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PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:50 pm 
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Bruce Doull
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Imagine the kick in the guts when he wasn't in the team :wink: I've seen nothing to suggest that he's sitting back on his laurels and taking it easy, though i did hear about what your intimating.

Its all well and good to wait to the end of the season, but what if HE didn't want to do that. You then risk alienating a bloke and getting him off side. If the club wants to keep a player then you just don't do that.

I think you just need to get used to the fact that the Carlton Football club are happy with his progress and really want to keep him there.

All very true, I guess I'm declaring I hope it wasn't a routine decision to enter into negotiations with him as they do with most players at mid-season.

The ones who sign now are just the ones who agree the fastest.
Or the ones that want to be at the club, badly :wink:

Well that's something of an attitude reversal; personally I'd have waited on that a bit longer, but I'm not in the industry.

Canvassing the publicly displayed aspects of club and player attitude for the season, you would suggest we blow a bit of smoke up our own arse right through the hierarchy. I'm all for positive reinforcement and camaraderie, but it does need to be tempered (which is why we're seeing a few blokes being read the riot act, chapter and verse).

2/3 signings ain't bad though.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:01 am 
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Stoked to hear that Thornton will be around for the next couple of years at least. I'm hoping he gets to see the Blues at its best, not just at the other end of the spectrum.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:26 pm 
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Bower and Thornton = terrific news.

Armfield, I'm not so sure of. Is anyone seriously suggesting we couldn't draft someone with his run and even a mediocre level of disposal skill and balance?

He is that far behind the standard on skills, I would have been giving him a one year deal on the basis that if he let a football get more than 3 feet away from him ALL summer, he'd be instantly delisted. And that every time he goes to the gym he has to stand on a swiss ball.

Fine, we all say 'he can improve', there had better be some concrete plans in place to do this if he's taking a spot on our list for two years.

I've said it before, i'll say it again - this club's penchant for early extensions is baffling at times.


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:30 pm 
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..happy with the signings, Army for two definately, Bower shoulda got three years, and am quite surprised thorny didn't get 3..

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:35 pm 
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I couldnt be happier with Thornton signing, he has been punished for 7 years down back in the worst team in this decade. He has been great since game 1 and will be for another 5 years.

He is irreplaceable


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