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Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton

Reply #30 –
Can someone just punch Gibson in the guts next time we play them? At least I can smile after that.

Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton

Reply #31 –
Quote from: Baggers on
Hard to believe anyone would challenge Smith on his comments/observations. He's right. If we dare to be objective, he's painfully right.

And here's the litmus test, from our list, who are the blokes who would get a gig now at any top 6 side?

Murphy, Gibbs, Cripps, Thomas... ah, that is all!
Thomas? Are you serious?

Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton

Reply #32 –
Quote from: Baggers on
Hard to believe anyone would challenge Smith on his comments/observations. He's right. If we dare to be objective, he's painfully right.

And here's the litmus test, from our list, who are the blokes who would get a gig now at any top 6 side?

Murphy, Gibbs, Cripps, Thomas... ah, that is all!

Sometimes it's surprising. Laidler is sitting nicely in the Swans side, and a so called dud from Richmond, Mitch Morton, played well in a Swans premiership side. Some go better in other sides.

Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton

Reply #33 –
Quote from: Jofo on
Can someone just punch Gibson in the guts next time we play them? At least I can smile after that.

We should have gone after Gibson when he did the deed and kept after him all night..it was embarrassing watching us be bullied by the Hawks..I can take losing but not flying the flag is
a disgrace. Everytime any of their players got a tap we had Lewis and Hodge in our faces letting us know whose boss......not good enough IMO and poor Boeky must be thinking no one has has back...

Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton

Reply #34 –
Thomas is damaged goods and would not get a gig with any club apart from ours ever again. He was a huge risk that hasn't quite paid off yet. Patrick Smith is not saying anything that isn't true. Its about time people listen and do something about it. We can't let Victorian sides struggle to the point that they need to hand the keys back to the AFL. South Melbourne managed to get out of jail. However they would have lost many supporters along the way. Brisbane/Old Fitzroy is struggling even though they have 3 flags since the take over, I mean merge. How many Fitzroy players were kept ? Half a dozen. Lynch and a few others ?

The Victorian sides are disadvantaged by the current system. Recruiting/academy players and picks. Salary cap. Living away from home allowances to interstate sides. All of these issues make it difficult for Victorian clubs to exist long term. Its bad enough the trade pool is feels shallow with so many sides in the league.

Then you have clubs that can't run a professional unit like our club. We need to act fast and the AFL need to assist in any way it can. Dillon has a big mouth to state how poor our club is at the moment. Step up to the plate and help us sort things out. Help support the sides that started this game more than 100 years ago. The sides that built the foundation of the best sport in the entire world. Its your duty to keep this game where it should be.

Otherwise with poor numbers through the gates you lose money. Broadcast negotiations for the future will drop. Sponsors will be limited and lose interest. Clubs lose money and need finance help from the AFL. Its lose on all levels. Just look at some of the poor numbers through the gates this season. Its a joke for a national sport. Obviously interstate games are expected to be lower. However the crowds appear lower, and the atmosphere sounds dead and lost from seasons years ago.

Crowds for Collingwood vs Carlton years ago would have 90,000 plus at Waverley Park. Not the MCG. At Arctic Park. I doubt we would see more than 45,000 go to the MCG in round 19. Half of what we would see when the clubs were on an even level, and true rivals. They were the good old days.
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Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton

Reply #35 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
We should have gone after Gibson when he did the deed and kept after him all night..it was embarrassing watching us be bullied by the Hawks..I can take losing but not flying the flag is
a disgrace. Everytime any of their players got a tap we had Lewis and Hodge in our faces letting us know whose boss......not good enough IMO and poor Boeky must be thinking no one has has back...
yep, we are p155 weak.

Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton

Reply #37 –
Quote from: MosquitoFleet on
You cant expect murphy gibbs jamison carazzo henderson thuouy to fly the flag....

...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.

Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton

Reply #38 –
Quote from: kruddler on
...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.

Absolutele bs mate....your opinions are as weak as our club atm...

Murphy gets beaten up all the time and no one stands up for him....

Clubs beat us up for years....hawks...geelong...mooney on sen said carlton  was known as soft. ..u get into em...they turn to water. ..

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Reply #39 –
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.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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Reply #40 –
Quote from: Professer E on
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!
Reality always wins in the end.
 

Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton

Reply #41 –
Quote from: Jofo on
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?
Finals, then 4 in a row!

Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton

Reply #42 –
Quote from: kruddler on
...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. .....

Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton

Reply #44 –
Quote from: kruddler on
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...