Preview Rnd 10 Carlton v Adelaide Sunday May 25 4.40 pm @ MCG - Team post *686

[Wickzki]

One team will play great, the other team will play shit. Hope that we're the ones that show up

 

[Jimaki]

And the fact that Adelaide paid him a bucket load more mulla doesn't count? The rest I agree with.

I honestly believe if it wasn't for Eddies father being ill that he would of stayed.

 

[Wickzki]

I honestly believe if it wasn't for Eddies father being ill that he would of stayed.

Care to disagree with you there. There comes a point where you have to be loyal to yourself and your family. Adelaide tabulated an offer that for all intents and purposes we could not match for the best of the footy club moving forward. I cannot fault Eddie for taking it and running.

 

[Jimaki]

Deserved?

DEFINTALTY deserved mate. He gets his chance to play senior footy has been playing well in the VFL. Im glad they are giving him a chance hopefully he can take it with both hands. They gave Boots a chance more then ONE and he hasn't even shown much at all. Boots is a very frustrating kid to watch and his decision making with the ball in his hands isn't up to par. I hate having a dig at kids but ive seen better footy in the local A grade. I would like the club to trade him at end of year.

 

[Jimaki]

Care to disagree with you there. There comes a point where you have to be loyal to yourself and your family. Adelaide tabulated an offer that for all intents and purposes we could not match for the best of the footy club moving forward. I cannot fault Eddie for taking it and running.

the offer may have been quite amazing but Eddie bleeds blue. Still a blue at heart. The enemy on the weekend tho.

 

[BIGGUS 64]

Yes the fixturing & price aren't family friendly, hope you get to a match soon...hope the littlies are blue baggers!!!

Oh yes, so far so good!

Indoctrinated from infancy.

 

[Jimaki]

Named there to shake a tag I bet. Waite will be FF and Cas CHF.

Murphy named at CHF, Armfield at FF.... And so begins the era of the two towers!

 

[BIGGUS 64]

So true, BD. On a side note have you tried asking A_M to do some sitting for you?

lol
You're a cryptic man Thy... or I'm feeling particularly brain dead this evening...
Bit of each perhaps.

There's been the odd occasion I've gone to a game with mates in recent years and left the kids with my wife, but generally I try to get to games I can take the boys to. My wife isn't a footy fan, and she is not too keen on me taking our daughter (the youngest, 6yo) to the footy. I'll have to work on that.

 

[HBF]

Would like to see Levi actually start converting the chances he is creating for himself after clunking some pretty good marks.
If he's going to stay in the 22 he simply has to start kicking straight.

 

[mickelboy182]

Named there to shake a tag I bet. Waite will be FF and Cas CHF.

Hah, I somehow don't think Sanderson will fall for it...

 

[etsal1]

As it stands right now, Carrots will be playing in the VFL.

 

[chelseacarlton]

If ever there was a time to play for a GF winning former player and CFC administration officer of our proud club,it is now!.
And,we get to put these flat track pea hearts back in their barrels,it is NOW!!.
I want this win and want it NOW!!
Or, I can wait til that shizen twilight time slot AGAIN you AFL dickheads!.

 

[Just Kreuzing]

As it stands right now, Carrots will be playing in the VFL.

Agree I think there may be only 1 change, Waite in for Robinson.

If Waite is not right to go then I can see Blaine Johnson debuting and playing Robbo's half forward role.

 

[ferrisb]

Murphy named at CHF, Armfield at FF.... And so begins the era of the two towers!

Must want to rest him up forward after holding down CHB for a year...

 

[etsal1]

Agree I think there may be only 1 change, Waite in for Robinson.

If Waite is not right to go then I can see Blaine Johnson debuting and playing Robbo's half forward role.

What I meant is Carrots IS playing VFL. Johnson is as well.

Not sure about the others.

 

[Just Kreuzing]

What I meant is Carrots IS playing VFL. Johnson is as well.

Not sure about the others.

Oh ok, my bad...

 

[RedFury]

Nah...

Three young kids + Sunday night means the evening is mainly about getting them bathed and into bed for the start of the school week.

Also I'm a teacher and we're in the middle of report writing right now. Footy has to take a back seat.

I'm hanging out for a game that is totally suitable to take the kids to. They're few and far between these days. Next week we're in Brisbane, then it's consecutive Friday nights (do-able, but not ideal), then we're playing in Sydney, then it's Sunday night again...
The next afternoon game in Melbourne is round 16 vs St Kilda at Docklands.

I'm telling you, families are being disenfranchised. Footy belongs to the networks now, not the fans.

Round 16 ... Sheesh I had no idea it was so far away. I have young kids too and have been searching for appropriate games to take them to. The fixturing this year has been horrid - family friendly timeslots are certainly well down the list now

Great post B64

 

[Jabba73]

Must want to rest him up forward after holding down CHB for a year...

We need another swingman ....

 

[Big Sim]

Hah, I somehow don't think Sanderson will fall for it...

So you think mick is playing mind games? The old fox.

 

[Wickzki]

the offer may have been quite amazing but Eddie bleeds blue. Still a blue at heart. The enemy on the weekend tho.

Nobody is arguing that he didn't (doesn't) bleed blue. However, he also bleeds for his family, for his post football success, etc. Any AFL footballer is entitled to look out for what is best for him and theirs. When they leave it isn't necessarily a personal attack on the guernsey and all that it represents that they leave behind.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

lol
You're a cryptic man Thy... or I'm feeling particularly brain dead this evening...
Bit of each perhaps.

There's been the odd occasion I've gone to a game with mates in recent years and left the kids with my wife, but generally I try to get to games I can take the boys to. My wife isn't a footy fan, and she is not too keen on me taking our daughter (the youngest, 6yo) to the footy. I'll have to work on that.

That's a bit sad. Some of my best childhood memories are of daddy/daughter days at the footy...and now papa homer and I go together as much as possible. It was awesome to fo with him when I was little, for bonding as much as for football viewing.

 

[Wickzki]

Nothing has come close to bringing the memories of mother/son days at the footy, particularly the entire '95 week. Miss those days terribly.

 

[happydude]

I go with mum every week

 

[FoeverBlues]

Would like to see Levi actually start converting the chances he is creating for himself after clunking some pretty good marks.
If he's going to stay in the 22 he simply has to start kicking straight.

Levi will kick a bag on Sunday with wet weather footy back.

 

[Tony Lynn 15]

Agree I think there may be only 1 change, Waite in for Robinson.

If Waite is not right to go then I can see Blaine Johnson debuting and playing Robbo's half forward role.

Who on earth is Blaine Johnson???? I can honestly say I have never heard of him!