Carlton Supporters Club

Something GIC said in the Casboult thread about us being a team of introverts has me thinking.

As much as anything else we seem to lack an authoritative on field presence (I'm not necessarily talking about captaincy) and I'm not sure we have any waiting in the wings with the young group we've recruited.

Someone in the Jonathan Brown style of player, not necessarily in stature or ability but in terms of presence with a bit of mongrel.
Size helps but they don't have to be giants.

Our blokes are a nice bunch of cuddly bears rather than grizzlies.

Do we have a grizzly in waiting and who is it?
Who, from another club that may be available soon, would fit that criteria?

They didnt show it on the broadcast last weekend, but apparently Harry Mckay got into Fisticuffs with one of the aints defenders.

I think it was Webster.

Young Harry has a bit of attitude.  Apparently he and Ben liked nothing better than to belt the tripe out of each other

Ben is the more aggressive brother but I did see Harry engage with Webster and immediately thought thats good for the future ...our list is fairly devoid of mongrel..however I like the look of Charlie Curnow though, seems cheeky and happy to stick up for himself...

Who could forget Weitering in his debut turning to Jack Riewoldt and doing the thumb and forefinger "only missed by a little bit" when he sprayed one of his shots out on the full??

I'm afraid memory fails me here. But there was a game, maybe PS, last year where the baby blues got in a bit of scuffle. I remember it being near the boundary line and they (?? Charlie, SOJ ??) pretty much jumped in to help each other. That's a poor account I know....  maybe Rowe stepped in too...
Anyone remember?
Anyways I was impressed by the fieriness and comradeship.

That was the NAB game against Essendon at Princes Park.  Charlie and SOJ seemed very keen to get stuck in.

I spoke to Ed at the members function after the game and he was a little disappointed that Charlie allowed himself to be distracted.  While I could understand Ed's point, I was pretty happy to see the young fellows fly the flag

I spoke to Ed at the members function after the game and he was a little disappointed that Charlie allowed himself to be distracted...................

And there's the current problem with our list, too many who'll runaway under the guise of being professional rather than stand up for themselves!

Reminds me of that game when Murphy got smashed and blokes like Everitt, Lucas and Tuohy just jogged to the next contest past their captain lying on the ground! If I'd been coach, Everitt, Lucas and Tuohy would never have played for Carlton again!

Sometimes flying the flag is not optional, you just have to do it!