Carlton Supporters Club

Quote from: laj – on July 01, 2025, 09:17:46 pm

2023 the same players used to execute. Has to be alot to do with attitude.

To my eye, we have always been poorly skilled/poor decision makers by comparison to top teams for several years. Whether it be in front of goal, clos ing out games, being master of the no look hack kick out of defence, ability to close out games, stop scoring runs etc. The game in 2025 demands players use the ball very well (I wont say elite but..) compared to 2024 and 2023. To my novice eye, 2023 and 2025 are poles apart with respect to game speed and ball movement. The list managers who picked this trend are thriving, those who didn't...

Then it's clear who up for trade then.

“If blokes don’t do it, we’ve got plenty of young guys coming through the twos who will play the system we want,”

Quote from: laj – on June 28, 2025, 05:48:40 pm

Haynes made his feelings known. Straight to the point.

Said, "if blokes don't want to perform. we have plenty of young guys coming through in the twos who will play the system we want". Telling it like it is and saying things our other leaders won't.

My opinion of Haines has risen significantly.

Just a bit from the current Captain acknowledging that these are tough times and mostly staying positive and bringing leadership and energy.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/carlton-blues/the-ones-that-want-to-step-away-blues-captain-sends-message-to-teammates-as-season-falls-apart/news-story/ddb59b100d4d589cd0c0d0b8dbe62ba3?fbclid=IwY2xjawLRMsZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE4MVRQU05kemlkd2RxaGpEAR470eE2gaPILPBkKTwSF2D2CaVO0LUrDQHiWf6jPS3Q1TzPWjhC87c5I8I5-A_aem_tfW_8I909czXso6YBsuB-g

In amongst that were a couple of concerns.

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Carlton captain Patrick Cripps says he’s about to find out who among his teammates will “step up and dig in” amid a horror on-field run which moved one former player to suggest the Blues could consider trading the skipper.With the walls closing in, Cripps said now was the time he would find out a lot of about himself as a leader, and his teammates’ capacity to come through it all.

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“You find out a lot about yourself, I reckon, (in) these times, not only as a player but as a leader, but also (about) guys around you, the ones that really want to step up and dig in versus, like I said before, the ones that want to step away,” he said in the sit down with fellow Brownlow medallists Tom Mitchell and Lachie Neale.

You would think Cripps already knows this.
He's been playing with them for long enough.
He wouldn't be talking about the young players, and the suggestion is there is a group who, when the going gets a bit tough, some don't get going.

Carlton captain Patrick Cripps says he’s about to find out who among his teammates will “step up and dig in” amid a horror on-field run which moved one former player to suggest the Blues could consider trading the skipper.With the walls closing in, Cripps said now was the time he would find out a lot of about himself as a leader, and his teammates’ capacity to come through it all.

“You find out a lot about yourself, I reckon, (in) these times, not only as a player but as a leader, but also (about) guys around you, the ones that really want to step up and dig in versus, like I said before, the ones that want to step away,” he said in the sit down with fellow Brownlow medallists Tom Mitchell and Lachie Neale.

Quote from: Gointocarlton – on July 01, 2025, 07:58:21 pm

Anyone catch Daniel Hoyne on SEN?  Talking about teams one at a time, started with Carlton and he said that our ball movement versus Port Adelaide was the fourth fastest this year by any team.
Carlton went from long, down the line, tram track football pre the bye to change of angles, speed on ball after it. It was plain for all to see that the players didn’t have the skills to execute. So the coaches tried changing things, the players couldn't execute. Suggested we may well go back to old faithful v Coll.

2023 the same players used to execute. Has to be alot to do with attitude.