So's the way he plays.

But.....he has the best excuse every weekâ„¢

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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.

Who are our best, in your opinion, I_S?

Surely you're not referring to Stevens....

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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.

im going to cop it for saying this but i think its bad for us that kouta has now strung together 2 really good games, the reason i say this is because it might make him want to play on next year, no disrespect to him as he is probably the best carlton player i've ever seen but i'd rather see a younger guy play instead of him.

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Stevens did have a shocker but an even bigger negative is there were about 8 guys far worse than him.

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"We used to sit around and talk about how bad the game plan was." Anthony Koutoufides

Our disposal is deplorable. Honestly, if I hear this pre season that player X can run around Optus under 10 minutes or player Y can bench press 300 kgs, I will scream - I don't care!!!

Skills, skills, skills. The whole pre season needs to be spent with footballs. Getting the ball, kicking the ball, hitting targets, kicking goals, handballing - skills, skills, skills please.

I know where you're coming from, and to tell you the truth, I'm a little torn about that....I'm of 2 minds about it. I want him to play on in the vain hope that he may come good after a good rest at the end of the year, but realistically, I know that's not what would happen if he did.

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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.

Why is it that every single one of us can see this, yet our coaching staff don't appear to be able to?

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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.

It's perfectly possible the lay-off wasn't long enough and the extra kgs merely placed more stress on his groin, which would obviously be compounded by continuing to play through the season, regardless of whether the weight has come off or not.

Add to that, Player X is looking like a monster.

i think i like the sound of player Y a bit more.

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Absolutely! So frustrating to watch us dominate play for little or no reward then watch the opposition rebound it easily and punish us.

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"We used to sit around and talk about how bad the game plan was." Anthony Koutoufides

Come on, there are "low impact" ways of weight-reduction....surely Boombalata Stevens could and should have been forced to get into that...

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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.

Stevens, Scotland & Houlihan are our best midfielders, whether or not thats why we are at the bottom makes no difference, they are still our best midfielders.

They may be our best midfielders (and only because Smurf is injured), but no way are they, especially Boombalata among our best players. The only one you mentioned who can be proud of the input he's put in this year is Scooter.

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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.

Murphy

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"You are being watched. The government has a secret system. A machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it." - Finch

i rate simpson higher than stevens, scotland and houlihan and bentick is also up there.

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The biggest problem with Stevens is the management of him!!! He more than most midfielders needs to be rotated. I can't remember the last time he was. FFS DP get with the times and give Stevens a rest every 1/4!!!! If it's good enough for Judd, Cousins, Hird, Voss, Crawford, Kerr etc it's good enough for Stevens. He is not the player you can rest in the backline for sure. The trouble with DP is that once a move of his half comes off (eg Stevens in the backline against Bulldogs) it takes him around half a season to realise it's won't work again!!

Another huge negative for me was the tackling. I really can't see any influence that TL has had on this team. Can someone enlighten me???

Club that needs serious facilities upgrade here...

spot on. it has happened on a million occasions where if something works once it has to not work a 100 times for DP to realize it isnt working.

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Excuses......

The time for them to stop was about 12 weeks ago.

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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.