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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Parlay: AFL 2019 Rd 3: Carlton vs Sydney
I thought Dow had one of his worst game for the Club last Sat v Syd. He seemed to miss targets, goals and was generally messy with some of his disposals. But to his credit, he worked his ass off. He is a jet though and is entitled to an off game every now and then.
He got off to a bad start with that shocking miss in the first few minutes and didn't really recover, his games against Richmond and Port were good.
He'll be a good player, possibly a very good player.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Parlay: AFL 2019 Rd 3: Carlton vs Sydney
They both have good skills and good aerobic capacity, they'll be good players.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Parlay: AFL 2019 Rd 3: Carlton vs Sydney
2018 was our worst season in our history, so i'm not surprised.
Despite our 3 losses so far this year, and all the doom and gloom that it has brought with it, our % is currently 75.5%
So roughly the same as our spoon years under Pagan?
Things can only get better I guess.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Parlay: AFL 2019 Rd 3: Carlton vs Sydney
Technically yes, but we are in more games with Bolton than we ever were with Pagan.
1 in 4 games we got belted by 10 goals or more.
Under Bolton its better than 1 in 5, despite more losses.....and despite not having Kouta, Fevola etc...
In our three spoon years under Pagan our percentages were 73, 75 and 74%.
In 2018 it was 59%.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Parlay: AFL 2019 Rd 3: Carlton vs Sydney
Wasn't this mental weakness / lack of self belief also the case under Pagan, Ratten, Malthouse and now Bolton ? So sacking the coach should solve it ?
Under Pagan it was simply a lack of cattle, Ratten had a much better list and achieved some moderate success, Malthouse was a bad appointment from day one and it was a matter of time.
We still have holes in our list and are still well short of the top teams, but we should be steadily improving with the talent we've added over the last three or four years.
That's all that supporters want to see, and that's why performances like yesterday are so disappointing.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Parlay: AFL 2019 Rd 3: Carlton vs Sydney
He may well end up finished sooner than expected, but if so, I doubt his failure will have anything to do with toughness, or ruthlessness, or a lack thereof
I'm not talking about flogging blokes at training or tearing strips off them verbally, what we lacked yesterday was mental strength.
When the going got tough some of our players simply didn't handle it, they made poor decisions under pressure and made skill errors executing basic tasks which they could do with their eyes closed at training.
It's a lack of self belief as much as anything, which means that we become reactive and second guess ourselves.
Collectively we don't expect to win, and when it inevitably turns against us we can't find another way.
Call it what you will, but ultimately Bolton will have to take responsibility.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Parlay: AFL 2019 Rd 3: Carlton vs Sydney
The buck stops with the senior coach mate, we either harden up and start winning a few games or he's finished.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Parlay: AFL 2019 Rd 3: Carlton vs Sydney
It's a big ask for a kid in game three.
If we don't start winning semi regularly Bolton is finished, he's a good bloke and probably a good coach but it's just not working at the moment, maybe we need someone a bit more hard nosed and ruthless to instil some real desire and confidence into the players.
Reload for next week, hopefully minus Polson and Gibbons, but 0 and 4 will make it very tough on Bolton.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: JLT Round 2 - Blues v Pies (11 March, Monday holiday)
Dow Walsh and Setterfield all look like very good players but they came up against some class and experience today, Pendlebury, Treloar, Sidebottom and Beams are hardened and classy and our kids struggled a bit, in a couple of years it will be a different story.
We're right on track as far as I'm concerned.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2018 Rd 23: Post Game Passion: Carlton vs Adelaide
In fact, I'm surprised that someone hasn't already blamed our new wooden spoon on the cap penalties. It seems to be a good scapegoat.
Not the penalties as such but much of the disaster of the last 15 years is attributable to the Elliott and then Pratt years, the attitude that we could buy success took an awful lot of killing.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Who of today’s 22 is playing their last game for the club.
Hopefully Ben is a better player.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2018 Rd 23: Post Game Passion: Carlton vs Adelaide
Yes, like O'brien we saw De Koning tonight against the Crows who are a big bodied team, our kids need time whether they are mids or talls!
I think they can both have a role, I just doubt SoJ will ever be fairly appraised!
Long term I see SoJ as a natural replacement for the Daisy type role!
Thomas gets lots more of the ball, is quicker and has better skills, even though he's past his best he's still a much better footballer than Jack.
I hope he makes it but it's his third year now and he's fully fit, it's not looking good.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2018 Rd 23: Post Game Passion: Carlton vs Adelaide
Obrien leans back on a lot of kicks and sprays them or kicks them short...not sure what to make of him to be honest...
It's his first year and he still looks a bit uncomfortable against big bodied men in my opinion, but he shows enough ability to be confident about his future.
Polson might make it, I doubt that Silvagni will.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Who of today’s 22 is playing their last game for the club.
Whatever there is to like about Byrne, there is just as much to not like....
I wish we had another three or four as good as him.
That's the key isn't it.....
For a 21 game player he goes OK....but the fact that he's only played 21 games in four years counts against him.
Doubt he'd be discarded at the end of this year so hopefully he gets a bit of continuity next year.
First year he came over from Ireland never having played the game so counting that is a bit rough, last year was a knee reco.
When he's fit he plays seniors, the club has a very high opinion of him.