It seems Carlton marketing has got into gear here in NSW anyway.

In the mail today was a package to my father (who has no football affiliations) that contained:

1) A little card with a picture of Bower, Lappin and Betts celebrating a goal on the cover and the text insider reads:

"Dear X
Optus is a proud sponsor of the Carlton Football Club. As a valued Optus Customer we'd like to help you cheer on the Blues with this complimentary Carlton banner. Have fun at the game!

XXX XXX
Consumer Group Marketing Director

2) A Carlton banner

It's great being in Sydney and getting this! My friends who barrack for other clubs can have Carlton shoved in their faces.

They'll learn from that.

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My parents got the banner in the mail today also!! even though i'm the only carlton member in the family.

think its just for households who use optus and maybe in a survey acknowledged that they support Carlton.

But a nice gesture by the club!


Go Blues, Go Hampson

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Think new board member Paul Littman is behind the push into NSW.He believes there is a huge gulf in the Saphire Coast ( south east NSW ) market.A lot of people in that region are keenly interested in AFL and i reckon it is a great inititiave.

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i got one to and I'm from Melbourne! nice banner to!

I got mine the other day.

Shame it arrived quite some time after Carlton played in Sydney, but it is a nice touch.

If Littman is a believer in a proper push into NSW, does that mean some serious efforts will be made up here in the future?

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Certainly goes a way into suggesting a location for a team to be sent from Melbourne (for which I opened a discussion a while ago) but where would they play? Wollongong? Nowra? Batemans Bay?! There certainly aren't the facilities on the Sapphire Coast to support such a great club!

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[Sam Jacobs] looks like a 7' Lance Whitnall, and [Mitch Robinson] looks like a 4' Lance Whitnall
(The SEN team during the Carlton v Cats 2009 pre-season match)

You're not seriously suggesting this indicates we're considering moving to NSW are you?

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"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

Vintage p12

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

Batemans Bay.