06-23-2024, 11:38 PM
We were good the other night, possibly as good as we’ve been for many years.
It was a complete performance, but…
One of the best football lessons I learnt was one of the earliest.
In this crazy game…”Take nothing for granted!”
I started following Carlton in 1968 and we were premiers that year.
The following year 1969 we went into the second game of the year and kicked 30-30-210.
It was the league record at the time.
If we’d kicked straight, it might still be.
I thought at the time…as Mick Malthouse would in later years
…
”I cant see where we would possibly lose a game”…ever.
We sat on top of the ladder with a percentage of 181% after Round 2
But the following week we trailed Footscray at ¾ time before getting home… and the week after that we lost to Collingwood by 10 goals.
Our percentage went from 181-126 in just two weeks.
I can’t see how we can possibly lose this game.
But “take nothing for granted.”
It was a complete performance, but…
One of the best football lessons I learnt was one of the earliest.
In this crazy game…”Take nothing for granted!”
I started following Carlton in 1968 and we were premiers that year.
The following year 1969 we went into the second game of the year and kicked 30-30-210.
It was the league record at the time.
If we’d kicked straight, it might still be.
I thought at the time…as Mick Malthouse would in later years
…”I cant see where we would possibly lose a game”…ever.
We sat on top of the ladder with a percentage of 181% after Round 2
But the following week we trailed Footscray at ¾ time before getting home… and the week after that we lost to Collingwood by 10 goals.
Our percentage went from 181-126 in just two weeks.
I can’t see how we can possibly lose this game.
But “take nothing for granted.”