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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Voting 2025 AFL Rd 5 Carlton vs West Coast in Adelaide
Team B

walsh.                    4
Durdin                    2
Hewet.                   2
O Hollands            2
Cerra                      1
Saad.                      1
Weitering                1
McGovern              1
P Cripps                 1

Ab
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs West Coast
Various positives from the game as others have commented. However the most pleasing from my viewing at the game was the continued intent to try and find a player in the forward line with "a pass"!   Not the big roost on top of forwards and hope we have come to see in recent seasons.
Can we sustain that style of game against greater pressure from the better teams, only time will tell.

Ab
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs West Coast in Gather Round
Large crowd at Glenelg oval this afternoon for Captain's Run.  Probably only meant to be a light run, but group fairly languid with some showing kicking skills to match!  Adam Saad looked more professional in a quick fire handball session with Vossy.
Noticed Jaxon Binns (25) training, not sure if significant. Certainly a slim build at this stage. Emergencies Lord, E. Holland and Young trained.  Harry Mackay looked to be kicking for goal well. It will be interesting to see his impact tomorrow.
The young supporters certainly were enjoying getting signatures from the players after the run through.
Fingers crossed for tomorrow. :)

Ab
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2025 Rd 3: Carlton vs Southport at Ikon Park
Hudson O'Keefe looked okay with his ruck work in the second half.   In the seniors, we are very much relying on Tom DeKonning staying on the park. it might be a smart move to give Hudson some game time fairly soon..

ab

ps Yes we have Pittonet, but not the smartest footballer
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2021 Rd 1: Carlton vs Box Hill at Carlton
When our 1st team are so short of players who can kick goals, why haven't we given Liam
McMahon a try.   If a player can consistently kick goals at VFL level,  a reasonable bet he could be handy and do some damage as a third forward.   Presume our recruiters and coaches think otherwise.

Ab
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 1 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
Quote from: BlackRooster – on
There is losing and there is losing. This just made me sick to the stomach.
Voss kept speaking of defence all summer, so were is this defence.
Great move subbing Lord when (yes he was on the ground) Evans stays on, how??? How is this possible

Bottom six

Yes Cooper Lord taken off, very hard to fathom !  ...... when subbed off 14 disposals and 6 tackles!

Not many of our guys sticking their tackles in that last quarter debacle (so Cooper's efforts missed)

Ab




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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 2 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Hawthorn
Quote from: tonyo – on

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(1) Tell Harry to stop wrestling, he is no good at it - instead just put his arms in the air.  He'll either mark it, get a free kick, or at least create a crumb.
No key forward however skilful will consistently take many marks if :-
a). The ball is just bombed into the 50 m arc
b). The area is clogged up with other Carlton forwards also flying for the mark or dragging their opponents into the area.

Tell me: -
Has football changed that much that forwards no longer lead and demand the ball? 
Has football changed that much that coaches don't encourage a key forward like Harry or Charlie to tell other forwards to stay out of the area and thus keep those extra backs out.

Ab

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 2 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Hawthorn
Quote from: Adelaideblue – on
Older players can take some weeks into the season to get up to steam. Lets not judge Nick Haynes to harshly yet, but trust that a little of that AllAustralian ability is still with him.

Ab

Our backs were under enormous pressure. In the second half Tigers "ran" and "worked" in numbers and our guys  didn't match them with intensity or team work.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 1 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
To repeat the point, with the discarding of Mathew Owes say 32 goals, Mathew Kennedy say 18 goals and Isiah Hollands unavailable say 15 goals, plus Jack Martin a few goals, we have to find others to kick about 70 goals per season. (ie. 3 goals per game)

Hopefully messers Austin and Agresta can weave their magic and find a gem in the rough mid season. However, not at all confident 2025 will see us in the top four.

Ab