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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
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Believe it or not individual teams go into Round 1 with different mindsets depending on their stage of development. Leigh Matthews used to build into the season, and look at peaking at the right time. I dare say Chris Scott thinks likewise as would Chris Fagan. Ross Lyon will have StKilda wound up tighter than a 50's wrist watch to ensure they usher in the new era with a win...... and Vossie has a new game plan that needs to show credibility and effectiveness.  So where does that leave Dean Cox and the Swan? Will their attitude be all about showing off their shiny new toy and how that one piece of the jigsaw is enough to take them back into the top 4, or are they at a stage where the build up to a season is the way to go. As is repeated so often before (and after) around 1 games, it's worth 4 point, like every other round..... nothing more, nothing less. I think the Swans in Round 16 would be a far more dangerous outfit than in Round 1.
This is a game that the Swans are expected to win, and they also need to show that bringing in Curnow and ejecting Hayward and Florent has been the right move.  They also need to show the Sydney crowd that they are back after a disappointing 2025.  If they were to lose this game, it would be a major loss for them, not only the 4 points, but far more significantly from a PR point of view.  

Carlton, on the other hand, have lost 3 significant players and are trying to introduce a completely new game style.  

Therein lies the opportunity - an unknown quantity that might just ruin the party.  We can only hope.....

Imagine if the game came down to a Hayward or Curnow kick after the siren.....

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
AFL have really set us up for a fall in this first game.  

Sydney have lots of tall forward options which may stretch us,  I wouldn't play Weiters on Charlie, we need him to be the general back there and free to roam as third man up.  Lewis Young may get the job instead.

TBH, I would be happy with not getting blown out of the water - we have some winnable games after this one, and a chance for the new combinations to settle down a bit.  Just don't need a flogging first up to deflate the balloon too much. 

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2026 Last Practice Match Carlton vs Geelong
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Caveat: preseason game.

Loves:
Ollie on the wing.
Jagga.
Walshy.
Coops.
Game plan.
Work rate.

Likes:
Deano.
Crippa.
Hewey.
Pitto.
Derks.
The Byrner.

Concerns:
Chesser.
Fogarty.
Moir.

Agree with most of this, although I thought Chesser was pretty good.

I went last night so I could see how cohesive the new game plan is (watching on the box doesn't let you look 50-100 metres down the ground.....)

A couple of observations.....

- Our forwards need to learn how to work better with this new game plan.  The timing of their leads is poor, either too early, or not committed enough so they don't get a break on their defenders.  We had several centre breaks that could have led to easy goals, but the leads weren't there.  

- Yet again, too many intercept marks by Geelong defenders were effectively uncontested.  If we want the small/mid forwards more involved, there must be someone in Blue contesting every mark in F50

- On point 2, if a forward does go up in a marking contest, a mark is good, but a spoil and subsequent crumbs may be just as good.  The aim must be to make sure the opposition doesn't get it. 

- We really need Newman back with his left foot daggers.  The short play in our D50 is heart-in-mouth stuff (especially if Mitch McGovern and Lewis Young are involved!).

- I'd really like to see a bit more one-on-one defense.  We coughed up quite a few goals by using a zone approach but being too loose. (eg check out Ollie Henry's goal in the last quarter - he strolled in and kicked from 40 while a couple of Carlton defenders were trying to guard space instead of pressuring the ball-holder). 

Overall, a pleasing change, and watching it is much more enthralling than the treacle approach we have been using in the past.


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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
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I don't get why the MAGA media post this stuff and think it's a positive for RedTrump, or how anybody can read it and think he some sort of righteous clarion.

I read that paragraph and think, this heavily resourced and connected Kent new what was going or in a global paedophile ring back in 2006 and chose to do feck all about it!

I suspect that he was terrified that Epstein would spill the beans ... and still is, albeit posthumously.
I notice Maxwell used the 5th amendment during her interview with Comer et al.  Said she would only tell the full story if Trump offers her clemency.

How does that work....?   He lets her out of jail and she tells the whole story with some useful omissions? 

There must be something preventing a President from offering a pardon to a person who may hold incriminating evidence against said President?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Under 23 players
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Moir reminds me very much of Troy Menzel.

Their cameos look great but like many players of this mould they struggle to add more strings to their bow and can be a bit pigeon holed - maybe they just don't work as hard as they should as their glimpses of brilliance gets them brownie points other less flashy players are not afforded 

As a fan i get very excited with these sorts but have been disappointed more times as only a few go on to play long careers.

Time will tell.
I fear you’re right but obviously hope he can develop into a solid contributor.
Moir reminds me a lot of Izak Rankine - if he can develop an engine, and rotate through the mids occasionally, he will become far more dangerous.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
There was a story in the paper today about how Richard Nixon successfully leaned on the then Chair of the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates in the lead up to the 1972 elections to improve his re-election chances.  The upshot of this was the inflation rate (which was 3.2% in 1972) rose to over 12% by the end of the decade.

The world economy will get whacked if Donny boy gets to set his own rates by replacing Jerome Powell with a patsy when his term ends in April.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Trump's narcissism is reaching extreme levels now.  The John F Kennedy Memorial for Performing Arts Centre in Washington (named 2 months after JFK was assassinated as a living memorial) has had 'The Donald J Trump and....' prefix added.  The change was voted by a Board that was selected by Trump himself. and the letters were added the very next day, despite the fact that it would require Congress to agree to the change.   

To top it off, the new class of battleship to be built by the US is going to be called the 'Trump Class'........

This country is doomed if they don't get rid of this self-centred flog.   They'll be changing the US Dollar to the US Donald next.


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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
List building can only generate success if you have the right development program in place.

Let's hope that the apparent re-directed focus towards recruiting talented youngsters is accompanied by (i) building a development program that allows them to reach their full footballing potential and (ii) increasing the profile of quality role-models among the existing playing group to show the way.

For the first time in many years at CFC, it feels like there is a good core of young guys who may make the grade.  I cannot wait to see if the natural enthusiasm of talented youth will drive some of the existing playing group to new heights.

While the players who have left are undoubtedly talented, there was also a fair whiff of prima-donna about them.   Give me hard-working, committed players over show-ponies any day. 

I am an eternal optimist, but I think we may all be pleasantly surprised by what we see in 2026.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
If Trump had nothing to fear, he would have had these files out the minute he took office.

That, and the fact that he has his own FBI stooge making sure the manilla folders don't get opened, suggests there is substantial stuff that he is very aware of.

Just waiting for Ghislaine Maxwell to get her pardon, followed by a Press Conference where she 'exonerates' the Orange One.

One day, just maybe we will find out the whole truth.