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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Voting 2024 AFL Rd 4 Carlton vs North Melbourne
AFL Rd 3: Carlton vs North Melbourne
Rating:      A
A win by almost ten goals is worth an A, especially as North do have a bunch of talented youngsters who kicked 3 of the first 4 goals (granted that the Umpire helped significantly). Still, we won every quarter and finished the game off.

Votes:
[2]   Patrick Cripps
[2]   George Hewett
[2]   Harry McKay
[1.5]   Matthew Kennedy
[1]   Jacob Weitering
[1]   Elijah Hollands
[1]   Adam Cerra
[1]   Adam Saad
[1]   Blake Acres
[0.5]   Lochie Fogarty
[0.5]   Matthew Owies
[0.5]   Nic Newman
[0.5]   Charlie Curnow
[0.5]   Tom de Koning

Explanations:
[2]   Patrick Cripps:      Crippa deserved about 10 votes with the game he played today. He broke tackles, he had 9 clearances and heaps of score involvements: between him and George Hewett, they had 21 score involvements. 5 tackles and a goal. A superb game.
[2]   George Hewett:   Not much behind Cripps, George was in everything. He had 9 clearances and 6 tackles and was strong and powerful all game.
[2]   Harry McKay:      20 possessions and 10 marks and CHF, not to mention 5 excellent goals, H destroyed his opponents.
[1.5]   Matthew Kennedy:   His best game for the year, he was strong and hard and got the ball a lot.
[1]   Jacob Weitering:   A top game in defence.
[1]   Elijah Hollands:   Ordinary early, he picked up a lot after quarter time and ended up with 22 possessions and a goal. An excellent first up effort.
[1]   Adam Cerra:      Not as prolific as he can be, but his marking and precision kicking were real highlights.
[1]   Adam Saad:      A typical Saad game, lot of run, lots of ball and his opponents looking on in awe.
[1]   Blake Acres:      More territory than anyone else, he was very strong when it was necessary. His kicking was not at its best.
[0.5]   Lochie Fogarty:   17 possessions for a negative small forward, his workrate and tackling provided others with goals.
[0.5]   Matthew Owies:   Not a huge game, but 3 goals and a lot of negative stuff.
[0.5]   Nic Newman:      Did his job and gid it well.
[0.5]   Charlie Curnow:   Not at his best, but was still lethal. Dropped a couple of sitters and could have had 6 or 7.
[0.5]   Tom de Koning:   Worked hard in the ruck and probably lowered his colours to Xerri, but when he came off, it was magical! Good around the ground.

Honourable Mentions:
Zac Williams:      Another strong game in defence.
Mitch McGovern:   Another excellent job in defence.
Oliver Hollands:   Not as prolific as he can be, but did some great stuff!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2024 Rd 2: Carlton vs North Melbourne at Arden St
Pitto wants to play seniors, and he should, maybe as soon as next week. His strength is important.

Good to see Cincotta play so well in the midfield. He might stay there, as there isn't a lot of midfield talent in the 2's at the moment. 5 tackles and 6 clearances says he did the job.

One of Kemp or Young comes up next week to replace ... guess who? Honestly, Marchbank is so injury prone. After this he has to come back via the VFL; he looked really short of a gallop, even though he did a decent job.

I am disappointed to see O'Keefe do so little, but how was he going to displace Pitto on that performance? Still, we need a lot of work in the 2's.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2024 Rd 2: Carlton vs North Melbourne at Arden St
And guess what appears!

Looks to be the strongest line-up we've managed so far, but still some way from the best we could manage.
The backline looks reasonably strong.

No Dozzi, or Cahill. No Rudd, Sruk or Poole either.
Good to see Maher playing; he is a goal kicker as well as speedy. Monahan at CHF: interesting.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Analysis 2024
AFL 2024 Rd 1:   Carlton vs Richmond
A game we should have won by more, but one in which we stood up when challenged.

Trends:
[1]   There were 16 voters this round, a solid number of start the year and one better than last week.

[2]   The rating was a 8.71, which is an B-. Fair enough considering that we won, and that we dominated significant periods of play.

[3]   14 players managed a mention this week, which is done a little on last week, but still significant. We are a champion team these days, rather than a team of champions and everyone is making a contribution.

[4]   The average vote this week was 30. This is a considerable score.

[5]   4 players managed 100 votes or more this week. This is becoming the norm when we win these days, and I am not disappointed.

[6]   Patrick Cripps managed 346 votes to be BOG this week, just ahead of Mitch McGovern (288 votes).

[7]   three players managed votes from everyone this week; Cripps, McGovern and McKay. Tom de Koning missed from one voter.

[8]   Jack Carroll and Zac Williams were solid again, although not as significant as last week. Young and Kemp were significant.

[9]   We were still a very even team this week, with significant contributions from the mids, the defence and the forwards. May that continue!

Votes:
Cripps, Patrick  346
McGovern, Mitchell  248
McKay, Harrison  207
de Koning, Tom  188
Saad, Adam  84
Newman, Nicholas  79
Kemp, Brodie  30
Acres, Blake 24
Carroll, Jack  24
Hewett, George  16
Curnow, Charles  8
Owies, Matthew  5
Young, Lewis  3
William, Zac  3

Progressive voting:
504 - Cripps, Patrick (0)
373 - McGovern, Mitchell (0)
441 - McKay, Harrison (0)
340 - de Koning, Tom (0)
262 - Hewett, George (0)
157 - Curnow, Charles (0)
127 - Saad, Adam (0)
112 - Acres, Blake (0)
89- Newman, Nicholas (0)
61 - Carroll, Jack (0)
55 - Young, Lewis (0)
52 - Boyd, Jordan (0)
50 - Kemp, Brodie (0)
45 - William, Zac (0)
42 - Fogarty, Lachlan (0)
33 - Cerra, Adam (0)
13 - Cuningham, David (0)
7- Hollands, Oliver (0)
5 - Owies, Matthew (0)
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Robert Heatley Stand / Jim Park Voting 2024 AFL Rd 4 Carlton vs North Melbourne
Voting is as usual: you have 15 votes to award pretty much as you will, with the following provisos:
[1] 15 votes in total, no more, no less.
[2] No more than 10 votes for any one player (even Sam Walsh or Patrick Cripps)
[3] Three players at least must get a mention.
[4] A grade for the game, A+ (what I want to see) to F-.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 3 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne
Our line-up:
Backs:  Caleb Marchbank  Jacob Weitering  Zac Williams
Half-backs:  Adam Saad  Mitch McGovern  Nic Newman
Centreline:  Ollie Hollands  Patrick Cripps  Blake Acres
Half-forwards:  Matthew Owies  Harry McKay  Matthew Kennedy
Forwards:  Elijah Hollands  Charlie Curnow  Lachie Fogarty
Followers:  Tom De Koning  Adam Cerra  George Hewett
Interchange:  Jordan Boyd  Jack Carroll  Matthew Cottrell  Corey Durdin  Orazio Fantasia
 
Emergencies:  Jaxon Binns  Marc Pittonet  Lewis Young

My 2 cents on our selections:
[1] I can't imagine why Marchbank isn't coming back via the VFL. I know he was very good last start, but ... Kemp, in particular, is unlucky. I thought he played pretty well last week and took some important marks when it was necessary. Young also did little wrong; Lynch's goals were very suspect. Having 2 underdone key defenders does not seem to be smart to me.
[2] Corey Durdin and Orazio Fantasia are very lucky to be there. Neither has done much so far. To be honest, I was hoping that Fantasia could get some form and match fitness in the VFL. Durdin worked quite well last week, but he only had 2 possessions.
[3] I'm interested to see Pitto as an emergency. If Goldstein were still playing for North, I'd have liked to have him in the ruck. Xerri is a bull, but I'm hoping Tom can out-jump him. Having the extra tall forward (Tom resting) could really stretch their backline.
[4] Binns can't be far away, nor Cincotta.,Binns didn't impress so much in the VFL last week, but Cincotta did.
[5] North have a very attacking pair of HBF's, but neither of them defend so much. Playing through their opponents might be a smart idea.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Voting 2024 AFL Rd 1 Carlton vs Richmond
AFL 2024 Rd1:   Carlton vs Richmond

Rating:      B
We won, but we should have won by a lot more. We dominated large sections of the game, but failed t put in on the scoreboard.
Then again, Richmond did push us. They were highly motivated after their previous poor effort. But we didn’t just hold them off, we had a chance to really break them and we kept missing.

Votes:
[2.5]   Patrick Cripps
[2]   Mitch McGovern
[2]   Harry McKay
[1.5]   Adam Saad
[1.5]   Nic Newman
[1.5]   Tom de Koning
[1]   George Hewett
[0.5]   Jack Carroll
[0.5]   Brodie Kemp
[0.5]   Lewis Young
[0.5]   Blake Acres
[0.5]   Zac Williams
[0.5]   Charlie Curnow

Explanations:
[2.5]   Patrick Cripps:      A brilliant Captain’s game from Cripps, with 31 possessions, 7 tackles and 4 clearances.
[2]   Mitch McGovern:   An excellent game in defence from Mitch. He managed 26 possessions and 8 marks.
[2]   Harry McKay:      Dominated his position and kicked truly.
[1.5]   Adam Saad:      Another Saad game, getting a lot of the ball while his opponent does a lot of chasing.
[1.5]   Nic Newman:      24 possessions and 7 great tackles and kept his opponent on starvation rations.
[1.5]   Tom de Koning:   Held his own early, but got on top just before half time and through the last quarter. His work was high class when it was really necessary.
[1]   George Hewett:   Another solid game in the middle with 6 clearances.
[0.5]   Jack Carroll:      Another solid game in the middle, but he was caught out a few time for having no right foot.
[0.5]   Brodie Kemp:      A couple of errors, but an excellent game all up. Dominating in the air with 10 marks.
[0.5]   Lewis Young:      Kept his opponent to 2 goals, and they were dubious frees. 9 marks and showed more composure than he did last year.
[0.5]   Blake Acres:      Another solid game from Acres, in the right place at the right time.
[0.5]   Zac Williams:      A solid 2nd up effort from Williams.
[0.5]   Charlie Curnow:   `Charlie should have had 5 or 6, but he made a few terrible errors. Could have split the game open, he had his opponent beaten so often.


Honourable Mentions:
Matthew Owies:      Not a lot of the ball, but he made them count. Probably the most productive small forward on the ground.
Adam Cerra:         Not his best night, but he did good things at the right moments.
Matthew Kennedy:      Trying to do Jack Silvagni’s job, and doing it well enough.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Analysis 2024
AFL 2024 Rd 0:   Carlton vs Brisbane
A terrible start, but a very solid finish to our first game against last year’s 2nd place getter in Brisbane. This is our first win against Brisbane at the ‘Gabba for something like 11 years, which makes it pretty special.

Trends:
[1]   There were 15 voters this round, a solid number of start the year.

[2]   The rating was a 9.67, which is an A-. That is a measure of how well we finished this game.

[3]   18 players managed a mention again this week, which shows just how we've played in recent times. We are a champion team these days, rather than a team of champions and everyone is making a contribution.

[4]   The average vote this week was 33. Even spread over 18 recipients, this is a considerable score.

[5]   5 players managed 100 votes or more this week. This is becoming the norm when we win these days, and I am not disappointed.

[6]   George Hewett managed 245 votes to be BOG this week, just ahead of Harry McKay (233 votes).

[7]   Only H got votes from every voter this week. George missed one voter, while Tomd de Koning and Cripps missed two.

[8]   Jack Carroll and Zac Williams were in the votes this week, which is excellent. Carroll’s form last year was not consistent enough, while Williams missed the entire year with injury.

[9]   We were a very even team this week, with significant contributions from the mids, the defence and the forwards. May that continue!

Votes:
George Hewett   245
Harry McKay 233
Patrick Cripps 158
Tom de Koning  152
Charlie Curnow 149
Blake Acres  87
Mitch McGovern 84
Jordan Boyd 52
Young, Lewis  52
Fogarty, Lachlan  42
Saad, Adam  42
William, Zac  42
Carroll, Jack  36
Cerra, Adam  32
Kemp, Brodie  19
Cuningham, David 13
Newman, Nicholas  10
Hollands, Oliver  6
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Robert Heatley Stand / VFL 2024 Rd 2: Carlton vs North Melbourne at Arden St
Our boys start their season in Rd 2 at Arden St against the 2nd places North at 12:30 on Friday 29th March.

To be honest, our pre-season form hasn't been very good, but we've never had anything like our full complement of AFL or VFL players available. It will be interesting to see just who we select, and how intense we really are.

To be honest, I'd like to see more intensity from our VFL side. We haven't really shown a lot of that under Power. Power has been very good at the development side and dealing with our kids, but he hasn't set the world on fire as a coach. Granted that we'll have a few guys back, I'd like to see a harder edge to our game.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: VFLW 2024
The girls had a good first up win at the cattery.

Carlton: 9 - 5 - 59
Geelong: 4 - 4 - 28
It appears that Skeppar didn't play.
Vickers and Sherar were the best for us possession-wise. And Maddy Guerin had 17 possessions and 6 clearances in her first game back for 2 seasons.
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Ladies Lounge / VFLW 2024
A very different looking Carlton VFLW team to open their season against Geelong at Geelong this weekend. We do have a few AFLW girls playing, including Meg Robertson and Lila Keck, who play in the Navy Blue for the first time. The game is at 11:15 on Saturday 23rd March.

Only 5 of the VFLW girls from last year are playing this weekend. That is a huge turnover.

Our team
B: Octavia Di Donato (51)  Ciara Fitzgerald (36) 
HB: Lulu Beatty (13)  Layla Prince (58)  Steph Demeo (66)
C: Keeley Skepper (4)  Brooke Vickers (24)  Hannah Bowey (64)
HF: Georgia Tait (57)  Mia Austin (22)  Meg Robertson (15)
F: Lila Keck (23)  Sophie McCarthy (54) 
FOLL: Jemma Stokes (65)  Maddie Guerin (18)  Keeley Sherar (25)
INT: Asha Turner-Funk (53)  Natasha Phillips (74)  Isla Baldwin (70)  Izzy Khoury (52)  Eliza Wood (50)

EMG: Isabella Parnell (59)  Danika Di Santo (76)  Amy Trindade (62)

Obviously our brain trusts want to get some game time into some of our younger AFLW girls, especially as a number of them have been cruelled by injuries and need time on the park. Some of them, like Skepper and Sherar are probably not going to see much VFLW action, as they are already AFLW mainstays.

Note with interest, Maddy Guerin, who is playing her first game back after another serious knee injury. Just before she was injured, she was stepping up to be a major midfielder with real pace and depth to her kicking. How she will play now, that is the obvious question.