04-25-2021, 12:07 AM
(04-24-2021, 11:54 PM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:With all due respect Pauly, your (or my) holistic view or expectation on finals counts for very little, Cain "fast Eddy" Liddle's does however as decisions will be based on his not ours. Ill also add that your (or my) expectations are not mirrored by a very very (that's two verys) large portion of the Carlton faithful and the media.
The media know we are a soft target, and an easy, well rating story. One reason why I like Daniel Hoyne and those of his ilk is that you can some kind of balanced, sensible analysis without the emotional dribble that you get from the Kane Cornes of this world.
Carlton presently has 80,000 members. I would never claim to be able to speak on their behalf. This forum has 900 members ? And of those 900, maybe 50 are what you would describe as regular posters. If you take all the other forums, social media etc., it's still a small % of the total membership.
My hope is that Liddle has learned something from Peggy O'Neal and Gale, and that his engineering a resurrection of a proper VFL side indicates that he understands the long game, and that he understands that more destabilising change will simply perpetuate the boom-bust cycle of the last 20 years. a cycle that has been way more bust than boom. We'll know soon enough what his priorities are and whether he has real coglioni.
The first 60 seconds of Fagan's post match presser are worth listening. Don't punish the current mob and heap unnecessary pressure on them for the sins of the past.