2017 Rnd 1: Carlton vs Richmond - Pre-Game

[flyboy77]

Nafun Brown is only a game or two away from a significant injury.  Relying on him is a high risk exercise, to put it mildly. 

BTW, aren't Steele and Bruce ex-GWS... short memory Kingy!

dumb as pigsh..t that bloke.

[cookie2]

Nafun Brown is only a game or two away from a significant injury.  Relying on him is a high risk exercise, to put it mildly. 

BTW, aren't Steele and Bruce ex-GWS... short memory Kingy!

Agendas often get in the way of logic!  ;D

[LoveNavy]

Dear Mr Bolton,
I will be attending this game with my son. It is not often we can get to games due to living interstate. So as you can imagine with the cost of flight, tickets, accommodation etc the weekend will be close to $1000 for us.
A lot for a game of footy.
Previous matches I have taken my lad to players have appeared lack lusted and the game plan was in tatters.
My son's support has wavered over the last 10 years but we are all still members.

All I ask is that the Carlton Football Club comes to play.
EACH and EVERY player wears the jumper with pride and goes when it is their turn to go NOT pick and choose.

I ask that the TEAM plays as a TEAM and shows structure.
The coaches have a Plan A and a Plan B.

I ask that the Forward line (which used to be Carlton's strength) shows signs that it is A forward line. Goals win games.

Please get the boys to come out and play from the start and leave nothing on the park at the end.

Thanking you advance and wish you a very successful year.
Go Blues
BluePhantom

This ∆∆∆∆∆ I like....
I hope your boy gets to scream out loud after the siren, coz we won by a goal ;D

Go new Blues

[ElwoodBlues1]

I'm not so sure Smedts is cemented, nor Palmer, but I'm certain Marchbank and Pickett will get a run.

When you recruit players like Smedts and Palmer you are under pressure to play them to justify your decision to recruit them especially when the media
scrutinize your work like what Lloyd is doing with us at the minute....
Marchbank and Pickett are lock ins....

[shawny]

When you recruit players like Smedts and Palmer you are under pressure to play them to justify your decision to recruit them especially when the media
scrutinize your work like what Lloyd is doing with us at the minute....
Marchbank and Pickett are lock ins....

Sorry but surely EB1 your kidding.

So the club is now making R1 decisions based off a fool like Lloyd review of us?

If your right, we might as well merge with Brisbane cause all this talk about rebuilding from the ground up and doing it the right way was obviously BS if we make important decisions based on media pressure.

Whilst these picks were odd in most fans/medias opinion (including mine) they selected them for a reason and probably based on the type of players they are on a very specific reason. The will want them and play them when it suits what they were traded in for - Lloyds or any other persons comments surely wont alter a thing the club has planned for.

If it does that we might as well give up.

[DJC]

When you recruit players like Smedts and Palmer you are under pressure to play them to justify your decision to recruit them especially when the media
scrutinize your work like what Lloyd is doing with us at the minute....
Marchbank and Pickett are lock ins....

I can't see that at all EB.  Perhaps if they were highly paid, high profile players that cost us an arm and a leg in trade goods.  I doubt whether our match committee would take the slightest notice of media reports, particularly from the likes of Lloyd.  Besides, their recruitment was a list management decision and we know that SOS is the final arbiter and his decisions do not reflect on the match committee. 

[PaulP]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/af...v1ucf.html

[BluePhantom]

This ∆∆∆∆∆ I like....
I hope your boy gets to scream out loud after the siren, coz we won by a goal ;D

Go new Blues

Cheers LoveNavy

[Gointocarlton]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/af...v1ucf.html

As long as Wallsy doesn't write an article about us, we will be fine.

[DJC]

As long as Wallsy doesn't write an article about us, we will be fine.

Not really an article but still a positive angle from the great man:

HE’S been one of their biggest critics for many years, but Robert Walls is very optimistic about the Blues’ 2017 hopes. But he wasn’t so friendly towards two under-fire coaches.

Speaking on Fox Sports News’ AFL Tonight on Monday, Walls said he expected Carlton to easily exceed the seven wins it recorded in 2016.

“I think Carlton can win 10 or 11 games,” Walls said.

“Most people don’t but they won seven last year and should have won nine, I thought.”

I reckon he is on the money ... as he often is