I have a line from a Neil Young song playing over in my head...
From a track on After the Goldrush.
"Hoping that maybe in a year or two we can laugh, and let it all out"
In the chorus... " am I lying to you when I say, that I believe in you..."

Ladder from end round 15, 2016 makes interesting reading
I had the horrible feeling that Essendon** in their drug penalty year with all their senior players out may have been going better than us in 2018, but their percentage is lower (not by much)
Look who is one above us on the 2016 ladder with the same number of points

1 Hawthorn 15 12 0 3 1515 1261 6W - 48 120.14
2 Sydney 15 11 0 4 1445 1043 1W U2 44 138.54
3 Adelaide 15 11 0 4 1689 1277 7W U2 44 132.26
4 W Bulldogs 15 11 0 4 1314 1111 2W U2 44 118.27
5 West Cast 15 10 0 5 1562 1154 3W U3 40 135.36
6 Geelong 15 10 0 5 1503 1135 2L D4 40 132.42
7 GWS Gian 15 10 0 5 1627 1232 1L D4 40 132.06
8 North Melb 15 10 0 5 1427 1266 4L D1 40 112.72
9 Port Adel 15 7 0 8 1447 1335 1L - 28 108.39
10 Melbourne 15 7 0 8 1438 1383 1W - 28 103.98
11 Collwood 15 7 0 8 1268 1359 3W - 28 93.30
12 St Kilda 15 7 0 8 1292 1476 1W U1 28 87.53
13 Richmond 15 6 0 9 1277 1469 2L D1 24 86.93
14 Carlton 15 6 0 9 1067 1366 4L - 24 78.11
15 Gold Coast 15 5 0 10 1284 1645 2W - 20 78.05
16 Fremantle 15 3 0 12 1145 1369 2L - 12 83.64
17 Brisbane 15 1 0 14 1186 1900 11L - 4 62.42
18 Essendon** 15 1 0 14 937 1642 13L - 4 57.06

For they so loved Carlton that they gave their only begotten sons ..... FFS these kids need to harden the f### up.
Bottle the misery and take it out on the other clubs with no mercy whatsoever when they get their chance. It will come eventually... It is your job to get them to see it through.