Carlton Supporters Club

The Club that goes from black to white. They have, correctly or otherwise, convinced themselves that our list is star studded, and the new coach has no grace period of any kind. 1980's CFC. Well, at least they've made it public knowledge, so the new coach should be under no illusions.

To say we would have lost without Cripps, whilst probably true, is a little too pessimistic for my liking.

So should everyone else be under no illusions.
Our list is chock full of first round draft picks.
No matter what you or anyone thinks, we were underperforming.
The coach went off on his own tangent playing guys out of position.
First week of a new coach and Ed Curnow and Gibbons are back in the midfield.
All of a sudden our possession count lifts, we increase pressure and win.

Here we go. Not word verbatim so accurate enough without exact wording.

Who has DT used as a mentor to help his coaching abilities? He has used Woosha at times and has learned more for Phil Walsh than any others to establish a coaching technique. Teague wants to be his own man and coach his way. He doesn’t want to copy another coach, but use what he has learned from others to help him coach in his own way. keeping things simple and easy to follow.

He instructed the boys before the game during the entire week to enjoy the game and play how they want to play. To play to their own individual skills. Follow the system of having a defensive game, but no so much that they struggle to be attacking and moving the ball forward. Take the game on and not be scared of consequence if they make a mistake. These things happen during a game. Move on.

The side tried to do too much and play too quick with disposal choices, so they coughed the ball up with turn overs in the first quarter. “As the coach this was ENTIRELY MY FAULT “. Settle down a little and play the game at your own pace. “Don’t let the opposition dictate the game being played on their terms”. Make them play the game on our terms. Be more composed. Look for better options and not just the first option.

Some minor changes were made in the second quarter. Ed Curnow was moved onto Lachie Neale. Due to his strength and bigger body, to negate his impact on the game. Sam Walsh was let off the leash torun free and assist Cripps. Forwards were told not to be flat footed and become stagnant in the forward 50m. Move around to keep the defenders guessing.

“Back your own abilities and things will change”. Just try to relax, be composed and back your own abilities and skills. Once the momentum swung the other way, they were encouraged to have fun and enjoy the game and experience. DT thought this was one of the more balanced performances by the entire playing group. All the players pitching in to the end result.

Wants to see more freedom for his players in games moving on. Keep enjoying the game and back your skills. As to Daisy and playing he said he wasn’t sure if there would be any criticism with him playing this game. He had to think this through in his head a few times during the week. However the players wanted him in no matter what. He spoke during the week for team selection and stated with his players during the week that alll must be given a clean slate moving forward. Hence he had to encourage that Daisy be selected for the game. Teague couldn’t be a hypocrite and not have him on the playing field. What message would that send the rest of playing group?

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/hollow-win-for-curnow-without-bolton-20190609-p51vy4.html

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/hollow-win-for-curnow-without-bolton-20190609-p51vy4.html

I think absolutely everyone would've been feeling for Bolts yesterday, no question.  Seems like a great bloke and gave his all to the club.

Unfortunately it didn't work out.  I don't know of anyone that was hoping he would fail, no one.  But it didn't work out and we move on.  It'll be a huge learning opportunity for him too and as a teacher I reckon he above all, given time, will see that too.

No point going over old ground, it's done and he's gone.  And I reckon he would've been really stoked for the boys yesterday too.

i note Curnow said "a bit hollow in a way".....

Right or wrong, the players lost games resulting in a man losing his job. They would be feeling pretty s-house about that. We managed to stay with the trend and win after a coach was sacked. History says the good fortune falls away pretty quickly.

Here is an interesting story many might not know about. Merge this into another thread if it is more appropriate.

The AFL’s hard line stance over fan abuse has gone to the next level at Marvel Stadium on Saturday with a fan being ejected.
As the teams walked off the ground and into the rooms, the fan unloaded but not in the direction of a player, instead he targeted the men in yellow as he unleashed in the direction of umpire Matthew Nicholls.
Nicholls and the other umpires entered the race as a fan reportedly called him a “bald-headed flog”.
The words caused Nicholls to stop and point out the man to ground security who moved in and escorted him out of the ground.
“Nicholls stopped and pointed at the fan who said what he said,” Jacqui Reed said on 3AW.
“Fans were standing around in shock as security converged to make sure that fan exited Marvel Stadium.”
“Officials are now on high alert.”

This was a Carlton supporter who spoke on the radio about the incident.

Immediately after the game a call was made to 3AW claiming to be from the evicted fan himself.
“That was me and all I said was: ‘You can’t (handball) one-handed, you bald-headed flog’,’’ the caller said.
“He’s just pretty much stamped his hand on the side of the wall there, pointed at the security guard and sort of chucked a hissy fit.
“There were security guards standing pretty close to me and they heard everything as well and as I was being escorted to the back of the ground they said, (there) is nothing we can do, this is management policy.
“I actually chose my words and made sure I didn’t swear because there’s kids around so it’s pretty embarrassing from the AFL.

“They’ve made me wait half an hour for an AFL integrity officer to come and take a photo of myself and my membership then I got escorted from the ground by the police and security. I was pretty annoyed.”

How precious are the umpires becoming in the AFL? Surely Gillon needs a please explain for this.

How about Gillon spends time making sure the goal review maggots do their jobs properly.

You can’t say “maggots “ or the AFL will escort you from this forum. How do they fail the review process when the crowd get a view of the replay at the ground? There were a few poor decisions go over the last few weeks with goals, points with the goal umpires.