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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
Not sure Fogarty can hold his place after missing that goaThe fact Carlton didn't give up forced Richmond to win and they faulted. You can win from in front, you can win coming from behind or you can win in a topsy-turvy game, but in the end it is who wins that count. Carlton tends to fear winning so not giving up is a first step in developing a winning culture.
With Smith and Lord I am not sure what Cripps role is in the midfield. In the past he has been the one who has hunted the ball. With Walker coming next year and Walsh how do all the parts fit together.
I think they need to back in what they are doing and keep running and be willing to take the hand ball receives.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2026 Last Practice Match Carlton vs Geelong
My one concern is that we played another quarter where we didn't score a goal. The inability to manufacture goals when things are not going your way has been an ongoing problem for years.  I think we need to be able to score goals against the run of play more consistently than we have in the past.
However beating the two grand finalists from last year must mean we are Premiership favourites.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Name your team for Opening Round
I have two alternate sides. The 24 and overs:
Florent Weitering Haynes
Saad L.Young Newman
Acres Cripps Cottrell
Williams Kemp Hayward
McGovern McKay Ainsworth
Pittonett Hewitt Walsh
Cerra Fogarty Reidy Boyd Evans/F.Young
The 24 and unders:
Wilson O'Farrell Duffy
Cowan Dean Carroll
Chesser O.Hollands F.Young
Evans Kemp Motlop
Byrne Moir Ison
O'Keeffe Lord Smith
B.Camporeale L.Camporeale Monahan Charleson E.Hollands/Wilson
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Name your team for Opening Round
I think Lewis Young will be playing.  He had a good year last season, but he had a bad season the year  before. I always think we need a tall defender around 200cm. If Harry O'Farrell was available he would be an automatic selection for me and Young is the only player on our list that meets this requirement.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Name your team for Opening Round
My philosophy is that they would not recruit someone unless they were planning to play them. So all our recruits will play except for Reidy unless Pittonett is injured. Also this thread is name the team for the opening round.
I also look at who is not going to play, but are good enough, and I have broken that into two groups, younger guys coming through and more senior guys.
Senior guys who will miss out are Fogarty, McGovern, Acres, Kemp, Haynes, Carroll, Boyd and Cottrell. If O'Farrell wasn't injured L.Young would miss out. If E.Hollands is on the list he would be on this list. If White is on the list, he would be on the next list.
The young guys who will miss out are Wilson, L.Camporeale, B.Camporeale, Charleson, Evans and F.Young.
What this tells me is the depth of the side is fine but until the season starts we won't know about the quality. At this stage I am not convinced about the quality.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
In the draft and trading period, Silvagni, TDK, Durdin and Curnow left, Docherty retired and Fantasia, Binns, Lemmey and Cinotta were delisted as well as either E.Hollands or White. This means ten players went out of the playing list and they were replaced by Ainsworth, Florent, Hayward, Reidy and Chesser, with Dean, Ison and Byrne Drafted. On top of this Smith and Newman were unavailable due to injury and are available this season.
The question is, "Are the ten players who are available this year better than than ten players who have left?" To my mind at the top end, losing TDK and Curnow will be a loss, but overall I think this year's list is in better shape than what it was last year. What we won't know until the season starts proper is who has improved, who has dropped off and what injuries we ill have.
I think we did alright  in this years draft and trade period considering the hand we were dealt, And at this point of time we have ,our draft capital available for next year is greater what we would normally be entitled to. This the first time I can remember this happening. In the past we have always traded away future draft picks so next year we will be in a position to make a real charge at the draft.
The challenge for us is to get out of that dead zone of finishing seventh to twelfth.