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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Richmond at MCG
Quote from: BlackRooster – on
I thought Acres looked very lazy last week. So not surprised
I thought he was caught out a few times running to receive, when I made my post match comments I talked about some bad habits seeming to sneak back in, and he was one of the players I was thinking about.

We don't need a bloke Acres size roving packs looking for soft possessions, his first week back he was very good, and a key feature of the team over the last few weeks has been when you have to go you go, running around the traffic isn't.

OH was good in the VFL, so he's a no brainer as a swap. I'm a bit surprised one of the kids hasn't bene given a rest, but maybe Fraser accepts the Nthmond leg speed will trouble us, and that could be another reason Acres and OH swapped. OH isn't much faster but he is faster.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Richmond at MCG
Lynch is too much of a sniper, he likes smashing the defender in front, reminds me of Matthew Lloyd, both timid when forced to take the front position.

It's why I rate and hate Jack Riewoldt more than both of them, because he went hard at the footy under any circumstance, which just made me hate him more! Blokes like Sticks, Plugger, Dunstall, Brereton, Maclure, they wore as much as they gave out, no shirking. Was that stupid, maybe, but it earns respect.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Richmond at MCG
Quote from: Baggers – on
Yep, TC. In terms of effort, endeavour and spirit Deano and The Derk would give their all... but... the physical size of Lynch would be too big an ask. But if Young comes in, who goes out? Maybe Iso is given a rest, and The Derk goes forward? Be interesting to see what the MC does with this conundrum.
If we win clearances and keep the ball moving forward with some efficiency it will / should take care of itself.

This week won't be easy at all, fans thinking that Nthmond are lowly will be surprised by the pace they have around the footy, and that pace basically matches up well with our current game style.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs West Coast
Personally, AFL 2026 style appears to be a war of attrition, 24 games, smaller lists, it's making it to finals hopefully in the Top 4 in the best possible condition. From there anything can happen, it is potentially more dynamic than the past.

It's only a couple of years back the Lions lost 7 or 8 of the first 9 games and won the flag, fans have a short memory!

This speaks nothing at all to the capabilities of the coach or the coaching group, but it does say something about the MC and Medical team. For me the coach panel must work with what they have got, fit or otherwise, it's the medical team and the MC to manage the list through the season to get it to the pointy end in the best possible state.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Quote from: DJC – on
If that's the incident, Guy is just leaning in and drawing her towards him to make a private remark.  The other images of the event seem to show Guy and Deeming getting on like a house on fire  ::)
Apparently, it was a headlock, how misguided of me my full apology! :o

Was it followed up with the People's Elbow and a Rock Bottom?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs West Coast
Quote from: Lods – on
I wonder how we sit now on that 'quarters won' table that was floating around before we were good.
It's an interesting concept, and perhaps a lack of understanding about how stats work.

Technically, there is nothing stopping a team losing 75% of quarters but still winning more games than they lose, or inversely a team winning the majority of quarters and still losing more than they win like Carlton. Because the bare stat represents nothing in regard to magnitude, it measures a swing in direction, not the magnitude of the swing. Scrap over the line in a quarter by 1pt, is the same stat as winning a quarter by 10 goals.

A great comparison might be the Filth from a season or two back, when they scrapped over the line in the last quarter of more than half the wins they had.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs West Coast
I watched the replay this morning, we played well in moments but were too comfortable about it, like we could pick and choose when to go hard. It's a horrible mindset to have, it sets you up for failure on the biggest stage, we'll be the team who could have if we had chosen to!

Back in our glory days, the era of Dominator and Doull, we never let up, we went harder at it for longer than the opposition and set a standard that intimidated opposition. It become a meme in our 3rd quarters, and ear worm for the opposition that they could not escape. But make no mistake about it, it was driven by the likes of Dominator and Doull, who hit the playing surface every week wishing to obliterate the opponents, not just have a well-managed win.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs West Coast
Quote from: PaulP – on
I'd love to know what Davies and Wright are thinking right about now.
If you search for it there was an interview with Davies just late last week, I think it was either SEN or Fox Footy, that had Davies basically ruling a line through Fraser stating he has some deficiencies and is not yet ready for senior coaching.

What's interesting to me is that this raises the question, why then is the current setup working? Is it on the players, or is a less autocratic model perhaps the real solution, a solution that most in the AFL can't accept?

We can't know, but I truly suspect Davies comments indicate that at the moment the weekly result is an unsustainable team effort, who'd have thunk it?

To me that's old world thinking, corporate mentality, the opposite of war, and it flies in the face of the concept that a champion team defeats a team of champions. The most effective unit in the military is the small independant unit SAS model, the opposite of Trump's war on Iran, smart and agile is better than overwhelmingly powerful.

AFL is war, break the game down into a set of small independant battles to win, and you are well on the way to victory in any circumstance!

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs West Coast
I think fans are measuring the result against our recent history, so it looks extremely positive, it's like having a meat raffle win when you are a pauper, the win is a feast.

But it's the wrong relative measure, it should be measured against competition wide results, we aren't supping on lobster just yet, really it was the sort of minimal result we should be expecting if we are any good at all!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs West Coast
Quote from: laj – on
We sit in the wildcard spot for the next 3 hours!!! Collingwood playing Richmond will kick us out again unfortunately.
We really needed a big percentage booster today, as good as it was to win it was a bit of an opportunity missed.

It's not going to be good enough to finish on par with the Filth, because they might be injury ravaged but they have an easier run home. Us, Norp and the Suns have a tougher run home.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2026 In game Angst Carlton vs West Coast
Quote from: PaulP – on
A bit of a lull in the middle of the last, but the boys are coming home strong.

West Coast have been pretty competitive in the last few weeks. This is a great effort by the boys. Well done to all concerned. Some more accuracy on goal and it could've been 10 goals +.
Agreed, didn't get to watch it today but I'm happy and yet disappointed at the same time. This week was our chance to come out of this round with a percentage equal to the Filth or Norp.

As I've said before until we start to slaughter sides like Wet Toast we aren't really going anywhere near the top end. I was hoping for 10+ but fearing a defeat today, my fears are allayed and it's a good sign, but we didn't hurt that bunch of spuds in the way we should have.

Winning comfortably is the problem, the comfortable part, it doesn't give me confidence we have the killer instinct we need to go hard against the top end when the going gets tough.

PS; If you want to know the definition of disappointing, it's only being able to get MMM reception and the first person you hear is BT! FFS, he spent 1/2 of the game discussing police surrounding the coach's bench! He should hand back his pay cheque for today, if he doesn't want to be at or call Carlton games, then please BT do not bother to show up because you are accepting a paycheck fraudulently!