Seeing SOS at St Kilda is really killing me, why one my Fav's as well. Hurt that he has helped Bulldogs, St Kilda, Roberts Thompson at Sydney and has gone gone missing at Carlton when we needed him the most.

This even more hurtful knowing how much Jo Bailey and the kids love the club so much, he seems to be dodging us for some reason.

Guilt maybe about his squeeling, not sure !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He'll be back at the club when the time is right. Smart guy for distancing himself from Pagan's regime. I'm looking forward to a few GSOSs running around for the blues.

that's brilliant!

and exciting to think that in a few short years we'll be looking at a couple of our young guns combining and finishing like that.

Dunno which goal I love more - that one or Harry's.

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is there a thread to nominate the best ever Carlton goals?

VB, it's not just filler in thr off season, it's filling the holes in our hearts.

The Bradley Silvagni issue is a painful one, especially during a painful period for the club, and really, we all want them back at their club!

Whatever happened, happened; those 2 have their reasons. Maybe they really want to come back home; I suspect so.

Silvagni's '95 finals campaign against the greats, Carey and Ablett, only allowed them 1 goal for a whole finals series; unbelievable, but true. The opposition had plenty of supply too, and even under incredible physical duress, SOS was always our trump card and was rightfully named as the FB of the Century.

Bradley played 669 games for the club, or was it 1,669 (including practise games)...every football fan remembers his feats; unstoppable; a machine' a fitness freak; a freak of nature. Bradley was in 2 teams of the century. Unbelievable.

We want them back in the fold. They have a lot to offer, notwithstanding the respect our baby blues have for them. It can only be good for all involved with the Club.

Yes Browny 'Dog' is a living legend for all of us, standing up to the AFL, and O'Reilly, the loser, was a different type of dog. But that's in the past it's folklore now; legend.

Moving forward, it is the decade we should all rejoice, regroup and enjoy our exciting future prospects together, and as for the past, it's so amazing, the success, the heroes, the champions, the flags, the great games, the ample wins...we can and should collectively rekindle, relive, respect and admire our heritage together. All Bluebaggers have much to be proud of.

We should all be proud to belong to this great club, and be proud of the heroes we fostered, who bled for this club, and gave us and themselves so many wonderful memories.

It's a good time now to discuss these issues, because when season 2008 begins, a new era dawns on us all, and we will be too busy to think of the holes in our hearts, we'll be absorbed and filled with Blue Skies; and cherishing every moment.

Time for our favourite sons, our heroes to come back home and enjoy the Carlton family.

We are Carlton!

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Well said nytdog.

Leigh Matthews was a favourite son at Hawthorn, how much time has he spent there since he retired?

Football is a business these days, Assistant Coaching is SOS's profession, there's no room for emotion.

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"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

SOS wrote in his book that he was only able to raise one arm above his head for the whole finals series as he had a bung shoulder. Add to that a fake ankle, two bung knees and an inability to jump and his personal victories over two of the greats of the game in that finals series should be recognised for what they were. Possibly the greatest feat in football.

Hmmmmm..........

lucky Thorpie doesn't play football.............!

cos then................you know..............he'd have the.......
well.............!


kindest regards tommi

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Wasn't the salary cap investigation sparked by Brown's claim for long-service leave? IIRC, that arsehole Allison put in a claim to the AFL. Instead of basing the figures on Brown's declared wages, Allison based it on his actual wages. Not surprisingly, the AFL seized on that as evidence of salary cap rorting. Although Allison then claimed he'd just made a mistake on the figures, and Brown refused to talk to the AFL, the genie was out of the bottle.

Is my recollection right?

Jeez, Bondi. Good post but I reckon SOS was a bit lucky to get FB of the century. IMVHO, should have gone to one G. Southby.
Having said that, SOS was PFG.

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A chicken and the egg argument that could go on forever.
They both played in eras of outstanding full forwards, both premiership players, both awesome.

IMHO, Silvagni's ability to be a destructive forward himself probably tipped the scales in his favour.

But, I remember that flower-wit Dunstall sneering up his nose in an interview after the announcement and commenting that it should have been Chris Langsford! FFS!

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Now that prick can not even wipe his own arse ,karma's a bitch Allison and so was ya dog of a mother for bringing scum like you into the world.I hate that prick and do not feel sorry for him one bit suffer you dog.

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Feel my love...............

I hated Alison as much as anyone, but that's a bit harsh I think. No-one deserves what happened to him. Unless you're Hitler or someone.

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#GUILTY

The guy was slime a real scum sucking pig and he got what he asked for so F him.

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Feel my love...............

Call Allison what you want RoK, but his mother.

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I f i remember correctly Allison left a post it note on his files that had incriminating evidence on it....

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Ouch, don't wanna take the moral high ground here, I mean we all hated Allison but that's just plain wrong.

Bradley and Silvagni? They can't be anything other than Carlton legends and heroes for the half million or so Blues fans out there.

Many greats have some form of negative tinge to their careers - perhaps they were forced to retire, or even worse, forced to play for St Kilda or Fitzroy, perhaps they declined so quickly we were stuck with them contractually for a few years, or perhaps they left because after so many years of the pressure and expectations for success they had to leave. Looking through Carlton's history, many of our greats had some sort of negative - many of our Premiership Players finished up elsewhere because we thought they were done and they thought they weren't.

I don't begrudge a single one of them - what matters is their contribution to the Club when it mattered. And if they were part of a Premiership - the very essence of what sets our Club apart from the rest - then their name is up in lights as far as I am concerned.

So what if Bradley and Silvagni got caught up in something- I couldn't care less. The Blues are about Premierships and these two were wonderful players, each Premiership Players, and heroes in the highest order.

Molsey



So eloquently put Molsey...Acountant? Nah...gotta be a poet.

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