Bluemour Discussion Thread XI - Facts Not Welcome

[Stig O'Hara]

Note I am learning how to get the post number up...short and sometimes sweet

Yep.

 

[Jabba73]

Note I am learning how to get the post number up...short and sometimes sweet

Yep, he works a lot like Tom Mitchell. Plenty of it, very little impact.

 

[Arr0w]

I bloody hope so.

10 years ago we got Juddy, the out and out best player in the competition.

For the outlay, pretty much saved us.

For the path we’re tracking, do we need a messiah.....cos I can’t see one for the dough we’re splashing.

Shiel, on even more ridiculous money........have my doubts.

Just sayin’

Won't be just Shiel in the next 3 years

 

[Jabba73]

Umm...…..Nope.

*

 

[ShanDog]

Fully understand it’s hard to explain and I was more of a numbers guy than English guy at school. (I could also be wrong).

Say we only effectively want to pay 90% in a year we can front load contracts and bring forward 5% to reach 95%.

This means that we would only be 90% in the following year but can pay 105% so have 15% extra to offer recruits or do what ever.

You could do this over a couple years if you want. It’s just a way of getting around paying a s**t list more than it should to reach the 95% cap.

I’m certain SOS would of done this.

Ah ok I think I get what you're saying now. I'm a words not numbers person which makes this all the more difficult lol

Also a good example of why I would never be a good accountant.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Won't be just Shiel in the next 3 years

You reckon Sheil is worth it right now??

Sell it too me.

 

[Arr0w]

You reckon Sheil is worth it right now??

Yeah I do, given we are offering next year's 1st. Then next year, FA will be massive for us.

 

[ShanDog]

Dark Side is/was ok.

Alderaan incident notwithstanding.

Amen to that.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Yeah I do, given we are offering next year's 1st. Then next year, FA will be massive for us.

How we doing on FA??

Got Daisy.

 

[Burgers45]

If Dogs can win a flag with Tom Boyd on $1m, we’ll be fine paying that for Shiel. IMO

Boyd shudda won a Norm Smith in that GF.
I wonder if Shiel can win a Norm Smith, if or when he comes to us?

 

[Kramer1]

Old Yeller is still ok though, right?

Who ******* cares?

 

[Manhattanite]

You reckon Sheil is worth it right now??

Sell it too me.

Shiel is not the messiah. Cripps is the messiah and he needs all the support he can get and as soon as possible.

Getting in Shiel now (and overpaying for him both in terms of draft picks and money) makes sense because
a) allows the younger mids get more protection and time to develop
b) takes some heat off Cripps
c) makes it easier to bring in other FAs and out of contract players in future years
d) brings in a fitness freak who will improve the training culture
e) brings in someone who will bleed blue like Docherty does as a lifelong supporter
f) makes it easier for Bolton to be able to instill his game plan into the team
g) denies *, hawks and saints another all Australian mid
h) excites the fan base and should lead to more competitive matches and wins in 2019
i) gives us an amazing father/son and father/daughter gene pool in the 2040s




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[Arr0w]

How we doing on FA??

Got Daisy.

Before SOS

Getting a PP this year, makes next year's 1st a free hit. Another year into the kids, players fit, Doc etc, adding Shiel, MM etc, could finish mid table next year

Nice core group of players

 

[Stiffler's Dad]

5 cougars, thanks!

What about the other two nights of the week?

 

[SurreyBlue]

Shiel is not the messiah. Cripps is the messiah and he needs all the support he can get and as soon as possible.

Getting in Shiel now (and overpaying for him both in terms of draft picks and money) makes sense because
a) allows the younger mids get more protection and time to develop
b) takes some heat off Cripps
c) makes it easier to bring in other FAs and out of contract players in future years
d) brings in a fitness freak who will improve the training culture
e) brings in someone who will bleed blue like Docherty does as a lifelong supporter
f) makes it easier for Bolton to be able to instill his game plan into the team
g) denies *, hawks and saints another all Australian mid
h) silences the media critics (probably not)
i) gives us an amazing father/son and father/daughter gene pool in the 2040s




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Sorry but Cripps isn’t the messiah either.
I would hope we have gone back to the ‘team’ first methodology and not an individual mentality.
Carlton has always been about building a list to win premierships and not about Brownlow medals or individual awards.

 

[Burgers45]

There's only 2 types of supporters ..
We have Blues supporters ..
And those that wish they were blues supporters..

Yeh, we are Carlton, f... the rest.

 

[mediumsizered]

we gonna have room for fringe players like charlie & cripps? fmd...............

We will know we are travelling real well when Charlie & Cripps are no longer best 22.

 

[Stiffler's Dad]

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There ya go, Wilbur ...

Of course!

 

[Burgers45]

Carol

Great memory. You must be an ol' timer?

 

[Blue and Blue]

Shiel is not the messiah. Cripps is the messiah and he needs all the support he can get and as soon as possible.

Getting in Shiel now (and overpaying for him both in terms of draft picks and money) makes sense because
a) allows the younger mids get more protection and time to develop
b) takes some heat off Cripps
c) makes it easier to bring in other FAs and out of contract players in future years
d) brings in a fitness freak who will improve the training culture
e) brings in someone who will bleed blue like Docherty does as a lifelong supporter
f) makes it easier for Bolton to be able to instill his game plan into the team
g) denies *, hawks and saints another all Australian mid
h) excites the fan base and should lead to more competitive matches and wins in 2019
i) gives us an amazing father/son and father/daughter gene pool in the 2040s
On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

He's just a very naughty boy

 

[Blue and Blue]

Great memory. You must be an ol' timer?

I remember some things..usually not the right things according to a certain other...lol

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

Sorry but Cripps isn’t the messiah either.
I would hope we have gone back to the ‘team’ first methodology and not an individual mentality.
Carlton has always been about building a list to win premierships and not about Brownlow medals or individual awards.

Maybe not the messiah but I could not think of a better bloke to build your team around. He's irreplaceable as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Much as I love big number 8, we are screaming out for a centre bounce ruck.

Phillips does a Hammie doing up his laces, Lobbe is serviceable.

Spine is good, we’ve nailed that.

 

[SurreyBlue]

Maybe not the messiah but I could not think of a better bloke to build your team around. He's irreplaceable as far as I'm concerned.

We are building a list around Cripps, Docherty, Curnow, McKay, Weitering, Marchbank, Dow, SPS, Fisher..........multiple leaders and messiah’s who will again build and maintain the successful culture.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Sorry to break it to you, but Mr Ed was sent to the glue factory years ago.

Official name Bamboo Harvester and he died in bed of natural causes.