http://www.carltonfc.com.au/tabid/4311/Default.aspx?newsid=59711

Great to read that some of the boys are building interest outside of football and this is a step in the right direction.



Great for Tex but I didn't know that the Walker's were in the Rag Trade.

Take a look of Carlos standing next to Ashman sans shoes.

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“It is a state of mind, a system of belief, a way of seeing the world, a deep faith that, because you are Carlton, you belong to something great.” - Mike Fitzpatrick articulating what Out of the Blue means.

I never realied that Cain Ackland could concentrate for 3 hours straight. I wish he could do it on a weekend.

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Ecclesiastes 1:4, "One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but The Blues abide forever."

Andrew's sister has a women's clothing sore in Echuca.

Er, that was store not sore.

Are you sure it was a short course in business management Cain was studying for......methinks it was Carlton's gameplan and his role in it he was concentrating on- Congratulations Cain, you have a Certificate in "How to Understand and Master Ratt's Gameplan".....

Guys, whilst I enjoy bagging Ackland when he doesn't put in on the field, I am pleased that he has shown initiative in taking the course, where he wan't obliged to do so.

A credit to him for doing the course and to the other players.

He just better put in tomorrow night and make a contest out of EVERYTHING even when sitting on the bench.

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“It is a state of mind, a system of belief, a way of seeing the world, a deep faith that, because you are Carlton, you belong to something great.” - Mike Fitzpatrick articulating what Out of the Blue means.

I take it Fevola is one, who are the other two?

Doesnt Stevo have a landscaping business?

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Ecclesiastes 1:4, "One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but The Blues abide forever."

Stevo has his own landscaping business and I would imagine the other is Judd with the event management thing he has going.

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“It is a state of mind, a system of belief, a way of seeing the world, a deep faith that, because you are Carlton, you belong to something great.” - Mike Fitzpatrick articulating what Out of the Blue means.

Is Cain Ackland wearing a Cardigan???

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"Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?" Billy Connolly

Didn't a few of the boys have a childrens party service going on a few years ago?

Thought that was Baker and Milne from Stkilda.......most of the kids would have been bigger and smarter than they were...

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"When you have the attitude of a champion, you see adversity as your
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- Conor Gillen

I think Livo and Fev were doing that although I think Fev got tired of doing all the call outs.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Does Fev run a droughtproofing service?

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

Fev has a restaurant and his Mrs is a photographer i thought. I wonder if Fev ever has to wash the windows out the front of the restaurant??

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"Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?" Billy Connolly

Well done to all the boys including Ashy and RP of course.

Footy aint everything!

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There's so much I could say...

What type of assistance does the club provides for the players to complete their apprenticeship, placement or financial?

You'd think only the young players and not the veterans and established players would need help getting started.

Great scheme though.

Do you have any suggestions for the type of business Houlihan could open?

Club resources were very low pre Dick so opportunities such as these may not have been available to our mid-aged players during the Collo & Smorgon years.
It's great to see all players getting opportunity.

Baiting me may not please the mods too much at the minute BlueIce

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There's so much I could say...

Huh???

I was under the impression that the management course is for his benefit, not the club's.

Credit should go to the club for encouraging this sort of thing and encouraging players to think about their long-term future.

I mean it's great that Ackland and others are doing this course and realising that footy only takes the first 30 years of your life (35 if you are lucky) and there is still a lot more to life and that's good but let's be honest, it's for the players' benefit and the club doesn't really get anything out of it.

So why should Ackland be credited for looking after his own self? (OK I am being a little pest here )

If he is as slack on the field as he is off, I wouldn't have expected him to have taken the course.

There are many things that players have access to that they don't make use of, he could have quite easily have avoided the course, but he chose to take it.

And it benefits the club, when players have a balance of footy and outside interests, rather than just footy and getting into mischief when they are bored.

So stop being a pest Nick.

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“It is a state of mind, a system of belief, a way of seeing the world, a deep faith that, because you are Carlton, you belong to something great.” - Mike Fitzpatrick articulating what Out of the Blue means.