No1Blue...no need for a petition anymore, anyway

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

god i hope not, we are bound to win the following week if pagan is sacked.. i hope its just a very nasty rumour.

Very interesting.

i'm taking it as gospel.

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dane's trolling again

That rumour made its way to the streets of Rome so it must have some legs

Cant wait to come back to Melb in a fortnight with a new coach, new direction and new on field fortunes
seems the off field stuff is pretty well sorted, so will be awesome when we are both an on and off field powerhouse again
its happening folks- and we have some great people in some really key posts within the club

Made my day

Does this mean that a full time replacement will be named? Or just that a caretaker coach such as Ratten will take his place until the end of the year?

does this mean the sneaky leakers are back?

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

pretty sure u've got one more post in you josh.

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dane's trolling again

might have said too much already
im pretty excited though regardless
really not sure what the plan is- not too sure if the board is 100% either but will all be sorted out soon re: what happens until end of season.

Hey Josh...can you please tell me that you've also heard that Pagan's going to take Kernahan with him on his sabatical?

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Mens sana in corpore sano.

Bring back the laurel wreath logo!!!

My dad, who is a very wise observer of football, made an interesting point after the game today.

He said that at the end of last season, we had serious question marks over many onfield areas, including:

Who would play FB and CHB
What was going to happen in the ruck
Forward set up, including CHF
What kind of game plan we were going to use.

Fourteen rounds into the season, and NONE of those have been answered. We still don't know who our kep backs are going to be going forward, our ruck is a disaster (even allowing for the promise Setanta is showing), we don't have a CHF, and our game plan simply WILL NOT be the game plan that will take us into finals football.

We have gone nowhere this season, save for improvement in a handful of players, which would be expected even if we didn't have a coach.

Damning.

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Mens sana in corpore sano.

Bring back the laurel wreath logo!!!

i really hope this happens!

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dane's trolling again

Another Pagan "Classic Catch" from the Age

"But if we drive down Royal Parade in 80 years time, I think the Carlton Football Club will be there but none of us will, and that's the most important thing."

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Cheats never prosper (except in the AFL)

sooo... what are the odds for us making the 8 in 08?

He has to go Winfield

Maybe the Blues have picked out the 2008 Coach have heard rumours to the affect and i guess they where hopeful of running Pagan to the end but after today he has to go

If we put in a caretaker now say to him play the kids give em gametime.
Put players in correct position and make the last 8 rounds to answer questions on the kids. I dont really know what Half our kids are really like as they get so little oppertunity and when given a chance they spend most of it on the Pine.

Last 8 rounds put in a caretaker instruct to play kids, make sure the caretaker (prob would be Ratten) talks with Mitch and puts in game time with our key kids giving them proper game time and responsibility.

At end of Season if we havnt already signed up a potential coach we then undertake key interviews and we get that done straight after round 22


But this stain of a coach Pagan must be gone this week.

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CFC TAC Squad everyone over 25 must be traded sounds like Loguns Run

Pagan goes and and Ratten will be caretaker.

There will be controversy as he goes...

Ratten spoke very well indeed on 3AW today. impressive candidate. after hearing what I did, he is as good as Voss if not better because of his coaching experience. Vis may have greater future potential though..

I would be happy with either as the new young coach I have spoken of since 2002..

I dont doubt that story at all about the players hating Dennis and hanging out until he is sacked.

Dont think we will get a priority pick in 2007. but pick 2 obviously looks likely..

The new young coach will hasten slowly, but you will see a transformation of our young side and finals football within 2 seasons..

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My Blue Heaven

I don't get why there'd be an interview process for a caretaker coach. One of the assistants would be just fine in that role.

And surely we wouldn't rush the appointment of the coach for next year. That would have to be the most careful decision ever made by this club.

Paul Littman was sitting in front of TrueBlueBrad and I at the players sponsors seats. I was watching him closely reading a text message then he got up and left not to come back. My theory at the time was the Dick had called in the troops for the special meeting. Might of been right.

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Mjonc signing off at 8888

That's my favourite thing that I've ever read on this site

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Mens sana in corpore sano.

Bring back the laurel wreath logo!!!

A dank dull and stale aura will be replaced with one that is bright, new and positive.

Pagan has had his day, which actually ended a couple of years ago - but sometimes for various reasons, there are things that hang around beyond their expiry date and go sour.

This souring can be very damaging and affects others in sometimes very bad ways - Our young players are well aware of this and are coping.

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My Blue Heaven