couldn't agree more 944. Pagan was a two faced prick. he had one face for the media and one for the dressing room. whilst that's normal for all coaches, he was the master politician at it. please fellow tc'ers......feel NO flowering sympathy for him.

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If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!

Camel was right.. Dumb Sports Guy...

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Oompa loompa doompety dee
If you are wise you'll listen to me

The improvement in the kids is astonishing over two weeks since Pagan left. I can't wait for Josh to come back at CHF and be the lead up target, instead of being bypassed.

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Mjonc signing off at 8888

Ho Hum!

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

Don't get carried away we still lost two games to mediocre opposition.

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I know DP had to go, and I'm pleased Ratten's got the job, but in reality there's little difference in the results of the two collingwood games.
http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_m ... s?mid=2960
http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_m ... s?mid=3048

You can put any kind of spin you like, but in reality the team was going okay until they dropped their heads and got smacked a couple of times. Maybe that was Pagan, maybe it was too long with no success but whatever the reason, we're still in a similar spot to round 11.

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Hows this for "spin"?
The team that lost by 24 points earlier this year had an average age of 23 and 11 months with 76 games experience.

The team that went out on Saturday was over a year younger on average per player (22/10) and an average games total of 48!
Apparently that was the youngest Carlton team for 37 years.
Whats more, they were the best part of 2 years younger than the team that we were leading for most of the game.

If you see no difference in the 2 teams and the spirit they played with, you're watching a different team to me.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Maybe so, but have a look at the games experience in each match.

Collingwood - 88 games in both.
Carlton - 76 the first time, and 48 on the weekend.

That's interesting...

(and Blue Vain got in first)

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NOW YOU'RE JUST SOME CLUB THAT I USED TO KNOW.

and to be honest we were right in it up until Fev left the ground and Saddington went back to Rocca...

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" Koutoufides has taken the last quarter by the scruff of the neck..." Commentary Drew Morphett Last Qtr '99 Prelim. Pure Gold.

Thanks for the memories Kouta. You are and always will be a True Blue Carlton Legend. #43.

and it was interesting to note a quote by malthouse

"carlton are going to be a pretty good side"

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Got to love the stare Down by Setanta on Llyod

I quoted this site for the stats and scores of the game. I agree it also mentions the average age and games played, but I'd be doing a bit more research on that before quoting in for absolute truth .

For example, it says we played 14 players with 50 games or under experience. Sounds good, yeah? Find me 14 players with less than 50 games under their belts on that list. Also mentions the 150+ gamers at 0 but we played Saddington and Houlihan from memory .

I'm happy it was the youngest team in 37 years, and I believe they're playing well under the circumstances, but let's not fool ourselves that Ratts in and DP out is the answer to all our preyers just yet.

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