Cazzesman wrote:
windows wrote:
I'm pessimistic about this (actually I'm just pessimistic full stop). I worry that this Judd worship that's going on (amongst the players) is unhealthy. I could be wrong. I hope it is inspiring. I hope it ISN'T "he'll make everything right". I hope it raises the bar. I hope they remember how poor they themselves have been. I hope Jordan remembers how poor he has been. He references how Judd towelled him up. He should remember plenty of people did that to him. I want them all focused on how THEY can improve. On what THEY need to do. A bit of excitement is good, and I'm sure I will stand corrected, but I want to see these young kids get on with it. I want to see Jordan get a flower kick. I don't want to hear how excited any of them are. I want to SEE results. I want to read PBs on the track. PBs in the gym. I want to hear more stories like "Hampson getting a personal trainer and working through the break". I want to read that Jordan Russell can now take a half volley without fumbling, that Andrew Walker can now hit a target, that Paul Bower can outbody Fev in a one on one, that Fev is back off the piss.
I don't give a shit how excited they are. SHOW ME THE MONEY.
And I'd personally like you to be a more positive person when you post on TC. Is that asking too much? If a Carlton player asked you to lift your game here, could you? Would you? Can you? Do you want to?
Just wondering aloud.
Regards CazzesmanWell I feel let down over a number of years by (some) players at this club just not preparing well enough, not working hard enough, not putting in, blaming others and so on. I guess I'm worn down by it. I guess I have lost a fair bit of faith. Seeing players poorly prepare, hitting the piss hard, getting into trouble, all during a period when we couldn't afford it, has made me question where they were at. Are they here for me? Or just out for themselves? Long before they were here, and long after they are gone, I will still be paying my memberships, turn up and support the jumper, week in week out, in the hope I can watch a group of goers again. Watch a group who stay out of trouble, who have as their main priority getting the most out of themselves. This past year eroded my faith even further. I saw a first year player out until all hours of the night with the skipper. I saw the skipper fat and unfit. I saw the full forward go out and make a fool of himself overseas and then sook on the field. I saw several of the worst hearted efforts I've ever seen for this jumper. I saw only Simmo really look like he was dieing for the jumper for mine. Could have been others, but he ran when he had nothing. Like Braddles used to run. I want to see that from all of them.
So if a Carlton player asked me to be positive, I'd hope they were doing so on the proviso that all that crap is behind us. That they can assure me that they are having a go, and that they are not tolerating anything less in their peers. They are preparing flat out. That if they see a teammate take a short step, either on or off the field, they will NOT tolerate it.
If they told me that my faith would be restored. And I'd be more positive. But in the absence of them asking, I guess I will assume that at the least my negativity is annoying you. And I don't intend on annoying anyone, even if that is too often the case. So I will from this point assume that the players are assuring me they are all having a go, that they are accepting nothing less than 100 percent from their peers. Which is a change from the past.
And I will be more positive, because of course I want to be. From this point forth. Go Blues. I'm with you. Really I am. Just don't make me duck my head in shame again. That's all I ask.
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) and I thought he presented well off HF. Here's hoping he can keep his head up and make the most of his opportunities.
