Blues Covid shock after win
Carlton fans have been brought back down to earth the day after a big win with a Covid shock for the new coach.
Carlton fans have been brought back down to earth the day after a big win with a Covid shock for the new coach.
Carlton has been rocked by the news its coach and a star player have been separated from the team, just hours after their Round 1 win.
Richmond lost an opening-round match to Carlton for the first time in a decade and the news kept getting worse post match.
The MCG has erupted with emotion as a football star’s inspirational return from a cancer battle created an extraordinary scene.
Carlton president Mark LoGiudice says he didn’t consider sacking coach Brendon Bolton despite the weekend’s “unacceptable performance” against GWS. He tells Mark Robinson why.
As parents who grew up supporting Carlton, Sam Edmund and Tim Michell are fighting to keep their sons in the navy blue faithful. But with the Blues struggling, it might be a losing battle.
The Blues have admitted their skills and toughness are sadly lacking but the club has been reassured by a trio of star powerbrokers they aren’t after the job of low-profile president Mark LoGiudice.
The chance to secure a top pick at next week’s mid-season draft will go down to the wire, with the current indicative draft order facing a potential major shake-up based on Round 10 results.
Embattled Carlton coach Brendon Bolton insists he won’t let outside pressure bring him down as he braces to face the music over his future. Meanwhile, a Brownlow Medallist has whacked the Blues for their lack of effort.
Carlton’s horror performance against GWS has left it with one win from the first nine rounds of the season. The big ‘what if’ questions are beginning to mount. Is Brendon Bolton still the man to lead them out of the mire?
It was only a week ago the Giants produced their ‘worst ever performance’. But after a ruthless decimation of Carlton, the pressure is all elsewhere this week, as Brendon Bolton fights to save his job.
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