Pagan: You won't push us around.

It's great to see positive comments in an article like this in the Herald Sun and read that we have nine top 20 picks on the list. But we still need one more year at the bottom to make us our list an unbeatable one in terms of gun young talent we have at our disposal.

True, but Walker went at number 2.

Yeah one more year at the bottom is just what we need

and these sound like fighting words:



maybe he's been listening..........

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"Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I,
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference."

Robert Frost

Good stuff - nice to hear. I think he's sounding a bit different this year.

Also interesting to note the psychology of Blues fans - if 'earlier this week' hadn't happened I think we'd have been very excited by the comments in here. Its true - we have a great on-field story to tell but we keep on clouding that message with self-generated garbage.

Hooray...! Sounds like a positive step forward, no more 'shut the floodgates - turn this into a 5 goal loss instead of 15' attitude. Attacking football builds confidence and self-belief... I know it's different, but when I was playing juniors I was in a team that habitually got belted by 20+ goals... and constantly defending, defending, defending really shatters the confidence, because - when you finally do get the ball and your teammates are streaming forward - you don't know what to do...

I'd love to see the Blues play a similar style of football to the Bulldogs, the running attacking brand that has brought them success so far. I believe that the Blues are starting to resemble dogs, as far as being heavy in the 'small running midfielder' department.

Good to hear that Pagan is starting to make adjustments to his previous game plan, which I was under the impression was set in stone... all we need now is self belief and a little bit of experience...

YES! Very happy to hear these words cause last years game-plan was anything but attacking.

I'm excited by the fact that Denis has finally come-to-light and has seen the need for change (in tatics & Gameplan).

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit"
- Aristotle

heartening words from Tim.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Actions always speak louder, but it's nice to hear some positive press come out of the club for a change.

More please.

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Richard Pratt - A Carlton legend.

Do you feel better now for that snipet ?

Regards Cazzesman

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Ricky Gervais - “Everyone has the right to hold whatever beliefs they want. And everyone else has the right to find those beliefs f***ing ridiculous.”

Whether his does or not is another thing. He might go into his shell if we start getting belted! Talk is cheap at the moment! I will believe it when I see it from Pagan! We need the Russell's the Hartlett's teh Waites and Fisher to step up if they dont we are going no where and all deserve to be traded al delisted!

No, the Herald Sun say Walker was drafted at number one and they're always right.
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Belt em blueboys

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dane's trolling again

Attack

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

He said the exact same thing this time last year.

I wouldn't get too worked up about the words that Pagan has "vowed to unleash an attacking game plan" . . .

It's not a direct quote -- I wouldn't trust anything said in any article without quotation marks on either side!

Open invitation for every club in the league to come out and bash our kids .

He is an idiot who has he got in the Side beside the two book ends that will fly the flag if a side decided to push them around

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They will create an Emergency to change the Laws

I have to agree with Dannyboy and say that we probably will get belted as we still look young and small (BUT tall).

Don't care though if we see players attacking and backing themselves...there's plenty of talent there.

I think even Pagan's worst defensive games were no worse that the ring-a-ring-a-rosy we were doing in 2002 with Britain (we forget quickly)...hopefully some of the pain of the last couple of years has meant players have learnt some defensive skills whilst having a pent up energy to explode with attack..it's what we like to hear

Fingers crossed...we get to see it too!


But still

WHO IS OUR ENFORCER???


Can we tell Fev that the opposition players are all Irish barmen??

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“Every single element of the Club has to be the best in the league, meticulously and methodically, and only by doing this will we be elite and challenge for number 17.”
Greg Lee

Teams will try it anyway....intimidiating younger teams is all part of the learning experience and our blokes will need to toughen up.
Gibbs will be a target as will Murphy...its up to Kennedy, Setanta, Fev, Thornton, Ackland and Cloke to look after them initially.
I think Cloke has to be a bit of a leader in this area.....he isnt the most gifted player but there is an opportunity for him to provide some grunt and cover for our younger blokes.....Ackland, Mclaren are fairly passive and Kennedy is still learning the game but Cloke has been around a while and I am sure Pagan will be wanting him to throw his weight around and get involved in the physical side of the game.

I'm interested to see how Gibbs handles the Picketts, Archers etc and how the rough treatment affects his game......in SA he didnt seem to get tagged or cop much physical stuff....

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

Hmm... didn't Alastair Clarkson come out with the whole 'we won't be outmuscled' bit the start of last year... and the year before from that matter...

I think it's a good mindset to put into the kids, couple that with a big influence at the club on hitting the gym to build a bit of bulk... might help puff out the chests a little...

Who knows, might make spankas like Didak thing twice before lining up a Carlton player...

Potential enforcers...

Ackland
Jordan Bannister
Cameron Cloke - he loves the biffo, doesn't he?
Fevola - he definitely doesn't mind the biffo.
Koutoufides
Setanta and Aisake O'hAilpin *two ex-hurling Irish brothers*
David Teague - if he gets a game.
Bret Thornton
and *not* Houlahan.