blueman wrote:
I dont really care what others think, all I know is what happened to me and how I occassionally dream or have a special sense about Carlton - sometimes in very vivid ways.
I had a premonition in 2001 of a terrible financial crisis at Carlton, a wooden spoon followed by a miraculous rise later on soon after an older coach left the club. We gradually recovered, from what was bankruptcy - led by a very influential president.
Despite what in a financial sense was insolvency, we were not actually in danger of folding as a club, because there were always people in the background who would not let that happen - but as we see now, Mr Pratt is very interested in teaching the man to fish rather than feeding him with handouts..
Our on field resurgence was led by a new young coach and occurred during a time of war - when we won a premiership from a low position in the final eight.
At the time of this occurring (2001), Carlton was in the finals, so this view of our future came as a shock, a deep shock as a matter of fact, as I was used to Carlton having downturns, but nothing like what I foresaw at that time..
Looking back, I did have a sense of this terrible future earlier, but I did not pay it the attention it deserved - because Carlton of course was a successful club - such things didnt ever happen to us - but how wrong I was..
So ever since 2001, I have remained true to this vision of Carlton , which I believe spans about a decade of time.
Much of what seemed improbable in 2001 has indeed come to pass, and now I do believe we are close to the resurgence I forsaw.
Now, as I have experience with such things in a general sense, when a human sees something of the future , often it might not be an actual depiction of what occurs, but might instead be symbolic in nature.
So, I am very cautious about predicting a future flag as such, although this did feature prominently in what I saw in 2001, and I have been given visions of other flags and glorious victories before they occurred, notably in 1999 and in 1995 - Earlier than this I did have a sense of these things, but I was not mature enough to use this gift properly.
At this particular point in the journey I am most interested in how our coaching saga and the turnover of our playing list unfolds. - for the way that these things pan out will set the scene for the next and I believe extremely exciting phase..
I am also very intrigued by the next move that wonderful philaphtropist and thespian, Richard Pratt will make. He is indeed a man who plays his cards very close to his chest - and you never really know when he might have an ace up his sleeve..
how many times have you won the lotto...?
