As it goes beyond the individual, and a statement to those who not only currently play for the club, but those who aspire to do so as well.
These are standards expected, and these are the ramifications for those who choose to consistently not meet them. Whether they're the captain or the bloke who's been at the club ten minutes.

Not as if we're in a race against time to justify the money spent on him so far either. He could win the Brownlow this year for all I care and it's still money pissed up the wall.

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

HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR TALKINGCARLTON SUPERCOACH 2009 YET?

Hampson cannot be selected in the final 22.

What is MM seeing in him? I know Mick likes his big men just providing a contest, but he also like them creating assists. How many assists has Hampson generated? I'm sure he provided more to St Kilda last week than Carton.

No, but i was waiting for someone to ask me that, the 2 incidents are totally different, one was in the course of play, not dissimilar to many other bumps on a weekly basis but which resulted in head contact. the other was just a stupid almost kisslike act of stupidity with no possible value to the team either at the time that it was done or afterwards.

your right tek it does get a bit extreme at times

If they play Warnock and Kruezer in the same team again I'll ...

I'll ....


Oh who am I kidding.
I'll go along and hope for the best.

Maybe we should recruit another ruckmen and see if four works.

That was for off-field stuff, not the suspension

After a loss and Gumbletons worst game for the season. He was dropped. If he'd taken 10 marks and kicked 4 goals he wouldn't have been.
They didn't need to bring Ryder back because they have key forward options coming out their ears.
We... Do not.
Neither Hampson nor Kreuzer have the slightest clue how to play key forward. Basic positioning, leading, bodying, protecting space, they just have no idea. It makes me wonder about the coaching.. Are they being taught the right way and just can't execute?

Point is, if we don't play Waite, and once again bomb it long to 'key forwards' who have absolutely no idea how to play the position or take a mark, and once again waste all the possession we get, and once again lose by a small margin and slip to 3-5, we look pretty bloody stupid.

Waite's headbutt was barely that. I believe he would have got off on appeal on grounds of insufficient force to warrant a report. Yes it was silly to put himself in that position but he's done his time. At least he plays with a bit of heart and mongrel. I'd rather that than the 12+ players who were just limp on monday night.

_________________

Waite's act was pure stupidity, but by the same toke, it was pure stupidity by the MRP to rub him out for it. It's a joke.
Copping 1 week is punishment enough. The club making it 2 weeks would serve no purpose in this case.

Still reckon Bootsma plays.

Good luck to the lad. No Gibbs - perhaps a role on Westhoff?

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

HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR TALKINGCARLTON SUPERCOACH 2009 YET?

Reckon White to Westoff.
I wouldn't be surprised if Bootsma plays though, I think it's out of him and AJ for the last spot.

Thank you Sir!
The voice of reason!

_________________

No bloody fear! What do you think this caper is about, tea and Biscuits over a game of Backgammon? I want more than someone to die, that's what promotes regrowth, but Waite isn't one of them.

_________________
Just because I'm offended, doesn't mean I'm wrong.

Yeah, you guys are right. Waite has been a fantastic leader for the club.

Maybe we should have sent Juddy back to the 2's for a couple of weeks after the month he copped for the chicken wing.
Surely that was much more stupid than Waite's little love tap.

Or maybe we should have given him a couple of weeks for the pressure point?

_________________

If that's what it takes, however, I think leaving Waite out of this game will do more harm than good long term. We need to know what it means to have a player of his type in the side or we'll just accumulate more tall plodders.

_________________
Just because I'm offended, doesn't mean I'm wrong.

Why not?

Because the punishment given by the tribunal was appropriate

_________________

Exactly

_________________

Well, I called it back on page 6 and I just had a feeling that MM wants to make the 3 ruck thing work...

Not really excited about that fact.

And that`s why we will continue to go nowhere.
Do you think there has been a high level of accountability these last 10 years?