Carlton Supporters Club

Injured/Redundant...C.Curnow has taken his place and as KC and the Sunshine band said.." thats the way I like it"...

We'll be lucky to kick 69 pts

Important. Loved it. Bravo CFC.

The superior way the club is now going about communicating and including members/supporters is a far cry from the very recent past.

Weitering rolled an ankle during the week. Right decision not to risk him.

The kids will be fine - Hawthorn will play at about 75% intensity.

We are loading up on kids and Hawthorn are naming more than half their GF side!

The Dawkthorn intent is obvious and simple, hurt the opposition kids and leave them intimidated by Hawthorn for the rest of their career! At least we have Bolton there to word them up!

In 2015 NAB Hawthorn played nobodies against Collingwood and Norp, then loaded up on seniors to play The Aints newborns as well. This is classic Angry Ant mentality, once the opposition are down you don't stop kicking them!

What's the bet that at least one of our Young-Uns comes away from this game with a LTI Knee or Shoulder injury as a result of a heavy tackle from a senior Hawthorn opponent.

Last two prelim finals Prof, they are going okay.

regardless of the result umps were very ordinary as they are EVERY Friday night, really don't know where to go from here but guys like Jones, Tutt and Boek are our solution

No, it is not simplistic thinking.

In 2010 Malthouse had a team that had been built around his gameplan and could execute it to perfection.  Even so, opposition coaches had developed tactics to counter the Collingwood style.

Five years later and the game has changed dramatically and Malthouse is trying to mould a team to a gameplan that has been left behind.

Broadly speaking, there are three factors that will determine the effectiveness of a gameplan; predictability, execution and probability of scoring.  The Malthouse gameplan was too predictable (and therefore easy to counter), was poorly executed (creating scoring opportunities for the opposition) and resulted in low percentage scoring opportunities for us.  It also created a culture of helplessness among the playing group who must have felt that they were being asked to play with one hand tied behind their back.

I haven't seen the team play under Barker but it seems that one of the main differences is tackling with intent, a facet of the game that was sadly lacking under Malthouse.

I suspect that Barker, now that he has freed the shackles, will tailor the gameplan to counter and exploit opposition strengths and weaknesses.  It will be interesting and informative to see how we go about it today.