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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: RD 16 : Carlton v St Kilda (Pre-game Chatter)
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re: Milne....gets off on the crowd booing him and loves to stick up opposing cheer squads etc....I hope we leave it alone and just play footy and he doesnt get too much insperation from being heckled.

Interesting choice for MM will be who plays on Reiwoldt...do you play Henderson forward and leave Jamo on NR which means McInnes would probably have to play on Tom Lee. IF Jamo gets NR you know it will be the same old same old from  NR dragging Jamo up the ground and leaving a big hole down forward for Milne to work in..

In the earlier Saints game NR mercilessly dragged Jamo around the ground and ran him into the deck. We should certainly avoid that same pitfall. If Riewoldt leaves our defensive zone then someone else should go with him or pick him up. I would be tempted to think of Walker - try to spoil and then exploit him on the rebound?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: RD 16 : Carlton v St Kilda (Pre-game Chatter)
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We are not in good shape atm IOT - maybe tonight we can turn it around?

Four games just past to define our season or draw a line in the sand. We didn't. I'm not sure about those kinds of games anyway. How many of us thought we had draw a line in the sand in R3 2012 when we physically smashed a team which had traditionally bullied us? :-[

I am interested to see how our guys play though. I expect a comfortable win but it's a dead rubber so I want to see if they just go through the motions.

The line in the sand I want to see is the one that says that whenever we take to the field we each give our absolute 100% utmost for the team. That's the most important thing for us atm. Making a start on that one would be good and keeping it up for the rest of the year would be even better!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: RD 16 : Carlton v St Kilda (Pre-game Chatter)
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If anyone wants to talk "Line in the Sand" then this one is it.

That's a few times I've seen this game referred to as a "Line in the Sand" game. We're talking about a team sitting which has cemented a spot in the bottom 4 - we're in worse shape than even I thought if this is line in the sand stuff.

We are not in good shape atm IOT - maybe tonight we can turn it around?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: RD 16 : Carlton v St Kilda (Pre-game Chatter)
If anyone wants to talk "Line in the Sand" then this one is it. Would love a big win but I would be happy if we just put in our collective 100% best for four full quarters and showed that we really are having a fully serious go.

If we do that then we'll have clawed back at least some respect and I'll go along with whatever the result may be.

At least we would truly know where we stand.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: RD 16 : Carlton v St Kilda (Pre-game Chatter)
Gee I am really hoping for a very big win this week - something that makes a HUUUUGE statement that the CFC is BAAACK! Something to get the adrenaline pumping again.

Our collective enthusiasm and what's left of our optimism has all but been been destroyed this past week and I getting depressed by reading anything to do with our club atm.

If we lose again this week I think I will be putting my cue in the rack until next year and just hoping we can make the right start on fixing up the list over the off-season.  :(
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 'Cue In The Rack' or 'Soldier On'
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It is very disheartening! We have an excessive number of players who’s lack of development and years on our list have been of great detriment to the on-field fortunes of our team. We have drafted poorly, developed badly and been below-par with our list management decisions.

I was thinking about adding Watson but he seems to have been lumped by Mick in the “never to play again category” ala Laids and Duigan.
As for McCarthy and Mitchell, if the NB reports are anything to go by, there are a pair of KP selections that will be added to the long list of flops over the last 10+ years!

This week's team will at least indicate which players such as those you've posted are earmarked to go. Maybe Laidler is not among them having heard about the recent knee pin removal story - he might come back eventually.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 'Cue In The Rack' or 'Soldier On'
Culture building must be the priority and so we must field our best available and performing 22 for each remaining game. Play guys who show something in the VFL as and when they do e.g. Watson this week. or when injuries open up a spot.

I'm sure that MM has a pretty good idea of who will go/stay by now and doesn't need too much further "experimentation" with team selection.