Re: Round 18 Carlton vs. North Melbourne Pre Game pronouncements!
Reply #8 –
Next Saturday night we have the chance for a little bit of redemption: we play North Melbourne at Etihad.
Chances are that we will loose: we have a huge way to come back from with a minimum of talent and confidence on the park. However, I do expect a better performance.
In many ways I would love to give it to North: they have been very vocal lately, claiming we do not deserve Friday Night games and that they do. I find this faintly absurd. It assumes the AFL can redirect the draw when it sees one team performing below expectations and another performing above expectations. I have real problems with this. Be that as it may, it would make them shut up if we could cook their finals' goose for them.
It would also give us a little something after they stole Waite from us for no compensation.
As I mentioned earlier, it would be a very low probability event if we could stuck it up the Road - Kills, but hope springs eternal.
We must be reasonable chance to get one or 2 players back. Certainly we have some underachievers who need more time in the VFL before their inevitable delisting.
Yes, Captain Crash, hope does spring eternal...
I'm not at all pessimistic about this game upcoming game against the Kangabies. I expect us to make a good account of ourselves.
I heard JB say at the post match media conference that he thought the blokes went into their shells somewhat against the Dawks, well, I thought he also went into his coaching shell a little as well. Seemed that our whole approach was to minimise the damage.
We're likely to get Walker and Graham back and I pray that Jaksch comes in for Jones or Wood comes in for Jones. Listened to Cam Mooney, who has first hand experience of working with Jones, and he said he couldn't believe it when he heard that we recruited him... went on to explain how frustrating he was to work with.