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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 9 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne
Last post by BluePhantom -
Quote from: Baggers on
Until the 'heat' arrived in the 2nd half. Those of us who are critical of Ollie are not critical of his endeavour and effort. And we're not saying he's no good, or should not be out there. Simply observations of his inexperience in tight and physical situations. He's a ripper... with things to clean up on, especially hurting the opposition with his disposal, strengthening his body to stick tackles, surety by hand and foot in pressure situations... they'll come in time. But they're real shortcomings at present.

And everyone looked amazing in our first half, until the Go Dees brought the heat, then the wheat was sorted from the chaff.
He reminds me of Skinny Lappin who became a legend for us.
I think he didn't have any touches in his first two games!
If this forum was around then he would've been a lightning rod for negative comments.
Lucky it wasn't.
Ollie just need to do his job and learn his limitations and play to that. Oh and build his core strength.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by kruddler -
Ollie Hollands got caught a couple of times, and that always looks bad. But is it any worse than a missed kick that goes to an opponent, or out on the full. Of a refusal to chase....or any other kinds of 'mistakes'.

Im pretty sure Vossy would prefer Ollies types of mistakes (taking the game on) than lack of effort mistakes.

I also don't put the blame all on Ollie. Teammates needed to inform him that he needed to kick it sooner ("you're hot" etc)

As for Binns, being good in the VFL doesn't mean you get a game in the AFL.
He needs to make sure he's going to be better than someone in the AFL side.
I'm not sure who he would be an upgrade on.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: VFLW 2024
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: crashlander on
The girls play this morning at 10:15 at Preston against the Darebin Falcons.

B:  Matilda Fitzgerald (80)  Asha Turner-Funk (53)
HB:  Amy Trindale (62)   Layla Prince (58)  Steph Demeo (66)
C:   Hannah Scott (79)  Izzy Khoury (52)  Hannah Bowey (64)
HF:  Eliza Wood (50)  Georgia Tait (56)  Evie Lee (71)
F:  Emily Hurley (61)  Sophie McCarthy (54) 
R:  Jemma Stokes (65)  Isla Baldwin (70)  Simone Mooney (78)
INT: Danika Di Santo (76)  Katie Prendergast (77)  Madeleine Katerelos (69)  Mel Staunton (55)  Isabella Parnell (59)

EMG:  Natasha Phipps (74)  Amelie Moore (75)  Mia Haas (72)

In: Matilda Fitzgerald, Madeleine Katerelos, Jemma Stokes
Out: Octavia Di Donato, Zoe Hargreaves, Holly Ridewood

No AFLW girls playing this week, like last week.

A bit cold and miserable for the AFLW girls Crash?

I'd like to see at least our fringe AFLW players running around in the VFLW but I suppose the club has its reasons.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
Got to pick an opponent for either O Hollands or Binns, I thought Ollie was ok on Langdon in the first quarter and a bit but after that the Melb player took over and was one of their better players.
Acres will probably get McInerney given the size aspect leaving Gulden for Ollie or Binns and thats not a matchup Id want to see and if I was coaching Id be placing a stopper on Gulden like Boyd or even Cincotta.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
Last post by Baggers -
Quote from: Thryleon on
Just to dot point what im saying.  The vaccines were garbage the lockdowns not so much.

Real life, anecdotal story.

This little black duck, fully vaccinated with one booster, has had Covid about four times. The first three times barely noticing the symptoms - day or two of mild fever, mild sore throat, mild runny nose. Then a complete recovery. Over the past nine months I've not had my boosters - silly boy. Got Covid again about three/four weeks ago. Thought things would follow the usual symptomology. Nuh. Couple of days mild fever etc... then it got progressively worse, into the chest/lungs. Ended up with bronchitis and mild pneumonia for around five to seven days. Coughing up things that should have hopped out of my lungs into the nearest pond to join the other frogs! No need for hospitalisation, never got anywhere near that bad - thank the gods for a strong immune system. Completely recovered now.

I recall me posting when I had the mild symptoms recently and then Principal LODS posting that it can develop and get worse... he was right, and I only had myself to blame. Guess who's booked in for a booster shot soon. (Ps the doc diagnosed it was Covid that I had, not another flu etc.)
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Ladies Lounge / Re: VFLW 2024
Last post by crashlander -
The girls play this morning at 10:15 at Preston against the Darebin Falcons.

B:  Matilda Fitzgerald (80)  Asha Turner-Funk (53)
HB:  Amy Trindale (62)   Layla Prince (58)  Steph Demeo (66)
C:   Hannah Scott (79)  Izzy Khoury (52)  Hannah Bowey (64)
HF:  Eliza Wood (50)  Georgia Tait (56)  Evie Lee (71)
F:  Emily Hurley (61)  Sophie McCarthy (54) 
R:  Jemma Stokes (65)  Isla Baldwin (70)  Simone Mooney (78)
INT: Danika Di Santo (76)  Katie Prendergast (77)  Madeleine Katerelos (69)  Mel Staunton (55)  Isabella Parnell (59)

EMG:  Natasha Phipps (74)  Amelie Moore (75)  Mia Haas (72)

In: Matilda Fitzgerald, Madeleine Katerelos, Jemma Stokes
Out: Octavia Di Donato, Zoe Hargreaves, Holly Ridewood

No AFLW girls playing this week, like last week.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by LP -
There seems to be some confusion about the criticism of Ollie's errors.

It's being assumed / inferred that the criticism means he played a bad game, but the assumption is very wrong.

I suspect some of those criticising Ollie for his errors will even give him votes!

It's no different to Walsh in the dying seconds of the Filth game, a huge error did not mean he played a bad game.