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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pre Season Hit Out vs Geelong
The commentary on Kayo seems to be a bit ahead of the vision.
(It would be nice if there actually was a commentary instead of a casual chat.)
13 apiece early on.
Jess Webster is a very good play by play caller but she's stuck with Ed Curnow as her wing person, so I suppose she she needs to bring him into the conversation somehow.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pre Season Hit Out vs Geelong
Just saw it is...........
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Robert Heatley Stand / Pre Season Hit Out vs Geelong
Williams, Kennedy, Walsh, Durdin x 2, Martin, Marchbank, Weitering, Pittonett, Owies, Murkov.
AFL squad: 2. Lachie Cowan, 3. Jesse Motlop, 4. Ollie Hollands, 5. Adam Cerra, 8. Lachie Fogarty, 9. Patrick Cripps, 10. Harry McKay, 11. Mitch McGovern, 12. Tom De Koning, 13. Blake Acres, 14. Orazio Fantasia, 15. Sam Docherty, 16. Jack Carroll, 17. Brodie Kemp, 20. Elijah Hollands, 24. Nic Newman, 28. David Cuningham, 29. George Hewett, 30. Charlie Curnow, 31. Harry Lemmey, 33. Lewis Young, 37. Jordan Boyd, 39. Alex Cincotta, 42. Adam Saad, 43. Ashton Moir, 46. Matthew Cottrell
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Carlton 2024 Predictions / Expectations
B: Nic Newman, Jacob Weitering*, Brodie Kemp
HB: Zac Williams, Mitch McGovern, Adam Saad
C: Blake Acres, Patrick Cripps, Sam Docherty
HF: Jack Martin, Charlie Curnow, Lachie Fogarty
F: Matt Owies, Harry McKay, Jesse Motlop
FOLL: Tom De Koning, Adam Cerra, Sam Walsh
I/C: George Hewett, Matt Kennedy, Caleb Marchbank, Matt Cottrell, Ollie Hollands (sub)
Who relieves De Koning in the ruck???
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick your best 22 of 2023 - Part 1 - Pre-season
To solve thrys problem above, i use the magnet board, and then post the team in here, so i can refer back to it later for comparison.
So my team....which is based on a lot of optimism....
FB - Newman - Weitering - Docherty
HB - McGovern - Kemp - Saad
C - Acres - Cripps - Walsh
HF - Silvagni - Curnow - Martin
FF - Fantasia - McKay - Motlop
R - DeKoning - Hewitt - Cerra
Int - Cottrell - Cincotta - Cuningham - Williams
Yes, i've left Pittonet out. As i said last year, based on TDKs potential, he should be able to take the #1 ruck role and make it his own. Maybe this year?
Fantasia is picked, despite my protesting that he is not a position of need, we picked him up, so he must be a fair upgrade. We'll see.
Williams slots in. Again, optimistic, his best should earn him a callup.
I've also gone smaller than most people will as i've said too many talls hurts us. So no 2nd ruck, Jack can cover.
Also plenty of hard running on the bench as when we were flying, that is why we were winning.
Plenty of blokes are still to miss out.
Hollands (x2?)
Owies
C. Durdin
Fogarty
Boyd
and even Kennedy despite his slower style by comparison.
We'll see how we go after the pre-season games where i do part 2.
Not sure you run two back flankers on the bench.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: Grand Final
It made for a good spectacle............but do mothers walk away from watching that saying 'THAT'S the sport I want my daughter to play!!"
I would argue that the skill, fitness and professionalism of the Matildas would be far more attractive to parents than the self confessed 'brutality' of AFLW at the highest level.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2023 Preliminary Final Carlton vs Brisbane Post Game Prognostications
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2023 Preliminary Final Carlton vs Brisbane Post Game Prognostications
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2023 Preliminary Final Carlton vs Brisbane Pre Game Prognostications
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2023 Preliminary Final Carlton vs Brisbane Pre Game Prognostications
WTF? WT Flipping F?
Why no Kemp?
Hasn't set a foot wrong, done more that what is expected.
Better than Marchbank.
MC putting the baby out with the bath water.
I would not be surprised if the Match Committee consulted Weitering on the various scenarios and considerations prior to making any firm selection decisions.
There seemed to be a degree of 'mistrust' in Young and his ability to work with the back six which eventually effected Weitering's game, having to second guess what a teammate was going to do. Maybe he was getting edgy about Kemp under extreme pressure. I'm sure he would have 'ticked off Boyd' as being someone he has confidence in being able to play his role. Also, he is on record as being a big Marchbank fan.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it.......
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2023 Preliminary Final Carlton vs Brisbane Pre Game Prognostications
A crash course from brother Ben might be in order.
Just swap 'em, only their mother will know the difference!!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2023 Preliminary Final Carlton vs Brisbane Pre Game Prognostications
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Blah-Blah Bar / Sam Newman at it again!
The AFL personality stirred up controversy on this week after making comments on his podcast, You Cannot Be Serious, encouraging Aussies to boo or “slow hand clap” during the Welcome to Country, particularly at the upcoming AFL Grand Final at the MCG.
Appearing on 3AW radio on Thursday, Newman was asked by host Tony Jones whether his suggestion was “inciting violence”.
“What an extraordinary question,” Newman said.
“The public have had a gutful of people telling us how to live our lives, particularly footballing organisations. We like to go to the football and watch the game without being told to vote for the gay marriage proposal … without being told to vote for the Voice. Why do they get involved? It is an absolute hoax, it’s a rort, the Welcome to Country. Why do we have to be welcomed to the country we live in? Why is that? It is just a mark of division. The people who welcome you to country get a nice stipend out of it. Why do they charge? It’s just a rort.”
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2023 Preliminary Final Carlton vs Brisbane Pre Game Prognostications
Honey
E Curnow
Young
C Durdin
Silvagni
Likely inclusions who did play last time:
De Koning
Martin
Owies
Fogarty
Contrell
How do we balance off??