Another post full of non facts and just opinion...remember anyone can have an opinon, but you dont need to know anything to have one.

I will take David Parkins endorsement over the opinions of a bloke by his own admission has had nothing to do officially with any football club, has not had any volunterr role with a football club and is in fact a dancer by profession.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

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Will Parko put Ratts forward for the Port job if he is sacked from Carlton?

Explain why Parkin's opinion again bazbaz??

Again... if Parkin endorses Ratten why doesnt he call out for a years extention???

Just to make up for this year that was curbed by injuries.


Why stop at a single season.. if they think hes better than he was last season and he got an extension.

Anyway. the whole thing is mute... they can go down to the cellar and find all these skeletons and relics from the past ... ultimately... Ratts is pushing shit up hill.. all these relics are doing is muddying the waters ...
They arent on the board..... and they wont be making that decision.
theyre just making the whole thing more difficult.

They should come in here as supporters and debate it with us.... in a forum
Pointing to the club what it should do in the media is pretty silly..... Parkin is not an independent.
He has coached Ratten.
He is his mentor
And he works for the AFL .

For Braithy... Ratten if he is a better coach now than ever before should be backed.
He was give TWO years one of which was broken down by injuries.. outside of that according to you hes been a marvelous coach... so why not back him???

Its a wait and see 5 / 6 years in isnt it???(for the 6/ and 7th year....)
Not glowing is it????

Regardless... im expecting him to be moved on... he might get a job around the club...they will find something for him im sure

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He probably would think highly enough of him to do that...just my opinion.

But lets be clear here. Ratten will retain his job. Put it in the bank

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What kind of person takes as an objective endorsement, praise from a good friend? Parkin loves Ratten. He's his mate, his mentor. Ratten was his premiership centreman. They are very close, and understandably so.

To take parkin's word as the objective analysis of an experienced ex-coach only, is staggeringly naive.

Walls has been saying the same thing,so he is thick as well.Boy this is just about the pits.

Oh, so one minute walls is a loony old commentator who changes his opinion as often as he changes his underwear, but when he says something you agree with, he's a font of wisdom

Do we really want to play the 'dumb wrong stuff Robert walls the commentator has said over the last decade' game?

Believe me, you don't.

On 360 Eade and Bomber both sung about Ratts improvement and handling of this year.

So that's now Parkin, Walls, Eade & Bomber.

Cant see your point at all. So is what Walls said, in your opinion, what you have written above?

So here is your opportunity big boy....post your CV

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I have never said walls was a looney,never.
Just stating the facts not fiction

That's not really the point...



This is the point.

Whether other teams' injuries have been lesser or worse than ours doesn't really matter, what matters is that they seem to have been coached better through the periods where they've been badly affected by their injuries. Whether that is due to better structures, better education of the players or a better game plan is debatable.

I acknowledge a lot of our Northern Blues players were injured mid-season as well so there wasn't a lot of cattle to bring in, but a recurring pattern over recent years has been an apparent lack of strategy at playing our kids, unless you count in for one, out for one, in for one etc as a strategy. I know it's not always as simple as us supporters make it out to be, but there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to bring a young kid in only to omit him the next week.

To me, all those issues centre around the senior coach.

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All good.

Bottom line is if North beat Freo we should make the finals, that is when Ratts should be judged against quality opposition on the big stage, with a list healthier than we took to Perth last year.

Let's hope so. Fingers crossed for no more injuries and Jamo to return.

As soon as I saw the endorsement, I knew it would be fun in here tonight.

Camelboy,

The coach? Or the fact that outside Waite we didn't have another KPF on our list? Which would make it a recruiting/ development issue?

A fulltime VFL coach would've helped no doubt, in the having the kids up to speed with a universal club wide structure and gameplan.

There are definitely areas of concern all throughout the club and Ratten included. I hope the off field stuff gets sorted so the onfield results start bringing flags.

One admirable thing Ratten has done this last month. Despite all the front office inefficiency and incompetence, Ratten has the players up and about.

Surely you cannot be that naive ?
Coaches, ex coaches never pot one of their own in public.
One of the reasons why Grant Thomas is refreshing on FC because he tells as it is.

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Your best one yet Synners!

The fact is Ratts took over possibly the worst Carlton list in the last 30 years
The fact is that under his tenure we have steadily improved over the last 5 years
The fact is that we were 6 and 1 this season until someone ran over a black cat
The fact is that no matter what level of footy you play; if you loose multiple key position players for any period of time you will struggle
The fact is if you lose any of your main mids for a period of time (co-incidently at the same time as losing your Key pos players) you will struggle
The fact is its alomst impossible to guarantee any consistency over the aforementioned period
The fact is we've managed to beat Collingwood twice, Tigers twice and Bummers once, which would satisfy 99% of Blues fans in a year from hell
The fact is Parkin has coached this club to 4 more flags than you or i, and would have more knowledge in his smallest arsehole hair about the CFC, than you or i (ditto Walls)
The fact is 3 of our last 4 finals have been interstate.....the most difficult environment of all

And the fact is...i reckon you should go and buy a membership and throw your full support behind this great club!

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Do you base any points on facts or is it always emotional dribble ? Bower and Thronton could have been played with success if Bower was developed well and Thronton was better managed.



And you still want Ratten to continue ?



As he must. Nothing exceptional about meeting a core KPI.

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Scott, things aren't as happy as they used to be down here at the unemployment office. Joblessness is no longer just for Philosophy majors - useful people are starting to feel the pinch.

We sucked major kahunas well before injuries became the coach's savior

The Pois aside, we've failed miserably (at times) against top 8 teams... we just don't stack up with them tactically

By his own admission, Ratts had no idea about the talent in the seconds and credits injuries for their forced inclusions... meanwhile teams like Geelong seem to blood youngster after youngster

Question: you seem sure we'll end up on 13 wins... would your opinion change if we lose to the Saints with a relatively strong list, and end up on 12 wins?

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I thought Eade was very subdued. Perhaps you should listen again.

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