Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton

[cookie2]

We are too clean not soft. No thugs, but if we do anything we get stomped on by the MRP and media.  We need some hard nasty thugs who can play.

I guess we will have to just cop some suspensions to make our point and to lose the 'soft' tag!

[flyboy77]

yep, we are p155 weak.

But the coaching staff need to tell the players to do this (fly the flag, stick up for your team mates) - repeatedly if need be, sure, it should be 2nd nature but with our bunch, sadly, it isn't.......

The Hawks aren't even a physically imposing team, but we act like wimpy doge every time. it's a mental thing.

So, can anyone tell me why Wood wasn't picked against the Hawks?

[MosquitoFleet]

...and we can't expect you to make a post that is based on any form of logic.

You are wrong on multiple fronts, but Tuohy has never taken a backwards step in his life and Carrazzo is almost always one of the first to stand up for a teammate.

Who supported boekhorst when gibson punched his guts?

Nobody. .....

[kruddler]

Who supported boekhorst when gibson punched his guts?

Nobody. .....

Who saw it? It was behind play

[MosquitoFleet]

Who saw it? It was behind play

This incident is a classic example of why we r rubbish...

No one supported the young recruit.

Worst.thing. ..gibson punched him in front of the carlton members...

[PassIt2Carrots]

Holman copped a suspension and well done to him for showing a little crudeness.

Yazz dropped Chapman.

Both were great hits in their own special way.

[MosquitoFleet]

Holman copped a suspension and well done to him for showing a little crudeness.

Yazz dropped Chapman.

Both were great hits in their own special way.

Holman hit him with his bicep. ..not hand...garbage decision by the Tribunal. ..but gibson was such a cheap shot for a 1st year afl player deserves a square up in 6 weeks. ..

[kruddler]

This incident is a classic example of why we r rubbish...

No one supported the young recruit.

Worst.thing. ..gibson punched him in front of the carlton members...

I understand the point you are making, and i don't disagree with it as a whole, but your 'examples' are some of the most laughable ones you could've used.

Further to that, you bring up an incident that occured behind play as justification.

Which carlton players saw the Gibson punch??
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....Nobody...ok, so how were they expected to stick up for him?

[cookie2]

Oh for the good old days of the Blues! I remember one day at the "G" Rhys-Jones decking  the then Melbourne favourite son, Robbie Flower (RIP) right in front of the members stand. We were anything but timid in those days.  )

[Robblues]

I remember Jon Dorotich & earl Spalding making a few guys look over there shoulder at time as well Cookie