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Suck that, Bluebaggers. Essendon won't even make the 8 this year but they had it all over you.
I'm so over Collingwood and Carlton having the media drool over them the moment they win any inconsequential game (like beating Richmond) when other less fashionable teams (Port, Saints , Dogs) have to win FINALS consistently for three years before they even get a mention in the 'favourites' column.
Why don't Carlton have to 'prove themselves' as finals contenders before being named third favourites for the flag? Why don't Carlton's midfield have to even appear in a single final in over 8 years before being named 'best midfield in the comp', even over Geelong's, just because bloody Nick Stevens (who never did anything even before he was injured) is now fit?
Because of this, I LOVE the fact that their supposed great midfield got walked all over by the likes of Courtney Dempsey and Hayden Skipworth. I LOVE the fact that their non-existent defence was shown to be precisely that by every forward thrust from Essendon. I LOVE the fact that their greatest midfield of all time has a 2nd year ruckman absolutely murdered by a supposedy inferior opponent in David Hille.
And most of all, I LOVE that their supposed match winning midfield, in the last play of the game, saw Judd pass the ball to Marc Murphy in the forward 50, who proceeds to fall over and lose the ball. Maybe, just maybe, the media may wait a little bit before anointing the likes of Gibbs and Murphy as guns -- Cooney and Griffen have both already achieved far, far more than either of them (Brownlow, finals appearances, finals wins) and deserve to be recognised as far more accomplished players than the two Carlton kids who have played maybe 5 good games between the two of them in their entire careers. This Carlton midfield, far from being the best in the league and deserving of comparison with the great midfields of all time, currently lie behind Geelong's, Hawthorn's, Dogs's, Saint's, and Sydney's. Heck, on tonight's evidence, they lie behind Essendon's.
Carlton better pray that Judd doesn't ever get injured ever again because they are one dodgy shoulder away from bottom 4/wooden spoon status.
I'm so over Collingwood and Carlton having the media drool over them the moment they win any inconsequential game (like beating Richmond) when other less fashionable teams (Port, Saints , Dogs) have to win FINALS consistently for three years before they even get a mention in the 'favourites' column.
Why don't Carlton have to 'prove themselves' as finals contenders before being named third favourites for the flag? Why don't Carlton's midfield have to even appear in a single final in over 8 years before being named 'best midfield in the comp', even over Geelong's, just because bloody Nick Stevens (who never did anything even before he was injured) is now fit?
Because of this, I LOVE the fact that their supposed great midfield got walked all over by the likes of Courtney Dempsey and Hayden Skipworth. I LOVE the fact that their non-existent defence was shown to be precisely that by every forward thrust from Essendon. I LOVE the fact that their greatest midfield of all time has a 2nd year ruckman absolutely murdered by a supposedy inferior opponent in David Hille.
And most of all, I LOVE that their supposed match winning midfield, in the last play of the game, saw Judd pass the ball to Marc Murphy in the forward 50, who proceeds to fall over and lose the ball. Maybe, just maybe, the media may wait a little bit before anointing the likes of Gibbs and Murphy as guns -- Cooney and Griffen have both already achieved far, far more than either of them (Brownlow, finals appearances, finals wins) and deserve to be recognised as far more accomplished players than the two Carlton kids who have played maybe 5 good games between the two of them in their entire careers. This Carlton midfield, far from being the best in the league and deserving of comparison with the great midfields of all time, currently lie behind Geelong's, Hawthorn's, Dogs's, Saint's, and Sydney's. Heck, on tonight's evidence, they lie behind Essendon's.
Carlton better pray that Judd doesn't ever get injured ever again because they are one dodgy shoulder away from bottom 4/wooden spoon status.
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