..love the tweet, love it even more when i imagine him saying that out loud, seinfeld style..

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MM thinks he can turn Lucas into another Dale Thomas (sans the accurate kicking).
I reckon he may almost get there...I said almost!

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If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!

I imagine Mick as Toota.

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"They're [REDACTED]'

opening bid for pick one

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S M C , S F L

I thought it was js.craponli

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He stated Malthouse was playing to lose, to lower the expectation of supporters.
That way the supporters would not be so upset when players were traded.
There's not only a lack of logic, but a lack of any sense of reality.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

.... our very own grassy knoll

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I don't think he's deliberately playing to lose but it is all about "the process", apparently - stuff the supporters!

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"You are being watched. The government has a secret system. A machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it." - Finch

Sums up things pretty well.

Truth hurts doesn't it blue vein thrombosis

Mick won't throw these kids to the wolves without a proper football education and a tone of development. You don't play kids if they are not ready yet.

You got to understand how mick operates. He will identify his 8 or so players that embrace his game plan, game style and they will become leaders of this group and will drive this club to success.

Mick now will develop what he calls is the support cast, the players who come in and play roles.

He knows the exact players he is looking for to play this role.

He will also try bring in some tall to fill In the missing gaps.

Those who think we are rudderless you have no idea.

We have a man with a plan.

I generally don't like Lyon, and I think he hates Carlton, but this article is spot on.
I hope the players see it.

There isn't too much to disagree with there from Lyon.

For more searching analysis, he should look at the failure rate of our 2nd and 3rd round picks and how our development has left much to be desired.

Warnock - for pick 22, had a few injuries but hasn't given us enough.
Grigg - cracked it and now at Richmond.
Russell - 1st round pick 9 in 2004, delisted and now at Collingwood.
Hartlett - hamstrung (literally).

And these are just 4...

Add into it that we haven't drafted many players with leadership qualities and/or a willingness to be rough and physical and no wonder we're in the position that we're in.

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- Igor Stravinsky

We were burnt with the likes of fev. Too much of an extroverted handful so the club recruited kids who were nice. Now we have a bunch of soft introverts.

Like everything in life, we need a bit of everything in balanced moderation. We simply don,t have that at Carlton..

We need the right balance of smells, mediums and talls.
We need the right balance of introverts and extroverts
We need the right balance of experience and youth.
Of defence and attack.
Of hardness and skill.
Of speed and endurance.

Our list is imbalanced quite badly in all those areas, and more so than any club except GWS and Melbourne.

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So hard to earn, so easily burned
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#DopeThenStash

This is a good article from Lyon that sums up Carlton's situation accurately.

Gibbs needs to be given some lee-way though as has been placed as a half-back flanker for most of his career.

If Walker can get an All-Australian/top 3 in the B&F you could almost give him a pass mark as well. Almost.


Lyon's comparison of Kreuzer with Melbourne's Jack Fitzpatrick was damning. The stats for Kreuzer were 12, 3 & 8. 12- Average for Kreuzer of 12 possessions, best return 3 goals and 8 marks. Fitzpatrick has already kicked 4 and had 8 marks. Ouch.

Corey McKernan (a champion of the game no doubt but at the end of his career when at Carlton) his stats are far better than Kreuzer's..but at least Kreuzer's stats are better than Mark Porter's and Barnaby French's.

So you're advocating they clear out the forward line Chucky?

Well it certainly stinks at the moment.

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#DopeThenStash

You might be onto something. Pagan's Paddock, Clarkson's Cluster, Mick's Barking Spiders...