Apparently Pitto re-signed for 4 years taking him up till 2027 today....

https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1338940?fbclid=IwAR19uQYRuk5qfJOBf6MRy2Tij0mqgP55etjj1-6-yIFX-IsEQI0B6k0HMR0

Does this give more fuel to the TDK is leaving fire?

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Cripps is the man

That’s terrific
Yeah I spend my retirement playing music with a gorgeous woman who sings beautifully
I have lovely partner of 23 years
My 3 kids now adults are all happy and most importantly are independent from their parents mind, body and soul
I don’t live in the hustle and bustle of metropolitan Victoria with the stench of carbon monoxide wafting through the air, living in pristine paradise called Busselton in beautiful South Western Australia
Handicap is 15 hope to get this down whilst hanging shit on mates who give it back to you so that box is ticked which all blokes need unless you’re an upstart snobby prick.
We just have to fix this stupid footy club club that we have to put with every weekend

And no need to travel overseas
Come and visit me
We can go to wineries breweries beautiful beaches
There is even an amateur theater company you can join if you choose to live here and we become mates

Somehow I think that won’t happen

I can see you on that jetty, that looooong jetty at Busselltoe.
Great part of the world. Everyone knows the region.
I think my Father in law owns something there...
If you're 30 ish orolder, and you want t pick something that will be NNSW appreciation in 20 years. Bussell toe.
Still gets cold, like Albany, like Melbourne, and sydney.....well, not as cold as melbourne.

You're just loyal like the rest of us, especially those still alive to experience all those flags from 68 to 95, 99
Our time will come, and we are in a better spot now than, what sems forever ago.

I don't have an issue with our Governance.
I am sus about any change to the Constitution, till, when we know, if we don't change it, it means bust, or cut by a thousand straps, mediocre

But its all about the team on the weekend that matters in the middle of the year.
I love the post from london the other day about building from today instead of thinking rebuild, and failure.

Its not as easy as it seems.
I never thought Id see the day the New Power Club with the biggest wallet, WCE would end so low so quick. I thought they learned their lesson after their last golden era.
We have a foundation, and contracts to McGovern and Martin which will be bygones soon. Cuningham, Marchbank, Philp, Dow, Ed, Fog will all be gone.

We have 15 hot players, some need a bit more development, TDK, Hollands, Motlop, Durdin, Kemp, Cowans, Honey, Binns. There 10 newies coming over nest 2 years.
I really like Austin in charge of List.

Now back to the scene...
It is known, there is a resident clown at The Bussel Toe Theatre ... they tell me he says he barracks for Carlton. Do you know anything 'bout that?

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Nah
All good people here

None of that rhymes, pretty ordinary poem.

We should be looking at Sam Flanders from the Suns.



https://www.afl.com.au/news/932594/rivals-circle-demon-deal-close-for-dog-clubs-track-troubled-roo

Well said Keogh, I don't always agree with you but you're bang on about this.

You don't even have to venture away from this forum to see how much this is embedded in this club psyche.

The delusion that we can quickly fix our problems by sacking a coach, by bringing in one player or removing another. Dismissing role playing average players (Pittonet) because they're not elite superstars.

I could go on and on.

Enough of this shit.

Build on what we’ve got and make a difference now

Those that look forward with a messiah solution in many ways are similar to those that keep bringing up the past mistakes. Looking forward or looking back.

We are we are now and we have an opportunity to get it right. The sky hasnt fallen. And we re assess end of year by making the calls on redundant needs.

You could substitute the name Paddy Dow and it would read the same.

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Winston Churchill

True.
So if Sam has Value, Paddy might.

Gee not only do you have t o contend with the go home factor, but also the bromance factor. We tried it with finbar and bsos and also managed to slaughter it

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Jordan from Demons is a FA. Good tough running mid
Gresham from Saints is a FA. Very good player but injury prone. Type we need

Let TDK & McGovern go

i don t want NAME players "haven't we learned former pick 11,12 " i would rather have a Jordan from melb then Gresham from saints for example.

Swap.

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Unfortunately Paddy has zero value. Every club knows we'll delist him
So it'll either be a Setterfield type trade. Pick 63 for Setterfield and pick 64, or they get him as DFA.

Clubs will get another free hit at one of our players. They don't need to bother to trade for Paddy.
He will sign on as a DFA with whoever he wants or wants him. He knows that and clubs know that!!!!
Don't try to sell it any other way.

Dow had a player option on his last contract. Vossy told him - and us - that he wasn’t going to play.

Paddy either didn’t get the message, or ignored it, and opted in. If he lets that option slide, he gets traded last year.

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Just posted the Reserves team.

If Young plays reserves ie not named sub then he's been selected to play forward.

This may be the start of the Forward -ruck experiment.

Maybe Voss has dreams of TDK and Young as Ruck Forward combo, now that Pitto is secured for 4 years.

Only problem with that is Sam Durdin's injury (injury prone?) leaves us short in the backline with Gov and Kemp as KPD's

If Durdin was up and firing as he was preseason, then Young could be the ruck forward if/ when TDK earns the No 1 ruck role.

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Given his form, to not give him a chance is shortsighted.

It does not set the right tone and damages trust.

Voss should coach the 2s based on performance, maybe then Dow would get that chance

If selection was based on purely the number of possessions a player gets then fair enough.
If its based on the efficiency of those possessions then maybe not.