Complex sentence: After playing only 11 games in his first two seasons, 2005 loomed as an important one for Carroll, and he broke his way into the side late in the season, before an injury in the Round 18 loss to St Kilda sidelined him for two weeks.
Split into simpler sentences: After playing only eleven games in his first two seasons, 2005 loomed as an important year for Carroll. He made his way into the team late in the season, before an injury in the Round 18 loss to St Kilda sidelined him for two weeks.