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Yeah, I'm pretty sure we can all get together on this one...... That and the fact that Mr Morton needs to lift is game all over the park this weekend and beyond.

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Oh I understand all that, and it is perfectly logical..... I just don't believe he has earned the spot given what we have seen from him so far this season.

Another good move off field, well done Dees !!! Loving your continued work fellas, keep on trying !!!

Not lately......

A little baffling to me.......

Nope, we just suck......

I understand the sentiment, but wouldn't think this is terribly logical or practical....... And I certainly don't think or want this to happen.

We didn't "let him go", he chose to leave and join Carlton...... We got a pretty good deal as he was traded for a first round pick (11 or 12'ish from memory). But I'm pretty damn sure he was not sacked or released by the the Dees, he chose to leave this club for another one.

Agreed as I also thought he looked pretty good and his ongoing improvement has been a rare highlight this year...... There were moments when he looked as good as we all hope he can be, showing a more physical game than we have seen in the past, albeit with a ways to go yet. I do admit to love seeing him with ball in hand as he tends to use it better than most. And while we all know what we need (and want) up forward, but maybe playing on the wing is where he proves to be best, at least for the time being. Developing his skill and using it to hopefully deliver a good ball into Clark and whoever else is up there. Although I would like to see him drift into the forward line at times as he so tall and could prove to be quite effective, but he is going to need show a willingness to be more physical. And we have now seen this start to improve and hopefully this will give him more confidence in his own ability to take the game on completely. Thought he was good against the Tiges, and hopefully he will continue to move in that direction. See the glass isn't completely empty !!!

I would imagine it is an absolute certainty that the same message isn't being conveyed to the media and then to the players......

Cheers mate !!!

I'm about to hit 30 (& dealing with it quite well atm), have poor health, and even I've had my doubts about whether I'll ever see one...... My dad in his mid-60's says he has his doubts too . I hope, wish, and pray that we are proven wrong and they eventually do us proud!!!

Ablett was a colossus, again. He makes those kids better by just being there........ What impressed me about the Gold Coast this week was that after their genuinely awful and insipid display last week, with people of all stripes questioning their position and future and direction, their coach being put under pressure, despite their age and inexperience, and the players being ridiculed by plenty, was that they showed so much fight. They didn't cop it lying down, instead they fought and damn nearly won (which would have been great but not really the point). They showed more heart than we seem to be able to muster, they showed a never say die attitude that we seem to be only able to dream of. And that makes me desperately sad.

Personally Stuie, I think everyone should go a little easier after a debacle like that, otherwise we are going to drive ourselves even crazier than we already are...... But you're right you're not alone, your post was just the one that jumped out at me. Apologies !!!

Ha, well said !!!

I think you will find that no-one is happy right now stuie....... And that everyone reacts to this awfulness differently, so please mate go easy.

Yes he did, but he seemingly must also be blamed (or be accountable) for any and all problems, mistakes and general rubbish that occurs.......

Regarding both of them it seems.......

There are probably quite a few of us who still give just the smallest amount of crap...... Or at least there should be.

Interesting thing here is that many commentators have made mention of how slow Carlton were in previous seasons. And that this past off season they employed specific sprint training with Matt Shirvington's former coach (I think that's right). Now that kind of training doesn't make a player want to go for the ball any more, but it does make him more capable of getting there. They look a lot quicker across the ground. Just a thought.......

6. Howe 5. Watts 4. Jones 3. Grimes 2. Trengove 1. Clark

We might well be, but clearly that is still not nearly enough.......

It's the tackling, or utter lack there of that confounded me....... The technique is appalling.

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