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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:48 am 
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Collo's Plan

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Battling Blues plan for a brighter future
By JACKIE EPSTEIN
17jul05

BOTTOM-placed Carlton is putting a plan in place to lift itself out of the mire.
An executive match committee has been formed to draw up a formula for on-field improvement.
The Blues have won only two games this season and have been beaten by a total of 157 points in the past two weeks.

Regardless of the team's final position at the end of the year, the plan will go ahead.

A club source said: "I assume it's going to happen between now and the end of the year, in the next month or so.

"It will be regarding policies about drafting and trading, expectations on the playing group and also on the coaching group. A plan needs to take place to make us more competitive in 2006."

President Ian Collins spoke to the playing group before last week's match against St Kilda, imploring the players to put in a better effort and warning that careers were on the line.

Collins also addressed the staff and directors, pointing to the club's proud tradition.

"There will be a complete review of all the players, but not until the last game or near the last game," the source said.

"The thing that saddens me is when you see Carlton supporters leaving. On the television, you could see supporters leaving and they looked pretty disgruntled. That's not a good look.

"If they leave like that, you wonder whether they're going to come back next week."

The new committee is believed to comprise Collins, chief executive Michael Malouf, board member David McKay, football manager Grant Williams and coach Denis Pagan.

"We keep talking about the draft choices, but we've just got to continue and put in place a strategy to get ourselves out of it," the source said.

"We thought we were better than we actually ended up being. There was a bit of false promise in the place (after) winning the Wizard Cup. It raised everyone's expectations.

"I think everyone -- board, management and coaches -- are disappointed with the year because we did expect so much more."

The plan should just be get Marc Murphy and Hurn/Ellis,trade Lance,etc who don't want to pull their weight or take a paycut, and put another storey on Patrick Smith's house as Kaptain Kouta suggested.


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:43 am 
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"The thing that saddens me is when you see Carlton supporters leaving. On the television, you could see supporters leaving and they looked pretty disgruntled. That's not a good look.

"If they leave like that, you wonder whether they're going to come back next week."



About time some one noticed this.

It's simply that we are completely uncompeteitive. I'm not saying we have to win, but why watch such rubbish. I agree with the club (but think they were a bit slow) that they risk losing all of the members that came out of the woodwork and became paid up oiver the last few years. As long as we were building, it was ok. We have however, not even been trying.

Better get on with it, and quick.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 10:42 am 
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JuzzCarlton wrote:


BOTTOM-placed Carlton is putting a plan in place to lift itself out of the mire.


First part of the plan is to not win any games for the reminder of the year


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 10:53 am 
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Interesting comments. He didn't exactly say they were happy to play for picks, but you get the feeling the club's already pencilled them in. Perhaps the board is more realistic about certain players than we give them credit for.


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:50 am 
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Hmm...I'd love to be a fly on the wall in those "Executive" MC meetings


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:56 am 
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Two words: GET KOSI!!

Offer a $600K - 3 year contract. Leave no stone unturned in getting this bloke!

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Something tells me long expensive contracts are exactly what they wish to avoid.


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Bluebernz wrote:
Two words: GET KOSI!!

Offer a $600K - 3 year contract. Leave no stone unturned in getting this bloke!


After today, we need somebody at CHF who is big and can take a contested grab...


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Bluebernz wrote:
Two words: GET KOSI!!

Offer a $600K - 3 year contract. Leave no stone unturned in getting this bloke!


Somepeople :roll: :roll: :roll:


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garth p wrote:
Bluebernz wrote:
Two words: GET KOSI!!

Offer a $600K - 3 year contract. Leave no stone unturned in getting this bloke!


Somepeople :roll: :roll: :roll:


with that response, garth.. you have tampered with a classic.

a simple :roll: would have sufficed.

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SO the board are coming up with a football plan, aimed at improving our football team? How innovative! :roll:

Imagine if West Coast or Brisbane were able to come up with a plan!

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3 years wont snag Kosi... its 5 years... :wink:

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Synbad wrote:
3 years wont snag Kosi... its 5 years... :wink:


Worth the risk. A power forward to go with the leading types of Waite/Fisher/Fev. Lets hope when Riewodlt comes back he goes back to his 10 possessions/10 hit outs a game he has done for the last few years. Then he might be convinced he has to leave to be a champion.


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:04 pm 
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garth p wrote:
Bluebernz wrote:
Two words: GET KOSI!!

Offer a $600K - 3 year contract. Leave no stone unturned in getting this bloke!


Somepeople :roll: :roll: :roll:


:garthp::garthp::garthp:

Unprecedented :shock:


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Isn't making a plan the first thing you? After 3 years we are now in the process of coming up with a plan. Nice to see they know what they are doing down there.

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Forget Kosi = Plan A coz he aint coming.

Show the door to the guys taking cheques and givin nothin in return
Show the door to the aged and un firm in body and mind.

Play the kids!!!!!

Look at Simmo
find others who can step up like him!

Link Waite and Fisher in the forward 50 with Fev and possibly Eddie.

PRAY that the recruiters get it right and that the AFL dont put us out of this years draft

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