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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
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There is the navy blue glasses i speak of.

Cerra....
2020, 2021, 2022 - best 22 under 22
2020-2023, 2025 - top 10 B+F (2024 - 4-5 hamstrings)
2020, 2025 - top 3 in B+F

FYI, in 2020, Cerra was 20.

Lord....
*crickets*

Lord was 20 in 2025.


Again, i've got nothing against him, not everyone will be superstars. I just think he needs to lift his game.....and zero tackles and poor disposal will not endear him to the MC.

The problem is you seem to want them all to be superstars.
It ain't happening.

If Lord was given  a job to do on a Sydney player and didn't do it, he may be in strife, otherwise he'll back up again next week.

FYI he had career high disposals and inside 50s on Thursday night...so yep..he's on the improve.

Sure, career highs in those areas, because Cerra wasn't there and he has increased minutes.
I'm not fussed about that, i'm watching what he is doing with it.

You put his numbers against Jagga.....watch the difference with ball in hand between those 2 and you'll see why those numbers are not the same like you make them out to be.

For the 423rd time, i'm not expecting him to be a superstar or be as good as any other individual. Just pointing out that he would not be as safe as you make out (long term).

Years gone by Adam Bentick was getting 30+ touches in a game. Averages 5 tackles in his career, up to 6 in his last couple years.
Ratten handed him the #7 as a bright young talent. But.....he was largely average. Not great by foot. Deemed not good enough. 2 years after he got the #7 handed to him, he was delisted.
I don't see anything in Lord that Bentick didn't have.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
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Quote from: kruddler – on


Answer me this. Has he improved in his last 2 seasons?

He's still the tough nut.
He's still going to give you his all.
His minutes has improved due to personnel and circumstances, but has he?

You say i have something against him (and Wilson).
I say you have navy blue glasses on when viewing them.

I had similar conversations about Jaxon Binns last year and was told the same thing.
Remind me how he is going this year?  :-[

The kids are 20 kruds.
You would have had Kade Simpson and Bruce Doull off to the knackery at similar stages of their careers.
To answer  your question...yep, both are improving.
I'd have Wilson before Saad, and Lord before Acres and Cerra too. They are too unreliable in terms of lasting a game at the moment.

There is the navy blue glasses i speak of.

Cerra....
2020, 2021, 2022 - best 22 under 22
2020-2023, 2025 - top 10 B+F (2024 - 4-5 hamstrings)
2020, 2025 - top 3 in B+F

FYI, in 2020, Cerra was 20.

Lord....
*crickets*

Lord was 20 in 2025.


Again, i've got nothing against him, not everyone will be superstars. I just think he needs to lift his game.....and zero tackles and poor disposal will not endear him to the MC.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Quote from: Lods – on
Quote from: kruddler – on
I use stats to back my argumwnt, not form my argument.

Get the ball in the hands of both and Jagga and Lord and out your life on the line of them finding a teammate.
99% will pick jagga.
The 1% who pick lord will not know who Jagga is or be related to Lord.  ;)

Im not on a witch hunt. Elijah was by far the worst user of the ball, lord may have been next

Nah
You've got a set on him for some reason. ;)  :D
We've had our differences over the summer.
I mentioned at one stage I thought Lord and Wilson would be players that improved this year.
You seem to have taken an opposite view for both of them..
Have a look at our B& F voting for this game.
Lord features.
You'll give these guys a a serve when they do do something poorly and ignore them when they do something well.
Prove me wrong. ;)

Answer me this. Has he improved in his last 2 seasons?

He's still the tough nut.
He's still going to give you his all.
His minutes has improved due to personnel and circumstances, but has he?

You say i have something against him (and Wilson).
I say you have navy blue glasses on when viewing them.

I had similar conversations about Jaxon Binns last year and was told the same thing.
Remind me how he is going this year?  :-[
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
I don't get all the hate for boyd.
Clearly not rated by the mc.
Not well liked by our own supporters.

I don't know if it's got to do with him painting his nails or something equally nonsensical, but a his user of the ball who likes getting physical and flying the flag is something we could use at afl level right now.

To me he looks to play better at afl level. Maybe it's the pristine surfaces of afl over vfl that helps his kicking, but given newman, saad, cowan, carroll (williams?) All out and/or struggling....give him a go
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
I use stats to back my argumwnt, not form my argument.

Get the ball in the hands of both and Jagga and Lord and out your life on the line of them finding a teammate.
99% will pick jagga.
The 1% who pick lord will not know who Jagga is or be related to Lord.  ;)

Im not on a witch hunt. Elijah was by far the worst user of the ball, lord may have been next
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
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https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/police-respond-to-incident-at-melbourne-railway-station-20260306-p5o8ar.html

Machettes were involved again. Word is the 22 YO deceased man was not part of the initial fight between the teenagers but stepped in to try to deescalate things. Terrible and reality is 3 out 4 are under 18 so very likely will be out on bail walking the streets in coming days.

Police station is literally 300m from where this occurred but due to cuts is no longer manned 24hr.

I was coming home from the f1 on that very train line an hour after that happened and got off a couple stops before then.
Had my 10yo with me.

Word i had was the 22yo was a security guard, but not sure.

They have arrested 4 people 16-18yos for the murder.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
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Quote from: MickyO – on
How did Lord go?

He's a player I have a bit of hope in.
He turns 21 in  couple of weeks,so he's still very young.
He wasn't our worst by any stretch, but once the pressure came on he was pretty much overwhelmed.
The intensity of that period was so much greater than the practice matches and Lord struggled a bit with the speed of the game.

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Lord can't handball effectivly in close. I saw it last year and again last night.  A combination of strength and technique and he plays along side the best in the business.

As bb points out his disposals became rushed and inaccurate as the pressure increased.
Now as I see it, Lord's plays a bit of a role as a defensive midfielder.
He's one of the very few of our mids with a strong defensive side to his game.
Exactly what we needed when the Swans midfield started to cut us up.
And therein lies one of our problems...we don't have many.

An interesting stat that perhaps reflects the difference between a practice game and a real game is this one.
Lord had 13 tackles against Geelong in the practice game.
Last night he had 0

I was canned for suggesting Lord was sub-par in that Geelong match.
His 'saving grace' was his tackle count.

Well after last nights efforts, including his zero tackles, nothing has changed on my end......but it appears some others have seen the same.
Disposal is average.
Panics under pressure.
Without his tackles, whats he got?

Now as i said last week, i've got nothing against the kid and hope he comes on.....but if we get a few players back and a few kids step up, he's the one in the gun.

Do you pick him or Cerra? Cerra.
If Cottrell and Acres is fit, do we allow Jagga/Walsh more midfield time.....who would get less?
Williams in the midfield performed very well early, 5 clearances to half time.
What if Ben Camporeale comes on.....he might also force Lord out.

Whichever way you look at it, currently, Lord is the weakest link in a pretty stacked midfield. I wouldn't want to be having anymore 0 tackle games if i was him.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
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Not a fan of what Dan replayed nor what Doc said.
Stinks of laying into the coach which is unhelpful at this stage. Makes Doc seem disgruntled imo and yea Dan is good mates with those that left last year.

Not cool.
Nothing wrong with Dan if you realise he is essentially just a well connected fan.
He goes through the ups and downs just like we do. He has the same passion just like we do.
He can call on some well credentialled mates.......and thats the only difference to your average supporter.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
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Quote from: Lods – on


Mr Simpson is there...I'm sure he'll have some feedback ;)

Simmo has made it clear that's really not his game day role, plus, he's only there once a week.

Including part timer Simpson.....and Boak....there was an extra couple of coaches added from last year to this year. Can't remember them all, i think Josh Fraser returned as well.

To lay the blame at Voss' feet when there is 12 blokes who have just sat through their first game together is not fair.
I doubt Voss got to choose them, but they absolutely have a large say in if he gets to keep his job.


I said in the pre-game that i thought we were a sneaky chance to win.....but could also lose by 80 points.
The logic was this, Round 0, we are an unknown. 1/4 of the team was new, new coaches, new gameplan, new new new. We 'should' get the jump on the swans. How we fair once they work out what we are doing, well, thats the unknown part.
True to my prophecy, we did get the jump on the swans and did quite well. However, it didn't take the swans long to work out what to do and they absolutely nailed it to the point that their 3rd quarter, outscored our full 4.

Hopefully the extended brains trust learn from that.
Hopefully our MC learn from that too. There'd be a few nervous players at training this week.