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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 9 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne
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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 9 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne
4 points in the bag but at the cost of wear on our hearts and Cerra's injury.

Just thinking about Petracca and how he got off the leash. Charlie should've gone to him in the last late in the last quarter, he was in the backline anyway, he's athletic enough and strong enough to impede Petracca's influence, only has to break even.

Vossy out coached Goody in the first 3qtrs, we need to find a way of stopping team's momentum  >:( 
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 8 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
We need
Better defending setup, sick of this manning grass and they get the overlap. They work it out & up the wing then nail a pass to a leading fwd, all too easy.
Better delivery to the fwds. In the Melb game we were honoring leads, but now it's back to the Bolton/Teague yrs of bombing it in.
Better output from our small fwds. PLEASE. This has been documented well.
Better 2nd efforts from our main fwd and he gets out bodied toooo easy, at least make a contest and bring the ball to ground. Big H is marking well but gets scragged in contests unfairly.
Better decision making when ball in hand. Too many blinds kicks, too many handballs in a chain that always puts the last guy under pressure because the oppo can see where the next handball is going. Bad decision making.
Better set shot goal kicking, kick through the ball, not under the ball. All shots are looping in. Need Fev as goal kicking coach.
Just be Better

I know it's probably unfair to say all this but being an armchair critic its easy to offer advice.
Sometimes with the expectation of winning I feel it's easier as a supporter to go back to the sad years and expect a loss and really enjoy the odd unexpected win.
The losses now hurt.