that was F@%&#! fantastic!

Well Shag.. youre kind of the supporter that that speech was engineered to inspire...

Whe that day comes, we are Carlton F@%&#! the rest!!!!

Sticks for President...

Risky? It was stupid and unprofessional

Why do companies invest in sponsorships? To get exposure for their product. Positive exposure. They do it to have a positive association with a 'brand' that is in the public eye. Like a football club.

Now that Sticks has proceeded to alienate, rightly or wrongly, the media frontrunners for no other reason than a bit of oneupmanship, who is going to rush to be associated with our football club, knowing that there will be no Eddie style free kicks for sponsors through a good media relationship?

It was unprofessional.

He attack Patrick Smith for 'having no friends', Jake Niall for 'wanting Caro's job' and Mark Robinson for being a 'portly rotund Essendonian'. Hardly the basis for a well thought out argument no matter how true.

He lost himself credibility as a board member and club leader, credibility that on the field was never questioned.

I've no doubt he thinks he's doing it for the good of the club, but with a couple less crownies in him, would he assess what he said and think again?

We have to ask ourselves, after 7 days of board wrangling, is the club in a better state than it was 7 days ago? I'd suggest that's an emphatic NO.

The club gained absolutely nothing positive from Sticks' tirade on Friday night. Not a thing. He got a cheer from a bunch of people who had all paid to be at the night and will sign up regardless next year. Preaching to the converted. As rousing as his 'F@%&#! all the rest' signoff was, it's done nothing to convince those who weren't already believers that we're heading in the right direction.

Misguided, damaging, and dare I say, childish