Well the rumoured information is obviously wrong, but at least the stressing of rotations and lack of midfield experience turned the media cycle in our favour.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

That piece is a Tigers supporter telling us the tigers have more members.

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I hope Essendon* folds.

and that we cheated

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This type of slight is alien in the more cultured part of the world - Walsh. Its up there with mad dogs, Englishmen and the midday sun!

The AFL (in part...along with the usual people we blame - Collins, Kernahan, the boot studder etc) created this mess by destroying the Carlton brand and funding at the same times millions into North, Port and other clubs. If the AFL is so concerned by Carlton's plight how about utilising some money from the future fund so that Carlton can put more funds into increasing its membership.

This bit from the article...you just have to laugh

"The dismal performance by the undermanned Blues raised eyebrows all the way to AFL head office"
Raising eyebrows doesn't really help when at the same time millions are being funnelled into North, Port, Brisbane etc.
What would I prefer? raised eyebrows or millions of dollars?


They have fed off the carcass of Carlton for 10 plus years and now wonder why the club gets pumped in a pre-season game against a z-grade Essendon* list.

Caro should check her facts.

Membership is up 5000 on last year same time

And look at the 100 point belting WCE copped to Adeaide in week 1 or Richmond to Freo or Hawthorn or Rich


But no, only Carlton are held to account for not fielding their best sides in a preseason comp

The two Tones made a good point that next season we make the PP nab game our last hit out before the season proper as we are more likely to field our strongest side.

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I hope Essendon* folds.

You make some good points, however, no one can justify kicking just four goals in a game of football.. That is abysmal.

Also, we have not one single player in the top 50 players in the game.
Says a lot. GWS has quite a few.
I am guessing the AFL would be happy that GWS has quite a few in the top 50 though.
Another project team up and running. Just need more work to be put into North Melbourne now.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/features/players-top-50#/one

She is right to a certain extent it was an missed opportunity to give fans hope.
But it will all be forgotten if we win round 1

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If you allow the Government to change the Laws in an emergency
They will create an Emergency to change the Laws

I'd have Cripps in front of a fair few on that list and I haven't even seen the top ten yet...

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“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus.”
Turkish Proverb

Ridiculous article. Thought she had turned a corner.

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dane's trolling again

For a club that has been preaching all summer that we are now united, part of one team and all pulling in the same direction, it sure looks like the marketing/membership guys and the coaches might have been reading different internal memos. If the plan was to go into the game with an under strength side, blood a bunch of kids and cap rotations, almost guaranteeing a belting from the Z Grade Bummers then why market the game as a 'Road to Damascus' moment, the homecoming of the club back to our holy ground, the dawn of a new era and a marketing push to increase members. Surely an experimental game with a very weak side would have been better played at an obscure country ground in front of 500 die-hard fans. How many lapsed members were enticed out of hibernation back to the old ground to see the next generation of champions and favorite sons.....get belted by 10 goals from the old enemy!

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"Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?" Billy Connolly

could have been worse. We could have been flogged with a full strength team!

She is in part right - cant continue to kick 4 goals a game and provide hope to fans - also whose heart didn't sink getting beaten by 10 goals by beleaguered bummers even in a scratch match with ordinary team

She is wrong also because need for team - best team to be fit for round one - supporters need hope early in season

The shit thing here is that despite repeated comments that the intention is to build up to round 1 and that we'll have a fairly senior look about us against Sydney, any positive results from that match will be a seen as reactionary by key senior writers, because clicks/sales.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

So much noise for a meaningless practice game in February!

QFT

We get criticised for taking the short-term option. We get criticised for taking the long-term option.

Basically, if there's nothing much else to write about, criticise Carlton.

So much noise for a meaningless "journos"

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It should have happened during the Pagan era, early draft sanctions notwithstanding.

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

Historically speaking, which I like to do:

http://www.blueseum.org/Round+15%2C+2013

....

this game represented a number of losses in a row, albeit only a month or so earlier we were sitting in 6th:

http://www.blueseum.org/Round+10%2C+2013

FtB

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