QueenC

I went for Green (despite the obvious issues), but this answer actually works for me....... I was never a fan of the annual leadership rotation that St Kilda used to do, nor do I like the current captaincy in triplicate at the Swans, but given we are experiencing a current supposed leadership vacuum (or drought), it may be useful to see what this lot actually may (or may not) offer, or learn. And Rhino's right, if McLean (or any of the others) are good enough then they will earn it, and we will get to see it, hopefully. Besides there really isn't anything to lose now in 2008 and a decision on the captaincy is going to have to be made in the near future so the club may as well learn or try to teach what they can now.

Down girl !!!

6. Green 5. McLean 4. Rivers 3. Whelan 2. Bruce 1. Frawley

Just for a laugh........ CARLTON PLAYER STATUS REPORT ANDREW WALKER – Still in therapy from playing 22 positions in 22 weeks under Denis Pagan. JORDAN RUSSELL – Half of our fans think it’s disrespectful to the great John Nicholls to allow Jordan Russell to meander around in the number 2 jumper. The other half think it’s disrespectful to Dominic Fotia. MARC MURPHY – Highly talented youngster who is widely regarded as the worst decision maker in the game after turning down the chance to go to Brisbane under the father/son rule. BRYCE GIBBS – Has been nicknamed Schapelle because he’s counting the days until he’s allowed to go home. CHRIS JUDD – Judd is severely hampered by a long term groin injury. He has lost explosive pace, can’t kick over 40 metres, is unable to turn freely and can only play 60% of game time. Clearly the best player on the list. KADE SIMPSON – Kade’s like the average looking bird at a party that you chat up so you know you’ve got a guaranteed root in case you can’t land something decent. Made captain till something better came along and then dropped like a Cain Ackland chest mark. MATTHEW KREUZER – Was named as the player to lead the club out of the wilderness by our President Tricky Dicky, who the called him Matt Kruger in the same sentence. Don’t know about the kid, but for god sake keep Pratt away from the players. JASON SADDINGTON – Sydney capped off their unforgettable Premiership win in 2005 by off-loading Jason Saddington on the Blues. RICHARD HADLEY – Plays footy not unlike Richard Hadlee from NZ would play the game. Should only be picked if the Blues win the toss and bowl first. CAIN ACKLAND – The story goes that when Greg Swann was woken by a call in the middle of the night and told that one of his players had been videotaped urinating on a nightclub window, he knelt by the side of his bed and prayed it was Cain Ackland. LUKE BLACKWELL – Selected by Carlton under the father/ordinary son rule. He’s a smaller, weaker, less talented version of his father Wayne. BRAD FISHER – Unshaven half forward flanker who could comfortably pass for one of the homeless. Broke his thumb in the pre-season after getting punched in the nose outside a soup kitchen. SHAUN GRIGG – Loves to run with the footy. I suggest we buy him a Sherrin, drop him off on the Western Highway and hope he runs back home to Ballarat. SETANTA O’hAILPIN – In four years the Irishman has failed to grasp even the most basic concepts of AFL football. During Round One this year he was asked to pay more attention to loose men, so after the game he went cruising for action down Commercial Road in Prahran. AISAKE O’hAILPIN – Has learnt everything he knows about footy from his older brother. In other words he thinks the MCG can fly because it has two wings. PAUL BOWER – Looks like ‘Curly’ Austin from the 1970’s, plays like ‘Curly’ Howard from The Three Stooges. EDDIE BETTS – If that’s the case he should have $100 on Carlton to win the spoon. ADAM HARTLETT – The Blues new enforcer took out Cam Howat behind the play in Round One. He’s currently suspended, but will be back to take out Ricky Petterd against the Dees in Round Four. NICK STEVENS – Typical drover’s dog who missed all of 2007 with a neck injury after spending all of 2006 looking over his shoulder for oncoming contact. BRENDON FEVOLA – The Fevola File is now into it’s 7th bound edition. Fev had a tumultuous pre-season but told the match committee he has learnt from his mistakes. He has promised to fire up against Collingwood by taking out Dick, then follow it up against the Eagles by pissing on Glass. CAMERON CLOKE – Getting a ruckman that Collingwood rejects is like going to Calcutta to replace your chauffeur. HEATH SCOTLAND – Heath is a favourite in footy Dreamteams. Unfortunately for Carlton they don’t play their matches on some pimply nerd’s laptop. JARRAD WAITE – Waite could do with a little more weight and he doesn’t have to look far. It’s hanging over the top of Nick Stevens’ shorts. JORDAN BANNISTER – In 1954 Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile. In 2008 Jordan Bannister is hoping to break the four-possession game. BRET THORNTON – Tireless defender whose weekly misery is compounded by knowing that for 2 glorious days in October 2006, he was a Hawk. RYAN HOULIHAN – The last of the four Houlihan sisters to play League football. Post-retirement he’s destined to live in the same trailer park as the Whitnall brothers SIMON WIGGINS – For the third year running the Blues forgot to delist Wiggins because he’s so forgettable. Has played 89 games for the club and at the current rate will play his 100th in 2012. DARREN PFEIFFER – Youngster who will have to come to terms with the fact that Fev will never be able to spell his surname because it starts with a silent Pee. ANDREW CARAZZO – Ball magnet with a kicking impediment. He only told the club this year that Carazzo is Italian for turnover. __________________

That really was awesome!!!

For what its worth...... DON ARGUS Conversation with Don Argus

I can sympathise with the poor bastard .......

Only if you can afford to....... Oh for heavens sake you don't have to love the guy, but at least have some respect for what he has done for this club. And if he is out there doing his bit (sorry I'm in Sydney so can't really comment on the ad) to try and get people to sign up, then why the whinge? Let him or any of them try and help. We could do with all the support we can get and he is as high profile as anyone we have.

Now they would be nice, but since we don't currently possess a time machine...... I'll second this one !!!

Yep, there's no pressure, no pressure at all !!!

No argument here babe..... I remember watching that hit from Williams, and it was without a shadow of a doubt the worst thing I have seen on any football field. And while I don't think there was any legal action taken, that would have been the kind of incident that could have set some very serious precedents.

Yep but only in the world of Barry Hall...... I'm not sure it even extends to the rest of his team mates !!!

With what you would think is a far worse record...... Maybe the tribunal deemed the hit to be "in play"? It has worked for them before !!!

Still the best two options in my opinion and yet not even in the "leadership group"...... I don't know what that says about me or them ?!!!

What Danny Williams did to the Tigers player (who's name escapes me) was far worse GnJ.......

I had it my head to be more than eight and this may be regarded as a little below what it should have been, but his injury is utterly irrelevant...... While I understand the point of saying he will be out for a substantial period of that penalty anyway, an injury to the perpetrator (unless he broke his knuckles!!!) should never be taken into account when judging the length of time he or anyone for that matter, should be spending on the sidelines as it isn't part of the case at hand, or the action that he took which will lead to the penalty, therefore while it may seem to be an easy out, given the injury, it is irrelevant in the judgement. Personally I feel the penalty should have been harsher, but not because he has a broken wrist (and therefore the time that will be spent on the sideline has been factored in), but because it was an bloody awful, cowardly, mind blowingly stupid, dangerous and vindictive act. Simple as that. But then again I think the AFL tribunal should be a hell of a lot harsher on a bloody lot more cases than they are, so this one really shouldn't surprise anyone. The thing is that they will now think that this was pretty tough (particularly in regards to the Swans), and it is if you go on past ordinary acts that have been let off with what I see as lenient penalties, but the reality is that lesser acts have been hit with far harsher penalties in other codes of footy. And there are more than a few examples from last weekend's AFL that should count themselves as extraordinary lucky. Just my opinion.......

Ahh, there's the accecptence of the diversity of opinion we have come to loath...... For the record my money would have been on Green or Rivers, but who the hell really knows!!!

Oh heavens ........

My god you would hope so......

You really shouldn't need five .......

Sympathy votes?!!!

It can be and has been a lonely opinion to hold can't it Jaded ?!!!

Amen to that sentiment Nugget..... Could we win? Yes I think we probably could, but the question is not if we could but if we actually can. Our skills, attitude and confidence are currently non-existent and after a pretty good win today against the Filth, Carlton will have their tails up to get two in a row and probably regard next week as potentially the easiest win they will get all season, which considering who they are is an arrogant but not out there assumption.

6 to 8 would be my guess..... I was not too far away from that at the game last night, and it was awful to watch, and the crowd actually booed him. Which for a Sydney crowd to boo Barry Hall, I thought I saw pigs flying backwards!!! At least the ground got its own back when he clonked and opened up his head on the polls around the edge.

Maybe he could teach a class?