I love your optimism. Keep it up. The club needs you.
But:
Tonight was worse than anything last year because of where we were two months ago.
Tonight you saw something truly unforgivable. A rabble being done by a rabble.
Two weeks ago, Justin Leppisch said his team was not AFL standard and he was playing kids who should not be playing AFL football. That's the team that shot us to ribbons for almost three quarters of football tonight. They will probably get a PP before we do and we couldn't outplay them until they were too tired to trot and we still had legs.

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

I know right! Just look at the universal praise they're getting in this thread!

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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

Oh... You didn't get that.... So I got u hook, line and sinker

I thought the wink would have been a clue

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

Winston Churchill

You have a clue to give away?

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

I'll always love our club, even though I am hurting today.

I enjoyed watching Silvagni's game and enjoy wondering what he'll be like after a couple of pre-season's. It was great to see Cunningham get his first game. I hope they let him play the next two so he goes into the post-pre season with an understanding of what is required. The 2nd half was a relief but a poor consolation for victory. I never expected we were making finals but I thought we were better than Brisbane this round. Pick 4 will be a great start at the continuation of the rebuild so I'm already looking forward to the trade period and drafts...and some departures.

Now for the half empty glass.....Probably the most disappointing aspect for me was the long bombs forward. I'll usually expect Ed Curnow and Kerridge etc, to bomb long out of congestion but when you see everyone doing it all the time, its disheartening. I even saw Gibbs bombing into the forward line. When he has the decision making ability, and skills to execute the pass, he should be looking for targets instead of just bombing it long. I know some will say that the forwards aren't presenting so the mids don't have a choice, but why is that? After one game of this, wouldn't the coaches tell them to just lead to space? In different directions? We appear to be poor at ground level as well, with that exciting forward pressure almost non existent now. Our structure really reminds me of the MM style of bombing long around the boundary, but with a zone defense that has our players run out of steam from chasing tail on the turnovers all game. Maybe it's the best strategy we can implement with this list and if that is true, I accept it. I know the list will improve so I have not lost hope.

It seemed when we created the overlap after we ran the ball out of half-back, that it created numbers for us and 8 goals to 3 in the second half. Static play leading to long bombs to packs doesn't suit us.

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I will always love this club, no matter what. But I ride the roller coaster like I'm in the front seat and the losses really hurt.

Great post.
Have you been reading my stuff?

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

As I've said before in this forum, I expect the whole purpose for this site is for Carlton Members and Supporters (who may or may not be paid to do the job) to voice their praise, criticism, frustrations and ideas to others who want to read them. If you think we shouldn't do this because we are not paid to do the job, what's the point of this forum? and why are you here?

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I will always love this club, no matter what. But I ride the roller coaster like I'm in the front seat and the losses really hurt.

Just a realist BS. I'm in it for the long haul. None of these quick fixes as they never work. The Dale Thomas type quick fixes can GAGF.

Bolts is right, you know.

The rare times we beat a decent team, big expensive trades look good because we are on our way. When we lose to a side we 'should have' beaten. We are the worst thing ever to happen to football and all talks of getting things right are pointless. We did happen to finish behind this team last year and we aren't at our best. Let's do the hard work required, I'd rather follow the Melbourne route than become sub-Richmond because we can't handle the heat.

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Just because I'm offended, doesn't mean I'm wrong.

Maybe you counted in Mexican...lol!


I was hearing him alot on the radio during the 2nd half so wasn't surprised he got 14 touches but i'm guessing the first half was something very poor. I did get to listen to the good bit admittedly. I'm glad I missed the first half.

Only two more games to go and we call all put 2016 behind us and look forward to 2017, and maybe get a couple of top eight scalps along the way, and a few more wins.

The really interesting stuff comes draft time and pre-season, when we get to watch these young kids grow into seasoned footballers over the journey

Good to see someone has retained a grasp on reality.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Are any of us really surprised with the result?
Two more weeks of torture to go.

The two crows are calling you

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

Winston Churchill

Why do we have to wait 5-10 years to rebuild up to a satisfactory standard? Can things get more depressing?
Please don't answer either question. I know the answer.
I am glad that the AFL is concerned about the plight of Brisbane though. They need help more than any other team. This match confirmed it.

Kreuzer and Thomas should retire at the end of the year. They offer nothing going forward. I know Kreuzer is courageous but it is clear he carries a lot of injuries. The time has come.

Been asking that every week. Casbolt can't run, I don't know why footy is going backwards like that, players like Casbolt are slower than your typical ruckmen in the 90's.

In the scheme of season as a whole result doesn't matter but the match last week was pathetic and the first half really ordinary
Butcher the ball continually
See stat at halfway through second quarter Brisbane had 7 goals directly from Carlton abysmal turnovers

Effort in first half very poor

Had to get better in second but always going to fall short but was symbolic that Thomas had a kick for goal to win the game and couldn't really sums up his time atCarlton

Skill errors killed us some notables jones kicking to man on the mark at chf Thomas missing Kreuz on a lead white giving a goal to Brisbane to get them going rubber chest Rowe fluffed a mark goal to Brisbane
Kerridge horrible fumbled the whole day

Ordinary games Kreuz Philips Thomas boker jones (must kick goals ) Rowe White Plowman Armfield
When will we ever kick straight and win
Really ordinary that this side beats Geelong and can't beat Brisbane who had 350 points kicked against themin the previous 2 weeks
Shocking delivery into forward line
Good today Silvagni Cripps Gibbs Simpson Casboult
In danger of losing against Bummers last round if take that attitude and lack of skill

Yep, got 'em started. As soon as he turned back across goal with no obvious target I thought to myself "this won't end well". If in doubt go long down the line to the pack, hopefully to be punched over the line.

We are the Dumb and Dumber of AFL, every team especially the shit ones think they are a chance.

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

Winston Churchill