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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
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I would bring L Young in and play Derksen forward.  The latter has shown that he has good forward craft at VFL level with 5.2 against Casey, and he can pinch hit in the ruck.
Didnt think about WD fwd, good finking. I was thinking the Crippa fwd option might be a way to give Ben Campo a run.

Fraser threw Derksen forward on Saturday night but it was a bit late and left us more undersized in defence.

I would like to see Crippa spend around 20% of his game time forward ... provided he puts the left foot around the corner shot for goal away  ::)

He has cleaned up his set shot drop punt routine and I think that it is paying dividends.

Ben Campo should definitely get a run!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel
Quote from: laj – on
Quote from: DJC – on
I would bring L Young in and play Derksen forward.  The latter has shown that he has good forward craft at VFL level with 5.2 against Casey, and he can pinch hit in the ruck.
Sounds good!

Derksen has kicked 8.3 for us in the Magoos despite playing mostly in defence.  He kicked 55.25 playing for the Giants reserves and,  unless he kicked a lot out of bounds, he would be a more reliable kick for goal than most of our forwards.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 19 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
I think that folk are judging Liam Reidy a little harshly.

He was called up after coming back from injury and just one game in the Magoos so he probably was a little underdone.  He was playing his seventh AFL game and Darcy Cameron was playing his 137th game.  Cameron is a premiership ruckman and Copeland trophy winner.  On top of that, McKay's injury meant that Reidy was virtually playing a lone hand against Cameron and McStay.

While it's fair to say that Cameron gave Reidy a bath as far as hitouts go, Reidy wasn't disgraced and his tapwork and second efforts helped to give us an advantage in centre clearances and an almost break even with stoppage clearances.

Reidy's mobility and physicality is good but he needs to have more of an impact around the ground.  He needs to take marks, particularly now that we're unlikely to have Harry for the rest of the season.

Like Flynn Riley, Reidy's a work in progress and getting thrown to the wolves as he was on Saturday (and as Riley was the week before) could help his development or shatter his confidence.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 19 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Quote from: Lods – on
Just a bit of ruck trivia.

When we played Collingwood earlier in the year Pittonet and Cameron split the hitouts 20 a piece.
Hit outs to advantage were 5-2 in favour of Pittonet.

Oscar Steene (15- HTA 6 )and Lewis Young (7 -HTA 3) also did  bit of ruck work.
So all up it was Collingwood 35 -HTA 8 v Carlton 27-HTA 8

Last night they were 39-18 in Cameron's favour but Reidy won the HTA 8 to 5
Mc Stay also had 10-HTA 1 but no other Carlton player registered  a hit out
So 49-18 in terms of first hands but 8-6 our way in terms of HTAs

But in terms of
Clearances...41-39 our way
Centre Clearances...16-11 our way
Stoppage Clearances 28-25 their way.

All pretty even.

Cameron had 18 disposals to Reidy's 16
Cameron took 3 marks Reidy 0
Cameron made 2 tackles Reidy 6
Cameron had 8 clearances to Reidy's 6
Both had 4 inside 50s
Reidy had 4 centre clearances to Cameron's 2
Cameron had 18 contested possessions to Reidy's 12
...so a bit for each of them in  those stats...

The question from all that is.... was Reidy all that bad or have we concentrated too much on 'first hands' on the ball.

Far too much emphasis is placed on hitouts without considering who wins the clearances.  Reidy crashing into Cameron at a centre ball up so that his hitout is misdirected and sharked is more of a win than a Reidy hitout that doesn't find its target.

Cameron was better on the night, but not by much.  Reidy's performance was more admirable considering that he was virtually a lone hand.  His physicality was excellent and some of his tackles were as bone-jarring as Byrner's  :)  His shot for goal was disappointing, but he wasn't Robinson Crusoe, and I'd like to see him take some marks.  At this stage, he offers more than Skull and Riley, and probably just shades Pitto.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 19 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Well, that was disappointing but probably inevitable after we lost Harry.

What rubbed salt into the wound was the glib way that the commentators announced that Nick Daicos, with his 35 disposals and 10 score involvements was BoG over Crippa with just 30 possessions and only seven score involvements.  Despite having a losing ruck, and taking some ruck contests himself, Crippa had more clearances, twice as many contested possessions, more marks, more tackles and he kicked two goals; a Herculean effort not padded by dinky little handball give and goes.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: VFLW 2026
GEELONG CATS vs CARLTON
Saturday 18 July, 12:05pm, Deakin University

GEELONG CATS
B: M. Walton (49), E. Cook (80)
HB: A. Lee (53), A. Oswald (79), J. Sunderland (52)
C: B. Crabtree (55), M. Morrissy (57), L. Marescuk (63)
HF: N. Harris (81), M. Sexton (56), C. Canavan (47)
F: S. O'Kane (33), F. Qoon (70)
R: H. Peck (37), M. Staunton (39), T. Crabtree (50)
INT: M. Cotten (75), B. Borchard (60), C. Boxer (69), C. Summers (83), J. Hurring (76)
EMG: A. Schlink (48), Z. Kelly (51), O. Wolter (58), B. Lewis (64), L. Massie (65), O. Woods (67), C. Hurn (72)

IN: C. Boxer, J. Sunderland
OUT: S. Nalder (quad), O. Wolter (omitted)

CARLTON
B: M. Fitzgerald (80), L. Burke (74)
HB: A. Allen (63), E. Horne (12), A. Mulvahil (16)
C: O. Di Donato (51), H. Scott (79), S. Demeo (66)
HF: D. Spamer (17), S. McCarthy (54), H. Bowey (71)
F: T. Plunkett (69), N. Morris-Dalton (52)
R: E. Sbeghen (59), A. Turner-Funk (53), E. Elkington (31)
INT: A. Acquaro (78), Z. Larkins (77), L. Stone (70), K. Busuttil (72), M. Meagher (62)
EMG: D. Di Santo (76), C. Van Loon (56), I. Stanley (18), S. Hall (50)

IN: A. Acquaro, A. Allen, M. Meagher, H. Scott, L. Stone
OUT: L. Baxter, K. Bischa, L. Keck, G. Pound (unavailable), C. Van Loon (omitted)
NEW: Alli Allen, 17, 172cm, Northern Knights/Lower Plenty; Maddison Meagher, 17, 164cm, Northern Knights/Diamond Creek Women's; Lola Stone, 18, 172cm, Northern Knights/Heidelberg

Head-to-head: Geelong 6-4; At Deakin University: Tied 1-1; Streak: Geelong 1; Last time: Carlton 2.2 (14) def by Geelong Cats 8.8 (56) – Round 9, 2025, IKON Park
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 19 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Collingwood at MCG
Quote from: Lods – on
Frankie Evans for some of the time??

Yes, without going overboard I think that trying several players will make Daicos adjust his game as he tries to deal with different tactics and attributes.  We may even luck out and discover someone who can actually shut him down.

Realistically, we'd just be looking to limit his influence.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 19 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Collingwood at MCG
Quote from: kruddler – on
I've suggested this before (possible last time we played them) but i'd like to see Cottrell go to Daicos. He has the tank. He adds agression which Naicos doesn't like. Would get inside his head.

Worth a shot IMO.

Cottrell could be a good match up for Daicos, and particularly with his ability to snag a goal or two and make Daicos defend.

I think that Lord could keep Daicos under control but not for the entire game.  I would be rotating three or four players on him but being prepared to stick with anyone who can really put the clamps on him.  By that I mean reducing his impact rather than shutting him down completely - that's not going to happen.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Despite the drained Reflecting Pool showing no signs of a cut in the liner, Taco has doubled down and is now claiming that there is a 300 yard cut and that "the floor of the pool was cut and then pulled upward, with great force, by these thugs."  Of course, there's no evidence of that happening.

While it could be coincidence, marks on the liner do seem to exactly follow the path Taco's motorcade took when it drove over the newly applied liner.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 19 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Collingwood at MCG
Quote from: RiverRat – on
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
If Im not mistaken, Reidy played a blinder in the 2s so he is being rewarded I guess.

Having watched the match, I would say you are mistaken.

You're a hard marker RR  :)

I thought that Reidy was very good and his stats - 15 disposals, 22 hitouts, seven clearances, and two goals - tend to support that.

Truslove thought he was good too:

"Reidy had an outstanding first game back after a long injury break. He gave us first use particularly at centre bounce and his follow-up around stoppages was aggressive. He played big and he led the way with his voice and leadership."

Being aggressive, playing "big" and leadership is still some way off for Riley.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Taco has finally paid E Jean Carroll the USD5.6 million he owed her after a jury found him liable of sexually abusing her in 1996 and then defaming her after she publicised the attack.  SCOTUS refused to review the rejection of Taco's appeal which left him with no option but to pay up.

SCOTUS is expected to shortly receive Taco's petition to review a second defamation case verdict that awarded Carroll USD83 million and was also upheld at appeal.

Taco has since repeated the comments the juries found to be defamatory so there could be yet more damages headed Carroll's way  ::)