the media people at carlton have no flowering idea. seriously this kind of crap needs to stop. don’t care if it was booked in weeks ago. cancel it.

also the open day Carlton College turned on was more like a campaign to drive people away from the college from what we experienced.

never sent anything to the club officials except membership fees but getting close to offering some gratuitous PR/comms and marketing advice!


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stocker will get run rings around him by Oliver, Petracca. et al but he might account for himself with intent and physicality. delivery not a strength.


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100%.


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i guess forwards aren’t known for saying i got thoroughly pants for the last five weeks but i intend to change that this week against the best one on one contest play defenders in the league. (pies beat them by getting out the back door and running hard for chains of uncontested marks — something we need to learn because our F50 has been constantly
clogged and unimaginative since the bye except for Q4 last week. what Lloyd said about Melb against lies could have been said about us, selfish and taking the wrong choices when we have unmarked know goal kickers inside F50’we kick to a one on one or a two on two every time.


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We were in good form from the start of the season, and when we had only lost Gov, Oscar, Martin, Ed, and one of the Fab 5 sporadically we were capable of taking the scalps of Richmond, Sydney and Bulldogs. We also won other night games against North and Effendruggies on their 150th Anniversary game.

How easy many Carlton supporters have forgotten the heights our team have reached this year, till they succumbed to injury. Repeat injury.

No doubt we are up against it.

Its Vossy's first year, and our players had been drilled by Teague to kick more than the opposition, which was easier said than done, and that had to be undone.

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It has been discussed regularly that Kennedy cops a pounding week in week out and he is playing injured. But he continued to do the tough stuff, copping corkies and bruises and still players well, but like Durdin and Owies, not seen in the F50 for a long time: something changed to help us work on our turnover game.

It has been a great learning year. Harry knows not to take a banana kick from a set shot in front of goal, Cripps knows not to jump into players, Austin knows we need more depth in the midfield group and replace Ed, Dow and Setterfield....and many more learnings we can all discuss at the end of the season in 2 or 4 weeks time. Even if we make Finals, players like Williams and Boyd will be half baked and the rest will be bruised, battered and undermanned, and still unsure of the balance of our game plan, and what type of kick to execute for goal.

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I just watched McKays appearance on "The Couch".
I thought he was brilliant. He thought before he opened his mouth, he was articulate, honest and gave a personal insight into the club and its workings.
Couldn't have been more impressed.

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Young into the ruck also sparked a momentum change twice in the match.

Hmmm….

Young Lewis Young to ruck…and TDK
to defence…!

*grabs chin with finger and thumb…looks
into distance*


kindest regards tommi

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Cerra will lead the midfield? What about that bloke Walsh, he goes ok I think?

Actually young Young went to ruck while it was young Silvagni was the one who went to defence.

Watched it last night and agree with you DSIII

Assuming he is not lying, he's basically told us that it's more important INITIALLY to build a culture off field and an offfield-onfield synergy where everyone is pulling in the same direction
You know what...if I had a choice between

A: 12 wins (wiith lots of frustration) but the club is all invested OR
B: 13 wins, playing finals but there's sh1t going on behind the scenes,

give me A each and every day of the week

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If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!

As much as I'd be extremely disappointed to see Cripps miss 2 games, I love the opportunity that these moments present to players.
Some players can't or don't have the ability to show their full potential when they're in the shadow of star players but when they're presented with opportunities, they step up. I recall a match a few years ago against in Freo where Cripps and McKay were out injured and we lost Charlie in the first quarter. Ed Curnow who had been playing as a stopper was required to be our inside, ball winning mid.
He had 16 clearances and played a huge game. 30 something disposals, plenty of defensive pressure and we won the game.
That's what can come from opportunity.

Dow was poor on the weekend but this week if Cripps misses, this is his week. Voss needs to stand him up in front of the group and tell him he's the man this week. He needs to do what he does best. Win the clearance, get his hands dirty and step out from the shadow.
We need Pitto this week. We need his size and aggression against Gawn and his ability to win clearances. He really shone in that area earlier in the year. TDK stays in.
I'd consider playing Jack on Oliver as well. He plays best when he has a defined role IMHO.

So the changes for me are Fogarty and Pitto in for Cripps and Martin. I know Jack Carroll is the future but Fogarty is the now. He's dominating VFL footy and we'll need the midfield back up.

We need to return to the faster, offensive footy of earlier in the year. If we play the slow, down the line footy of recent, May and Lever will destroy us. Play on more, use the short kicking to shift the play and then get the outside run instead of hand balling to players under pressure.
And mix up the midfield. Corey Durdin was ranked the best player in the country playing midfield as an Under 16. Give him small stints at centre bounces. He's clean, close to the ground, has a good step and he has energy.
Our problem isn't so much about personnel, its about finding the correct balance between offensive flair and defensive correction. More dare, more risks and more run. If we try to beat Melbourne by keeping the ball in contest, we will lose.

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Given the article says he's leading the inside midfield in Round 22 against Sydney, it's obviously Walsh who is leading it against Melbourne!

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This is generational trauma, Dad.

We have challenged Cripps bump.

He was cool at a time when there's a media circus going on around him.

Cool as a cucumber.

He highlighted how far we've come this year, and that IS a positive.

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I didnt realise that.

Thanks for that.

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100%. Voss and his coaching team has not only united the playing group but has them believing in themselves again. no easy turn around. the oppositions are always learning new ways to beat us as we improve, so to be expected at the tough end of the season against quality opposition we got a bit of a down turn in form (Adelaide i guess aren’t quality but sure turned on a physical game).


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nice analysis.

lemons → lemonade.


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