Every pre-season it's the same media spin, the draw gives Carlton an armchair ride while Cheats and Filth are hammered.
No matter what the draw is, the story is spun the same way, pre-season after pre-season after pre-season!
Then when we've lost 3 or 4 of the first few rounds against potential finalists it is going to be spun as "Carlton fails to deliver", fails to deliver to a synthetic expectation created by the media.
The truth is, until we have long term stability of coach and playing list, things won't improve, they can't improve, we won't become consistent, because we are eternally starting with a fresh perspective that everyone must learn! What shocks me is that some people around our club and the competition think we can trade our way out like the old days, our platinum era, it's 1980s thinking and it's developed a nice patina but like a vintage Jag any budget two bob Tesla will leave it covered in dust!
No matter what the draw is, the story is spun the same way, pre-season after pre-season after pre-season!
Then when we've lost 3 or 4 of the first few rounds against potential finalists it is going to be spun as "Carlton fails to deliver", fails to deliver to a synthetic expectation created by the media.
The truth is, until we have long term stability of coach and playing list, things won't improve, they can't improve, we won't become consistent, because we are eternally starting with a fresh perspective that everyone must learn! What shocks me is that some people around our club and the competition think we can trade our way out like the old days, our platinum era, it's 1980s thinking and it's developed a nice patina but like a vintage Jag any budget two bob Tesla will leave it covered in dust!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"