Carlton making a good fist of it against Hawthorn and clearly the benefits of publicly mouthing off at the umpires are evident. Late in the game Carlton has received a whopping 21 frees to 18.

We may get 21 frees over a period of 4 weeks.

OMG the maggots are even more inconsistent than one could imagine. They actually paid a few incorrect disposal frees though not in any consistent pattern. And the unpaid marks to Roughead in Q4 were awful, especially when one compares them with some of those paid to the Cheaters.

PS. Just watching the press conference: Brendon Bolton seems to be absolutely loving his job and good luck to him. Really energetic and positive. I wonder what his contract situation is? (And how come the questioners seem to get a microphone when we hardly hear a question at ours.)

Edited June 13, 201411 yr by monoccular

A few people in the crowd tonight were saying Bolton to take over Roos in 2017. Thoughts.

A few people in the crowd tonight were saying Bolton to take over Roos in 2017. Thoughts.

Doubt it.

...or did you mean Jude Bolton?

Edited June 13, 201411 yr by rjay

A few people in the crowd tonight were saying Bolton to take over Roos in 2017. Thoughts.

A few people in the crowd tonight were saying Bolton to take over Roos in 2017. Thoughts.

hell no

A few people in the crowd tonight were saying Bolton to take over Roos in 2017. Thoughts.

*shudder*

But at least he's good at getting people to do what he wants them to do.

Edited June 14, 201411 yr by Chook

Despite all the improvement, we are equal bottom of the ladder

Really need to beat the Bombers

I'm not sure what to make of north Melbourne this year, some games they look fantastic and others they look very ordinary, they just can't seem to break through and play at a high standard every week

Richmond v Fremantle draw a poofteenth over 22000 on a Saturday afternoon and not a peep from the media about low crowd numbers.

We'd be copping it left right and centre if that was us...

Lets get to the G today and give the druggies hell!!!

I'm not sure what to make of north Melbourne this year, some games they look fantastic and others they look very ordinary, they just can't seem to break through and play at a high standard every week

They are a middle rung team so you will get the variance in performance. Unless they can address list issues this is what we will get from them, around 6-10 and worse when Petrie and Harvey go.

North are like last year, moments of brilliance clouded by rubbish football.

hell no

Why not? Has all the right credentials and is doing a great job under difficult circumstances at the Hawks. Would be a terrific fit IMO.

Why not? Has all the right credentials and is doing a great job under difficult circumstances at the Hawks. Would be a terrific fit IMO.

I think that may have been in reference to M. Bolton. If so, I absolutely agree.

Shudder...the scary 90s flashbacks...make him go away....please.

Richmond v Fremantle draw a poofteenth over 22000 on a Saturday afternoon and not a peep from the media about low crowd numbers.

We'd be copping it left right and centre if that was us...

Lets get to the G today and give the druggies hell!!!

Richmond v Fremantle draw a poofteenth over 22000 on a Saturday afternoon and not a peep from the media about low crowd numbers.

We'd be copping it left right and centre if that was us...

Lets get to the G today and give the druggies hell!!!

I was watching with a mate and he commented on how purple the crowd was for a game in Melbourne

I was watching with a mate and he commented on how purple the crowd was for a game in Melbourne

Wasn't that the Richmond fans' heads exploding???

tigers still average 40k to our 32k though

take out our alice springs crowd and that average increase much?

This is essendon's home game so it wouldn't really be a reflection on us if the crowds were low.

I dont understand this. I have not once seen this year where we have copped it in the media in regards to crowd number? I thought they have been pretty good. Definitely a step up from last year thats for sure.

If anything the Doggies and the saints are pulling in pretty poor crowds and are starting to get noticed in the media.

Have Rich play the sales teams we do at home and see how many they get. They have some of the biggest band wagon fans ever, I have a number of mates who have not been to a Tigs game since they lost too us. Weak as water.

I dont understand this. I have not once seen this year where we have copped it in the media in regards to crowd number? I thought they have been pretty good. Definitely a step up from last year thats for sure.

If anything the Doggies and the saints are pulling in pretty poor crowds and are starting to get noticed in the media.

d36 I think the OP references our treatment over recent times not nec this season. Seems we get treated one way and other teams where journo bias might be a factor get treated differently

Have Rich play the sales teams we do at home and see how many they get. They have some of the biggest band wagon fans ever, I have a number of mates who have not been to a Tigs game since they lost too us. Weak as water.

Yep. The amount of overall supporters is proportionate to the amount of bandwagon, fairweather, know-nothings.. therefore the Pies, Tigers and Bombers have an abundance of these types, where as ourselves, North and the Dogs have a large percentage of diehards that go to every game. Just the nature of people.

Exactly right, we cop it because we don't draw supporters to games when we get 17-20k against franchise clubs but other clubs get higher crowds based on the fact they have a draw which sees them play more often against fellow Vic sides (and the higher drawing Vic sides at that). A few weeks ago Essendon only got 32k to a home game against the Bulldogs on a Saturday night under cover at Docklands. A week later we drew something like 37k against the Dogs on a Saturday night at the G. Yeah we had the field of women thing but that would've inflated the crowd by only about 5k max. Either way it puts paid to the lie that the "big" clubs get the rigged fixtures because they are big and not that the rigged fixtures artificially create the big numbers in the first place.