Crameri had 11 shots at goal against us. Today, not very many.

Another indication of how defensively poor we were all over the ground.

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We are on our way back...

Essendon* didn't chalk up a mark in their inside 50 till midway through the third quarter.

Just wasn't a day for tall forwards.

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BLUES 2010: PAV AND JUDD = FLAGS. DOING IT FOR THE LOVE OF DICK PRATT.

HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR TALKINGCARLTON SUPERCOACH 2009 YET?

OMG! Who the hell are we?!!?
We'll be lucky to get within 5 goals. Watch freo really ramp up the pressure on Friday and we've shown the entire footy world that we cant cope. There were simply no excuses for us against the scum on Saturday. None whatsoever! And we blew it...

Judd, Murphy and then not much else in the middle. Premiership teams have 8 to 10 midfield groups that bat deep. Very deep. We ain't got it and we ain't contenders

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C'mon Blueboys!

Judd, Murphy, Robinson, Simpson, Gibbs, Scotland, Curnow, Carrazzo when he returns.
It was as good as any before the Essendon* loss Marci. That doesnt change after a week. We'll be contenders, we just wont win every game.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

And the Scum midfield bats deep now does it....

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"Truth, for the tyrants, is the most terrible and cruel of all bindings; it is like an incandescent iron falling across their chests. And it is even more agonizing than hot iron, for that only burns the flesh, while truth burns its way into the soul"     — Lauro Aguirre

What irks me BV is that we come out before the game saying how we have matured, we can cope with expectation, we are prepared for those filthy scumbags and what do we dish up? @#$%&! tripe!

Robinson - geez, he'd wanna start improving disposal efficiency!
Simpson - good mid & accumulator, would be close to elite if he could finish in front of goal
Gibbs - not in the mid enough and at this stage of his career I am wondering why the reluctance to play him there? Ratts has no confidence in him?
Scotland - lucky he is still going well at 31. Near the end though
Curnow - ala Robbo. Midfield footsoldier with erratic disposal
Carrazzo - shame about injury. Always been a fan. He will lose a lot of upper body conditioning with this injury which will not hold him in good stead when he returns

BV, to be honest, we need more then that list and even those mentioned above you could probably only mount a strong argument for 4 of those tops. It needs to bat deeper, have more quality and that quality needs to stretch right through to number 6 or 7 of the group. Ours gets to 3, maybe 4 at best

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C'mon Blueboys!

The thing that really annoys me is how fast Carlton "supporters" jump off at the first sign of trouble.

I think we have the depth to cover the injuries which is good, and we travel well so I think we will bounce back.

The boys would be desperate to show the footy world the Essendon* game was a once off.

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dane's trolling again

It did on Saturday!

I haven't been this livid about a loss since our other capitulation to these cauliflower round 13 2009 and previous to that round 7 2005 against the tigers. Sheer blood-boiling anger! \
I still haven't recovered and its Wednesday and those pricks suffered a 1 point loss!!! I'm furious

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C'mon Blueboys!

Sounds like you are doing it tough Marciblue.

The only thing that bothers me is the flaky nature of our midrange players. 8 times out of 10 they put in servicable games but everynow and then a shocker occurs.

There is no excuse for last week but our performance wasn't helped by selecting a slow side and then having it made even slower by the early injuries. You can try overlook that if you like but you have to admit the injuries didnt help.

Make the big calls after round 10. There are a number of form and fitness cycles to go through before we get a full reading on our season.

For the record i dont think we will beat Freo in WA but still think we will get to 8-2 after 10.

You don't smash Collingwood with just two midfielders.

Think I prefer arrogant supporters to the whiny ones who turn and act they've been castrated by a loss.

Amazing that some are still going on about this match.

keep up the posts - i have found this thread quite insightful

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The glass is neither half full nor half empty. Rather the glass is twice as big than required.

we pants Essendon* the last 2 times we played them - they would have come into this game angry but also vulnerable

if we had be on and put ourselves ahead by 3 in the 2nd quarter they would have started to doubt; we did not and he rest is history

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The glass is neither half full nor half empty. Rather the glass is twice as big than required.

Its a wonder you're counting Judd in our midfield Marci, he was washed up in the pre-season

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We are all hurting. Not least the players. The one thing that has given me some comfort (and it hasn't got much copy) is that we had no bench for nearly the whole game on a relatively warm day. It's not an excuse, but it had to be a factor. Blokes looked out on their feet before halftime.

The bottom line is let's see how we perform on Friday before writing our midfield or team off.

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I send an SOS to the world

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dane's trolling again

Injuries aren't an excuse.....unless you're the Hugely Brave Bombers missing the enormous talents of some bloke whose name I can't remember.

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"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds." - Frank Zappa

Incredibly brave. I was so, SO proud of them yesterday. So proud!

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The only really disappointing thing on the weekend was our lack of fight.
We should have flown the flag for our team mate and defended each other.
I'm sure they were reminded of that once or twice during the week.
This week we start again and regain some lost respect.

I hate collingwood like we all do but i am so glad they beat the brave ones yesterday

Don't forget that both Walker and Lucas can rotate through the midfield.
Yarran goes alright rebounding from defence as well.

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There is no footy god