Carlton Supporters Club

Quote from: Gointocarlton – on August 25, 2026, 11:22:17 am

Rang the club, if you are full year members, you are priority 1 irrespective of level of membership.

I got 3 emails with priority 1 access and one for priority 2 🙄 i made one of my kids
Memberships not the same as ours as he plays footy on wkends and didnt think he would
Get to many games…. Mind you the cost difference is like $10 a month if that! Now i have to decide do i buy 3 at 10am and one at 11am so
No chance of sitting together or do i take a chance and buy all 4 at 11? I am OS atm heading home
But cant call the club to find out for sure

I feel for Piastri, but Blind Freddy could see this coming.

A lot of fans thought Oscar just needed to bide his time, get his chance "next year", but that opinion comes from a position of ignorance, it's not at all how F1 works.

Once Lando got the chocolates Oscar was eternally consigned to a McLaren support gig, that's why Lando begged so heavily for team help late last season, he didn't want to suffer that fate! Oscar will be dwelling in 2nd place for everything except experiments, the rest goes preferentially to Lando, marketing, modifications, beneficial upgrades, new engines, tactics, support, benefits, etc., etc..

Even worse Oscar gets the guineapig treatment that Hamilton was recently complaining about. If they want to experiment Oscar wears it, if it's beneficial Norris gets the upgrade immediately, if it's detrimental Norris doesn't suffer it. If resources are thin Norris gets first access, Oscar might never get them, which is similar to the current situation with car / engine upgrades.

Media talk of Norris having the edge, but he's effectively in the different car at the moment, the playing field isn't level which is what Coulthard begged for, but really Coulthard was just stating the obvious to the ignorant!

Quote from: kruddler – on August 23, 2026, 06:51:36 pm

Sorta.
Its a Yes, because he is 'not bad and has positive traits'.
I never said he wasn't, and acknowledge that.

Let me pose this question to you.

Was it goof for Melbourne to recruit Grundy?
Grundy is good, perhaps the 2nd best ruck in the game.
Did it improve Melbourne though?
Could they have used his $'s better elsewhere??
12 months later answered the question was answered for all of us.
Not a knock on Grundy in all of that. Just not the best fit at the time....and Dees didn't benefit from it.

Same same, but different.

You asked your question, you got answers you dont like, and accepting that people dont share your opinion is the next logical step.

Doubling down to try and convince people because they havent considered your point of view is not the appropriate response, its an agreement to disagree.

I think a lot of people are answering your question with a...

"Yes, it was well worth it."

Carlton: 7 - 8 - 50
Adelaide: 3 - 5 - 23

First time we've beaten Adelaide for quite a while.
We kept them scoreless in the last!

Quote from: madbluboy – on August 23, 2026, 03:47:51 pm

Happy with Florent but calm down Saad was All Australian.

exactly was. a long time ago.

A few years ago we had:
Lachie Fogarty
Jack Martin
Jesse Motlop
Cotrell
Owies

As our small forwards

Now we have
Hayward
Byrne
Evans
Ainsworth

So much more fight in our new group. Tbh Motlop will be flat out in the reserves next year.

Quote from: kruddler – on August 23, 2026, 10:12:12 am

Not saying i disagree, but do we not have 2 other options who have essentially not been used this year?

Yeah and Saad is coming to the end of his career. You harp on about not doing any planning for the future and then we actually recruit one in Florent and he’s been a jet and you question it??

Quote from: kruddler – on August 23, 2026, 09:31:21 am

Unpopular opinion.

What has florent bought that we couldnt get from either saad or charleson?

Florents knock is his kicking.
Saads knock is his kicking.
Charleson has been borderline getting a game a but this year. Without florent, he would most likely got a gig by now.

Florent has been solid without being spectacular, he didn't come cheap though. Could we do without him?

Florent makes quick decisions and goes, and most importantly, he breaks lines and links up with others.

I think it is the running play of Florent and Wilson that has revolutionised our game style.  Once those two start running, Cerra, Walsh, Smith, Cripps et al get on their bike as well and the wave commences.  Our style is now unrecognisable compared to the dump kick to the wing that was the only way we could get out of D50 earlier this year.  I should add Cerra's amazing improvement in kicking as well.

I thought Wilson and Florent were on the podium for BOG yesterday.

According to Razor Ray, Weitering out of the game, purely as a precaution / management issue.