IF you’re under any illusions as to how vociferously Brent Stanton’s family supported Carlton, ponder the christian name they gave this football club’s recently appointed development coach on the day of his birth on the first day of May back in 1986.

“I know I was named after Brent Crosswell. That’s how far back the connection goes,” Stanton said this week.

“I’ve never met Brent and I’ve only seen highlights of him, but gee he was an impressive player. Hopefully one day I get to meet him.”

As Stanton’s parents and his brother and sisters were all true Blue, there was never any doubt his childhood allegiances would be channelled towards the club for whom Crosswell so spectacularly turned out. As he said: “I was a Carlton supporter as a kid, and I suppose the rule in our household was that if you weren’t a Carlton supporter you couldn’t live at home”.

http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2017-10-17/stantons-carlton-connection

Yeah but he supported us as a kid. You know who is next..

Yeah but he supported us as a kid. You know who is next..

England coach Eddie Jones will draw on four decades of AFL knowledge with his appointment of Neil Craig as head of high performance for the Roses' senior rugby union team.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/england-rugby/eddie-jones-poaches-excarlton-coach-neil-craig-for-england-rugby-job-20171027-gza0gd.html

I'd like you all to meet Cameron Bruce.

http://www.carltonfc.com.au/video/2017-10-25/meet-cameron-bruce

Interesting that he's taking over the defence as part of his role.

So now we have both Watson (replaced by Teague) and Amos (Bruce) with new roles.

With the loss of Gibbs and Docherty (for 2018) the club may go backwards in terms of wins/losses next year, with the possibility of many big losses.

The scum in the media will go after Bolton, there is no doubt about it - hopefully the club is past panicking and making any silly decisions when the big losses inevitably come.

No let's not all capitulate.

We've got Crippa and Ed back, we add a ready made Kennedy and Lang and an improved SPS Cunners and Polson. We also get Byrne back in defence and a reanother ready made rebounder in Mullett.

Absolutely no cause for wrist slashing.