https://www.sen.com.au/news/2018/07/14/ ... -carltons/


“They’ve made 40 changes to their list in three years. The next highest is the Gold Coast who’ve been as much of a mess as anyone and they’ve turned over 34.

“If you go to the other end of the spectrum, you’ve got the Dogs and St Kilda who’ve only turned over 22 players.

“That’s almost half of what Carlton’s done. It’s not just a new team, there’s so many new faces coming in, you’ve got no cohesion, no shared experiences and you’re still learning the game plan and how to be an AFL footballer and how to be a professional.

Fair comments form King and Wallet

As I've stated before, this is the largest list overhaul in the AFLs history and a lot of people are done with the coach already. How about we do something un-Carlton and let them have a real go and not panic and look for instant results.

I've been thinking about this too. Is it too far fetched to have a hawthorn style line in the sand game. I know we'd get universally mauled bu the media vultures but we do anyway. I just feel like we get pushed around and seen as weak in all aspects of the game. I know it's archaic thinking but i'm sick of the insipid nothing that we put up every week.

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Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

You do not have a line in the sand game until you have the team to play the line in the sand game.

Currently we are still a long way from that game. We need more games into kids, more kids not injured, a lot more midfielders.

I suggest a whole lot of supporters take their hands, cup them between their legs and just hang on tight.

It's easy to get angry, to rant and rave and call for heads...it's easy and it is dumb.

Stick to the plan, keep rebuilding, let experience and a continuation of the building of depth do the work...one day you can remove your hands and smile again

but that is not this day

and not any time soon...it hurts...so what...this cannot and should not be rushed...my great concern is the pressure building as it so often has on the club, the club lets nerves dictate and we do this again and again.

Stick with the plan...build the side...it cannot be rushed.

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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!

Yes, stay calm as hindu cows, learn to accept losing and say "Please Sir may I have some more". #trustinbolts #trustinSOS #trustinmalthouse #trustinwhoever
"I suggest a whole lot of supporters take their hands, cup them between their legs and just hang on tight." That's great but not all of us are eunuchs.

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"Then joked and said he (Jack himself) probably wouldn't even need to play until round 2 against Collingwood."

This.

I dare say if Bolton was sakced you'd have a young player exodus and be faced with the reality of a fresh 8 year rebuild.

Be careful what you wish for.

Really lol, give me a break. Fresh 8 year rebuild player exodus I'm sure they are happy playing our current style of football which takes us inside 50 thirty times a game.
You guys are the dupes that feed the furnace of perpetual incompetence. Politicians love guys like you. Oy vey lets not upset the applecart.

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"Then joked and said he (Jack himself) probably wouldn't even need to play until round 2 against Collingwood."

You guys are the frog that sits calmly while being slowly boiled alive.

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"Then joked and said he (Jack himself) probably wouldn't even need to play until round 2 against Collingwood."

yes panic always works.

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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 young apples wouldn't be re-signing if they had no faith in Bolton. Don't upset the young applecart, smithy.

I like this more than anything I've read in a long time.

Hanneberry seems unsettled at Sydney. 27, and until this year a quality player.

Sydney will need points for their academy players (especially if they use their first pick on Darcy Moore).

Thought I’d given up on posting.

Ah, well here goes.

50 years of following the club and this process of change is painful. Very.

Seems we have two paths to go. Change strategy now or hang tight.

Easiest thing to do would be to change strategy. Soothes those that are disgruntled and serves the media.

Our current position reflects an investment. A punt. Anyone with anything to do with the club would be reflecting. Human nature.

A couple of recent experiences have given me some insight.

Friday night, I was at the Saints Presidents Dinner. Fitzy and Lo Giudice were there. Fitzy was by no means jumping through hoops, nonetheless he encouraged patience.

Recently a conversation with Steven Trigg, revealed his deep belief in the direction of the club. While disappointed with the way he left, he was deeply passionate about the new direction the club was headed. 3-4 years ago we were regarded as THE boys club with a supporter base measured as the least engaged. He recalled the biggest challenge he faced 4years ago was wrestling with the likes of J Elliott - convincing the need to invest in a future

....he shared our immeadiate challenge is to stick with a program of change that started 3-4 years ago. To support our strategy and keep it on track the club must leverage the surplus $3 million of funds we’ve accumulated through salary cap savings. SOS and the club need to secure established FA talent to compliment our emerging young A graders.

The strategy is fine but the people in charge of the execution- in particular List Management need to be held to some account or review, this doesn’t seem to be the case at the moment.

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Great tweet

https://twitter.com/tommycasha/status/1 ... 59776?s=21
Facts

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The No.1 pick - let's use it wisely

I tend to agree ...... Let's use this (hard earned) No.1 pick on a gun kid. There's a few around this year. Let's try getting a Wallis type for 2019 and throw money at Shiel for 2020.

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"IF YOU FAIL TO PREPARE, YOU'RE PREPARED TO FAIL" - Mark Spitz

Jayden Hunt from the dees is another one we should look at.
4 year deal for Luke Dahlhaus with good coin, maybe 5 years.
Jack Scrimshaw from GC for a pick next year.
Pick 1 best available.
Rowe, Mullett, O'Shea, Graham, Casboult, JGM, Kym L, Thomas, Lamb, Shaw and Kerridge.
Could be more...
Need more on field leadership, McVeigh, Mundy etc.

are these wishes or rumours?

If we could somehow add Wallis, Brodie, Scrimshaw and Walsh to our list this year (along with our 2nd round picks), get a full (and uninterrupted) preseason into Kennedy, Lang, Dow, SPS, and improve enough to lure Shiel next year, there's your midfield depth. It then becomes a development issue.

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