Carlton Supporters Club

Painted ourselves into a corner with long term deals so the trade table for us is the $2 bin at the player reject shop with players like Haynes.

I watched us score wins against real sides in games that counted....

Lions rnd 1
GWS
Freo when up early in year
Port on own dungheap
Cheats when flying
Geelong
Dees with Petracca et al.

Don't tell me they were fluked or sneaky wins.

TdK gets taken down then the dynamic totally changes....  Can't defend, can't spread, can't win centre clearances, suddenly too slow to defend on transition.

Change a few key personnel - look how quickly the dynamic changed, there's our true fragility

Multiple time as the weekend Harry takes the footy from overhead to waist high more than once at the weekend, gets tunnelled or pummelled, and the pill gets dislodged usually by body contact with another player, the umpires call play on.

A player takes an arms up overhead mark that is punched clear before even a second ticks by, and the umpires pay the mark.

Harry holds the footy 2x longer and isn't rewarded, we need to be asking the questions now in advance of next season.

We need to persist with youngsters that can stay on the park.
Play Moir and persist with him in Jack Martin\s role he has talent to burn
Give Billy Wilson a run in Saad's role
Give Jaxon Binns a run in Cottrell's role

For weeks people have been observing that 'Charlie had turned lazy.' Charlie has been playing injured for weeks. Brad Lloyd said 'a number of weeks' which translated into 'Carlton speak' means at least  6! Walsh is definitely hampered, I'd suspect with a back problem, I can't use his best weapon.... pace and quick reaction therefore he gets caught a lot and is restricted in his delivery. To win premierships you need a consistent list, a high degree of talent, no injuries and a fair bit of luck. What chance did we have.

The AFL would never admit it, but the "free-kick-Curnow" uproar late last year has effected the way the umpires look at Charlie and H.  They are both still getting the odd free, but never 2 in a row, and really never 2 in a quarter.  the oppo know they can tunnel/chop/block them and only 10% of them will be called

The AFL would never admit it, but the "free-kick-Curnow" uproar late last year has effected the way the umpires look at Charlie and H.  They are both still getting the odd free, but never 2 in a row, and really never 2 in a quarter.  the oppo know they can tunnel/chop/block them and only 10% of them will be called

Noticed the same thing.

Been hearing this for the last 10 years. How many times can we blame bad luck or lack or personnel.

We lost many games when the injury list was not what it is now.
As a club we continued to persist with guys on pit list that just cant stay on the park for any sort of extended time without breaking down so it's our fault its not luck.

And then we go out last year and waste a spot on another one in the same basket.