New recruit Judd has put success on Princes Park menu:The Age

[Silvagnis]

New recruit Judd has put success on Princes Park menu

The first involved a dinner attended by Carlton players and the Blues' football department at chairman Richard Pratt's palatial home, Raheen, just before Christmas. The desserts looked appropriately sumptuous. But Judd reportedly commandeered the menu and the likes of the chocolate mousse were shunned in favour of the fruit platter.

The second similar tale was a nice variation on Meg Ryan's famous cafe scene in When Harry Met Sally. A group of Blues wandered into a Lygon Street cafe looking for a post-training snack. Judd was first in line to be served, his choice appropriately diet-conscious. The younger players with him didn't need any prompting. "I'll have what he's having," came a chorus of subsequent orders.

The en masse digestion of Caesar salads instead of pasta isn't necessarily the basis of a vastly improved Carlton in 2008. But at a club where a lack of player leadership has been as palpable as the lack of victories these past few seasons, it's a pretty good sign nonetheless.

Do you think Lance would have gone for the fruit platter and caesar salad?

Or asked for eggs?

Some find the dawning realisation of their own inadequacies confronted by such high standards confronting indeed, as a young Nathan Buckley discovered when he kicked off his AFL career at Brisbane then first arrived at Collingwood, many of his more senior teammates snide in their remarks about the "golden boy".

A clear advantage Judd has at Carlton now is that there are just a handful of a playing list more senior than he. At 24, he's still young enough to relate well to the rawest of kids on the Blues' list, but more experienced than nearly any of his new teammates.

There's total respect across the group, and anyone daring have a quiet whinge about any exacting standards he sets is likely to be put back in their place pretty quickly, or left moaning to themselves.

Judd can clearly drag the attitude of an entire Carlton playing list with him into a new era. And with, it seems, their total co-operation.

 

[SS_Fury]

nothing but a kiss-ass article? whats the point of it? i dont get it...

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

nothing but a kiss-ass article? whats the point of it? i dont get it...

I will type this slow then.

The article is about Judd's positive habits rubbing off on his teammates, about the respect he is held in, about him setting an example that others want to follow by virtue of who he is and what he has achieved.

Carlton have had a dearth of players filling this role in recent years, and it is probably something we desperately need.

 

[mikeythemoocow]

nothing but a kiss-ass article? whats the point of it? i dont get it...

nothing but a sour reply? whats the point of it? i dont get it...

 

[judd5]

Interesting article and just goes to show the impact that Judd is having down at the Blues.
Love the bit where it says that a couple of them went to a restaurant, and Judd was first in line, ordered a salad, and then everyone else quickly copied him.

 

[as0l0]

that's some serious leadership...or at least followship.

 

[Time to rise Blues!]

nothing but a kiss-ass article? whats the point of it? i dont get it...

Nobody got the fact that players copied cousins at the Eagles! Drugs and all. Bunch of w***ers u lot are.

 

[SS_Fury]

but thats all it seems...followship...were the blues that desperate for someone to show them what to eat etc? Surely they have info like this given to them already?

 

[AlecDuncan]

Do you think Lance would have gone for the fruit platter and caesar salad?

Or asked for eggs?

A bag of dimmies I think. And that's for breakfast.

Jokes aside, Lance's knee was his main fitness problem. I had no problems with what he ate as long as he worked it off.

 

[thylacine60]

but thats all it seems...followship...were the blues that desperate for someone to show them what to eat etc? Surely they have info like this given to them already?

Course they have. Whether they follow nutrition or other guidelines is another thing however. In the recent past we haven't had too many genuine stars for the younger fellas to look up to, admire, aspire to or emulate. When the perceived best player in the game behaves a certain way, the new recruits and rookies and younger players all think "good enough for him".

The story is not so much about the actual incidents as much as the fact we have lacked impressive, lead-from-the-front, reliable role models lately.

PS: WCE supporters can download an explanatory version of the article complete with bogan translations and interactive glove puppets.

 

[avid blue supporter]

nothing but a kiss-ass article? whats the point of it? i dont get it...

Why don't you wake up and get a life - d*ckhead.

Judd is doing exactly what he did when he was with that Mob of yours. He is providing a thoroughly professional example that is permeating through the Club. We will only be better for it.

If you don't like the idea of Judd leading us back to the top, then get a phonebook and look in that. I'm sure that you might find some who cares what you think, because we at The Mighty Blues certainly don't!!

 

[Silvagnis]

but thats all it seems...followship...were the blues that desperate for someone to show them what to eat etc? Surely they have info like this given to them already?

Would you like some cheese with your wine and sour grapes?

 

[SirJimi05]

Why don't you wake up and get a life - d*ckhead.

Judd is doing exactly what he did when he was with that Mob of yours. He is providing a thoroughly professional example that is permeating through the Club. We will only be better for it.

If you don't like the idea of Judd leading us back to the top, then get a phonebook and look in that. I'm sure that you might find some who cares what you think, because we at The Mighty Blues certainly don't!!

Hahaha i haven't heard that one since i was in grade 2.

Good to see Judd setting a good example for the Blues.

 

[Big Bucks]

Hahaha i haven't heard that one since i was in grade 2.

Good to see Judd setting a good example for the Blues.

Good stuff,fantastic,what a positive effect The great one is making on the Cartel Football Club.
Take the dummy out of your mouths little one`s before you put the chosen one`s staple diet.
Bring on 08, Judd no Judd, you will struggle to win more than 6 games.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

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Good stuff,fantastic,what a positive effect The great one is making on the Cartel Football Club.
Take the dummy out of your mouths little one`s before you put the chosen one`s staple diet.
Bring on 08, Judd no Judd, you will struggle to win more than 6 games.

Nice colour you have there. Looks better with a splash of yellow however.

 

[AndyLucimitis]

New recruit Judd has put success on Princes Park menu

Do you think Lance would have gone for the fruit platter and caesar salad?

Or asked for eggs?

Can you have chips with caesar salad ?

 

[RPCB]

nothing but a kiss-ass article? whats the point of it? i dont get it...

Oh dear.

Have you tried to emulate the Eagles players and taken drugs? That might explain the fact that you dont get it.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Virtually all i read was "omfg, we have got Chris Judd, yay!" Remember what happened to Jade Rawlings after he left Hawthorn? He became almost the biggest Hack in the comp.

It is about confidence, really... The players may act differently because all they are hearing is "Judd is a star" Let time tell.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Virtually all i read was "omfg, we have got Chris Judd, yay!"

Says more about your comprehension than anything. It is all about us having been a rudderless ship and now having more leadership and role models.

Remember what happened to Jade Rawlings after he left Hawthorn? He became almost the biggest Hack in the comp.

Fortunately Rawlings isn't a patch on Judd as a player.

It is about confidence, really... The players may act differently because all they are hearing is "Judd is a star" Let time tell.

They are not hearing it, they are saying it and they are itching to hold their own in the same side as him.

 

[HBF]

Just one more example of how Judd is contributing to the rest of our playing list. It just shows up in every aspect of his training regeime, and how it is rubbing off with the young guys at the club.

It scary, as to what we (the supporters) can expect from him when he gets into the main training group post christmas.

 

[HBF]

Virtually all i read was "omfg, we have got Chris Judd, yay!" Remember what happened to Jade Rawlings after he left Hawthorn? He became almost the biggest Hack in the comp.

Please do not compare Rawlings to Judd.
You'd have to wonder why Hawthorn wouldn't want to give Jade the deal that he was after. Could it be that they knew his knees were stuffesd, and that perhaps Jade was trying to screw the club?

 

[SS_Fury]

u guys really love to sink the boot in...my main point is, was there not much leadership at Carlton for this to happen in the first place. Sure some younger kids look up to players and emulate their characteristics, but it seems like this article suggests the blues were bascially lost and had no focal point. Was someone like stevens not revered as someone to emulate? Im just asking a question, not trolling and the references and personal shots (ie, me being a d'head) or to the club i support means you have run out of explanation and cannot asnwer my question.

 

[bluesforever]

Good, positive article. The season isn't that far away, this all won't seem real until he runs out in the navy blue, but wow, Carlton could not have possibly got a better recruit than this guy, even J.Brown. Judd is what basically every young midfielder wants to be and to have him as an influence to our boys will make a massive difference in the short and long term.

Bring on 08.

 

[HBF]

u guys really love to sink the boot in...my main point is, was there not much leadership at Carlton for this to happen in the first place. Sure some younger kids look up to players and emulate their characteristics, but it seems like this article suggests the blues were bascially lost and had no focal point. Was someone like stevens not revered as someone to emulate? Im just asking a question, not trolling and the references and personal shots (ie, me being a d'head) or to the club i support means you have run out of explanation and cannot asnwer my question.

With the club losing Koutoufides, Lappin and Whitnall over the pre-season, and Stevens being injured for all of the 2007 season, the club was really searching for some on-field leadership. Judd and Stevens are quite clearly the 2 most players look up to, with blokes like Scotland and Fevola prefering just to play footy, well, that's the way it look anyway.

We still need some players in that 24-28 age range, and we may take that view during the 2008 trade week.

 

[as0l0]

my main point is

i think our main point is that you should pearce off!