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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 13 2023 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Essendon
Quote from: pinot on
This is bad - real bad. Its not the players its the culture of the club.

We have a very good list but if key players like Cripps that are not performing its hard for the rest when the rest ARE pulling thier weight,.

Sorry but it's time to put Cripps on trading table or drop him to VFL.

I would 'rest' him and allow him time to get his body right. Perhaps a few weeks off and head back to WA.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
Very popular with the Van life movement are Ford Transits...

I would imagine they would be, once you breakdown you can camp there. If they ask you to move, well, you can legitimately say it doesn't drive. If they tow you to a mechanic, the repair bills are so expensive you will end up camping out the front of the mechanics for years. Solve the rental crisis and emissions all at once.

You have to hand it to Ford, they really are ahead of their time.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2023 Rd 10 Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
Quote from: Gointocarlton on
Video circulating on twitter of Crocker (our 2s captain) at the Collinwood game with a Coll scarf. Not a good look.

He is not on an AFL list, he doesn't have to support Carlton, currently the 2nd's (VFL), is where he works and that's it. There are probably many VFL players that don't feel 'part' of the club because we do not really treat them that way.

The VFL is a development squad and that is it. I have said repeatedly on this site that we should build a winning culture by developing our VFL team with a view to winning regularly and competing to win the title. Our seniors are not capable, we would at least have the reserves to look at - in fact I would rather support a winning seconds team most weeks that watch the seniors play.

I can well understand Crocker's affiliation with the Pies, that was the club he 'really' played for and probably still makes him feel welcome.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2023 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Sydney
Quote from: shawny on
Shambles. Utter shambles.

It’s not so much the losing that bothers me it how far off we STILL look from being a decent team - we seriously play like a bottom tier team. Game plan is under 11s standard and foot skills are just woeful.

I had so much belief at the start of this year really thought we would comfortably play finals and do some serious damage in there.
This club is a laughing stock and to be perfectly honest I don’t even know how to begin to fix it.
Sounds crazy but won’t be long before we say this rebuild is running out of time as it usually takes several years of making finals before you may snare one.

The fact this group hasn’t played one final is amazing for all the wrong reasons. And year 8 is going to be another one with us sitting in the bottom half of the ladder.

Do we face reality and do the Honorable thing by players like Patrick Cripps? Do we offer to help them get to a club that could potentially win a premiership and know that we are going to take several more years to even compete against the best teams? Is that just admitting defeat, or finally accepting reality?

Patrick Cripps may never play in a premiership at Carlton. At this rate, he may only get a small taste of finals before his career ends. What about Sam Docherty? Same boat?