Matty Lappin retires and WILL NOT play this weekend

[Madness 44]

*cough* TANK! *cough*

[Yze_Magic 3]

The further the week goes on, the more I am warming to the idea of coming out all guns blazing and beating them by 100 plus points with half our best team out

Then there will be no hiding for Carlton, and they will lose respect forever

This will have an affect in many areas. Loss of sponsorship dollars, no players wanting to go there

if we smash them, the Carlton Football Club will forever be known as tankers and they will never recover

[Waltham33 409]

That is the spirit! Lets not play fantasy, we will win on Sunday, so we may as well make it count!

I am getting the feeling I may be the only one signing the club song when we win on Sunday.

[demon_josh_au 0]

& Whitnall and Scotland are in doubt. How pathetic are they?

[Waltham33 409]

Pathetic indeed - no way we don’t win on Sunday.

[Jumping Jack Clennett 1,618]

Tanks for the memories!

[jacey 333]

The further the week goes on, the more I am warming to the idea of coming out all guns blazing and beating them by 100 plus points with half our best team out

Then there will be no hiding for Carlton, and they will lose respect forever

This will have an affect in many areas. Loss of sponsorship dollars, no players wanting to go there

if we smash them, the Carlton Football Club will forever be known as tankers and they will never recover

what a load of bull.

It will be forgotten within 2 seconds when they wheel out Kruzer, Palmer, Selwood, Murphy, Gibbs, Kennedy, Simpson, Waite, Fisher, Carrazzo, Walker to their next press conference.

[Demons 32 235]

what a load of bull.

It will be forgotten within 2 seconds when they wheel out Kruzer, Palmer, Selwood, Murphy, Gibbs, Kennedy, Simpson, Waite, Fisher, Carrazzo, Walker to their next press conference.

Unfortunately correct.

And everyone will sign their praises about how good they are. They will be like the Hawks or the Saints were. Bursting with young stars.

Worst thing is, Carlton knows that will be the case.

[Demon Disciple 11,028]

the Carlton Football Club will forever be known as tankers and they will never recover

And the sun will continue to shine, due to the AFL taking away Carlton's priority pick for tanking

[stretch marks 2]

why wouldn't he want to play a farewell match after such a long career?

...because he already knows the result

[beelzebub 22,225]

ok...a little lesson in reality for all those with puffed chests and delicate egos regarding the idea of 'tanking'

No one really cares !!!

Only a Fool wouldnt take the draft pick for the giving.

everyone will say publicly that they wouldnt tank.. would play the straight bat...and then secretly covet the pick and play at 75% to guarantee it !!

The only real F-wits here are the AFL who continually hide head in sand reagarding...oh well..not really enough space here to catalogue it all !! lol

carlton are doing the right thing...by carlton

I can only hope we are doing the same thing.

Trust me doubters... you wont complain when a premiership comes around.. you wont boycott it because we fiddled the books a little, or because we took advantage of a ridiculous situation. Irrespective of who gets the prize it will be the AFL's fault...not either of the two teams playing. Dont buy into their ( AFL ) dilemma. Its dog eat dog...time to bark , snarl,, and roll over !!

[The Fergburger 0]

& Whitnall and Scotland are in doubt. How pathetic are they?

Where did you hear that?

[WonnaJurah 5]

Tanks for the memories!

Tank you, come again

[Little Goffy 12,650]

Yep, bugger it. Let's kill 'em.

Carlton fans have become addicted to high picks, and addicted to blaming their bad seasons on the loss of picks.

Oh oh! they cry, if only we had players like Bartram, Bruce, and Hird...

Which brings me to the other half of the point - high draft picks guarantee nothing at the team level.

I absolutely cannot stress enough that success is built on culture - on effective training, determination to build fitness, good off-field habits, commitment to the contest and building an understanding between teammates.

Maybe I'd be a little more hesitant if it was an extra pick at number one at stake, but for pick 20ish, it's not worth the speculation an innuendo. I'd rather not have yet another negative thing people can say about our club (true or not, if we lose it will be said).

With a regular battallion of quality injured players to come back in next year, and almost a whole new coaching department, one moderately good draft pick just isn't going to count for a hill of beans in the grand scheme of things.

C'arn the Demons.

[Pates 9,537]

The further the week goes on, the more I am warming to the idea of coming out all guns blazing and beating them by 100 plus points with half our best team out

Then there will be no hiding for Carlton, and they will lose respect forever

This will have an affect in many areas. Loss of sponsorship dollars, no players wanting to go there

if we smash them, the Carlton Football Club will forever be known as tankers and they will never recover

I completely agree with you, smash em' and smash em' hard. Let's go into next year with a winning attitude.

[QueenC 74]

I completely agree with you, smash em' and smash em' hard. Let's go into next year with a winning attitude.

I love the idea of going into next year with a winning attitude, I really do, but......

I think I would rather go into next year with some new top quality young players.

Our future is more important that this single game. Sorry !!!

[Redleg 37,729]

*cough* TANK! *cough*

Lappin said in his media conference that if it was a final or an important game that he would have played. Ratten then said half grinning, that Whitnall and Scotland would probably miss with injuries, while they were shown at training running freely.

[Jaded No More 58,223]

Carlton = Joke.

At least try and hide the fact that you're tanking!

I'm going to this game with my best friend, who is a Carlton supporter. I have a feeling that this match might just ruin our 9 year friendship... <_<

[Gouga 508]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. WE MUST WIN!

People say that draft picks are worth more than this one game. To them I say 150 years of the Melbourne Football Club is worth more than a couple draft picks.

Carlton are a disgrace, and I don't want to sink to that level or be associated with that kind of behaviour.

Think of all those players than have gone before the current squad. Never in our history has a Melbourne player stepped on to our home ground, the MCG, and not wanted to win.

Lets smash these cheating pricks. And next year when we meet them, and their number 1 pick, lets smash them again, and again and again.

I'll be there on Sunday cheering for a Melbourne victory. Because the difference between pick 1, 2, 3 or 4 is not worth throwing away 150 years of integrity.

Win the game and let everything else take care of itself.

C'ARN DEES!

[_becks_ 35]

I have some very close friends who are CFC supporters. They are hoping to lose...

[demonsflag555657 3]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. WE MUST WIN!

People say that draft picks are worth more than this one game. To them I say 150 years of the Melbourne Football Club is worth more than a couple draft picks.

Carlton are a disgrace, and I don't want to sink to that level or be associated with that kind of behaviour.

Think of all those players than have gone before the current squad. Never in our history has a Melbourne player stepped on to our home ground, the MCG, and not wanted to win.

Lets smash these cheating pricks. And next year when we meet them, and their number 1 pick, lets smash them again, and again and again.

I'll be there on Sunday cheering for a Melbourne victory. Because the difference between pick 1, 2, 3 or 4 is not worth throwing away 150 years of integrity.

Win the game and let everything else take care of itself.

C'ARN DEES!

Good on you well said can not agree any more

[WonnaJurah 5]

It says on website that Lappin is available this week.

Interesting.

[Bring-Back-Powell 13,248]

I'm more in the "Lets win" camp. Carlton have so much to gain by losing than us.

So what if we get pick 4 instead of 2. Player 4 will likely be as good as Player 2.

And if we lose we get a bonus Pick 18. Thats fine but CAC has not drafted one star yet.

I'd like to see that bonus pick used as trade bait.

[Nasher 33,080]

I'm in the "let's win" camp because I just don't think we can out-tank Carlton. They've got a #1 pick at stake, we haven't got that sort of incentive.

Might as well belt them by 100 points and give Brown and Bizzell a good sendoff.

[Jaded No More 58,223]

I'm in the "let's win" camp because I just don't think we can out-tank Carlton. They've got a #1 pick at stake, we haven't got that sort of incentive.

Might as well belt them by 100 points and give Brown and Bizzell a good sendoff.

I agree that if we win (and we will, because nobody can out-tank and out-crap Carlton), we should win big.

The training run we gave them at the MCG a few years ago is the sort of thing I want to see on Sunday. Not because I enjoy watching such a poor standard of footy, but because I want to humiliate Carlton and I want the media to give them heaps for tanking.

Sure, they'll go away the real winners, but at least they'll be the laughing stock of the competition for a few months (or until Geelong chokes in the finals )