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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Analysis 2024
Last post by crashlander -
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
Last post by crashlander -
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
Last post by crashlander -
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.