Carlton Supporters Club

According to Caro on FC MM was told not to say anything about the scum in the lead up to the game and our players were apparently muzzled on the field and told not to sledge. Who is giving this directive? Surely it should be up to the coach what is said out on the field?

I attempted to get us to address the fact that we have been irrelevant since 1995 (with my subject of this CFC being the worst in our modern history... and today remain even moreson) some weeks ago.

We trained in-doors two weeks ago because it was raining. I wonder how often the Fluffy Ducks, Pussy Cats, D1ckers, Dawks and even Rottingwood do the same?

Have our mega sophisticated ammenities softened our girls? Have we bred a culture of status and sophistication that dislikes getting dirty hands? Have we become the club to go to for lots of loot and really classy facilities? I believe we even use our facilities to entice blokes to come to our club... oh, yes, come to 'cushy.com.' You get these really cool things to help you recover... and free gel for your hair!!!

Some telling stats in a 6 pt game;

Carlton   Statistic           Essendon
73           Marks           106
50           Tackles           72
9           Goals Kicked   12
20           Behinds Kicked   9
2           Rushed Behinds   1
31           Scoring Shots   22
29.0%   Conversion   54.5%
48           Inside 50s           56

I'm a pretty simple man. I'd say I'm fairly calm 99% of the time and am definitely a lover, not a fighter.

But I farking hate Essenscum! If we lose this tonight, I'm gonna shove my membership up MM's bum. I hate Ess more than any other club by a country mile, then Coll , then Saints/Hawks then the rest but this mob................  DONT GET ME STARTED !!!!!!!

If this Blues team were my kids, right now I'd be telling them dont bother coming home if you lose !!!!!
Win Blues if not for anything else for your die hard fans who've had to put up with a lot over these last 10 yrs.....Do not let us down...not tonight, Not to this mob !!

Maybe we should have a good look at how the game is played in general. Take in how the rules effect the type of players we put on the park compared with the better teams.
The game I feel has changed even since 2011. The Freo game highlighted this. Brute strength is a necessity. The rules now suit a bigger bodied player. Correct disposal of the ball when tackled seems to no longer exist. I didn't know there was a rule change as I was of the belief that a player when tackled must dispose of the ball either by handball or a kick. With less frees awarded and the pursuit of letting the game flow this rule has just about disappeared.
Bomber Thompson stated when he arrived at bummerland that they needed to get bigger, and we all know how they went about it, but they did alter their structure game day this year with less smalls. They no longer have Monfreis, lonegan reimers Davey, Jedda, Melsham Windelich Dempsey Stanton, Zacofwhatever playing together at any given time, not that they all ever did. but their ratio of similar types has altered.
We have a lot of smalls and with the game and rules as they are, it is little wonder we don't run out games or play consistently for four quarters. We just physically cannot and the rules or should I say lack of won't allow it especially against better teams.
I have noticed our players struggle to retard the opposition, especially in close whereas our boys when tackled are easily retarded.
There will always be a need for nifty clever smalls but I wonder if our balance of talls, smalls and bigger bodied players is outer kilter with the better teams and should we recruit and field teams accordingly.