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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 6 2024 In-Game thread Carlton vs GWS
David King frothing over our clearance work, yet also bemoaning our lower pressure rating needs to put 2 and 2 together.

We can get the ball out of the ruck because we have 2 rucks.
We can't get the ball back once we turn the ball over because we have 2 rucks.

They are doing very well on the run and overlap and we don't have an answer with our taller/slower side by comparison.

On top of that, 3 tall blokes up forward is making us lazy. When going forward.
We either.....
a) can't hit a leading target,
b) are not even trying to hit a leading target
c) or there is no leading target to kick to.

Either way, its a knock on for the extra ruck and consequently lack of run/pressure.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 6 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS
Oh look, we are going in with 2 rucks again.

Not only that
Young offers less run than Gov.
Cowan offers less run than Saad.

So we were lacking with run last week, so they've 'fixed it' by 'adding' less run this week.

Also no chance of putting a tall as an emergency because that will come from....
[37] Jordan Boyd,
[16] Jack Carroll,
[14] Orazio Fantasia,
[19] Corey Durdin,
[7] Matthew Kennedy
*facepalm*

Eventually we'll win one of these, but it will be from good luck rather than good management.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Quote from: DJC on
That's the way Crouch was taught to go for a ground ball.  If Carroll had learnt the same technique, there would have been no head contact.

I agree that the game has to evolve to minimise head knocks but part of that evolution is a return to good technique and the elimination of foolhardy play encouraged by the rules as they are interpreted now.  If two players went for the ball as Carroll did, it would have resulted in a head clash.

That's the way I teach my 9yo son to go for the ball. Protect yourself by turning your body.
If the other bloke is stupid enough to not do that, then that's on him. He doesn't meant to hurt the opposition by doing that, but protect yourself first, opponent second.

Afls duty of care will get you if you hurt someone else, but that someone else needs to show a duty of care to themselves!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Quote from: madbluboy on
First Crack showed Rankine going into the middle and stood on Cripps. Crows won the ball, Rankine pushed forward and got away from our captain who was right on his tail but too slow to stop him.

Next time Hewett picked him up but then just let Rankine go by himself inside 50.

Sure, its not great and will be harshly judged, but do we actually have anyone that could catch him?