That actually in no way shape or form makes any sense and we are all a little dumber for having read it.

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

Winston Churchill

well,
you can't have your tofu, and scrambled eggs too.

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That’s not a political statement — it’s a harsh reality, and we must act,” she said. “He is a clear and present danger to the things that keep us strong and free. I support impeachment.”

There'll be no immediate success with Mick IMO - probably a mini-rebuild coming at the end of the season.

Supporters looking for a flag in the short term should re-evaluate.

Do you remember.................J. Scarponi......just a theory

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

You'd like to think Mick will clean out the list at the end of the year much like we hoped would happen in 2012, but didn't (due to inept management and the AFL reaming us in the VISY deal).

A look at our players' current contract statuses would be most intriguing...

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WADA medical director Dr Alan Vernec describes Essendon* FC drug case as biggest scandal in team sport the world of sport has seen. #WC2WB

#GUILTY

Not sure we need a 'clean out' stu.

Just a thorough tidy up perhaps.

not many on here could actually get dumber, what I'm getting at is that we are either a team that is capable of finishing top 6 or we are not, Ratten got sacked because we/he supposedly underperformed, now people are saying we don't have a capable list???

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The truth is I am boring and am like a broken record and don't really like Gibbs as a loose man in defense prefer him playing as a defender on a man with the option of moving him onball late in a game though .Never gave Ratts a free pass and in fact supported moving him on just along with a list re jig to help lose the lack of mental strength.
Never been anywhere near a cheer squad and since the age of 12 have never worn any carlton merch except for while playing a few TC forum footy games 8 or so years back.
Never dreamt of having more than one login on TC.
I have watched coaches get mauled on this site for years. Never got into it. Thought id give it a crack and see how the other half live. Who better to start with than a bloke who has been the enemy for 40 years and whose footy persona isnt really that likable. So far he has been AVERAGE.

oooohohoho how I wish our lack of killer instinct was our only bad habit.

We are still the undisputed kings of conceding goals just before the siren.

And I'm sure we'd have to be near the top of the table for squandering unmissable set shots in front of goal as well.

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"The Wigg's big in 08!" - Chris Judd

That's the problem club....your mauling of MM is irrational by your own definition. Yes, we are 0-2...Collingwood were 0-2 last year. WC are 0-2 this year. We've lost our 2 games by just over 20 points to a top 4 side and a side on the up.
I would have preferred a proper process. we didn't get it. we move on. I dislike MM when he was at Coll. Now, I see him in navy blue and think, 'he's one of us'
Support him until he fails.
PS. I hated Greg Williams, Glenn Manton and David RJ when they were the opposition
I actually thought his presser was good, no excuses, we're improving (which I think we are from Rd 1), learn his way bit by bit, see as many players as you can in the cut and thrust early in the season to get a read on them.
This year was always going to be a frustrating one. I'm prepared to wear the hiccups.
Ratten was no good!
5 years of incremental, organic improvement (which effectively meant going backwards when compared to other teams around us) rather than proactive, impact improvement

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

All examples of laying down when the game is up for grabs. We crumble under pressure.

I remember one passage in the 3rd 1/4 when a defender under pressure booted it from the pocket to centre square.
I thought immediately "that's not what Mick wants" and sure enough it ended up in a Collingwood shot, can't remember it if it was a goal or not.
Old habits die hard. Until Mick's instructions are instinct, we are still developing.
We are capable of playing great footy. We are also vulnerable to being scored against heavily. We don't have to limit the former greatly to limit the latter significantly. We just need to take better options.

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They've been doing this for a couple of years now. And it's just plain dumb, dumb, dumb. You feel sorry for the players. But you can't blame the journos. I mean what of any interest are they going to get out of a player, especially when he's sitting beside his senior coach?

4 pages on a postgame presser?

Easy on the "organic". I am saving that up for when Mick's Blue Boys inevitably find form between round 5-10. Fingers crossed that form comes with a robust defensive bent.

They crumble because they're simply not good enough. A player or group of players can build themselves up to do what doesn't come as naturally as it perhaps comes for another. One player may revel in the physical contest and have that natural Killer instinct where another doesn't have it to the same degree, as a result some will be capable of performing certain acts at certain intensity for longer. Kruizer for example (when fit) can run harder for longer periods than some others because that's part of his natural physiological and psychological makeup. What MM was alluding to at his presser is that the pies simply have more personnel that with natural footy smarts. The obvious question is whether its a nature or nurture issue, whether the reason/solution rests in previous/future selection of personnel or whether it rests in previous/future development of personnel. I reckon its somewhere in between, and the situation highlights that both our drafting and development haven't been up to par. whatever side of the fence you sit on, you surely have to agree that 5 years of drafting and nurture cant be instantaneously improved in one hampered draft and or several months of development. The blues are essentially playing with a smaller list than the very top sides, other than those in the side each week and a few that are injured, a few from previous drafts and perhaps this years crop, there's not much more to choose from. reality hurts but its a good hurt.

It started out as an innocent question on what one of the questions was from the post-game presser. I think the answer was effectively given on page 1.

Can I direct the Malthouse strategy/appointment discussion to the thread titled Mick has a lot ahead of him

Thanks in advance!

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

At least it's better than when the only questions Murph got asked was what it's like to play with Juddy.

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I hope Essendon* folds.

2 weeks doesnt mean Mick is struggling... lol

However .. the gaping holes that are problems on and off field are apparent.
No leadership on and off field
No appetite on and off field

Its culture

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