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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

To hear 70,000 Blues fans at the G in September!!!!

Smart move !

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*(grow - fun - gah)

Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

i need what you had, i was packing darkies

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my last one was rubbish

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my last one was rubbish

We owed this mob too. 2010 and 2013. Trent @#$%&! Dennis Lane.

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We are on our way back...

Glad that is over, can't say I enjoyed the game and was very relieved when the siren went.
I think we were trying our best to lose that one, so many stupid turn overs that cost us 4-5 goals.
The atmosphere was amazing and the noise of the crowd was deafening at times.
Hopefully we will learn from that and be better next week.
I haven't seen the incident with Martin but it sounds like he will be suspended and Harry I assume was off with concussion.
I felt so sorry for Harry when he missed that goal, inexcusable for an AFL player.

Yes we do it the hard way but savor it 10 years without playing a final and and we win it albeit disappointing in second half and yes some dumb football
However given where we were in May/June a remarkable comeback
Great to have 92 K at the G

A free swing at Dees next week but will need to play better to beat them

Go Blues

For the long term talking carlton tragics, ran into the 'Princes Park Whistler' after the game.
We compared our heart attacks from the last quarter!
Hope to have a beer with the PPW at next week's match!

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Blue is the colour, Blue is our colourful conversation, football is the game, talking carlton is our aim, we're all together, we're all together, winning is our aim, arguing is a pain, let's debate for gain. .. .!

Dumb Football? That's a bit harsh Frank. You can only play as good as the opposition let you
and the Swans are a good team. Final's footy is all about pressure and I thouhgt mentally we hanged tough as a team.

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Blue is the colour, Blue is our colourful conversation, football is the game, talking carlton is our aim, we're all together, we're all together, winning is our aim, arguing is a pain, let's debate for gain. .. .!

I don’t knows hows we dun it but wes done it.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Would you say uncharacteristic

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Just back from the game and all I will say, just so proud. We are back as a footy club.
Boys withstood plenty and counteracted multiple times. That wouldn’t have happened previously. We have learnt.
85k Carlton fans at G is something you need to bottle and enjoy. Just special, especially at the end of the game signing the song.
So happy to have been there for that.

Just home and now watching the replay. What a night. So lucky with the rain but geez it was fuckng cold.

Just saw the jack martin hit. So disappointing. Definitely gets a week. We'll miss him.

Like Tommy, I was actually pretty calm in the last quarter. Believed we had it despite the Swans coming.

Loved Cotts game, especially his first half. And Acres... what a recruit. I doubted when we were in the slump, but boy has he been integral to our season.

I thought a few boys looked overwhelmed by the occasion. Cincotta comes to mind, though the Swans smalls/ mid sized forwards had very little impact so I guess he's done his job.

We were victims of our own stupidity at times. Newman. McGovern. And Kemp gifted them goals. And of course McKay. What the actual @#$%&!? 2 absolute sitters. He's a decoy at best and at times a liability. Owies also had a what the @#$%&! moment, but somehow got away with it

Thought Marchbank was OK. Walsh, Cerra and Saad were brilliant. Cripps had some big moments despite being scragged at every contest with no help from the maggots.

Finally I thought Pitto was really important. Our centre clearance work was so much better when he was in there. He's going to be really important next week.

Days since Carlton won a final - 0 @#$%&! yes!

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Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

Oh and the crowd. What a special night to have that kind of support. Had to be 80k Carlton fans. The noise was awesome and when the final siren went, I had goosebumps... and maybe even a little tear

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Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

My fellow Carlton fans... we're all mental... what an atmosphere we created

Harry missed two soda's but the one in the 3rd was a turning point... what should've put us 6 goals ahead ended up a 24 point turnaround. Swans were really good in the second half... kept running and finding space everywhere.

But we found a way and @#$%&! it... we won

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“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” ― Richard Feynman

What i didnt like about our game plan, is we flooded to Sydney’s backline so when we got the ball, we just kicked it straight back to them as we didnt have anyone in our forward line.

It’s like we used to be so hope this wasn’t a new directive.

How did you all see this?

:lol:
I'm in Northern Italy and was only listening in the last 25 minutes, via ABC radio, a dodgy connection and the audio equivalent of the 'spinning circle of death'

Every time a snippet of audio played the Swans were closer and closer.... All I heard of the sealer was Kelly Underwood screaming '.. Martin........ (cut out).....' and I had no idea if anything happened..

I thought I had it bad... nearly had a heart attack... If I had to run as well Heavs, I would have been gone....

Catch your breath and enjoy the buck's

Go Blues

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“Every single element of the Club has to be the best in the league, meticulously and methodically, and only by doing this will we be elite and challenge for number 17.”
Greg Lee

and BTW... my audio and screaming at the end pissed off all the bods on their cancer sticks at the bar I was at......


GOOD

Finally got some back

Go Blues

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“Every single element of the Club has to be the best in the league, meticulously and methodically, and only by doing this will we be elite and challenge for number 17.”
Greg Lee

Been up since 5am. 9 hour drive. Worth every minute.

Was lucky enough to experience 2 wins in 8 days in 2013, after the Port and Richmond win, but have only witnessed one win live in the last 10 years, and had to travel for that one being GWS at Marvel last year. My lad was 7 and 9 when he saw those Elimination Final wins. Has little recollection of 2011, and some of 2013. Tonight was special.

The horrors at home for us included 3 90+ losses to Port, and the 2 debarcles against Adelaide this season and last.

Been coming over for 30 years and never experienced a home crowd like that one. Unbelievable.
Post mortems can wait, but loved witnessing live the work of Cotters in the first half, then Acres in the 2nd. Wasn’t our best performance but doesn’t matter at this time of year. Collingwood are in a Prelim with 30+ less inside 50s. Sydney we’re in a GF last year, were basically full strength and had won 6 of their last 7, so were never going to just roll over…...

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