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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 6 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs St Kilda
Quote from: kruddler – on
Saints are well coached. We knew that.

You need to move the ball fast, long and accurate to beat them. We didn't have Docherty and Saad today who are our best at that by a country mile. I'd like to come up against the saints later in the year with those 2 playing and see the difference. They were able to flood back chop off the space and force us to play the possession game. As soon as we stuffed one up, they swooped and scored.

That was the difference.

We had a shocker in front of goal. Easily 5 shots missed we'd kick most weeks. I think it was acres who chose not to toe poke one through from the goal square, instead letting it dribble past him....and the goals...in for a point.

But, its not all doom and gloom. We played poor, against the top side, and absolutely dominated them in the first half in every area except the scoreboard. Gives us something to work from, and we'll get better as a result.
I'd rather find out this now, than come finals time.

I'm going to agree with Kruddler.
It's early days but our seasons probably at a bit of a fork in the road.
How we handle the weeks leading up to the bye rounds will tell a bit of a tale about our coaches and their ability to rectify the issues holding us back at the moment.

We've come up against the form team of the competition after 6 rounds.
We've been all over them in a lot of the general play in the first half of the game.

Individuals are showing some good signs,
Some of the newer players on the list are especially promising and look to be set for long careers.
We go off a bit about McKay and his costly brain fades but he's been strong in the air and presenting well up around the wing area as well as in the forward half.
The midfield is getting a lot of the ball.
Walsh has had his two weeks 'easing' ;)  into the season and is now back to normal

But there is still lots of room for improvement.
There is a group on the fringe who are probably looking at their last season as Carlton players.
We are falling down in both execution and decision making.
You would expect those things to improve as the season progresses, and if we have a bit of fortune with injuries we may do a reverse 2022 and come home much stronger in the second half of the year.

I was much happier with the effort this week than I was with the effort last week.
A word of caution though.
Outclassed and outscored, West Coast came with a pretty good effort against Port.
They had one bad quarter where things fell to pieces but it was fairly even apart from that.
Next week back at home for them will be a challenge for us.
It may actually be an opportunity to get a bit of confidence and system back, but take if for granted and it could also have the opposite effect.



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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Vale Barry Humphries
Quote from: Baggers – on
Barry had the quickness of wit to carry Edna and Les into all manner of situations with absolute credibility, composure and hilarity... those two were real people.



I recall Sir Les being interviewed by Parkinson with Jackie Weaver as another guest; Sir Les joined them with a sizeable falace in his pants and Jackie lost it a few times as did Parko.

So many amazing memories created by this comic genius. RIP Mr Humphries... you national treasure.

I remembered the Parkinson interview.
It's one of the funniest things I've ever seen and I went and had a look at it on youtube again last night.
The total interview seems to be in several parts on there.
Barry Jones was the other guest.

Les kept adjusting his 'erection' and pointing it at Jackie who absolutely lost it at times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfNvunRmgcw

RIP Barry
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
My daughter did some part time nursing in the aged care system for the extra dough and was horrified at the treatment of residents and the lack of care provided.
Staff knocking off the pain meds and food, patients left with bed sores that were infected. No wonder CoVid went through aged care homes, the residents wouldn't have a chance unless they were taken to hospital. With visitors banned and no checks being done on the lack of care it was the perfect storm for many deaths and to have the easy out of blaming it on CoVid. The aged care system in Australia is a national disgrace that no politician from either side wants to tackle as they need the private operators to make it work but can't over regulate them so the care is poor.Its not about what care they provide it's about what they can get away with in terms of saving money...

I suspect it would be a bit like schools.
Good ones and bad ones.
And sadly sometimes you get what you can afford to pay.
My wife has also done some work in a couple of homes and has had some good experiences, but also mentioned a bit of a gap between the professionalism of some of the workers.

There seems to be a fair bit of scrutiny in terms of standards and accreditations but like other similar situations you can dress the place up for a couple of days if you know the 'inspector' is coming. If there are standards you don't meet there is usually a follow up where you get to correct it.

One of the big issues is availability of trained staff.
And that's not always because the big providers have their eye on the balance sheet.
It's not a go-to profession just at the moment especially in the wake of the pandemic.
It's something that needs to be addressed, especially in the area of registered nurses.
I think that's one of the priorities for Government that is being rectified.
But it's a case of people actually wanting to do the job.

It takes a special kind of person who gets career satisfacton out of feeding, washing and toileting old folks, especially those with dementia who are often resistant or physically aggressive.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
No doubt there were some terrible outcomes for individuals during the worst of pandemic and lockdowns
Loss of income, isolation, mental health, not being able to be with loved ones when they passed.

I guess the problem with looking at statistics in regard to a set of actions in hindsight is this...
We know the illness and mortality rates with the action taken.
We'll never know the illness and mortality rates if those actions weren't taken.

Re closing schools...while the younger populations weren't prone to serious illness and death they still got infected and could possibly have passed the virus on to others-parents, grandparents etc. so it was another strategy to curb the spread.

The best we can hope for is that there will be some really thorough evaluation of the strategies used and we'll be much better prepared next time.

This was an unprecedented event in just about everyone's life-time.
That mistakes were made, or there was a level of unpreparedness is a no-brainer.
My daughter is a nurse in aged care...
My wife's best friend's mother died in one of the homes in the early days of the pandemic
While I can undertand some class actions on behalf of the families of residents who died (they're looking to find someone accountable for the unexplainable) the aged care sector was overwhelmed by something no-one in positions of responsibility could possibly have anticipated.

Just a bit less serious to finish...
Has anyone else noticed that eggs taste a bit weird after having had covid?
I can't eat them anymore.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 6 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda
Quote from: WASurfer – on
TDK out....why do they say "managed"? Clearly he's been dropped....or omitted.

A structure thing no doubt...it may point to tactics we'll employ, but I'm buggered if I have any idea what they might be...other than Jack rucking again.  ::)
I wonder how much a young ruckman, 5 years into his career, who can't make his sides twenty-two will be worth at season's end.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
It's something I struggle with at times in these discussions...and not just race.
The human makeup is pretty complex
Folks want to identify as 'one' or the 'other' rather than embracing everything that is part of their makeup.
The net result is that it creates a barrier.
You v Me.
I guess the danger for those of indigenous backgrounds is that there may be a fear (justified, no doubt) that their culture is swamped and lost if they don't fight to preserve it.
It's not a new debate.
I remember that it was a discussion when I was back in High School
Assimilation v Integration.

Assimilation- where the population is blended together and minority identity is eventually filterered out v Integration- where the individual cultures are able to maintain and celebrate their identity within a larger society.

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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
Quote from: Thryleon – on
Cos everyone has been so honest about vaccines haven't they?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11935971/AstraZeneca-Covid-vaccine-no-longer-available-Australians-Coronavirus-jab-discontinued.html

The message around vaccination has changed a bit from the initial  "Get vaccinated to protect us all" to "Get vaccinated to protect yourself."
It's become a very individual and personal decision.
I had my fifth shot about three weeks ago.
I probaby had more of a reaction to my flu shot about a week ago than to any of my covid shots.

I had AZ for the first vaccination and Pfizer for the subsequent ones
I think in making the decision to be vaccinated or not we look for a bit of information.
Sometimes, as with most things, our bias 'for or against' leads us to give a bit more credence to information that supports our beliefs.
On a quick read of the Mail article you could easily  get the message that AZ is suddenly causing blood clots and has had to be withdrawn.
A more in depth read reveals nothing quite so dramatic....in fact it's old news.
The blood clot issue has been around since the vaccine rollout began.
When I was looking for fifth vax options it seemed that Moderna and Pfizer both seemed to have specific vaccines for the latest Omicron variants, so the AZ had been superseded.

It is a personal  issue and the virus can vary greatly in it's effects on individuals.
If even the 'experts' aren't 'experts' (and thoughts and practices have changed greatly since the initial days of the virus) it's probably  best left to the individual to decide what's the best course of action for themselves.
Having had Covid, and with a few health issues I feel pretty comfortable with my level of protection.