dannyboy wrote
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I hope you are right bondi
now tell me again about our memberships
our sponsorships
our ground
our functions
ATM...
...our memberships have turned to shit
...our sponsorships have turned to shit
...our functions (and their patronage) have turned to shit
but our ground is being developed as an elite sports training facility, and our new homeground has introduced Carlton to the new millenium, and it seems to be working for us, as attendences to home games have increased (unless we start to get the same numbers as we did at Princes Park).
OK, so we're in the shit atm, in the middle of a shit period in our history. But it's only a moment in time when you take into account that it's a 5 year sentence in a 150 year history.
Bondi wrote
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We'll get through this shit, despite that it's been going on for what seems to be an eternity, and if we go through this for one more year, it will still feel like an eternity, but we'll get through it. Saints did, Tigers did, Hawks did, Demons did, Doggies did, Kangas did, Lions did, Magpies did, Freo did....you see it happens to nearly every team...it's just our turn to work our way through the shit, and hopefully learn from our mistakes (and never let it happen again).
We'll get through it. If we can start the season (not only the NAB cup) with a few wins in the first 5 rounds, followed by another couple, but with a heartening and competitive effort throughout, that'll be the message supporters will need to hear. I expect memberships to go down again next year, but from 2008 this will change direction...as the shit settles and our kids grow up and show their potential having grown into men.