The latest excuse to come out is about how we only beat a 'half-strength' Giants.

The same 'half-strength' Giants that had won 9 of 11 games prior to this one

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WADA medical director Dr Alan Vernec describes Essendon* FC drug case as biggest scandal in team sport the world of sport has seen. #WC2WB

#GUILTY

I am excited also, this team works hard, hard for each other, hard for Bolts. Now if i can just convince the son to come back to watching some footy with me.

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This type of slight is alien in the more cultured part of the world - Walsh. Its up there with mad dogs, Englishmen and the midday sun!

I am feeling emotionally drained after yesterday.

I know it's easier said than done but how good will we be when we actually convert our dominance in to scoreboard pressure.

We don't kick enough goals and the better sides punish us when they have momentum.

If we can fix or improve that part of our game we will be much, much harder to deal with.

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We are on our way back...

Look who is at #58 in the draft. Our very own Brad Moran! Can't keep a good man down.

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"Get ready, Teddy - you're on": Ron Barassi half time 1970 Grand Final

I am loving watching these kids develop week by week. Our 2015 draft has the makings of Hawthorns 2004 draft. The nucleus of sustained period of success. Weitering, Curnow, Cunningham and Jack are just getting better and better. And I have faith the big Harry will be a player as well. The back injury last year put him behind the other boys development but the talent is there and we have the blokes in place to extract the potential from these boys starting with Bolts.

Add the talent added from last year in SPS, Fish, Williamson, Macreadie plus Polson and Kerr potentially; when you nail 2 draft's in succession and add quality young recruits it is just so exciting to be a Carlton fan right now.

Yesterday was another small step towards what I have no doubt will be the Blues next great era

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Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

Haven't seen this mentioned, but this is also our first win at Etihad this year.

Our others have been at the G in less than ideal conditions for the opposition. This was a flat deck under the roof.

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WADA medical director Dr Alan Vernec describes Essendon* FC drug case as biggest scandal in team sport the world of sport has seen. #WC2WB

#GUILTY

Hello Caleb Marchbank here. The second best if not the best of all those above. Couldn't agree more with your sentiments however. Technically he wasn't a draft pick but I think of him as one

I agree with whoever said Matthew Kennedy looks like a lego man

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#DonTheStash

Plowman a handy pickup as well.

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'The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it'
H.L. Mencken

They all also forget we played one short for almost the entire match which makes the close win even more meritorious.

I was thinking Astro boy.

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I hope Essendon* folds.

He does. I was trying to work it out yesterday. The Master Builder would be good in Navy Blue.

Really, really stoked with the win, moreso as it was the by-product of a good plan well executed by the players for 4 quarters.

It showed not only tremendous buy-in from the players, but also their degree of tactical concentration and discipline. So pleasing to see this level of sophistication!!

The one thing that annoyed me a bit is we continue to have too many flying for marks. I can understand the reason, or at least i think I can: guys desperate to not allow the opposition to mark; Cripps wanting to add another dimension to his game by playing tall. But on too many occasions we had Cripps, Kruze, Charlie and Casboult flying for the same ball. I know we will sort this out though.

If we'd been a bit cleaner we could've been further in front, but they too fluffed a few. Thought Gibbs tried hard to re-dress the stoppage imbalance, but he, like Cripps, was a bit fumbly at times. Great seeing youngsters like Cunningham and Fisher cope with the tempo. Such a shame Fisher didn't finish off that slick move with the match-winning goal, but I'm sure he will next time.

Kruze was fantastic in his 150th, and Docherty is playing AA level football (even if the likes of Flog Darcy et al will ignore it).

Think I might watch the replay again

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... an eagle flew out of the night. he was something to observe, came in close i heard a voice, bending stretching every nerve, had to listen had no choice ...

Great point you make. Great observation.

Bolton hasn't been silent on building our defensive side first.
Whether it was positional, game style or tempo, all footy fans are convinced the backline is sorted.
And this is with mature heads and in form KPD's Rowe and Silvagni out injured.
Marchbank, Plowman, Weitering, Macreadie, all so mobile they can play further upfield or on smalls...as is Jones and Jaksch.

Williamson Sheehan Byrne Smedts and the addition of A.Silvagni, will push out Docherty into the midfield soon, to add class there.

Midfield depth will be added at the end of the year to add to Kreuzer Cripps Murphy Gibbs SPS Cuningham Simpson and the Curnows.

Then after that the Forward Targets will mature...McKay Silvagni Curnow Kerr and Co....and we will get a big name...then kaboom.

SOS and BB have crafted a Great plan. 66 round reset. I call it an instant rebuild with the right people in charge.

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

Yes, and I thought I saw Williamson evade a potential steal by flipping the ball around his back near the boundary line?

Great, tough win that showed all the things we would be aiming for: tight defence (all over the ground), four quarter effort, composure under pressure, intelligent and quick decision making.

Came over from Tassie to watch game and what a game , obviously some stand out players but it was a fantastic team effort, no slackers, didn't hear the final siren and hearing the crowd sing the song after the game was simply the best, people standing singing and cheering the boys unreal, we are a team on the rise , bolts and SOS and co are obviously building a fantastic culture, glory days are on the horizon , GO BLUES !!!!!

You might just have to be content with the match-winning behind this time Maxy.

AFLCA Votes

9 Docherty
8 Kreuzer
7 D Shiel
2 L Jones
2 M Murphy
2 Whitfield

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"You are being watched. The government has a secret system. A machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it." - Finch

Dylan Shiel would look great in Navy Blue. Terrific player.