I'd suggest the board have bought millions of dollars into the club. Are you suggesting they're in it to somehow drag money out of the club or to fill their own pockets?
Whilst you're sitting at home in winter watch MAFS or Home and Away, they actually do something productive for the club. They attend board meetings and functions that actually benefit the clubs existence. All the while paying for the privilege. Not getting paid.
Whilst the whingers here sit under their doonas and fire pissy cheap shots all the while contributing @#$%&! all.

Yes we could be better but I give the board full credit. They've set the first ever plan by our club to rebuild the list and they've stuck to the task, in spite of the bed wetters.
It's not the boards fault that some of our early picks haven't come on as much as we'd like. They've set a strategic direction that has supported the rebuild and given the footy department every opportunity to succeed.

What more do you actually want them to do? Spell it out. Don't just spew out meaningless comments like "sack the board". What more would you want from the board and CEO over the past couple of year?

Personally, I give them great credit. I never thought I'd see a Carlton board with the guts to set a strategic plan in place to rebuild the list totally and see it out. They have and I give credit where it's due.
Whether the list manager and coaching staff have provided the framework and personnel, that's yet to be determined IMHO but it's not from lack of resources or support in my eyes.

I understand the frustration and anger but let's not lose our heads and rant and rave without basis or substance.
If Bolton has 5 wins at seasons end and the team are playing with enthusiasm and effort. I'd give him another year.
If not, give someone else an opportunity. IMHO, we have 1 coach who has twice shown an ability to mould a line into a strong cohesive unit. Dale Amos. I'd love to know whether he has the ability to take the next step. Interview him and a number of other candidates but let's not fall into the old Carlton model of going for another messiah.

I truly believe that we are led by a bunch of heartless and greedy business Men who took control of our Club since 2003 and have totally destroyed it.

whilst as business men, they might have had success in turning a profit for the club ( or for themselves?? ), generating millions in revenue from Poker machines and other ventures, On the other hand, they have totally neglected the football side of things.

Those Men have no clue about football!

People ask the same question every week " What is the solution?? "


The Solution is that our entire Board must be stood down, our CEO Sacked and our entire football department should be replaced by people who know something about football.....


We are sick of the lies... the false promises.... the 5 year plan that has already occurred 3 times in 15 years....

good post BV...the worst thing we could do now is deviate from the path we're on and look for that messiah that will magically fix all
agree that bolts should be judged on the 22 games this year and if the team hasn't conjured up enough wins then he unfortunately might need to go

I saw some highlights from an old 2007 game the other day and in the forward line we had Betts, Fev, Kennedy, Waite and A Walker...
rather than recognising how good those guys could be together, we blew that talent to pieces with a number of shit short sighted decisions over the following 6-7 years. let's not make the same stupid mistakes again

1.40 left to go 13 points down ... Plowman to kick out from FB .. players screaming for it down the corridor ... Plowman kicks short to the pocket to Walsh then demands it back ... Plowman kicks straight to StK player ... game over

Plowmans a leader.

I'd suggest the board have bought millions of dollars into the club. Are you suggesting they're in it to somehow drag money out of the club or to fill their own pockets?
Whilst you're sitting at home in winter watch MAFS or Home and Away, they actually do something productive for the club. They attend board meetings and functions that actually benefit the clubs existence. All the while paying for the privilege. Not getting paid.
Whilst the whingers here sit under their doonas and fire pissy cheap shots all the while contributing @#$%&! all.

Yes we could be better but I give the board full credit. They've set the first ever plan by our club to rebuild the list and they've stuck to the task, in spite of the bed wetters.
It's not the boards fault that some of our early picks haven't come on as much as we'd like. They've set a strategic direction that has supported the rebuild and given the footy department every opportunity to succeed.

What more do you actually want them to do? Spell it out. Don't just spew out meaningless comments like "sack the board". What more would you want from the board and CEO over the past couple of year?

Personally, I give them great credit. I never thought I'd see a Carlton board with the guts to set a strategic plan in place to rebuild the list totally and see it out. They have and I give credit where it's due.
Whether the list manager and coaching staff have provided the framework and personnel, that's yet to be determined IMHO but it's not from lack of resources or support in my eyes.

I understand the frustration and anger but let's not lose our heads and rant and rave without basis or substance.
If Bolton has 5 wins at seasons end and the team are playing with enthusiasm and effort. I'd give him another year.
If not, give someone else an opportunity. IMHO, we have 1 coach who has twice shown an ability to mould a line into a strong cohesive unit. Dale Amos. I'd love to know whether he has the ability to take the next step. Interview him and a number of other candidates but let's not fall into the old Carlton model of going for another messiah.

Dodos are extinct for a reason

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The performance of a club on the field is reflected by what goes on at the top
There is a direct correlation
Loguidice 10 years
Pratt 8 years
Mathieson 7 years( only there to keep uncle Bruce happy)
Clarke 12 years
These people wee ultimately responsible for sacking Ratten
appointing Malthouse
They have appointed the wrong people a second time

Unfortunately BV just like Mick Malthouse people with egos
and power don’t know when their time is up

The clubs last 7 years has been shambolic

Former St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt was frustrated by Carlton’s lack of game sense during Sunday afternoon’s loss to his old side.

Two goals down and with less than three minutes on the clock, Blues defender Lachie Plowman had a kick in and elected to go short into the pocket, rather than long down the middle, which is what the Carlton players were set up for.


“They were set up for it (the kick into the corridor) so I’m putting this on the player,” Riewoldt told SEN Breakfast.

“The players have got to be so much better than this. Understand the situation that you’re in, show some leadership.

“Yesterday, Plowman in the goal square, two minutes to go, two scores down, they’re set up down the corridor, he goes sideways into the back pocket, held up on the mark, burns 20 seconds, he goes back to Plowman – game over.

“That complete lack of game sense and game awareness, who cares if you lose by three goals? Take the game on, go down the corridor and give yourself a chance to score.”

What frustrates Riewoldt is that he believes the Blues made the same mistake a fortnight ago against Collingwood.

“Cast your mind back to the Collingwood game. They’re about 10 points down with a couple of minutes to go,” he said.

“In the middle of the ground is Matthew Kreuzer, Patrick Cripps, Marc Murphy, they’re set up for the long kick down the middle.

“Jacob Weitering’s got it at full-back and he kicks sideways into the pocket. Held up, goes back off the mark, you lose the opportunity to take on the corridor, you burn some time.

“Now, they may not have won, but no game awareness.

“That was it, when I saw that, I thought, these blokes haven’t learned anything. This is three weeks after. Surely this had to be spoken about.”

Carlton sits two games clear on the bottom of the ladder with one win from 10 games.

They take on an injury plagued Essendon* this weekend in what is a huge game for both clubs.

No midfield except for Cripps. Dow, SPS, Fisher and Kennedy were pathetic.

I'm keeping faith in our players. I hurt for them. And I am going to side with SOS.
Apart from that.
Faith No More.
Broken.
Irreparable.
Time is up
We need Roos to come in and oversee...not coach. (I mean when we ask Bolts to step aside)The players need reassurance. I actually think they will bring him in with whoever takes over.

I have pretty much lost faith that Bolts is the guy.
For me, the benchmark is still 6 wins but v hard to see that happening if we couldn’t beat the Saints yesterday. Would need at a minimum to win 2 of the next 3. Having said that, if we can win 5 of the next 12 matches, it would demonstrate a clear upward trajectory and he’ll probably be ok. But just think that job now is getting close to insurmountable.
I think SOS has done a fine job. We have the talent. Still need a ruckman but otherwise, we’re ok for players with natural growth from here. Questions could be asked about mental toughness but I think that’s more about what happens once they get to the club.

At a minimum, I would expect a few of the assistants to go at seasons end - whether Bolts survives and certainly if a new coach comes in.

PS. We get it Bolts, we are a really unified group. Trouble is we’re unified around losing!

PPS. Not Roos! I think he is overrated - was very reliant on Longmire and Lyon at the Swans and frankly at the Demons, he did not much more than Bolts has done at Carlton. I.e. wait for the natural talent and strength of a raft of high draft picks delivers them a few wins. We need a tough, ambitious coach with something to prove and the drive to win. My guess would be not a rookie and not an old ‘Master’ whose best work is behind him!

Plowman is no good at kick outs yet the coach has him on the list time and time again. When will the coaches learn he is a turnover merchant? The opposition line up to buy his produce.

I’d recruit Reiwoldt tonight and play him at CHB. Exactly the type of person we need at present on field.

The AFL got rid of having to kick out from inside the square.
They made the man on the mark go back 9 metres from the end of the square.
The clear aim was to help tams clear the 50 metre danger area.
We still kick it to an outrider on the boundary who is closer to our goal than the man on the mark.

Some one on Fox said the other night,
"Teams set up because they want the opposition to wait and then kick to a contest down the line. It's the easiest thing to defend."
That's our game plan!