Carlton Supporters Club

HELLO!!!

i have been banging on about the board here from day 1

so all lets put the white flag up and sook into our corners....

i am not a religious person....religion is your interpretation...

i retracted the fair weather supporter statement...read the thread

stop spinning it...Carlton supporter and members MUST financially support this club ..by turning up to etihad (a stadium of which I despise) and swiping their membership card

if not, we run the risk of turning into a Fitzroy

I got my first CFC membership in 1964 and didn't miss a Melbourne game during our threepeat wooden spoon years, but I'm not rocking up any more until I see some positive signs that the club realises what the problems are, acknowledges them and takes measures to address them.
In my opinion our current plight is directly attributable to our appalling recruiting over many years, yet at the end of last season we traded out pick 7 and attempted to get a "three for one" deal rather than back our judgement and develop young talent, we also traded in hacks for middle rung draft picks.
Judd is Judd and he's been good for the club but we paid a very high price to get him like we did for Thomas, in both cases we were dazzled by names and reputations.
Unless there's some sign that this quick fix mentality is over once and for all I'm staying home, if the club wants to keep running like a school tuck shop they don't deserve my support.
My best guess is that we'll sack Malthouse and nothing else will change, so I've probably seen my last live game for a while.

@raydan
...whatever. .....

Well reasoned argument, well done.

Are you saying Judd isn't worth what we paid / gave up for him ? IMO, he has delivered in spades and he's worth every cent. I would do the deal again in a heartbeat. You don't say no when arguably the greatest player of his generation wants to come to your club.

I'm saying that he came at a very high price and ultimately the club won't achieve success while he's a Carlton player, I'm not for a moment questioning his ability or commitment to the club.
We were miles off being a Premiership contender when we recruited Judd and one player was never going to make the difference no matter how good he was, we should have shown patience but it was as much about marketing and membership as it was about winning premierships.

So if we had our time again, you wouldn't go through with the Judd trade ?

No, and I wouldn't have traded pick 7 last year either, or paid a squillion for Thomas.
Tom Bell is playing as well as anyone at the moment and he came out of Queensland onto the rookie list, and barring injury he'll be at the club for 10 years plus.
But where are our current ten year players?
Simpson, Carrazzo, Walker and..................?

I agree about pick 7 last year, and I agree about Daisy. But the Judd deal was well worth it IMO. Agree to disagree.

I'm kinda thankful we're playing in Sydney next week, solves the conundrum of whether or not to attend.......