Agreed. I suspect that once a whipping boy, very nearly always a whipping boy.

Pros
Losing to Collingwood by under five goals is a pass mark at this stage of our development
We tackle better
IF Garlett maintains his consistency he will be a a B to A grade player
Watson
Bottom 6 have improved

Cons
Not confident about playing finals
No key Backs No Key Forwards
Waite really disappointing first 3 games. Has never become that KPP we lack
Jamison. Missed spoil (shoulders?) and fumble were key moments in the game that led to second qtr goals
Gibbs? How he avoids media scrutiny for hanging out the back and winning cheap kicks is beyond me
Must play Lucas every week

I an't for the life of me see what people thought was good about Watsons game, he got BONED all night.

I know, second game, blah, blah but the facts are

1) He got bent over .

2) The coaching staff allowed it to go on for 4 quarters.

I don't know which was worse.

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I hope Essendon* folds.

Pros: We are not playing particularly well and we have key players to come back in .... and yet we matched it with the best for all but half a quarter.

Cons: The disappointment of reading the ridiculously negative crap in this thread.

The worst was 3: his team mates didn't support him anywhere near enough, particularly Laidler & Duigan.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Amazing ... you guys have short memories ... Carrazzo has one bad game and its over. I was going through some of our games from last year ... watched a few on Bigpond ... Carrots was fantastic in many of them. If you really want to see a player who consistently makes mistakes you should have watched Bower play on the weekend ...

... Nothing like stirring the pot ... good effort by the coaching staff last night.

We missed the run of Armfield.

Jeff G ... you are gunna be a superstar.

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I am as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more!!!

I've not been happy with any of Carrazzo's games thus far, and this one was just pathetic. Stopped forward movement of the ball consistently, conceded frees and did an average tag. I don't care if he bleeds Blue at the moment because he obviously hasn't got much to bleed.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

jimmae ... I am surprised .. you did not bite the Bower hook ...

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I am as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more!!!

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Pro
- Garlett. Alot has been said and a lot more will be said. This guy rocks.

Con
- Murphy played with a tight tag and suffered from it. We still need to block for him better, even more so than Judd, as Judd has the physical ability to break them. We're a much much better team when Murphy gets 25 stats + (I love Curnow but Id much rather Murphy gets 25 stats than Curnow) so we need to continue to work on strategies to clear him out from congestion. Murph, great stuff with almost Carlton high contested possessions, but the team could do more.