Two very even teams the Blues and Lions. They got us tonight ............probably the home ground and crowd was the difference.
We didnt capitalise as much as we should have when we had momentum and when they got it in the end they did what they had to do with the crowd behind them.

I think in time tonights loss will prove to be a great lesson to our team. We know exactlly where we are and will work hard to make the changes required.

Go Blues !

Five possessions and a goal... whoopeee...

_________________
29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Anyone know what Ratts said post-match?

"you dont lose finals when you are 5 goals up into the last....we stopped running....we ran out of puff....we'll learn from this....oh and I f%$^&*ed up big time in the last when the game was there to be won...

_________________
"Truth, for the tyrants, is the most terrible and cruel of all bindings; it is like an incandescent iron falling across their chests. And it is even more agonizing than hot iron, for that only burns the flesh, while truth burns its way into the soul"     — Lauro Aguirre

I think you may need a good lie down verbs. Where did I say any of that? I'm delusional?

I know it's been a tough night but c'mon mate.

_________________
"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself" - Henry Ford

So we're gonna get a tough draw next year based on what?

Give me a break.

You might be disappointed about just losing tonight, but going all doom and gloom and making out like we'll be bottom four next year because of a draw which hasn't been realeased yet is school boy stuff.

Not good enough ,no passion what was the coaching staff doing at 3/4 time ? I would have been smashing lockers

And don't forget the stats..

Not a lot said of interest in the press conference. Other than that Judd is apparently still a baby of the competition.

_________________
I would like to thank Collingwood for helping me keep faith in my old man. He always told me that 'People are thick'.

WTF are you talking about?

I knew you were a little weird verbs, but this just takes the cake!

I think you'd better have a read of the posts from a few pages ago because you have me confused with someone else - "yibbida" maybe?

_________________
"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself" - Henry Ford

Funny how the effort increased by 200% once the Lions got close in the last quarter. WHERE THE @#$%&! was the pressure all night??????? Eddie betts?? GArlett.. dont even remember seeing these people in the last quarter? The really dissapointing thing for me was the effort. I can probably list 5 or 6 players who really gave it their all. The rest seemed like passengers.
The only positive here is the finals experience the players gained. And hopefully they can take this into next year with them and realize when you stop the opposition is gonna run over you.

Bring on 2010.

That's all.

If the players are hurting 50% of how much the supporters are, they should get down and dirty from tomorrow. We should be on a mission now. If we aren't there's something seriously wrong.

Maybe yibbida was saying our draw will be tough next year because we will be playing top 8 teams from this year.

Maybe you quoted me mentioning that North Sydney and Hawthorn were top eight teams from last year that didn't make the eight this year as some sort of twisted logic as to us being shit next year.

Whatever. If you want to make this about me being weird, good on you. Says a lot about you really.

If you reckon the Blues will be shit next year, just say it and spare the rest of us your "verbs is weird" rubbish.. We don't really care if your heartbroken about tonight and "hurting".

Through 2007's troubles and 2008's gains, 2009 has been a great year and if you or anyone else reckons 2010 will be hell, well good luck to you.

Sorry that's the way you feel. BAD LUCK!

had a hand in 4 goals in the last

was held all day be was almost the difference in the end

_________________
If you allow the Government to change the Laws in an emergency
They will create an Emergency to change the Laws

I know I will come in for criticism and from who, but can I ask if anyone thinks that Setanta's desire and passion is contagious and would have been handy tonight in at least defending from the front??

_________________
'Cause I'm J.U.D.D
I'm dynamite
J.U.D.D
And I'll win that fight
J.U.D.D
I'm a power load
J.U.D.D, Watch me explode

Five bloody GOOD possessions and a gem of a goal.

Yep. Whether or not he would have made the difference I dunno. He hasn't been right since that hit from Fev, which is a shame as he was travelling nicely before that. Either way my heart sank when I saw he had been dropped - precisely for the reasons you say Beano. At 3/4 time I was thinking 'yer next week in Setanta out Cloke'...

Ratten's press conference audio...

http://sportal.com.au/mediaplayer/audio ... -loss-6350

_________________
Click here to follow TalkingCarlton on twitter
TalkingCarlton Posting Rules

And do you think looking at our list, we need his finishing skills, or more run and carry?

Yeah, he was handy, but it's being intimated that we would have been better with him and we should have gone for him instead of Yarran. I disagree, and thus am not that enthused.

_________________
29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Pretty dumb comment by Ratts really...I'm sure he must have been referring to Gibbs or soemone else surely...

_________________
"Truth, for the tyrants, is the most terrible and cruel of all bindings; it is like an incandescent iron falling across their chests. And it is even more agonizing than hot iron, for that only burns the flesh, while truth burns its way into the soul"     — Lauro Aguirre

Backline - We had Jamo and Waite injured. They could have replaced Wiggins and Grigg, as rough start.

Forwardline - We had Cam Cloke as a second forward, he didn't do too bad, but that's probably as good as he'll get. Kreuzer is still developing and needs to get stronger. I agree it would be good if he can play more time up fwd, but that's probably not going to happen until (or if) Warnock and Hampson are our regular rucks.

Tackle - Yeah, we need to get better there. Or at least more consistent.

Delist - There's only so much we can do. Given our list and their stage of maturity we took a step forward in 2009, but certainly didn't over achieve. There is plenty of room for improvement with our current talent, give or take a few tweaks.

Time is on our side, yes it is.

_________________
Click here to follow TalkingCarlton on twitter
TalkingCarlton Posting Rules