Ted Hopkins has his say.

kezza · **Joined:** Thu May 11, 2006 6:11 pm **Posts:** 14966

Synbad wrote:

can u imagine all those 150th anniversary t shirts and paraphernalia unsold???

phew

this was going to me momentous for the merchandising and money making side of things

sticks led us into a fizzer

Might be able to pick up some cheap merchandise next year at Dimmeys.

cimm1979 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2014 11:56 am

Synbad wrote:

cimm1979 wrote:

Pretty sure he's got MM pegged.

Pretty sure he talks about a sucker board falling for it....

Dunno what you understand about the world but .. thats it in a nutshell....

Understand plenty....

...........and you are right.

but so am I.

Curious that the board didn't recognise one of their own don't you think?

Synbad · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:06 pm

yes cimm u r right on the small picture
fix the big picture and the small pictures allign properly

malthouse bashing is ok.... as long as u bash the club executive .. and do not miss andy mckay.. hes pretty crap too...

but i wanna know how bear gleeson stays on

mikkey · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:27 pm **Posts:** 4129

In a nutshell it is about the culture of the club.

cimm1979 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:14 pm

Synbad wrote:

yes cimm u r right on the small picture
fix the big picture and the small pictures allign properly

malthouse bashing is ok.... as long as u bash the club executive .. and do not miss andy mckay.. hes pretty crap too...

but i wanna know how bear gleeson stays on

i haven't missed anything, simply noted that Hopkins gets MM. He get's the board as well, they are beyond support.

JohnM · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:23 pm

Good opinion piece.
I fear our current president wouldn't really understand both the context and the subtext of it, though. Teddy would have to bring it down to BBQ conversation levels. Over a couple of Crownies.

I'm liking the media spotlight on our shitfulness, please let it continue.

ScottSaunders · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2014 1:58 pm

I found it most interesting how he referred to the card that didn't actually have Carlton on it ... says it all really.

Gimmicks.

rather than hard work, commitment and above all else everything for carlton ... its gimmicks and central pieces of brillance, its a slogan, its a player, its a theme. its as if the board has allowed the marketing to take over the club.

get the flashy player, not the work horse, get the player that will sell memberships not the bloke that will give 110% to wear the jumper

#united ... just another rubbish example of what the club is about at the moment.

the only hashtags I want to see for this club is

#Hardwork #Commitment #Effort #Carlton

the rest is all bullshit and means nothing. and that applies from boardlevel to bootstudder.

Robert Heatley · **Joined:** Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:04 pm **Posts:** 615

Synbad wrote:

the english kept a massively populated india under its control for a long time.....using bugger all soldiers
how did they do this???

well india was pretty easy really..
it already was separated by many religious and cultural divisions and there was the caste system too.
divide and rule

we need a leader that can bring this club together... rich and poor .. young and old..

there has been so much infighting and fence building its not funny...
and of course we have the very curious situation of the dummy president and the portrait....

The line above about needing a leader that can bring this club together, is just so true. Not much more needs to be said.

Rod Spooky Galt · **Joined:** Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:31 pm **Posts:** 1390

murraycray wrote:

kezza wrote:

Everyone is lining up to give us a wack, and deservedly so.
Not the 150th year the club had anticipated.

The 100th was shit too.

Shutup, I was born that year!

Doh!

9 Flags in my first 31 years, I will always be grateful!

Pafloyul · **Joined:** Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:15 pm **Posts:** 4842

He calls it suspicion, I call it plain old raw fear. Ever since what Elliott did with the 'never rebuilding' and the salary cap bungle. Fear is what governs the club's decisions - recruiting, coaching appointments... everything!

Pafloyul · **Joined:** Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:15 pm **Posts:** 4842

ScottSaunders wrote:

I found it most interesting how he referred to the card that didn't actually have Carlton on it ... says it all really.

Gimmicks.

rather than hard work, commitment and above all else everything for carlton ... its gimmicks and central pieces of brillance, its a slogan, its a player, its a theme. its as if the board has allowed the marketing to take over the club.

get the flashy player, not the work horse, get the player that will sell memberships not the bloke that will give 110% to wear the jumper

#united ... just another rubbish example of what the club is about at the moment.

the only hashtags I want to see for this club is

#Hardwork #Commitment #Effort #Carlton

the rest is all bullshit and means nothing. and that applies from boardlevel to bootstudder.

Nothing wrong with having a flashy player or two on the list but the club doesn't even get that right and it's always drip fed. Who do we have that fits the mold? Yarran, Menzel, Walker? Some may be 'flashy' in one quality and totally inept in another. If we were really into the 'fashy' over the workmanlike then we'd have Darling on the list and not Watson and we would never have bothered with Rowe, Okeefe, Browne, Davies, Temay and the like.

moshe25 · **Joined:** Wed May 11, 2005 1:23 am **Posts:** 11671

Rod Spooky Galt wrote:

murraycray wrote:

kezza wrote:

Everyone is lining up to give us a wack, and deservedly so.
Not the 150th year the club had anticipated.

The 100th was shit too.

Shutup, I was born that year!

Doh!

9 Flags in my first 31 years, I will always be grateful!

When was the 9th?

Blue Sombrero · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:34 pm

Synbad wrote:

the english kept a massively populated india under its control for a long time.....using bugger all soldiers
how did they do this???

well india was pretty easy really..
it already was separated by many religious and cultural divisions and there was the caste system too.
divide and rule

we need a leader that can bring this club together... rich and poor .. young and old..

there has been so much infighting and fence building its not funny...
and of course we have the very curious situation of the dummy president and the portrait....

General Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC

camel · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:21 pm

Quote:

The company was started in 1996 and visiting Carlton, I found, it was the stodgiest and least-receptive club in terms of accepting and listening to innovations. The club had endured the John Elliot horror show and the fallout and suspicion was palpable.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/s ... z2zQ8dlys8

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

ScottSaunders · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:18 pm

Pafloyul wrote:

ScottSaunders wrote:

I found it most interesting how he referred to the card that didn't actually have Carlton on it ... says it all really.

Gimmicks.

rather than hard work, commitment and above all else everything for carlton ... its gimmicks and central pieces of brillance, its a slogan, its a player, its a theme. its as if the board has allowed the marketing to take over the club.

get the flashy player, not the work horse, get the player that will sell memberships not the bloke that will give 110% to wear the jumper

#united ... just another rubbish example of what the club is about at the moment.

the only hashtags I want to see for this club is

#Hardwork #Commitment #Effort #Carlton

the rest is all bullshit and means nothing. and that applies from boardlevel to bootstudder.

Nothing wrong with having a flashy player or two on the list but the club doesn't even get that right and it's always drip fed. Who do we have that fits the mold? Yarran, Menzel, Walker? Some may be 'flashy' in one quality and totally inept in another. If we were really into the 'fashy' over the workmanlike then we'd have Darling on the list and not Watson and we would never have bothered with Rowe, Okeefe, Browne, Davies, Temay and the like.

referring to players like Thomas, I think we would have been better to have kept the coin and use the pick we would have got for Betts etc..

Rod Spooky Galt · **Joined:** Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:31 pm **Posts:** 1390

moshe25 wrote:

Rod Spooky Galt wrote:

murraycray wrote:

kezza wrote:

Everyone is lining up to give us a wack, and deservedly so.
Not the 150th year the club had anticipated.

The 100th was shit too.

Shutup, I was born that year!

Doh!

9 Flags in my first 31 years, I will always be grateful!

When was the 9th?

Aaaah, 3 night f
grand finals, must be worth 1 day one????

Ooops............. 2014, we are back boi!

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