34 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

Haven’t been able to watch the match unfortunately.  Have the commentators mentioned if Charlie Curnow might be out there playing..?

TPF39 - nothing at all unfortunate about  being unable to watch this garbage.  

Consider yourself vary lucky indeed. 

Edited July 13, 20186 yr by monoccular

Another ratings bonanza.

As much as we complain about Melbourne's lack of improvement or whatever, I still don't reckon we've lost to a fully shite side this year. Saints aren't the rabble they were earlier in the year.

Looks like it's all too much for Crippsy. Never mind mate, you deserve some success and nobody would think worse of you if you defected to the mighty Dees.

Bolton .... Hmmmm

looking forward to bolton's press conference. will it be all about pressure?

Melbourne (Mark Neeld era) vs Carlton now - who wins??

2 minutes ago, Vineytime said:

Melbourne (Mark Neeld era) vs Carlton now - who wins??

Carlton by a country mile. You forgot how bad we were. We were blind under 8s playing barefoot bad.

Plus we never had Cripps or Curnew 

1 hour ago, jumbo returns said:

Yep....for some reason, ND would never give him a game

What I saw of him in the few games I thought he looked the goods, especially when we started to slide and lost chunks of our backline.  Funny how certain players stay on the list for ages but never really get opportunities with certain coaches.   

Take a moment to appreciate how bad Carlton are.  It is wonderful.

1 hour ago, Petraccattack said:

Take a moment to appreciate how bad Carlton are.  It is wonderful.

There's really only 2 possible answers for the Blues.

Merge with the Hawks, or merge with Norf and [censored] off to the Mapa Isle 

7 hours ago, Demon Head said:

Thanks AFL.

Had enough and switching to the Tour de France. 

Le tour is ALWAYS option 1 except when MFC winning 

5 hours ago, FireInTheBelly said:

There's really only 2 possible answers for the Blues.

Merge with the Hawks, or merge with Norf and [censored] off to the Mapa Isle 

Here's a suggestion for Carlton. Melt down the 16 premierships. Ship the team off to the north east and they can merge with Tangambalanga. The supporters can go west, go east , go anywhere they bloody well like, just go. And that flgg  that leaned over the fence to abuse Clarry should be put in stocks in Bourke St and kicked by every passer by.

I think the Blues have enough to work with, Curnow x 2, Dow, Cripps, McKay, Fisher, Petrevski-Seton combined with Simpson and Murphy. Their issue I think is Bolton. I’m not sure he demands the respect needed and every time he talks is just a laughing stock. I just think they need  an experienced coach now they’ve got some talent. I’d sack Bolton ASAP.

The game was a horrid spectacle, how we lost to STK I don’t know either, must’ve just had a day out.

Edited July 13, 20186 yr by SFebey

Carlton mate showed me a stat this morning. 

Marchbank: Metres gained - Minus 13. Is that even possible for a full game? 

In my first ever game of under 12s,  I only got one kick. 

It slewed off the side of my boot and through for a point to the opposition.

2 hours ago, SFebey said:

I think the Blues have enough to work with, Curnow x 2, Dow, Cripps, McKay, Fisher, Petrevski-Seton combined with Simpson and Murphy. Their issue I think is Bolton. I’m not sure he demands the respect needed and every time he talks is just a laughing stock. I just think they need  an experienced coach now they’ve got some talent. I’d sack Bolton ASAP.

The game was a horrid spectacle, how we lost to STK I don’t know either, must’ve just had a day out.

hm, i'm more circumspect than you about them

although in fairness last night they did have 12 players with under 50 games under their belt, and another 3 in the 51-99 mark

but how many of them are much chop?

the younger curnow and cripps are stars, but ed curnow is about to turn 29 - he's not part of their long term future, and nor is simpson (34), murphy (31), thomas (31), rowe (31), kreuzer (29), wright (28.5), casboult (28), or even really liam jones (27)

their list is in a bad, bad way

it's glorious

Edited July 14, 20186 yr by whatwhatsaywhat

3 hours ago, SFebey said:

I think the Blues have enough to work with, Curnow x 2, Dow, Cripps, McKay, Fisher, Petrevski-Seton combined with Simpson and Murphy. Their issue I think is Bolton. I’m not sure he demands the respect needed and every time he talks is just a laughing stock. I just think they need  an experienced coach now they’ve got some talent. I’d sack Bolton ASAP.

The game was a horrid spectacle, how we lost to STK I don’t know either, must’ve just had a day out.

I tend to agree Bolton has that mark neeld feel about him, I would be chasing a Roos type coach to right the ship before it sinks

3 hours ago, demonstone said:

In my first ever game of under 12s,  I only got one kick. 

It slewed off the side of my boot and through for a point to the opposition.

I got one up on you. In my 150th game of junior footy, i was playing full back on the league's leading goal kicker. Kept him scoreless initially, but didn't get a disposal myself.

Anyway, 3rd quarter, kicking in from a behind (the first time I'd touched the ball all day). Kicked it straight into him, he grabbed the ball and snapped a goal.

My stats for the day:

1 clanger

0 disposals

 

27 minutes ago, praha said:

I got one up on you. In my 150th game of junior footy, i was playing full back on the league's leading goal kicker. Kept him scoreless initially, but didn't get a disposal myself.

Anyway, 3rd quarter, kicking in from a behind (the first time I'd touched the ball all day). Kicked it straight into him, he grabbed the ball and snapped a goal.

My stats for the day:

1 clanger

0 disposals

 

After 150 games, can you still be a junior??

15 hours ago, Nasher said:

At half time, King and Zaharakis pointed out a couple of occasions where Carlton players would turn looking for a handball to a runner that wasn't there, and since then I can't stop seeing it happen to them.  They always look like they've got one less player at the contests than they were expecting or something.  At least these days when we've got the ball, you'd back us in to keep it move it forward.  I'd have a heart attack every time I saw a hot ball if I barracked for this lot.

Let's face it, we've been there/done that for many years. My default position is heart attack when pressure is on.

1 hour ago, brendan said:

I tend to agree Bolton has that mark neeld feel about him, I would be chasing a Roos type coach to right the ship before it sinks

A few weeks ago Roos was on Triple M talking about how AFL has got its coaching structures all wrong, and that clubs should be far more focussed on deeply experienced coaches. He cited NCAA basketball coaches etc who were winning titles in their 60s, 70s and even 80s.

At the time I thought it was a really odd thing for him to be so passionate about, given he had overseen the exact opposite with us. However, coaches like Bolton etc haven't got a hope in hell of lifting a crap team off the bottom. They need an Eade, or Malthouse type, despite their obvious limitations.

Carlton should go after Malthouse!

4 minutes ago, SaberFang said:

Carlton should go after Malthouse!

Neeld 

Carlscum should have kept Brett Ratten...

May they wallow in the darkness for many more decades