Universal Love Thank you SOS

[Kramer1]

but clearly we didn't have everything in order - I think people see sos as some sort of security blanket - as long as he's around things will be ok - well he's gone now and all the gnashing and moaning in the world won't change that - we are continually asked to be patient with our players - perhaps expecting a fluent, cohesive organization from a diverse series of individuals with egos to match requires the greatest patience of all - in 1980 we removed a president and our captain coach (more beloved even than sos) defected - we survived, even won two flags in the next three years - in 1989 we sacked our coach 18 months after he took us to a flag - we survived and prospered - unfortunately carlton just doesn't seem to "do" cohesion well - perhaps that eternal, internal friction is a bit like the grain of sand in the oyster, it has certainly produced glorious results in the past - be disappointed, point the finger, write what you think is important, then pull your navy jumper on and think about the future - fresh blood into a club on the cusp, how exciting - and the past, how the fu** have we been as successful as we have been considering a look back over our history shows a battlefield strewn with bloodied bodies and broken dreams and grumpy baggers (and that's just the boardroom) we exist to win flags and the opposition clubs know it is only a mater of time before crippa and doc are holding up our 17th cup - true story.

Amazing the shit you can put up when you are banking flags...but you are talking about a very different time, and a very different competition.

Harder to keep the faith when the club has continually mined new levels of dysfunction and disappointment for twenty years. No idea exactly how many pats on the back SOS is due, but its been a relatively linear, club wide improvement since he came on board, and I think most importantly, he has done near enough to exactly what he said he would at the outset...take his time and build a premiership list, rather than a finals list. Consistent...reliable...trustworthy...not words we often associate with the Carlton administration, unless prefixed with un or in. So yep, I think the security blanket call is spot on. Not a bad thing is it?

All this before we factor him being one of our greats...damn near our greatest.

It's bloody numbing...and I'm a pretty passive supporter these days.

 

[thylacine60]

Silvagni knew fate before trade period, drafts

Carlton told Stephen Silvagni prior to the trading period that he would not be retained as the club's head of list management.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Metalcrusher]

Silvagni knew fate before trade period, drafts

Carlton told Stephen Silvagni prior to the trading period that he would not be retained as the club's head of list management.

www.theage.com.au

"The favourite son fronted a tense board meeting last week and aired some of his grievances at the way he had been treated by management, in particular by the chief executive Liddle, who has ultimately prevailed in an apparent conflict with the favourite son and list manager."

 

[Metalcrusher]

****ing BOLLOCKS BOLLOCKS BOLLOCKS

 

[thylacine60]

no-one disagrees quite like a kalgoorlie boulder tin flattener...........

 

[Lace_Out]

Thanks SOS, we needed someone hard and uncompromising to rebuild the list and most importantly someone we could trust.
You put yourself in a position that was ultimately going to put you in harms way at some stage, just like on the field.

Looking forward to us reaping the rewards going forwards.

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[murphster]

First of all Thank You SOS for all your hard work and dedication in building us a list that will hopefully contend for many years to come.
While I am disappointed to lose SOS and in the way it was handled, the fact is he was already discussing an exit strategy with the Pres for when his contract was up before the whole Liddle incident reared it’s ugly head, the statement released was obviously a load of old bollocks but what’s done is done.
I just hope that we all can now move on and get back to the job at hand and forget about recriminations or calls for sackings or especially calls for the replacing of our President who has done a great job getting this club into a great off field and fiscal position while in the most part keeping the place harmonious and strife free, which we all know is not an easy task at the CFC, so the last thing we need is for supporter disharmony which will only lead to the media jumping in and laying the boots in again as they have so enjoyed in the past, this in turn will lead to others with more clout than us calling for change and then we will be back to where we started and all the good work that people like SOS and Co have done will have been for nothing.

So I plead with all Carlton supporters to please put this behind us and look to the future or else we will be faced again with our dark and miserable past and that my friends we can not afford, so again please let it go, as much as you want to vocalise your frustration and angst at what has transpired we can not afford the disharmony at this point in time when we need to maintain our unity so that we can once again unfurl that premiership flag at our spiritual home at Princes Park. Thanks again SOS and Go Blues.

 

[mutleyblue]

Thank You Sos for rebuilding the playing list when it was in tatters to one that has enviable talent and potential. Schooled the rest of the list managers on draft nights and trade weeks. So dedicated to the jumper on field and off. Thanks for all your efforts

 

[Neese]

Still pissed off

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

+1

 

[Neese]

I just got the member forum email

 

[bluemahogany]

 

[Aphrodite]

 

[Stamos]

Funny from Dylan, but sadly 100% spot on from McClure.

 

[Accidental genius]

Thank you sos. You returned to the club at a time when things were pretty crap. You gave us hope and went on to build a very good list for us. The future from a list perspective looks great but unfortunately off field not so great and seems to have led to your early departure. Sad to see you go.

Thanks and best wishes.

 

[windows1]

To my favourite ever Blue. I saw you at training the other day. I nearly teared up. Turns out it was your last day.

Probably ‘last day ever’ now I guess. Glad I was there. All good things come to an end sure. You seemed happy.

You should be happy. And proud. This is you, through my eyes in your LM capacity:

- 13 first round picks coming through the door in 5 years
- an incredible 25+ AFL standard players
(1) first year Weiters, CC, McKay, Jack, Plow, Cunners
(2) second year SPS, Fish, Marchy, Willo
(3) third year Dow, LOB, Kennedy, TDk
(4) fourth year Walsh, Stocker, Setters, Gibbons, Newman and MCG
(5) fifth year Newnes, Martin, Philp, Kemp and I bet at least one of the others come through. I didn’t count Ben or Cottrell but they have every chance.

What an incredible effort. Every year. For five years. Say whatever you want about the fringe picks. The outcome is amazing.

I love the list. I love what the future holds.

And I love you sos you arrogant, stubborn, creative determined mother ****er.

 

[therubbernub]

Amazing the shit you can put up when you are banking flags...but you are talking about a very different time, and a very different competition.

Harder to keep the faith when the club has continually mined new levels of dysfunction and disappointment for twenty years. No idea exactly how many pats on the back SOS is due, but its been a relatively linear, club wide improvement since he came on board, and I think most importantly, he has done near enough to exactly what he said he would at the outset...take his time and build a premiership list, rather than a finals list. Consistent...reliable...trustworthy...not words we often associate with the Carlton administration, unless prefixed with un or in. So yep, I think the security blanket call is spot on. Not a bad thing is it?

All this before we factor him being one of our greats...damn near our greatest.

It's bloody numbing...and I'm a pretty passive supporter these days.

We have a premiership list now! It’s all speculation . Has he done a good job- yes. Has he done an outstanding job- only possibly.


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[Weiterbot23]

Thanks SOS

In my 34 years of life no one has given more to the club on or off field than you.

Not many have the standing amongst Carlton people to totally gut the club and rebuild it, you were able to do this with the patience of of the entire supporter group.

Hopefully this list can do you proud and further cement your legacy as a legend of the game.

Hopefully we see you back a few years down the track on the board or even president

 

[norway blue]

Thanks SOS

In my 34 years of life no one has given more to the club on or off field than you.

Not many have the standing amongst Carlton people to totally gut the club and rebuild it, you were able to do this with the patience of of the entire supporter group.

Hopefully this list can do you proud and further cement your legacy as a legend of the game.

Hopefully we see you back a few years down the track on the board or even president

Thanks SOS . Significant LOSS. Come back as BOSS .


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[Rosscoe]

Thx SOS...cento anni

 

[murphster]

Full Back of the 20th Century.
List Manager of the 21st Century
And ripping Carlton person in both.
We love you SOS.

The Two Incarnations of SOS

Could We See A Third In The Future

President Silvagni?

 

[Zatoichi Blue]

Breaking news : "AC/DC are re-recording some of their best hits in honour of the great man Silvagni." - 9th Dec 2019

Managed to score an advanced release of the album and thought I'd give the BF community a sneak peek at some of the new songs.

Chronological order (apparently)......

Song 1 - "Shot Down In Flames"



Out on the town, looking for a small forward
Gonna give me good love
Anybody want to hand off me
And give me plenty of
He was standing alone over by the Sydney jukebox
Like he's something to sell
I said, Sydney what's the going price?
They told me to go to hell

Shot down in flames
Shot down in flames
Ain't it a shame
Papley deal shot down in flames

Still dealing for Paps, got my eye on that honey
Hanging out everywhere
He might kick straight
He might want my money
I really don't care, no…..

A sad song to open the album.....

 

[Zatoichi Blue]

Then it get's better.....

Song 2 - "Jailbreak"



There was a friend of mine on “blue murder”
And Malthouse’s gavel fell
And our CEO found him guilty
Gave him 6 years in Adelaide hell.
He said "I ain't spending my whole life here
I ain't livin' alone
Ain't breakin' no rocks on the Matty Nicks chain gang
I'm breakin' out and heading home"
Gonna make a (jailbreak)
And I'm looking towards the sky
I'm gonna make a (jailbreak)
Oh, how I wish that I could fly

All in the name of our Eddie
All in the name of OUR Eddie
SOS said, He’s got to be free

Let me outta here
(Jailbreak)
Six years
(Jailbreak)
Had more than I can take
(Jailbreak)

Yeah……….

 

[Zatoichi Blue]

And better.....

Song 3 - "Big Gun"



Riot on the trade radio
Pictures on Foxtel TV
SOS man take what he can
Bidding on that Henry
Sticking 'em up and dealing 'em down
Living out a fantasy
There's a Brodie and Philp cruising around
still in the Top 20 scene
Don't let it be wrong
Don't let it be right
Get in SOS’s way
You're dead in his trade sights

Big gun
Big gun, don’t stop at just one
Big guns
Big guns, let’s turn it into two

Just beautiful listening........

 

[Zatoichi Blue]

And then this.....

Song 4 - "The Jack"



SOS gave 'em the queen
SOS gave 'em the king
He was wheelin' and dealin'
Just doin' his thing
Dew was holdin' a pair
But Teague had to try
The Suns were wild
But our SOS was high
But how was I to know
That Jack been dealt with before
Said he'd never been to IKON before
But I should have known
From his deadly left leg
And so clean on his right
SOS had the card to bring him down
If he played it right

We’ve got the Jack, we’ve got the Jack
we’ve got the Jack, we’ve got the Jack....

Thanks AC/DC for this fitting TRIBUTE album. In SOS we trust!!