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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2024 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Gold Coast
Last post by Baggers -
Quote from: DJC on
No, Tom didn’t get smashed in the ruck.  Witts got more hitouts but few ended up as GC clearances.  Most of Tom’s hitouts resulted in a clearance to us, and Tom’s second and third efforts at stoppages played a big part in that.

Tom had twice as many effective disposals than Witts and took important marks around the ground. Witts was a virtually a non-event around the ground, apart from the goal he was gifted.

From what I could see, Tom went to the bench for running repairs and because he had no gas in his tank.

Exactamundo. TDK looked like a man hungry for the contest; hungry to prove something - and he did.

But what a conundrum. Pitto is also a ripper. We love him. He is different to TDK and his point of difference is really effective in its own way. Perhaps a horses for courses situation? There might be times for both, times for Pitto and rest TDK, then vice versa.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2024 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Gold Coast
Last post by Lods -
Quote from: kruddler on
Some free kick numbers.
At 3/4 time it was 4-14 (I screenshotted to a friend)
It was then 5-15, 6-16 and then we got the last 5 jn a row to 'even it up' to 11-16....and some of them were definitely not there.

I've never heard the crowd chant "bull-$h!t" so many times in a game. At least 3 times it was loud and clear and directed at the umps. There was also the 'umpire is a wanker' chant that was brought out of retirement too.
When you have 40k at the game and a coach talking about the umps you know something needs to be looked at.

Thankfully, we managed to come out of it with a win anyway.

Yep
Voss in his press conference was pretty clear.
Umpire decisions are something that he doesn't normally dwell on...at least not publicly.
For him to mention it, meant he found some of the decisions a bit baffling.
He trod a fine line, stating that it's something we need 'clarification' on because the umpires are obviously interpeting things a little different to us and the way we're instructing players.

In other words....he thought they were "bullsh**t " decisions too.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2024 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Gold Coast
Last post by kruddler -
Some free kick numbers.
At 3/4 time it was 4-14 (I screenshotted to a friend)
It was then 5-15, 6-16 and then we got the last 5 jn a row to 'even it up' to 11-16....and some of them were definitely not there.

I've never heard the crowd chant "bull-$h!t" so many times in a game. At least 3 times it was loud and clear and directed at the umps. There was also the 'umpire is a wanker' chant that was brought out of retirement too.
When you have 40k at the game and a coach talking about the umps you know something needs to be looked at.

Thankfully, we managed to come out of it with a win anyway.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Russian Ukraine War
Last post by Thryleon -
@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.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2024 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Gold Coast
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
Gold Coast were an easy kill imho and I wouldnt be reading too much into the result or player performance good or bad.....Williams had a decent game which is good but he needs to build trust with a string of good games before we pin a medal on him.
Conversely I wouldnt be throwing Owies and Fantasia under the bus either for having mediocre games and would want to see how they all go vs better quality teams starting with Port next game.
Obviously Witts had a picnic in the hitouts like he usually does but I thought TDK played a very complete game and was more effective around the ground and for all Witts hitouts our midfield led by Cripps and Walsh won the day easily ...