Carlton Supporters Club

That's inner Melbourne,  polluted by man bag toting,  scraggy beard wearing,  pot gutted hipster spankers.  What's the world coming to win you can't get a can of green death and a pie at the footy but you can a vegan chicken biryani and a micro brewery boutique cider.

No wonder the VFL's dead,  kill tradition for "progress".

SOS' appointment probably was. I don't know who Judd's friends are at the club - I'd say his appointment was 50/50 wrt jobs for the boys. Lloyd (as in Brad) and Bolton were not.

I don't hate anyone. I just think if we're going to go through yet another premature sacking, then it should be for someone better than him.

The astute observer will no doubt realise that a Lyon appointment is simply jobs for the boys.

His media moments are cringeworthy, and his coaching prowess is over stated IMO. As for coaching ugly, I guess you missed R2 and R3, which prompted Matt Lloyd to say "gee, you'd hate to be a forward under Ross Lyon", or words to that effect.

As for stuffing up, maybe, just maybe, the incident at the Xmas party counts as that (he didn't handle the aftermath of that too well IMO), but the swapping clubs was simply calculated deceit, not accidental stuffing up.

Sorry, big no from me. If the club insists on a new Messiah, we have to do better than him.

One food outlet..... and no pies!!! High end burgers, bratwurst sausage and other fancy fare, but not a pie in sight.

Ugly style of football, questionable character, and a knob head in his pressers. And his GF teams were not ordinary.

I went along to the game - old Vic Park was a good place to watch a very competitive game. Big shout out to the Northern player #80 (Keppel, I presume - a tall robust player) who took two powerful overhead marks to repel the Pies' final 2 attacks in the last minute/s of the game.

Kennedy might have had the most possessions but he did stuff all with them. He looks faster than last year but is still a very slow player who always seems to be under pressure (or being tackled) when he gets the ball so most of his disposals are ineffective hand-passes and scrubby kicks - hard to believe he was a 1st round draft pick. Nick Graham was a better footballer.

Ruck contests were interesting in that the Pies' #45 absolutely dominated against Lobbe, who did most of the 1st half ruckwork, but Phillips jumped all over the top of him and was instrumental in the Blues' win.

Goddard looked quite good overhead (marking and spoiling), is a nice left foot kick and seems to play with a fair bit of poise. He followed Ben Reid wherever he went but was lucky Reid missed some relatively easy goals.

Kerr was effective and should have kicked a couple more goals. However, to me he seems to be a one trick pony - good mark on the lead but not so good overhead unless the ball is kicked to his advantage and lacks mobility when the ball hits the ground.

Stocker was disappointing for a player who cost us so much in the drafting - many of his disposals were as the designated kicker after a behind - he is a beautiful kick but so was Matthew Watson and Stocker didn't seem to have a lot else going for him - no great speed.

Macreadie played well at half back but frequently found himself at full back where he was more limited.

Williamson was possibly our best player over the game for his poise, decision making, decisiveness in marking contests, his penetrating kicking and run through the lines from half-back.

Ben Silvagni followed Goldsack around (mostly at half-back) and kept him quiet. Taller, faster, more athletic, a better mark and a much better kick that Jack. Might take a little time but looks okay.

Cottrell and Owies played on the wings. Cottrell did some nice things and seems to have better size and pace than Owies, who doesn't seem quick enough for a player his size.

Lang was much the same as last year - disappointing and not a strong player.

Garlett was similarly unimpressive but looked more interested than Lang.

Fasolo had only a handful of possessions that I can recall but he kicked an excellent goal and twice hit the leading Kerr, lace out. Too slow to provide any small forward tackling pressure (unless someone runs into him) but if he stops trying to do what he was once able to do and plays within his limitations, I think he could still have something to offer around the goals.

Yeah, heard that earlier in the week, an excuse for his last game?

Apparently;

Details: Victoria Park, Saturday, April 20, 2pm

Broadcast: Fans can tune into Casey Radio on 97.7FM to listen to the game. The match will also be covered across the Northern Blues’ social media channels.

https://www.3ser.org.au/audio-player.html

Any coverage on this one?