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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pre game postulations: AFL 2019 Rd 16: Carlton vs Sydney
The team has potential to look somewhat balanced if Casboult (or Jones or Goddard) plays forward.


I'm sick of seeing our forward line with only tall forwards and midfielders in it.
Please recruit small-medium forwards who are not just midfielders pretending to be forwards asap!!!
A couple more genuine small defenders may also be beneficial
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2019 Rd 15: Northern Blues vs Port Melbourne
Quote from: kruddler on
You no you are lacking mids when Fasolo lines up in the guts.  ??? ???


Possibly. You don't think it has something to do with him being an underperforming (at Carlton anyway) forward? I suspect that the coaches are trying something new.


I'm in two minds when it comes to the "recycled" players that we have recruited. We have not exactly been a destination club for a long time. It has been a step by step process to slowly improve (we were unlikely to attract a or b grade talent whilst continually "winning" wooden spoons). Strategically I understand this but on the surface it looks woeful.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Goaltracker 2019
Quote from: Lods on
Lets look at in relation to other sides.

We're 18th best for "points for"
But 11th best for "points conceded"....last year we were last.
So yes, we're considerably better

As for the forward line....all they're matching is the worst performance by a Carlton attack since we went to  22 game season.
It's bad!


To be honest, I am not surprised. We have good potential with the tall forwards but not the smalls.

Gibbons, Polson, Ed Curnow and other makeshift small forwards are not working for us. Yes, Curnow had 1 game whereby he kicked 4 goals but does anyone really think it will happen again anytime soon? I miss players such as Eddie, Garlett, Rice, Heaver, Yazz, Troy Bond, Luke O'Sullivan etc who are natural forward line players with good goal sense.

The media focus has been on the talls not working together. That is only part of the problem and one I think that will work itself out soon. Having small forwards that do not kick goals is a major issue and a weakness in the recruiting strategy thus far. We have recruited injury prone small forwards in Fasolo and Pickett. They are still getting injured and/or are not good enough. LeBoi has never been good enough. In all other areas we have enough potential and there is hope. We have neglected/half heatedly focussed on this area and need to get it right asap.

Tall forwards are a centrepiece but without good crumbing forwards to support them, it is going to be hard to kick a score big enough to consistently win games.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Changes 2018
Quote from: cookie2 on
You've hit the nail on the head DJC. Levi is a back up ruck for 2019. I did mention that possibility earlier but I hadn't realised SOS had actually stated it.


Since Rowe is now gone, I think we will struggle having a good defensive match up for players like Lynch and Roughy.....I wonder if Levi could do a Jones, transfer from forward to back and take on the gorillas?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2018 Rd 16: Post Game Passion: Carlton vs St Kilda
Quote from: BluePhantom on
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-16/big-blue-talks-about-heart-breathing-scare

With Krooze going down the same way as Marchbank suggests the something is amiss with the medicos down at Princes Park.

Sounds like they were given 'something' but had an adverse reaction to it.  :o

I didn't read it that way. I read when Krooz said that "he never had something like it", he was referring to the symptoms.
I don't think there is any evidence, based on that article, that "they were given something".