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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -Tired and we are not even midway through the season? About 4 or 5 of our blokes haven't had a kick for weeks now, don't know how they got tired...running through the banner?
It was all about effort and lack of..as soon as the Swans locked down on Cripps and Walsh we stopped and lost interest when it got hard. The SCG isn't a big ground but requires contested players who can get their own ball, break tackles and scrap for loose balls. Sure we have injuries but good teams ie Collingwood last season find a way to win and be competitive.
We were the lazy, non competitive bruise free Blues last night and I thought those days were over...
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by cookie2 -One of the biggest pieces of nonsense sprouted by players and coaches is this rubbish about “One soldier out, next soldier in.”Agree. A very tired performance. Weiters looked deeply unhappy as he sat on the sidelines. We are running out of available match fit talent.
It might work for the Russian Army… but it sure doesn’t work for us.
Not with our current list of injuries.
A ‘good soldier out’ puts an additional burden on your better players who have to carry an extra load.
It puts an additional burden on your fringe players who lose support from, not only the missing player, but also the star players.
Roles change
Structures change,
Your prime movers are covered more easily.
Players carry injuries into games through necessity.
What we saw last night was the cumulative effect of a series of hard games, and missing players.
It takes a toll, and unfortunately it may not be a short fix.
We’ll get players back…but I suspect we’ll also lose some.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by pinot -5
Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by Lods -I agree Lods. Also, we’ve been up and about for 12 months : in that time we’ve won most games and played a heap of great footy. A stinker was bound to drop sooner or later.
Yep
And I think the seeds were sown, and the signs were there, in the final stages of the Melbourne game.
They'd reached the end of their tether.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by Lods -To be clear, I couldn't give a flying fark about the USA, hate the joint, but for me Biden is 1000 times more embarrassing than Trump.
It probably depends on whether you are using the "International Measure of Despotic, Raving Lunacy" or the "Standard Rating of Walking Dead Who Can't Find Their Way Off Stage."
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by PaulP -8
Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by Lods -It might work for the Russian Army… but it sure doesn’t work for us.
Not with our current list of injuries.
A ‘good soldier out’ puts an additional burden on your better players who have to carry an extra load.
It puts an additional burden on your fringe players who lose support from, not only the missing player, but also the star players.
Roles change
Structures change,
Your prime movers are covered more easily.
Players carry injuries into games through necessity.
What we saw last night was the cumulative effect of a series of hard games, and missing players.
It takes a toll, and unfortunately it may not be a short fix.
We’ll get players back…but I suspect we’ll also lose some.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Voting 2024 AFL Rd 10 Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by madbluboy -8 Newman
4 Acres
2 Kemp
1 Pittonet
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Voting 2024 AFL Rd 10 Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by Gointocarlton -7 Pitto
5 Newman
3 Kennedy