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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Iran, I ran so far away - flock of seagulls
Operation Epic Fury, or perhaps that should be Epic Foolishness, is a classic clusterf*ck.

No defined justification, no clear objectives, no exit strategy, no consideration of the vulnerability of the Strait of Hormuz, underestimating the capacity and doggedness of the Iranians, taking the pressure off the Russians, weakening South Korea's air defences, screwing the economy ...

Then there's the human toll.  Apart from death and injury, it's estimated that between 25% and 75% of military personnel serving in the Middle East will suffer from PTSD - and that includes our Wedgetail crew and support staff.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
One thing that annoys me about our play is that we continually give up ground when there's a mark or a free.  We tend to go to "outside five" between the arcs and in our forward 50 and when we "stand", it's usually a couple of metres back from the actual mark.  Short's kick from the 50 would have struggled to make the distance if our player hadn't retreated a couple of metres.

I understand that it's about guarding territory trying to minimise passing and playing on options giving up metres within range of the goal is just dumb.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
Just on the mark paid to Lalor after Young was taken out of the contest by an unrealistic attempt; the umpire explained his decision not to give Young a free as "I thought he touched the ball".  Yes, the ball was touched and therefore not a mark to Lalor ... and it was an unrealistic attempt regardless of whether the ball was touched.

The other howler was the free against Young for blocking Lynch in the marking contest.  Young had front position and is entitled to stand his ground.  Kemp would have still taken the mark if Young had stepped aside and allowed Lynch through.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Thought Chesser was very ordinary with his  disposal but Ollie Florent was even worse with nine turnovers and  I can see why Cox
had him in the twos. When your only job is to distribute the ball he has to do better than nearly a 40 % turnover rate especially with zero tackles.
FWIW I'd suggest Acres will replace Chesser for the next game..

Nine turnovers!  That's in the Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, Nick Daicos, Jordan Dawson, Bailey Smith, Chad Warner, Max Holmes and Matt Kennedy realm.

But then, with all footy stats, the devil is in the detail.  Of those nine turnovers, four were giveaways or clangers where a skill error or mistake gave the opposition possession.  Two of those were free kicks; the Steely Green dive and the Maurice Rioli run down tackle.  The other five turnovers were takeaways where a kick down the line to a contest resulted in a Richmond ball, and in all of those instances, Florent had no other option.  Florent's disposal efficiency was 83.3%; that's 20 effective disposals out of 24 and our fifth best on the night. His kicking efficiency for the season is 70.6%, up from 62.9% last season.

On the positive side, Florent had 606 metres gained and our next best was Sam Walsh with 480 metres.  Ollie also had seven rebound 50s, three intercepts and two score involvements, so not a bad day at the office.

Chesser beat his opponent comfortably, even though he was the beneficiary of several Richmond chains of possession.  Acres is a different kettle of fish altogether though and, if fit, he has to get priority over Chesser.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
Some of the whipping boys did OK tonight 🙄

Zac Williams was good in defence and when he went forward.  No midfield minutes this week but Vossy must be rapt to have such a versatile player.

Lewis Young was crucified by the umpires but took some crucial marks and made some critical spoils.  It was good to see him throwing his weight around and supporting his teammates.

Mitch McGovern was good as a forward and when he went back. His work as a forward probably set up or win and his work in defence helped save the game.

Matt Carroll continued on from where he left off last season and any question marks over his selection were answered in full.

Campbell Chesser was probably the least impressive of the whipping boys but still had a decent game.



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Blah-Blah Bar / Vale John Hammond
John Hammond passed away on Saturday at 83 years of age.

John was a prolific Blues guitarist and singer and one of my favourite musicians.  I discovered him quite late when he came on Derek Guille's program on ABC radio.  He struck me as a humble man with an encyclopedic knowledge of the Blues and Blues musicians.  His father, also John Hammond, was a talent scout and record producer and John jnr grew up in the company of many of the Blues greats.

George Thorogood's tribute to John probably sums him up perfectly:

"For more than 50 years, John Hammond Jr. was an icon, a professional role model and, most importantly, a friend. While we mourn his passing, we celebrate what the man and his music meant to us, and to so many.”

My favourite John Hammond album is Wicked Grin, his 28th studio album and a compilation of Tom Waits tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fdMTssZy60

RIP
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
Quote from: LP – on
There is a lot of argy bargy about winning and losing this game.

Reality is the media have been predicting our loss since trade week, before the draw was even out or the lists were even settled! In recent history if we lose they'll say "I told you so", if we win it will be "An upset for the ages" or "A game the Swans lost!", most will never claim Carlton deserved the win!

Yes the media have done quite well setting this up so they can't fail.

It's always a big ask playing the Swans in Sydney and even more so when there's so many newbies in the team.  I think that that will work in our favour and we'll continue on from where we left off in the practice matches; another score of around 15 goals and a comfortable if hard fought win.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Iran, I ran so far away - flock of seagulls
Quote from: tonyo – on
Surely the main plan is to get Epstein off the front pages again.....

He'll run out of targets soon enough.

The problem is that the US has run out of munitions.  Despite Taco's protestations to the contrary, they've used almost everything they've got and they're hoping that a round table with arms manufacturers will boost production.  They're also hoping that allies will come to the party but Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Poland and Spain have made it clear that it's an illegal war and they won't get involved.