Collins

[DJC]

Collo kicked out elliott who had to be removed. For that collo saved carlton. ..we were insolvent under elliott and mathieson wanted to hand the keys back to wipe off the debt but collo sent us to etihad for the cash we needed to stay solvent..collo told the players to take a pay.cut to save the club....note.pratt was no where to be seen during this point. ..

I tend to agree.  Collo made the hard decisions that had to be made to save the club . . . and he was a tough premiership player.  If Sumner is half as good as Collo he will be a good pick up.

I think that it is really good that the club is bringing back past greats to present jumpers.  It was a nice touch for Robert Walls to slip a note into Tuohy's locker to congratulate him on getting his name painted on it.

[sandsmere]

I tend to agree too DJC.
Collo was one of the hardest players ever to pull on the navy blue jumper.
As a president he had some extremely hard decisions to make, and he is one of the main reasons we still have a football club today.
Good to see him back at the club.

Good to see Geoff Southby there too.

[PassIt2Carrots]

Collo kicked out elliott who had to be removed. For that collo saved carlton. ..we were insolvent under elliott and mathieson wanted to hand the keys back to wipe off the debt but collo sent us to etihad for the cash we needed to stay solvent..collo told the players to take a pay.cut to save the club....note.pratt was no where to be seen during this point.

How did he save us??? We are still forked remember and we are still at Etihad. The only people that disagree are those who loved him as a player. Take the bias out of it and he's a walking dogs act AFAIC.

[Gointocarlton]

I tend to agree.  Collo made the hard decisions that had to be made to save the club . . . and he was a tough premiership player.  If Sumner is half as good as Collo he will be a good pick up.

I think that it is really good that the club is bringing back past greats to present jumpers.  It was a nice touch for Robert Walls to slip a note into Tuohy's locker to congratulate him on getting his name painted on it.

Agree DJC. I went to the SOC Lunch during the Ess NAB game at PP. Collo (along with Sticks) were walking around like rockstars. Only Big Nic commanded more respect in that room. Some of the shite written about the likes of Collo and Sticks is bewildering. They made decisions under extenuating circumstances which they thought were in the best interests of the CFC.

[MosquitoFleet]

How did he save us??? We are still forked remember and we are still at Etihad. The only people that disagree are those who loved him as a player. Take the bias out of it and he's a walking dogs act AFAIC.

we  were "forked" in your words by john elliott and his useless board and his NCA issues - he was cause of the collapse of carlton...not collo...

carlton must do more to thank collo as a great carlton man he was and still is...

i agree on Princes Park, as I never wanted to leave and want to return and develop PP to a 50K seater stadium, but on balance we had no choice, afl, media right games, ground rationalization - we were so insolvent, the home ground issue at the time was a secondary issue at the time- because of actions of mr john elliott...

again pratt was no where to be seen at this time...

[MosquitoFleet]

Strange club.

I wouldn't let him in the door.

if it wasnt for collo, the doors would have been permanently closed.

[PassIt2Carrots]

we  were "forked" in your words by john elliott and his useless board and his NCA issues - he was cause of the collapse of carlton...not collo...

carlton must do more to thank collo as a great carlton man he was and still is...

i agree on Princes Park, as I never wanted to leave and want to return and develop PP to a 50K seater stadium, but on balance we had no choice, afl, media right games, ground rationalization - we were so insolvent, the home ground issue at the time was a secondary issue at the time- because of actions of mr john elliott...

again pratt was no where to be seen at this time...

Forget Pratt, all he did was prop us up for a little, let's not forget he brought Greg Swann to the club, if you want to bag Elliot for what he did, Pratt was just as bad.

[PassIt2Carrots]

if it wasnt for collo, the doors would have been permanently closed.

Absolute bullshight. All he did was use the club to further himself.

[PassIt2Carrots]

Okay, wrong thread, I just realised this is the match thread, let's pollute somewhere else.

[PassIt2Carrots]

Agree DJC. I went to the SOC Lunch during the Ess NAB game at PP. Collo (along with Sticks) were walking around like rockstars. Only Big Nic commanded more respect in that room. Some of the crape written about the likes of Collo and Sticks is bewildering. They made decisions under extenuating circumstances which they thought were in the best interests of the CFC.

Fking bullshight, geez your ignorance and bias knows no bounds at times. You forgive these blokes but pay out on Carlton players that wanted to leave the club these blokes ruined with incompetence and ineptitude. Blokes that were forced out by tyrants these guys employed....but no, they are cleanskins in your eyes. Hard to take you seriously sometimes.*

*I mean that in the nicest possible way. ;D