Must be nightmare for the young players to have to be a sub.

It's the worst rule ever.

Get an older player to be sub and let the new guys blend in throughout the match.

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That’s not a political statement — it’s a harsh reality, and we must act,” she said. “He is a clear and present danger to the things that keep us strong and free. I support impeachment.”

I see that Frank, I like Tutt's effort and run but his disposal is awful and I am not sure what can be done about that. I also think that if you lack talent, swapping out of a top ten pick is fraught with danger.

Last night was just flat and lacklustre all around. Just had a funny feel.

Thought our effort was good and a lot of positives to come out of it.

Buckley & Graham keep improving
Kruezer getting through games.
Time into Boekhurst, Holman, Johnson & Cripps
I hope Whiley gets a full game next week.

The reality is that our list is poor and we need to sort it out. We need to get as much time and experience into these young players to see if they are worth keeping.

I hope we keep doing what we are doing until the end of the year. The attitude is good and we are trying to play a positive style. I like what's happening.

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Totally agree.

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We had a go at a very good up and coming side................we were always in the game.Happy with that myself.................as far as the fringe players are concerned,some will make it,some wont.But every game they get at senior level is a bonus and will give us a clearer view of who we will keep and who we wont.............the lack of polish and class is obvious but is being worked on so that is a plus.............lets shake the shit out of the Tigers next week,they are very gettable.

PS..................Macrae is a shit hot up and coming player with a lot of Scott Pendlebury about him.Reckon he shredded us in the second half.

PS................get off Murphyy's back.Busted his backside with a very hard tag with qquestionable tactics.

Regards Mick.

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Reality.

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Out tackled the number 1 tackling side in the league.

Does that make us the title holder?

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Worried that we have so many players that can't play in the same side together, but there's no real upside to our list by trading them as they have so little value on the market. By which, I refer to Curnow and Carrazzo in the same team and the three ruckmen. Hopefully the former is resolved by Carrazzo retiring at the end of the year rather than losing Curnow for nothing. Shouldn't be allowed to kick the thing, but geez, would love to see the stats in respect of most contests got to by a player, reckon Curnow would be top 3 in the league easily. Covers some serious ground.

On the other hand, game was lost when Everitt subbed out, and we didn't have the luxury of subbing a ruckman off. I like what Wood brings to the table, but think he's the most expendable from a structural perspective for the rest of the year. From a longer term perspective, I wonder if McKay still looks at what the possibility of Kreuzer's compo pick could bring us. Assuming that the pick is higher than what we'd need to pay for say Leunenberger, I think the sum of all parts of such a trade has merit.

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HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR TALKINGCARLTON SUPERCOACH 2009 YET?

Boekhorst needs some time. Like Graham, I think he will be ok. Give him a 5 to 6 week guarantee

The skill level was down last night, but the endeavour was there. We worried the Bulldogs significantly and considering where we have come from and the inexperience of the team, it was an OK performance.

Bell and Cripps were well down. Bell has been a superstar in 2nd halves this year. There were more positives than negatives from that game.

There are some obvious holes, but our midfield is brand new and has a future.

We move on. We could have won it with more class, but the youngsters more than matched them. The Bulldogs are on the way up. We definitely have more of a future than a month ago.

Wins are nice but it is now about getting game time into the likes of cripps, Holman, boekhorst and graham and hoping that Bell can step up. He has this year.

We still need to look at KP backs and forwards, but build the midfield first

I'll bet he's not their kicking coach.

The umpiring was universally hopeless. They just put the whistles away. I don't mind that if they are consistent but they do nothing for five minutes and then blow a couple up so we remember they are on the park. At one point I asked myself if they had forgotten the holding the man rule.

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TC is full of people who love to put the knock on the youngsters.
They think everybody has to be BOG every week, forgetting or not realizing there are ebbs and flows and kids need time to develop and that happens at two separate levels, the VFL and on field.
Bell's 'lack of awareness' tag thata arrived after ONE incident where he missed a handball receive that was ill directed has hanted him.
Armfield's HTB in Sydney several years ago where he dared to try and play on and 'cost us the game' has fillowed him until recently. he has gone from being a waste of time to the hero of the day.
I could go on but I'm preaching to the converted in your case.
BB wasn't flash on the weekend but he has had NO opportunity to get used to AFL footy and the intensity of it. We will have to cary him and others for a while and take the losses and the mistakes until they make it or they don't.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

Firstly, he doesn't mark the footy against ordinary teams, he marks it against his opponent of the day. It isn't his fault if we are playing against an ordinary team. He took marks yesterday against a top 8 team with a reasonable defence. He dropped ONE and I would have paid it because he had it before it was punched out IMO but I'm not an umpire.
To misquote you, we get blinded by the fact he takes these huge pack marks and kicks his mandatory two a week and then get pissed off if he doesn't do it every week. What came first, the chicken or the egg? He is pretty consistent on the face of it. Give him a fair crack at it. he's played 50 odd games. Cloke is the one we should compare him to. Similar style of player but a hundred games more experience in games played.

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I disagree.
He should be made to watch his own highlight reel.
He is half the player he was.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

EFA

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

We got 2 frees late in the game to even it up slightly. It appeared that the umpires were instructed not to pay any holding the ball frees, there were so many that should have been paid.

I am going to the game to see the likes of Johnson, Boekhurst, Graham, Ho;man, Whilley etc.
If we go back to proven mediocre players, I'll take the rest of the year off
Maybe they will turn out mediocre too. But if 2,3 or 4 of them end up decent players, this will have proven to b a critical period in our progress.

Ellard, curnow, Caraazzo should be replacements only.

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