Right back at ya....

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"Truth, for the tyrants, is the most terrible and cruel of all bindings; it is like an incandescent iron falling across their chests. And it is even more agonizing than hot iron, for that only burns the flesh, while truth burns its way into the soul"     — Lauro Aguirre

Yes it's about respect and leadership and things have to change.
Time for a change means that that don't have confidence or like what the coach has to say.
It's about we don't want to do this so we won't.
I'll show you who has the power in this club.
Spoilt little shits.
Ratten has to assert his dominance and lead.
Whether he is right or wrong he has control of the team and it's direction not the players.
That's up to the twits further up.

So no one really stood out for the Northern Blues.
Probably difficult for players to play a winning style of footy at NB with so many injuries...and lack of depth in the VFL reserves.

Lucas, Kerr, Buckley...not many healthy players left to choose from and none of them stood out.
Bell could be called on the replace Murphy for his LTI.
Russell didn't play.

Now Scotland is out for 3 weeks...FMD.

We're relying on the return of injured players to fix us up for this game:
Kreuzer, Henderson and Duigan???? Maybe Thornton??? and no midfielders.

I've always been a Bower fan, and a Setanta fan, even had hope for Collins....something to do with Rose coloured glasses.
Sorry to say but I've given up on Bower. He's in because we're desperate for talls. Same with Collins imo.
I hold no hope that Bower will get us over the line in a GF. In fact, he may get us in a spot of bother imo.
So I'd swap TBird for Bower, and that's something I would never have done in the past.
If we were a form team, I'd even keep Bootsma in for Bower....maybe even Watson; just played his best game ever for us imo.

I'd also like to drop Curnow, Joseph, but we have no one to replace them.
Brock and Elllard have been OK, and have been our best in the last 2 weeks...and I'd like to change them for better players too.
Our bottom 6 are a real problem.

So the kids Bootsma and Watson have to give way for the big boys, depsite them doing OK against Port.
But we have to select for a win this Friday...and that's an understatement.

No matter who is selected we will see what the players have in terms of pride, guts and determination, and love of the jumper against last years premiers.

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

My Hope

Out: Scotland Curnow Bower Garlett Armfield
In: Kruezer Lucas Dale Duigan Buckley


What Ratten will do

Out: Scotland Collins
In: Kruezer Russell

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

All I can say about this game is:

GO BLUES!

Out: Scotland, Curnow, Bower, Joesph
In: Dale, Lucas, Henderson, Kreuzer

Thought Joseph's game on Boak was pretty serviceable, one of the few who did their job.

Wouldn't mind seeing how he goes on Selwood..

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HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR TALKINGCARLTON SUPERCOACH 2009 YET?

I think by then it wil be kiss the seasn bye bye.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

No............

I backed us

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit"
- Aristotle

With that hopeless effort it's hard to drop players who gave everything so i think a couple will be safe this week who probably shouldn't be.

OUT- Bower, Curnow, Scotland
IN - Henderson, Lucas, Kruezer

Expect a few players to get dropped in a couple of weeks though.

Would like to see a little more overcommitment at the contest, at least it shows some aggression.
At the moment we watch teams get the ball and try to intercept. Win the f****ing ball first or lay a tackle!
We play the game like basketball.

This is going to be like a car crash - you dont want to look but you cant help yourself

I was the same saturday night I was out not watching but even though I could see things were heading south I still kept checking to see the score

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They will create an Emergency to change the Laws

Me too Sydney - me too.
Only thing was I couldn't enjoy myself and it made me angrier and angrier as the game went on.

The least we can try and do is be aggressive from the first bounce and make them earn every kick...........

The reality is we will be treated like Rag Dolls and smashed. Ratten must go for his inability to inspire a red hot go from his charges. I know they are also to blame but you can't sack the team.

Didn't you state in another post that there are about 5 players in the side that should never play for the club again?

Isn't that therefore part of the problem?

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"They're [REDACTED]'

And that he is loyal... he said that....

and he thinks 5 guys should never play footy for the club again...

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If we lose by a big enough margin we will be 11th after the round. Three weeks ago we were shooting for top position. A month is a long time in footy.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

Carlton left clueless on form slump - HS article.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/carlton-left-clueless-on-form-slump/story-e6frg1xu-1226381958879

Down in form, can't work out why...
(Would have thought all those stats would have told us)...

As much as I want to believe in rebound theory and we will somehow be alright on the night and towel the Cats, just can't see it happening. Am kind of torn in what I want. Want to win, but don't want the rather large cracks in our club papered over by a 'redeeming win'.

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I would like to thank Collingwood for helping me keep faith in my old man. He always told me that 'People are thick'.

The coaches are paid big bucks.

If you can't work it out you are not doing your @#$%&! job

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Cheats never prosper (except in the AFL)

Totally agree, was astounded by the comment about not knowing why (despite the admirable honesty). Get out of my footy club...

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Carlton - Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less
Than I used to, my love

Do they seriously not know why?!!?
Holy crap, things are worse than I thought...

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C'mon Blueboys!