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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 12 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne
I've been critical for quite some time about Carlton giving up a first round pick for Dow, given it was known one of his problems was poor disposal by foot.

But how can the MC mark a player's papers so early in the season?  Surely there has to be something else going on.  It's not as though he is surrounded by players with elite foot skills.

Has some deal been done?  Why would he be happy to put in consistent performances every week in the VFL unless he needs to keep some other team happy with his ability to stick out the season.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2023 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Sydney
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
Shawny, just been watching his brother play for Nth. Going about as well as Harry, outmarked by smaller players who just shove him out of the way and looks about as interested in defending as Harry does in kicking for goal.
No way would I want Ben based on what I saw today.

 








Often with goalkicking it is the simple things that get over looked and affect kicking, Harry does run in at angles and try and drag the ball back trying to compensate for not being in line and this is why he cant kick straight drop punts at times.
What ever he has been doing and with who isnt working and he needs a new plan and a new goalkicking coach and to settle on a routine.

Good to get some information on Harry's brother.

As for Harry, if he did not have  a set routine when kicking for goal at the time of being drafted and still does not have one after eight years as a forward, then I doubt  he will ever learn.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2023 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Sydney
Quote from: Blue Moon on
My wife gets annoyed with me when I watch Carlton play on TV. She is usually in another room and hears my shouting, swearing and hitting of things. I am actually good when I am at the ground as I can see what is going to happen and I am mentally prepared for the stuff ups and don't get quite as angry. Last Friday she sat with me and we watched the game together and I was on my best behavior. Her observations were that our disposal is terrible, there doesn't seem to be a game plan, our players didn't seem to try and they gave up. She now has some awareness of my frustration and things are a little more harmonious.
Cerra, Hewitt, Newman and Holands won't be playing this week, Durdin is not getting any where near the ball and should be dropped, and I can't see any future in McGovern or Ed Curnow. I think is is time Carlton made a big statement about itself but I don't think they will. It is all way too comfortable at Princess Park as everybody is working hard to find positives, checking their KPI's and ignoring the outcomes.
I think we have a very good list. I think we lack a little bit of leg speed but I don't think that is the issue. I think the problem is that we don't hit targets with foot or hand, and if you can't kick the ball to a team mate then there is no game plan, we make bad decisions, we don't trust our team mates that they will make good decisions and actually implement them therefore there is no run. If we don't win the contested ball we can't defend it and we are one dimensional when we go forward. I also think that Cripps and McKay have hands like concrete which indicate both a lack of confidence and also trying to hard.I watched a movie last week called 'The Merger' and the Coach of the town's mythical football team had the mantra, "If you are crap at something, keep practicing until you are less crap"which is something for our players to ponder.
As I have indicated I think there should be seven changes with Silvagni, Dow, Fogarty, Fisher, Cowan, Young and Binns to be brought in with Binns the emergency. If you keep doing the same thing then you shouldn't expect a different outcome. Einstein said was the definition of insanity, I think is is the definition of stupidity.

I enjoyed reading your post , but there is a contradiction.

You say that you think we have a very good list, and then you continue on to say the problem is that we don't hit targets by foot or by hand and then you list the further problems caused by those basic mistakes.

The current and previous lists have presented all of our recent coaches with the problem of their inability to carry out the very basic skills. It is the reason why we once again have another failed year looming.

A recent post included a quote from Paul Roos made in 2014 and it goes to the heart of Carlton's problem right now:

'If you have got an inability to hit targets, its really hard to implement a game plan because you just can't execute the most basic skills'.

It just shows that if we continue taking the easy route of sacking  coaches  without addressing the inherent problem of the  list then we will most likely continue to be bottom feeders.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2023 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Sydney
Quote from: Shakin77 on
His confidence is shot.   Not sure how you turn it around, but we have too

It was only round 1 when he was leading up to the wings clunking everything.   Took 11 marks against the Tigers to be one of our best.

Today is he dropping everything.   Not sure a run in the backline will turn around his form.

You may be right and he is not suited to the backline. 

I thought of it as a way of keeping him in the ones and getting some benefit if it works.

  I'm against the idea of dropping him to the twos to find form as a forward.  At present he has no confidence and cannot kick straight on grounds largely protected from the elements.  At VFL level the grounds are largely unprotected from the wind - think of the game at Williamstown last week. Although he may get more opportunities, and even that is debatable,  I just don't see it as a logical step to improving his mental state or kicking ability.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2023 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Sydney
One of the biggest confidence sappers at the moment is H.  Spectators are deflated by his misses, think how the players must feel.

Rather than dropping him to the 2s, why not acknowledge that he is not a forward and put him on the backline.  His brother is successful in defence, why not Harry?  At the moment we are trying to force a square peg into a round hole.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2023 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Sydney
I wonder why I believed this year was going to be different from so many disappointments in the past.

After all, since the rebuild began, and with it the turnover of numerous players in the list, recruiters have stuck steadfastly to the task of selecting players lacking in the skills necessary to get us to challenge for a top 8 position.

In addition, there has also been a percentage of positions left on the list for the selection of physically fragile players who have helped to clog the list.

Recruiting in this way has ensured that no matter who the coach is he will have to coach 'the Carlton way', that is to say, bomb the ball long into the forward line - the higher the elevation the better.

Playing  'the Carlton way' also ensures that the opposition will hurt us more on turnovers than we hurt them so that by the time the final quarter starts our team will be stuffed mentally and physically.

I don't know how this will change.  I just know that I'm over it.