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Fellas this may sound stupid...but do you think if we had missed Richmond in the first round and then had Port’s draw at the start of the year (QLD hub with disgruntled WC/Freo) we probably could’ve snuck into the 8.

West Coast, Freo and Gold Coast at Metricon is a fantastic way to gain momentum and then the majority of games at home. You guys didn’t deserve top 4 let alone a prelim.

Give the kid a break. Wait until he is 24-25 before making these judgments... Most 20 year olds are coach killers, we can't expect to unearth the next Sam Walsh with every top 10 pick. Jobe Watson had similar kicking deficiencies early in his career and became a Brownlow Medallist. Paddy is a...

Marchbank should be on the trade table while he still has currency. Whilst I agree with the bolded above, we already have a number of KP players who can play a similar intercept type role (Welters, Plowman, Jones, potentially McGov?) We all know his potential and have seen glimpses of his best...

I hope that we've learned something from Dodo's recent recruiting flaws, De Goey (much like * recruitment of Stringer) He looks out of sorts and perhaps a change of clubs is potentially his way of trying to run away from some of the mental demons that he is obviously battling away from footy...

I've continually been ridiculed for saying this but all injuries aside there seemed like something else weighing him down all year (Cripps). I'm no expert in reading body language, nor am I a psychologist but I have been saying this for weeks. In years gone by (injuries or not) he would play...

Clearly nothing productive to add to the Cripps discussion apart from a gif and a quote of nothing. Your 2020 output ain’t too different to Cripps’s

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Was this comment supposed to be the “I told you so moment”? Shall I re-quote your post in 3 months when he still hasn’t re-committed? That excerpt about contract is all spin. It’s speculative. All that I extracted from that paragraph was that Sam Edmund was ‘assuming’ Cripps would re-sign...

Ultimately, Cripps has the final decision on the contract. And I was referring to his player manager bargaining with the club by not extending past FA in order to maximise his value at the end of the contract. I firmly believe Carlton would have an offer on the table to make him a blue for...

I think this nomination from Williams shows that we are starting to become a destination club. Perhaps we should've been a bit more proactive with fat stringer or given up pick 1 (Sam Walsh) for Sheil? From previous years, Robbo backed these 'bold' Dodoro moves, if memory serves me correctly...

Okay so now we know "What's up with Cripps", he was playing under duress. Good on him for doing his best to push through the pain. Poor form on his part as captain for "pushing through the pain" he has clearly now dropped out of the top 50 players in the comp. Gary Ablett would not have played...

Williams is an unbelievable snag if we get it done.. Fingers crossed. There are no doubts that Saad is an exciting and explosive player. However do we want someone on big money who would be at their third club? It's a huge risk.. A player requesting a trade to a third club says a bit about...

Credit where credit is due, proud of the boys fighting it out in the last game of the year against a quality team with a clearly influential Brissy crowd. In a game with nothing to really salvage from a finals perspective, in years gone by we would've rolled over and been beaten by 7 or 8...

Moore has to be delisted, his performances and professionalism aren’t up to AFL standard. Marchbank is 100 percent trade bait, we need players with durability. Yes he has potential... However, the club has been way to loyal to players in recent years, especially guys who take a large cut of the...

I won’t be voting. I would’ve much preferred he kick his set shot from 35 out directly in front about five minutes before.

Cripps has been medically cleared to play, banged up or not he has horribly been out of form in the midfield. Very poor. This is no excuse, his disposal efficiency and (lack ofburst) is what has been killing us. Also, I think he is trying too hard to carry the team instead of being a team...

If he has a groin injury, let say an adductor tendinopathy, he should NOT be playing. Overload/stress on the tendon > leads to stress reactions on the bone > Osteitis Pubis. The club should not be playing him if he is half baked. I'm backing in the medical team in this instance that he is...

Dow, O'Brien, Stocker, Marchbank are trade bait Probably all second rounders, but could compensate in a package for a Papley or Williams along with a first rounder

Repost from September 3rd. Replace Cottrell with 'Selection Consistency'

Great input, you've added nothing apart from ridicule me. What is his injury mate? Fatigue? Multiple Corkies? Should we be holding the medical staff accountable for letting him play then?

SPS will be lucky to hold his spot.

I’m sick to death of people saying ‘he’s injured’ What is the injury then? Hard knocks? If it is, don’t play him. He certainly doesn’t have a torn ACL or Achilles? Injuries are no excuse for poor set shot kicking at crucial times during games. Champion in the past or not, he is poorly out...

I have been ridiculed for saying this, but David Teague is no different to Reece Shaw. They are both apprentice senior coaches. We should not have been so reactive in appointing him after a couple of wins last year when our rigid game style was freed up. It is NOT an accurate representation...

He is getting paid >$1million a year, it is warranted criticism when somebody like Jack Newnes who gets paid $200,000 is having a better year. Unfortunately, some of the higher ups at Carlton seem to give him a free pass because he is Patty Cripps

Stop making an excuse for his poor performances. Injured or not, if he is putting on the jumper he is clearly fit enough to play. He is the nucleus of our midfield at the moment he is playing like a taller Brock McLean.

Unfortunately a fair few of our higher ups seem to think 'this a normal part of the trajectory' losses etc. We all believed that green shoots bull**** It's not acceptable anymore, as much as you think Teague has done an 'amazing job and freed up the game style' we kicked 39 points tonight and...

Yes actually, I have that decade burned in my memory. My point is that it was poor selecting Teague based upon a few results on the tail end of the Bolton era (much like Reece Shaw) This was Bolton's moulded team that won these games on during Teague's caretaker tenure. Teague was then...

What is our obsession with apprentice senior coaches? Would you rather a carpenter with 5 years experience or an apprentice? I was a critic when he was appointed prematurely based upon form from last year. The much criticised Barker had a similar trajectory to Teague after he took over as...

Forget his game.. We all have a poor one from time to time.. But how many times did he play for the free kick tonight? He ain't leading by example.