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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Parlay: AFL 2019 Rd 15: Carlton vs Melbourne
I think Mooney or Dal Santo has Walsh as the Rising Star winner.  Many years ago, occasionally I (and others) would get to have input into an ex-journos 'best players' after watching the footy at a mates place and a few beers - because it was too cold/rainy/windy to go...

Listening to the commentary, there was a lot of praise from Roos about the quality of the list, including positive technical analysis of Dow's kicking (after his goal).

Cynical me says that they are either:
 - pumping up our list prematurely for the next coach to fail
 - or quite the opposite - Roos has a role of some kind at the club next year, so has current history of supporting the club.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Parlay: AFL 2019 Rd 15: Carlton vs Melbourne
They started today as they trained at the open session yesterday - missed handballs,  not catching a handball, plenty of ordinary kicks.

We should have lost by heaps today if the Dees took their chances.  Credit to our boys for not giving it away and somehow hanging in there.

Don't use the Demons misfortunes to denigrate our last quarter, though.   Wouldn't it be nice if we could bring our last quarter to a while game.  We seem to go better as the opposition tires a bit.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: GM to dump Holden
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on

Good news for Nissan/Mitsubishi buyers too, as if it wasnt bad enough that Renault have allied themselves with them and screwed with their engineering  it appears Renault want to take over Fiat Chrysler too.....I'd be avoiding all those brands...

Issues with Renault - genuinely curious to know them? I understood that the chassis and engines are Nissan incl the CVT, electronics are Samsung, design French.  Nissan hasn't changed not sure about Mitsubishi.  I do have a history of owning Renaults  still going with the 2002 Clio.  Much more fun driving that than some other small cars.   More recently, newer Megane and Koleos made in the new alliance days are solid, comfortable rides - never had an issue with them. 
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 11: Carlton vs. the Drug Cheats
At half time I switched to Dr Pimple Popper- good couple of epidodes of gunk being squeezed and cut out of people - much more satisfying!

An interview with Harry McKay a week or two ago showed the out that the players have - we are young and learning.

While it is true,  it doesn't mean you can't have a crack and put in every week.   What I want to see is effort and skills on display every week.   How are skills attached to 'young and learning' - they should be obvious.

Yes,  injuries have really hurt what was looking like a steady and settled backline, but that should mean the midfield and forwards defend harder.

Draft picks won't get us out of this - a simple game plan and a rocket might.   We need 22 players doing their bit every week, not 5 or 6.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Daisy in strife
There are so many versions and so much speculation as to what happened.  Unless you 100% know (talking to you, media), don't put your opinion in - it means nothing.

I don't care what the real version is - club spoke to Daisy, club punished (or rewarded) him with a week off - need to trust that!

End of story.

I hate the media gossip - if you say it load and often enough it becomes the fact even though it probably isn't.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 9: Carlton vs. GWS
Yesterday I watched a low level suburban game - 101pts at half time and 209 at the end.  Very boring, even with the right team winning.  Today was shocking.  Didn't even bother getting emotionally involved and just kept half en eye on it.

Today I watched the U9s and thought that there are some similarities.  If you are 7 before 1 January, you can play under 9s.  This means that there are some small skinny kids playing against some large 9yos.  Often the small skinny's are timid, not reading play and lack confidence under a bit of pressure.  The bigger kids, or ones that have played the extra year tend to dominate.

Unfortunately, we have a bunch of small skinny kids.  Fisher was very fumbly early, which was indicative of what was to come.  Late in the game LOB should have been in the thick of things, opted out and his effort to tackle would have scored 1 out of 1,000. 

Voting in the Park Medal will be interesting - Garlett, Kerr and Kennedy were probably in the best.

While our defence has been decimated, our midfiled has to start standing up and being accountable. 

Couldn't be the forwards, the ball wasn't there.  Couldn't be the midfield as the ball wasn't with them.  Couldn't be with the backline, as they kept giving it back.  Leaves the bench!

Interestingly, I thought the commentary was quite bullish at the start about us, but then turned to what we might do (eg throw all experience in the middle and tell them they have to stem the bleeding).  Not sure if we did any of it.

The result wasn't so unexpected - the manner and magnitude of it was.

Got a lot to do before the Saints next week.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Federal Election 2019
Difficult choices.  Please give us some centrist policies and a vision that will unite a country and lead us to a a society that is cohesive.

The current Gov are full of hatred and meanness,  which divides.  The main alternative has question marks over him, however has a stronger team.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 8: Carlton vs. Collingwood
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But the fact remains...we're anchored to the bottom (again) and Adelaide would be licking their lips at the possibility of pick one in this year's draft.

Light anchor, I think.  Our % is better than four other teams.  We have shown that we can play some good footy.  While we have picked up a few injuries and we need our best 22 out there, I think some wins will come soon (not this week) and won't take long to leap frog some others.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 8: Carlton vs. Collingwood
Last year v Collingwood we got about 45k to the game.   The crowd today was awesome  - noise from Carlton was the loudest it has been for some years (from limited games I've been to). 

While we don't know the outcome should an umpires decision goes the other way, 2 spring my mind.
 - de Goey block of Cripps just before half time.  de Goey turned and saw Cripps coming.   Goal to Grundy not long before half time.
- 50m penalty against Jack SOS. others may correct me but  all they did was swap man on the mark - didn't affect the play in anyway.  Goal to them.

Marchbanks' spill in the third - must have run close to 50m to effect this.  Awesome effort.

We are starting to show more even contribution and there seems to be genuine excitement with what is to come.  Hope the lads can deliver.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd : Carlton vs. Western Bulldogs
It was great to see the win (albeit today, having recorded the game).  I did hear a snippet on the radio as I had to go home to get the ice cream I forgot for lunch!  The bit on the radio was in the third, we were 5 goals up, which reduced to three.  Parkin and the other commentator were particularly harsh on a couple of errors that we made during that time, making it sound as if we were going to let another one go.

My observations are:;
 - had the teams swapped jumpers, I wouldn't have been surprised by our performance
 - We were running, moving the ball quickly, handballs and kicks were hitting targets
 - we slowed down a couple of times and just held on to the ball
 - Players under pressure had others to support them/receive an offload
 - We seem to have a larger number of left footers in the team
 - We won all the quarters (not sure the last time we did that)
 - We kept getting further in front.  It has been a while since we have had a game winning lead and then increased it.

 By no means were we perfect - what team is - but gee it makes a difference when there is a win.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Notre-Dame
Quite relevant,  Fly.  If it is insured properly no one needs to put in a (Euro) cent.

If it isn't insured,  sure, let them chip in like everyone else.  Would  the amount need to be publicised? If so why?
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Notre-Dame
It is an interesting position.  The French Government owns Notre Dame, not the Catholic Church.  The works and church are insured - although would need to see the outcome of the Insurance process.  $1b to renovate a church?  Seems like a lot.  I would imagine there will be caveats on the donations (the big ones).

It was/is an amazing building.  It will also be interesting to see if they rebuild to what it was, or build something modern instead.