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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2024 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Gold Coast
Last post by WASurfer -
The free kick farce in the first 3 quarters was laughable. I don't remember one of our great tackles being rewarded despite the umpires giving them an eternity to get rid of it. Harry was grappled and scragged in most marking contests too.

Disappointing to let them pinch a few easy goals at the end when a 10 goal percentage booster was there for the taking.

But no real passengers I can think of.

As much as I love Pitto, we do seem to gel a bit better when it's TDK and Harry supporting. At times in the F50 it was Cripps and Kennedy taking the ruck contests too.

Charlie needs to work harder when things aren't going his way. That said, he should've kicked 6 in the end and he did turn it around after half time. It was like Mac Andrew had a beacon on his head in the first half....the number of times we kicked it straight to where he was or on top of the head of our smallest forwards.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Russian Ukraine War
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: Thryleon on
@EB1, propaganda has always been a tool to sway public opinion.  At first it was pictures because the majority were illiterate,  but over the centuries it became print, newspapers, advertisements television, movies and the internet just makes it easier for everyone to have a platform.

The tools have changed, the actual method not so much.  The messages are different but it's all just social engineering.

Jamming Skylink is not about propaganda.  It’s disrupting Ukraine’s battlefield communications at strategic and tactical levels.

Ukraine’s vastly outnumbered forces rely on rapid responses to Russian troop movements.  That cannot be achieved if battlefield communications are disrupted.

Of course, Ukraine will be doing whatever it can to disrupt Russian communications.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2024 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Gold Coast
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: LP on
Williams had significant game influence today, fans seem reluctant to give him credit where credit is due. For me his F50 success highlights a fundamental contributing cause of our failings over the last few weeks. How can it be a rookie SF like Williams gets in all the right spaces, while relatively more seasoned SFs like Fantasia, Owies and Durdin cannot?

I thought that Williams played with freedom and made his own luck.  Perhaps our regular small/medium forwards are too focused on performing defined roles to take a chance.

Of course, Williams is a very talented footballer whose skill set is similar to Jack Martin’s and a level above that of Owies, Durdin, Fantasia and Motlop.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2024 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Gold Coast
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: Professer E on
That snap for his fourth was a bit hungry, could have laid it off by hand.  Doesn't look a natural forward, but I'll take any goal we can get

There was no-one else in a better position and Williams had to take the shot.  How many times did we waste forward 50 entries with too many handballs and forwards not willing to seize the moment?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2024 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Gold Coast
Last post by PaulP -
There's probably guys like Jacob Weitering who are one position players, but most everyone else needs to be able to play a few different roles, or so I keep hearing from all the experts. De Koning has developed his forward craft, and it needs to continue. Last year's premiers seem to have no issue with Darcy Cameron and Mason Cox in the same team.