I feel that this match will say it all ... a line in the sand game.

If we lose ... its the same old Carlton with the same old problems!

I am getting too old for this crud!

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I am as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more!!!

Yeah Nah . Half true . That was the way it was , sorta ,for a lot of players . But they played favourites too don't worry about that . There was always the golden child . Just rock up , go through the motions and your in the first's next week ................... and a lot of blokes would grind it out in the magoo's and never get a look in whilst others got fast racked . Nah , selection was always a hot topic . Reckon back in its day arguing the point with your mates about who was getting a game and who wasn't getting a game . Geez you would be standing around prior to the main game watching the magoo's and those conversations about selection could get very HEATED . Seen blokes come to blows even . Ah , the joys of the old days . I reckon back then in front of the Robert Heatley the Unofficial Selection Committee would have numbered at least 200 . Those blokes used to go off there brains about selection . Screaming , yelling , hysterical abuse of
each over a footy game and they all supported the one team FFS . Hilarious really . I tell ya , they can accuse us Carlton supporters of many things but they could never accuse us of lack of passion . Magnificent it is .

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"Still working on his defensive side" "Attacking side is also a work in progress" Left out that he can't kick. He is in year 6. Was shopped around as trade bait for the past two years and no teams wanted him. If he was pick 30 and not pick 3 he would have been gone years ago. Invest in youngsters who have an AFL future. Dow doesn't.

He will...he has the metal strength to do it

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If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!

Yep, happens all the time on my whatsapp group
I follow European football and I tell you what, Serie A and EPL managers don't hide their dislike for players...I've heard stories of bars in Milan and Turin descending into chaos with supporters calling each other the most vile non-PC names because of those disagreements over who should be benched and who should play

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If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!

Remember those days we’ll but it still doesn’t make it right. All coaches have their pets. Won’t change but you need reward ‘knocking down the door’, especially when players are injured or out of form at that part of the ground. It’s how who grow the team mentality of success.

I think what gets me most about selection regarding Dow and Kemp is the players in the seniors are not playing their best.
example being plowman and Cerra. The question marks about Dow are pretty similar to Cerra. I guess Cerra does better helping out the defence better than Dow, but decision making and kicking is no Better IMO.
The last time Dow played 5 games in a row he wasn’t on his own with defensive effort. it’s like our midfield didn’t know what it meant 2 years ago..I wouldn’t mind seeing him give 5-10 games as he has a bit of energy everyone else seems to lack.

Cerra was one of our better players against Adelaide IMO

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The same Cerra who’s currently equal second in TC’s MVP?

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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

LOB
Kemp
TDK
S Durdin

All missing from ressies

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I'm shocked to be sitting here

Some things are bigger than footy, going to the game today quite emotional.

Going through medical tests at the moment and waiting on results, either way it doesn't look good.

Hopefully just me thinking the worst.

So perhaps, just for today, don't give up on the team if we start shit. Don't turn on each other, don't worry about things we can't control.

Enjoy the moment, we don't know what's around the corner.

Go baggers

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Thanks for sharing Kingkerna.
All the best to you and your family.
Go Blues!

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Our tradition demands success!
Mens sana in corpore sano

LOB and Kemp are senior contingencies

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Hope the baggers give you a nice pick me up KK...

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“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” ― Richard Feynman

I can capture it in one.........injuries.
Both Honey and Fisher offer us nothing at the moment but they are filling "roles", apparently.

Sorry to hear that Kerna.
I hope we have a solid win for you today and you are just thinking the worst.
Go Blues!

Durdin not playing…

Unless they’ve pulled the trigger on Young as 2nd ruck, I’d say we can narrow the inevitable-though-as-yet-undisclosed injury down to two.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

KK, no good you feeling like that.
Feel for you.
I'm hopeful Modern Medicine is on your side.
I have a lot of friends winning their 'losing' battles because the Specialists are that good in this era, and getting better by the day.

I expect the boys to get up today.
I hope the day brings you joy. Enjoy watching your baggers play footy.
Good luck.

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

All the best.

Thanks for the thoughts, let's hope we come through today and kick start our season

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