Finally A Carlton Reserves Team Again?

mjonc · **Posted:** Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:44 pm

I see the Reserves being played at MC Hammer Oval. Cost should be covered by bigger crowds and social club revenues for the day hopefully. With the club also lobying to return games against interstate teams to MC Hammer Oval, double headers could well be on the agenda like Geelong does :-D

billc3 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:41 pm **Posts:** 4629

mjonc wrote:

I see the Reserves being played at MC Hammer Oval. Cost should be covered by bigger crowds and social club revenues for the day hopefully. With the club also lobying to return games against interstate teams to MC Hammer Oval, double headers could well be on the agenda like Geelong does :-D

Mmm so how many times has Pratt already said that he can see PP being used for Football again?

This proposal ticks off tooo many boxes to not go ahead...

Ground as a venue
Development of youngs
Resolving Pagan Mitchell
and still to come
Community venue and upgrade with commercial section

camel · **Posted:** Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:57 pm

Jarusa wrote:

I can't believe it has taken me this long to notice the irony of Barry Mitchell coaching a team of white-ants. :lol:

Not as ironic as rain on your wedding day.

bondiblue · **Posted:** Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:17 pm

I'll be very happy when all our players wear the CFC jumper again.

At least I can barrack for my team and see all of the 2nd 22 team at the one venue whenever I'm in Melbourne rather than missing out on the players in the Ants' reserves.

Furthermore, MC Labour Park is a great ground to play on for the players and good from a spectator point of view.

Finally, I can continue hating the Ray Shaw Bullants again, although I can't barrack for my old VFA team, the Zebras, whilst they are a Melb FC 2nds team, that's half a win.

Bo Blues Twos.

Rambo Stallone · **Posted:** Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:19 am

bondiblue wrote:

I'll be very happy when all our players wear the CFC jumper again.

At least I can barrack for my team and see all of the 2nd 22 team at the one venue whenever I'm in Melbourne rather than missing out on the players in the Ants' reserves.

Furthermore, MC Labour Park is a great ground to play on for the players and good from a spectator point of view.

Finally, I can continue hating the Ray Shaw Bullants again, although I can't barrack for my old VFA team, the Zebras, whilst they are a Melb FC 2nds team, that's half a win.

Bo Blues Twos.

Yeh and make me sick seeing our players in Red And White,Sydney Madri Gra colors and stupid Ant on them,i know the bullants might be called that because maybe their lots of ants there,but the name is poor,why not the sharks,that has a deadly bite not like a ant.

murraycray · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:35 am

Getting a reserves side up and running next year is a must as far as I'm concerned,for all the obvious reasons. What I am a little hazy on is where we draw the the ''top up players'' from. Can someone enlighten me?

murraycray · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:06 am

POST SCRIPT......What concerns me is if we play blokes with AFL experience, whether it be with Carlton or whoever, would their monetary arrangements be separate to the salary cap ? The others ofcourse would be from assorted TAC and metro and country sides invited to try out.
I just don't want to give Andrew and his henchmen another excuse to have a crack at us.

jimmae · **Posted:** Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:45 am

I'd say so, but possibly a seperate cap?

It's a bit different from when it was essentially ammos with a set fee.

Loyal Carltonian · **Posted:** Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:18 am

Rambo keep your smartarse comments to yourself. I live in the Northern suburbs and the majority of Carlton's support comes from there. If you have anything against us do not make it public here.

bondiblue · **Posted:** Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:36 pm

LC wrote

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I live in the Northern suburbs and the majority of Carlton's support comes from there. If you have anything against us do not make it public here.

I don't know whether that is correct or not, but I would bet it's wrong.

There maybe a lot of the previous generations barracking for Carlton who originated from there, but I doubt they didn't get in the way of gentrification, and now live elsewhere.

I was a Zebra supporter, but no longer barrack for them, due to their affiliation with MFC, and despite that I take an interest in the Bullants, but I cant barrack for them.

When focussing on the northern suburbs of the city...I bet a Northcote supporter despised The Bullants and Brunswick-Preston games were the derby and they hated each other; yet they may have all been Carlton supporters.

blueboysean · **Posted:** Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:27 pm

Indie, relating to your previous posts:

It's hard to tell when you're being sarcastic, but it seems as though you're saying that the very same excuses you say are unacceptable for Pagan ARE acceptable for Mitchell. Also, Mitchell would not have had as much to do with Walker, Murphy and Gibbs as Pagan.

Can't make up my mind about Pagan, but let him do his thing this season.

Rambo Stallone · **Posted:** Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:48 pm

Loyal Carltonian wrote:

Rambo keep your smartarse comments to yourself. I live in the Northern suburbs and the majority of Carlton's support comes from there. If you have anything against us do not make it public here.

Look we are the navy blues not red and white,i just hate the Sydney Swans colors and hate seeing our players playing in those colors,hopefully they all play for Carlton next year in our side in the VFL,no more 10/12 monkey rule and the start of our club rising up the ladder as i bet we will start to move up the ladder,hopefully with a new coach in both position,league and Reserves.
I'm not taking a shot at the Northern suburbs,i don't know them,i just hate the stupid Ant and colors that's all.

budzy · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:17 am **Posts:** 8128

Hun article

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PLAYING at Princes Park is a major factor in Carlton's decision to field its own side in the VFL next season.

Blues chief executive Greg Swann said yesterday the club was more likely than not to break with the Northern Bullants to field its reserves side in the VFL.

camel · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:33 am

Bump...

[url=http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22059201%255E19742,00.html]
Blues' VFL move[/url] (12 July 2007)

Quote:

...Blues chief executive Greg Swann said yesterday the club was more likely than not to break with the Northern Bullants to field its reserves side in the VFL...

Jarusa · **Joined:** Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:00 am **Posts:** 23123

That is great.

With the right type of marketing they could get some pretty decent crowds to PP.

AGRO · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:19 am

This is where the true development of our list will occur - getting our borderline players to play with the methodologies required for our AFL side rather than trying to learn them in the pressure cooker of the AFL situation and getting continually smashed, as well as their confidence.

Kaptain Kouta · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:41 pm **Posts:** 63509

AGRO wrote:

This is where the true development of our list will occur - getting our borderline players to play with the methodologies required for our AFL side rather than trying to learn them in the pressure cooker of the AFL situation and getting continually smashed, as well as their confidence.

Agree totally.

And Jars, I hope that the marketing does happen, unlike the marketing done to the supporters....

BrizzyBlue · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:02 pm

AGRO wrote:

This is where the true development of our list will occur - getting our borderline players to play with the methodologies required for our AFL side rather than trying to learn them in the pressure cooker of the AFL situation and getting continually smashed, as well as their confidence.

Welcome back from holidays, Grumpy Guts!

Clayman · **Joined:** Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:02 am **Posts:** 1770

bluechampion wrote:

This is an appealing idea, but with no increase in lists, it presents its own problems. At the moment, we have a list of 38 + 5 rookies, which meant that if we had a reserves team, we'd need to top up at least 1 or 2 a week. However, we have an injury list of approx. 11 at the moment, which means that half the seconds side would be short-term top-ups. This is the biggest problem, when you have to scour local leagues and the TAC comp for top-ups who may play one week, or, in the case of replacements for people like McLaren or Teague, 6 weeks to a season.

A benefit of this scenario is Carlton can invite young players from the local leagues to top up the team and at the same time have a good look at them and determine if they have potential to make the AFL.

I know a player named Jarrod Waite who played a couple of games as a top up player for the Carlton VFL side before he was drafted under the F/S rule. :wink:

It gives Carlton complete control again and can only benefit the club.

AGRO · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:18 pm

BrizzyBlue wrote:

AGRO wrote:

This is where the true development of our list will occur - getting our borderline players to play with the methodologies required for our AFL side rather than trying to learn them in the pressure cooker of the AFL situation and getting continually smashed, as well as their confidence.

Welcome back from holidays, Grumpy Guts!

Bit ironic really just came home after 4 days up Falls Creek.

But unlike our fellow Demon supporters I went up AFTER our game against Melbourne.

Apparently I was banned for week as well so the timing couldn't have been better (as Mrs Agro banned the lap top

).

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