Carlton Supporters Club

Quote from: LP – on April 08, 2014, 02:00:04 pm

Quote from: denimundies – on April 08, 2014, 01:57:14 pm

could turn a games on his own boot, even on bad days he come out in a single Q and change the outcome. None of this bullshiit missing shots for goal from 10 to 25m

We sort of took it for granted that after he left goal kicking would slide a bit, it made us a bit tolerant.

But seriously our goal kicking is a joke now, who is our goal kicking coach, Warnock?

Even my wife thinks they can't kick and she knows SFA about footy.

Quote from: denimundies – on April 08, 2014, 02:05:13 pm

Quote from: LP – on April 08, 2014, 02:00:04 pm

Quote from: denimundies – on April 08, 2014, 01:57:14 pm

could turn a games on his own boot, even on bad days he come out in a single Q and change the outcome. None of this bullshiit missing shots for goal from 10 to 25m

We sort of took it for granted that after he left goal kicking would slide a bit, it made us a bit tolerant.

But seriously our goal kicking is a joke now, who is our goal kicking coach, Warnock?

Even my wife thinks they can't kick and she knows SFA about footy.

Funny about that...Mrs Elwood who knows SFA about footy as well came into the rumpus room to see what all the yelling was about.....and noticed Yarran streaming downfield and kicked straight to an Essendon player....and she said he's on your team isnt he and laughed....more yelling from your's truly and children followed...

Hate to say it but Fev wouldn't let anyone stand over our blokes and quite often deployed a few standover tactics himself. Love him or hate him, he was the heart of the side.

Quote from: PassIt2Carrots – on April 08, 2014, 11:03:58 am

Hate to say it but Fev wouldn't let anyone stand over our blokes and quite often deployed a few standover tactics himself. Love him or hate him, he was the heart of the side.

Fev and many before him P2C. Dylan's dad would have walked upto BJ and knocked him into the next week. We are timid and weak, Murphy is the perfect example. Its not his fault because he didn't make the decision to appoint him, but I think he is the possibly worst Captain in CFC history. Sadly, Judd aside, there isn't anyone in the current group that would deserve to tie the shoelaces of almost any of our past Captains. Sad really. Captains are picked by boards and marketing depts, they pick themselves. When Murphy got chested on the boundary line the other night by the young Essendon player, with no reaction, that said it all for me really.

Quote from: Gointocarlton – on April 08, 2014, 09:14:02 pm

Quote from: PassIt2Carrots – on April 08, 2014, 11:03:58 am

Hate to say it but Fev wouldn't let anyone stand over our blokes and quite often deployed a few standover tactics himself. Love him or hate him, he was the heart of the side.

Fev and many before him P2C. Dylan's dad would have walked upto BJ and knocked him into the next week. We are timid and weak, Murphy is the perfect example. Its not his fault because he didn't make the decision to appoint him, but I think he is the possibly worst Captain in CFC history. Sadly, Judd aside, there isn't anyone in the current group that would deserve to tie the shoelaces of almost any of our past Captains. Sad really. Captains are picked by boards and marketing depts, they pick themselves. When Murphy got chested on the boundary line the other night by the young Essendon player, with no reaction, that said it all for me really.

Interesting that Dunstall singled out our timidness/meekness as one of the most surprising and really disappointing aspects of our players from Sunday night.

There's an old Chinese saying; don't wrestle a pig in the gutter...

This whole thread gets me so riled up.

Most of our blokes ARE NOT SOFT but they are excessively nice. That's the issue as far as I'm concerned... we are too fair.   As a club we do not do the stuff around the fringes of the rules that other clubs do oh so well.

IMO this is a reflection of this club being so pounded by the AFL that it is now excessively fair in every regard for fear of consequences.  Off field and now on field.

Imagine the condemnation that Murphy would have received had he slotted Astbury?  "No discipline at Carlton" would be all over the small paper.  Tsk Tsk from Robinson, Connolly and Smith.

One can contest aggressively even bully , but be smart about it . That's what needs to be taught and instilled into the players, it will take a long time and right attitude, from  leaders examples. That's the difference.
Look at Hodge, Mitchell, skilled and experienced and  yet they get away with it easily so often.
Retaliating per say is childish and unprofessional and will land them in more trouble.