Im not .....I said that isnt the article isnt the one I was looking for but it did illustrate that WH was so surprised he was still available that he had deviated from his usual procedure.......it was over a year ago and if Im wrong so be it, an honest mistake.

If you say you interviewed him I believe you and wont search any further.

But anyway if WH only recruits kids of good carachter WTF are they doing blueing with Juddy off their faces in public ?

To all Carlton Players and Staff,
As a passionate Carlton supporter I have always taken pride in my club but over the last few years the idiotic actions of a minority of the playing group is causing the club a great deal of damage. I have also had to question what the club's ethos is and what the players really strive for.

A professional sportsman has a short career and their aim should be to get the most out of themselves and aim for the ultimate prize of winning a premiership. Elite athletes dont get blind drunk or get into fights or do things that will jeporidise their performance. Clearly this simple message is too complex for some players for whatever reason and it seems a minority of players still want to disrespect their team-mates, the club and it supporters.

There is no excuse for being drunk and I don't care whether it is during the season or during the off season, it is not so hard to drink responsibly yet for some this seems beyond their grasp so drastic action must be taken, clearly a fine and slap on the wrist has failed to have the intended response. We have assembled the best off-field (administration) team in the AFL, and they can determine the punishments as necessary. Make no mistakes that the supporters are sick of the rotten eggs dragging the club down, and as a club we will NEVER win a flag until the culture changes and the discipline comes from within the group rather than being forced in a paternalistic manner.

I want to thank the majority of the players who tow the line and do the right things and wish them well for 2010. To the few players who continue to act like overpaid fools (you know who you are) I have a simple message "Grow up or Get out". Not only are you disgracing yourselves but also the club, your team-mates, your family and the supporters.

Yours Sincerely
Rob G

Hope this doesn't turn out as ugly as the Manly 2009 season launch...

Logical consequences. If you have shown you can't handle the grog - don't touch it. Should be a total alcohol ban on these boys. If the club did sponsor this event and didn't think ahead then we are in so much more trouble than I thought. Yes 90% did handle it well (as far as we know at this stage) sadly the minority do have an impact and in mad Melbourne is always all over the media.
Ever since I have been around this forum (and TBV) the lack of effective leadership (apart from when RP was directly involved) has been appalling. Next question - Where do we go from here? Will sponsors want to be part of what we do?
If I was on the Board I would be asking some very pointed questions at key people at our club (and expecting some honest answers).

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"our electorate seeks less to be informed and more to be validated." Sad times.

Again I'll say it, Amateur hour. Club organised booze cruise....WTF are we thinking???

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Let's tank 2010

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Read today's paper?

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"our electorate seeks less to be informed and more to be validated." Sad times.

Are we the new rabble???

I knew things would only get worse once Fev left !!

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It seems we should just swap Judd's (and the ones) jumper for one that says "I'm with stupid". It worries me that Judd may look back at the end of his career and think WCE were a more professional club! The other thing is there is only ever about 50% of the story that actually gets out and can be printed so this xmas party must have been a beauty. Seventeen looks a lot further away than I had hoped.

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In addition to the players involved, the CFC officials who organised and monitored that function would want to take a good flowering look at themselves.

Maybe that's the problem - there were no CFC minders watching.

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"our electorate seeks less to be informed and more to be validated." Sad times.

He might have been asking the woman in question hair or makeup tips, or where she got those faaaabulous shoes?

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

Fair point, but wasn't Houla heavily involved in at least one of Fev's priors?

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

It was all Fev's fault haven't you heard?

Eddie sounds like he needs to quit drinking as its only going to get him in trouble.
Robo sounds like an awkward bloke. Shows potential on the field however. Would wont to respect the club leaders or wont get a chance to show what he can do.
Houla has done his dash and would want to make the most of any chance he gets this year or he will be shown the door.
Walker better hope his body holds out this year or his career could be in danger. Club wont support him through another lay off if this is the way it is repaid.

Sponsor dollars are going to be hard to find.

I seriously like the idea of 15%, or 25% actually even better.

I like many just cannot comprehend how easy these people have it and how little they care about their role as a professional sportsman.

I don't want to think about having these 4 out as well with no Judd in rounds 1 through 3, we already have to front up to Brisbane and Fev without Judd which is gonna hurt.

Walker, unbelievable - you have teased me with your spastic kicking skills for years, then seemed to improve on that, then had the unlucky spell, then recover and now do this.

Houlihan, seems to have stepped up, as class clown now Fev is gone.

At least Nick Stevens isn't still on the list, we have been spared from seeing a vice captain embarrass us here too.

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I will miss you Kouta - thanks for the memories. ps. Kouta > * for ∞

Awesome pot shot at Stevens mate.

Stevens hadn't done anything wrong (other than suffer a serious neck injury which explains why he 'isn't on the list'). He wasn't even at the fight at the casino.

Yet Robbo was but of course he had been targeted.

It's actually more Stevens' fault than Robinson's didn't you know.

Amazing how some players are scapegoats.

Can't blame this one on Fev and Stevo though.

Clearly leadership is an issue - leaders, be it Judd or Swann or Ratts, should take some heat for this

If players can't be trusted, then big boozy nights should be off limits

Or at the very least the night should be managed (monitored)

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This is a disgrace and cant go on... I took the line of innocent until proven guilty, but in light of these new revelations, I think Eddie and Robbo should be given the Steve Johnsone treatment...
This is the kind of stuff that used to go on at Collingwood a few years ago until Eddie took the hard line stance on Didak and Shaw.
We need Ratten, Swann, Judd and Sticks to come out and address this issue with the public instead of hiding their heads inthe sand.... Judd is a fantastic player, but seriously needs to grow some balls in terms of commanding respect... The way some players treat him is an absolute embaressment...
If the axeing of Fev wasnt enough of a wake up call for Eddie and the rest of the boys, being hit in the hip pocket, being banned from drinking and being suspended from the senior side for the fist 5 weeks of the season should do the trick... If they offend again, GOODBYE!!!

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Words escape me. This would have to be a joke, surely.

I’m trying to fathom how this could be possible? Both from the players and the club.

Do we enjoy being a laughing stock? The Fev saga was only in @#$%&! Sept!

Obviously the players have long forgotten the Brisbane final. Well I haven’t, I’m still hurting like hell.

All this while we don’t have a major sponsor. How stupid do you have to be?

Absolutely gutted to say the least.

I’m coming to the sad realisation that we haven’t progressed as a club any where near what I thought we had.

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