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The Sports Desk / Re: Formula 1
Last post by LP -
Austria was probably the best first 5 or 10 laps of the season, the racing between Norris and Piastri was as good as it gets before the team orders put the kybosh on it.

I felt sorry for Piastri, he suffered a bit from his past with Alpine doing it's best attempt at a trip pitting cars twice to send them out in front of him on fresh tyres while he was trying to close the gap between himself and Norris. In effect F1 politics robbed us of a grandstand finish, but that's F1.

The only thing that was a bit unsavoury was in the late stages Norris started begging the team for help as Piastri was 0.5s per lap faster and closing rapidly. Norris has a big weakness relative to Piastri, Norris burns tyres faster and is nowhere near as neat and tidy around the track.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL Rd 14 2025 Carlton vs Port Melbourne
Last post by Baggers -
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
James Hird wants our kids in and the senior team playing the same game style as our VFL team, was impressed with kids like  Moir , Charleson, Carroll etc.
Tend to agree, need to drop senior players who are not taking us anywhere and go with the kids for the next 8 weeks...
Glad Luke Power seems to value the modern more expansive style than the 1960s game the seniors play.

Yep.

And I suspect the incoming CEO would want a look at these 'juniors' at senior level before making strong decisions on the list.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL Rd 14 2025 Carlton vs Port Melbourne
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
James Hird wants our kids in and the senior team playing the same game style as our VFL team, was impressed with kids like  Moir , Charleson, Carroll etc.
Tend to agree, need to drop senior players who are not taking us anywhere and go with the kids for the next 8 weeks...
Glad Luke Power seems to value the modern more expansive style than the 1960s game the seniors play.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide
Last post by laj -
Quote from: Lods – on
Quote from: laj – on
The Dominator certainly didn't mince words about our effort. Fair to say he was disgusted and said it was so unfair our supporters.

Put it very much on the players.
Yes, said "play with some bloody pride and finish the season with some credibility as we have none now".
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL Rd 14 2025 Carlton vs Port Melbourne
Last post by northernblue -
Quote from: RiverRat – on
Quote from: Professer E – on
That said this is the best looking group of juniors we've had for a while, at least they're competitive this year.

If that is true, it suggests that the gap between the AFL and VFL has widened considerably since David Teague coached the Northern Blues to a couple of VFL finals series.

Ouch !
What do you really think of our juniors @RiverRat ?