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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2026 Rd 20 Carlton vs St. Kilda at wherever ...
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I wonder how many of us had this on our Bingo card...

"Weitering won't play towards the end of the year because of injury, but don't worry we'll beat the premiers by around 70 points and Weitering can come back through the VFL."

Another sign of a better run club. Bloke has been out for a good while... come back gradually, initially, on limited minutes in the Magoos before returning to the seniors... form permitting.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane at Marvel
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
Quote from: Thryleon – on
Brisbane were under manned in defense too.  They played hipwood as a defender out of necessity.   P I t Gardiner in and wonder how it changes.

Still a fantastic effort.  
They had close to a full side for mine, those players missing dont make up a 76 pt deficit in my opinion.

Bloody oath. Didn't we have blokes called Weitering and Newman missing from our backline ;) Just a bit of experience between those two.

There were a good number of times Brisvegas got on their bikes and almost got their game going... but... we didn't let them get going. We were mentally tougher. We pushed right back, and then some.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane at Marvel
Over the years if Crippa has 18 touches we lose or struggle to win. Maturity and the emergence of Jagga & Co. to take responsibility and the workload in and around the ball. Love that Frase has mentioned a few times over the weeks that our experienced players and leaders also had to lift.

That's what mental toughness looks like. Ruthless persistence. 'Nice' Carlton has finally gone... RIP, and never come back. Our newbies aint choir boys and they're showing some of the experienced players how it's done. You push one of our bloke's face into the turf when he's on the deck, you take us all on. (You know the situation I'm especially referring to). Walshy is an experienced player who has this and is loving what the newbies are bringing, he'd feel supported.

With reward for effort -- hitting the scoreboard -- comes confidence. Maintains and builds connection from end to end.

6 gls each and every quarter. Holy mackerel.

However, it's now the past... A fantabulous memory. Love how Frase and some players already acknowledged that the Aints will be a completely proposition. Ross will do his homework. And so will we.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: How does Crippa rank among the panoply of Carlton greats?
Quote from: LP – on
No mention of The Hyphen here, and yet over my life supporting Carlton The Hyphen was as good of a performer in clutch games as any, and had many great momentum turning games. But he wasn't with us that long and arrived "a foreigner".

Many fans show a bit of team colour history bigotry, but Judd, Diesel and The Hyphen deserve to be part of the discussions even if their blood isn't pure! ;)

I've never understood why Ratts isn't in more of these discussions, career consistency, a 24x7 performer, he'd be up near the pinnacle in just about any other club's history.

But having said that, can you imagine the impact Cripps would have had if he was in a team surrounded by the likes of Diesel, Ratts, The Hyphen, Kouta, etc., etc., I doubt he would have faded into the background?

Whoops... corrected. Terrible exclusion on my part, especially seeing how Rhys is one of my personal all time faves ...along with Dommy, Tiger and Jezza!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: How does Crippa rank among the panoply of Carlton greats?
Couldn't  agree more with most of the comments here. Yep, all about the criteria you use. Subjective? So what!

My humble criteria would be:
Ability to turn a game. Juddy, Edwardo (Betts), Fev., The Buzz, Kouta, Dominator, Big Nick, Jezza, Crippa, Diesel, Charles C.,
Finals performer/reliability. Ratts, K Hunter, Doull, SOS & Serg, Braddles, Sticks, Ang, Wallsy, Southby, Swan, Wes L., Tiger, W Harmes, Walsh then the above minus Charles C. Reckon Fev and Simmo would have been.
Sustained high level of performance in terms of beating opponent and trustworthiness over weeks, months and seasons - dependable and reliable. Walsh, Juddy, Edwardo, Hewett, Simmo, Crippa, Fev., Ratts, K Hunter, D English, Lofts, Alex Marcou, then all of the above minus Tiger, Charles C and Kouta.
High level skills - consistently beating opponent, getting the aggott and delivering the aggott accurately to team mate. Juddy, Edwardo, Fev., Harmes, M Sexton, A McKay, Ang, Geoff Southby, then all of the above minus Charles C.
Hard, tough and mongrel determination/ruthlessness sustained over many seasons/career (the hard-nuts): Hewett, Walsh, Rhys, E Curnow, Crippa, Ratts, D English, W Harmes, I Collins, Curly A., Vin W., P Dean, SOS and Serg, Lofts.

Well, I've successfully convinced myself that there is not really a 'best' at anything, just groups over the decades who've been outstanding in a number of ways or one amazing way in particular!