Stinger wrote:Mugwump wrote:Yes, Thomas looked in good nick. He was clearly unhappy about something in the relationship with Buckley (I still remember his vicious glance at the coach's box two years ago after he'd kicked a goal). Actually Carlton looked pretty well-coached in the second half once Richmond's class was blunted by fatigue. They played man-on-man, not zone, and looked pretty good doing it. I wish we would do the same.
The only thing Thomas was unhappy about was his bank balance. Carlton made an offer - we didn't match it. Simple.
I wouldn't say Carlton were well coached. All they did was play on quickly which either works or it doesn't.
Sorry, I don't like indulging in personal attacks, but you are WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, either that or deliberately lying. It has been established (did you read Heaters comments?) that Daisy wanted to stay at Collingwood, but Collingwood chucked him because Buckley doesn't have clue 1 about managing players - kinda a big deal for a coach! We offered him peanuts to stay after deciding the foot would need longer, it clearly didn't! All Daisy wanted was money in the top 35% of player earnings, if he's not in the top 35% no one is. I believe only Pendles & Swanny were his equal at Collingwood, This was just his second game in nearly a year and at a new club to boot, and he was excellent. You people with short memories forget how good he is on the big occasions, I shudder to think how well he'll play against us. Frankly given the choice between a gun player & a dud coach... well, you know the rest. If he gets two full seasons at Scumland he'll be a brown low favourite, the kind of guy who can turn a game, what sort of idiot footy department meekly gives away a player like that? The kind who perpetrate the humungous cluster*&k began in 2012.
They will continue to make such imbecilic decisions too, they have no choice. The alternative is admitting they were wrong, THAT will never happen.
Personally I enjoyed seeing him approaching his old self, he was my favourite Magpie & I can't suddenly hate him because he wears another jumper - even THAT jumper, but then neither can a lot of people, that's why they continue with the utter horseshite that he wanted to leave to get more money. The worst part is that he's young enough to become a Carlton legend, rather than a Magpie star who finished his career at another club like McKenna, Len Thompson, Max Richardson, etc, etc, etc. We've been pulling this shite for a long time!
THAT is why I want the current Coach, President & CEO gone, not because they are evil or stupid but because they can only make decisions in light of and to justify the ridiculous decisions begun in 2012, they have no choice.
Anyone know what a "Lame Duck" is?