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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 12 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Geelong at MCG
Quote from: kruddler – on
Quote from: laj – on
Couldn've brought in Zac Williams for Byrne. But, hey, Williams is an emergency and Byrne stayed in. Have 6 blokes under 12 games in.

Keep trying.

Why drop Derkson though? What did he do wrong?
Why not Haynes?

I must watch different games Kurds, in both our Adelaide Oval games I thought Haynes played well.  Yes can have some rough patches early, in games, but as progressed I thought Haynes became our saving sweeper down back. Yes Derksen promising performance last week. Sometimes feel he is a risk with his lay it off kicks out to the flank, as not always pin point. Could come undone against a team like Geelong.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide
Hard not to be impressed with the style of football we played against Western Bulldogs and Port Adelaide and be excited by the results. However, maybe a little early to be reaching conclusions around major improvements in game style and performance.
We have 10 games against other teams, before we play the Western Bulldogs again, so these performance may tell the real story.  All eyes on Geelong match Friday, fingers crossed.

Geelong, Essendon, Bye
GWS, West Coast, Richmond, Hawthorn, Collingwood, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, St Kilda.
 
Ps. Great to be at Adelaide Oval last Saturday night and watch us win there for a change.
Pps. & well done EB with your 5 goal win prediction.................hmm this week?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL Rd 8 2026 Carlton vs Footscray at Carlton
Quote from: kruddler – on
Quote from: Lods – on
Footscray forwards aren't giants but Derksen and Young have controlled the skies.
Ben Camporeale has done some really good work at the contests

But can't hid the side of the barn.

Can't carry someone that is that poor by foot.

May just need someone to come with the right skills to correct what Ben is doing wrong with his kicking.  Fev or Mark Williams perhaps.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Western Bulldogs at Marvel
Quote from: kruddler – on
Quote from: Thryleon – on
From what I had seen he wasnt to be persisted with, but in the frame of playing him vs Derkson...

Lemmey had 1 game where he kicked 7, with is the '1 game' Lods was referring too.
However, from the 16 games he played in 2025, he managed 31 goals (1 goal short of 2 goals a game). Thats an upgrade on anything we have currently, and hardly 'one-game'.

But yes, instead we train a guy up as backmen, then try and turn him into a forward.....who hasn't got as many runs on the board.  ::)

Harry Lemmey - After all the work that had been put into him by CFC over three (?) years, plus 'some' promising VFL performances (including a 7 goal game), very strange not to have given him a game or two at AFL level. Particularly when there were some weeks we had our key forwards out injured.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Western Bulldogs at Marvel
Quote from: Lods – on
Quote from: RiverRat – on

IIRC he had 3 years to show something but failed to show much at all.

Had one good game I recall where he kicked 7 but mostly was second fiddle to McMahon who hasn't played a game for Essendon this year.

Lemmey was supposed to have signed with West Adelaide this year but I can't see he's played a game with them.
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Noticed a report pre season in local media that Harry Lemmey was heading off to USA to try out for college football.    Presumably as what they call a 'punter'.