Carlton Supporters Club

I'm not sure going with bam bam and Dow first up ahead of kerridge with his finish to last season has sent the right message to the group.

Player     Disposals

SPS         12
Graham    12
O'Brien     11
Cuners      10
Dow          10
Garlett       8

None of these blokes ahould be playing 1s on revealed form.

Out coached.

NM crowded our forwards. Bolton had no counter plan.

Expect crisis meetings soon

He said in his presser they were shifting extra numbers around to plug holes. In the end, there werent enough +1s to send around. At some point, you need to stop relying on extras being shifted around by WINNING THE FARKEN CONTESTED FOOTY. If you have it, they dont. If you hand it over to them, its gonna hurt.

As Clarkson stated a couple of years ago, winning the contested ball is overstated, as long as you have the means of forcing a quick turnover, as the Hawks did frequently in their recent 3peat.

Steps I would take today:
1. Summons the entire coaching and playing list to a remote location and light a big campfire;
2. Wheel in a trailer load of VB;
3. Look each other in the eye and dish out some home truths around the campfire, a no holds barred free for all;
4. Empty said trailer load of VB;
5. Start fresh with the footy stuff Tuesday.

Not sure that will work, the younger generation are not into VB.

Not sure that will work, the younger generation are not into VB.

Clarkson is over-rated, they had massive AFL assistance to build that list, Kennett complained and complained until they got super deals and maximum support. The Dawks were receiving priority picks when we were finishing on the bottom of the ladder.

...so that's the problem!!!

Clarkson is over-rated, they had massive AFL assistance to build that list, Kennett complained and complained until they got super deals and maximum support. The Dawks were receiving priority picks when we were finishing on the bottom of the ladder.

I think we have gotten ahead of ourselves.

We have dropped triers like Silvagni in round 1, o Shea in round 2, lamb and polson in round 3, to bring in players with little exposed form and have avoided dropping others who are talented but not contributing and also blokes carrying injuries with the end result being last night's debacle.

Sometimes you have to reward the effort in order to ensure players keep playing with effort.

I'm not sure going with bam bam and Dow first up ahead of kerridge with his finish to last season has sent the right message to the group.

We've since obviously made further changes that have similarly cost us the ability to be competitive and it's all pointing to us having pulled the wrong reign.

Clarkson is over-rated, they had massive AFL assistance to build that list, Kennett complained and complained until they got super deals and maximum support. The Dawks were receiving priority picks when we were finishing on the bottom of the ladder.