Hmmmm ...

Assumtion:
Everyone knew Ratten couldn't coach : Oh really

Under Ratten we made steady progress ... except for a year where we were completely destroyed by injuries ... even the media now admits this. Our greatest coach ... David Parkin ... many times stated that Ratten had a great football brain for coaching. So did another premiership coach ... Robert Walls. But obviously you know more about Ratten than they do.
S0 ... using the word 'Everyone' is not just an overstatement ... it is completely incorrect ... hahah ... laughable.

Assumption:
Even port didn't give him a gig'

This shows a little bit of ignorance ... sorry Synbad. Ratten knocked back the Port job as did other candidates who also knew they were a complete basket case.

OK ...
How many years did it take for Tricky Micky to win his first premiership?
How many years did it take Bomber Thomson to win his first premiership?

Carlton missed a huge opportunity to have a young coach and a favorite son, coach this team (which he built) into a successful erra. Instead we went out and appointed a Collingwood coach. Even you could coach this team to premiership Synbad and now Tricky Micky will reap the rewards ... If he does not succeed in the next 2 years ... then its a BIG FAIL.

Lets hope that he does succeed. We all want whats best for the mighty Blues.

I was sick of the injuries excuse last year, and I'm still sick of it now.

Injuries didn't cause the pathetic performances against Port and Gold Coast last year, and they sure as shit didn't cause constant deplorable kicking for goal, squibbing at contests, poor defensive structures or consistent slow starts from flat-footed players waiting for someone to do something.

Injuries certainly didn't help our season, but we're kidding ourselves if we think that's all there is to it. These players don't yet have the professionalism or ruthlessness to be a top team, whether that's their own fault or the coach's we can only speculate. But in my own humble opinion, a coach that started every sentence with "probably" or used stats alone as a measure of performance, couldn't have helped.

(Incidentally, I always saw our constant injury worries for years being a sign of poor player-management)

I think we'll have to call the plumber in early sue (major leakage), but once that's repaired it should be good to go. I don't expect the reno's to be completed until May...after that we should be comfortable with the new plans and the finish on the exterior will look superb. I'd suggest we'll do some cleaning out next summer and perhaps even look at going to market and buying something bigger.

I was sick of the injuries excuse last year, and I'm still sick of it now.

Injuries didn't cause the pathetic performances against Port and Gold Coast last year, and they sure as shit didn't cause constant deplorable kicking for goal, squibbing at contests, poor defensive structures or consistent slow starts from flat-footed players waiting for someone to do something.

Injuries certainly didn't help our season, but we're kidding ourselves if we think that's all there is to it. These players don't yet have the professionalism or ruthlessness to be a top team, whether that's their own fault or the coach's we can only speculate. But in my own humble opinion, a coach that started every sentence with "probably" or used stats alone as a measure of performance, couldn't have helped.

(Incidentally, I always saw our constant injury worries for years being a sign of poor player-management)

Hmmmm ...

Assumtion:
Everyone knew Ratten couldn't coach : Oh really

Under Ratten we made steady progress ... except for a year where we were completely destroyed by injuries ... .

Where do you think we would have finished last year had we had even an "average" run with injuries (bearing in mind that we were 5-1 at one point)?

Just focus on Kernahan now people - you've already got Ratten done & dusted........

Contrast that to 2011 in which, when the going got tough, Carlton got going. Especially that WCE final.

So what changed between 2011 and 2012 except for injuries? Was it a case of IDGAF attitudes? Out with the coach? Gibbs was on his menstrual cycle? You couldn't question the effort in 2011, so with almost the same list and same coach... what happened?

One thing's for sure... Malthouse won't put up with male menstrual cycles, period!

Just focus on Kernahan now people - you've already got Ratten done & dusted........

We would've made the 8, but that's it. Our players gave up when things got too tough, which tells me the same would've happened in September.

nah he done and dusted himself....

as i said to big wave... not even port took him..

big wave says nah he knocked it back... cos he wanted to be an assistant with hawthorn and not a senior coach.....

now thats logic for u.....

Sticks??... now if sticks could be a prez at another club... im sure he would be completely without a spot...
There is no way in hell... sticks could have got a presidents role at any other AFL club.....

Hopefully Glenelg beckons after this year... ad he gets himself far away from meddling around this club

Really?
Where did the Bulldogs finish in his final year?

Where was Collingwoods "hard edge" in Malthouses 5th year when they finished second last?