. 

Unsurprisingly, the performance yielded three votes on Brownlow night. 

SEASON HIGHLIGHT

While it would have been easy to pick any of his seven goals against the Bulldogs, the human highlight reel produced his best against Brisbane the week prior. 

On a day most remembered for Patrick Cripps’ dominance, Curnow stood up in attack as the Blues recorded a memorable come-from-behind win. 

Kicking three goals for the day, Curnow’s first for the day was his best. 

Marking 55 metres out and on a tight angle, Curnow instinctively wheeled and converted truly from distance to get Bluebaggers believing just before half time.

THEY SAID IT

The football world was abuzz following Curnow’s seven-goal performance against the Western Bulldogs, with former Melbourne champion Garry Lyon one of those people.

“He was exciting. He did all of the things we know he’s got the talent to do,” Lyon said on FOX Footy’s On the Couch.

“He did it in an area of the game where there was going to be pay off. And the pay off came in seven goals.”