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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2025 In Game Angst Carlton vs Collingwood
Night all.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2025 In Game Angst Carlton vs Collingwood
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Agree. Speaks much better than Brad Lloyd who is our Football Manager.
That interview he gave after the Port game was a train wreck.
Lloyd is not a good speaker but the words and sentiments were quite honest and correct IMO.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
I cant see a premiership before he retires unfortunately.
His contract is up at the end of 2027, by which time he will be 32. I can't see a flag in that time. I guess it depends on whether he wants to go on after that. The thought of him eking out an extra year or two somewhere else fills me with dread. Like Jarrad Waite x a googol. He is in the top 5 Carlton players of all time IMO.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Poor bugger.
I'm sure there are moments when he wonders if it's all been worth it. It won't be for any lack of trying on his part if we don't win that seemingly elusive premiership before he retires.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
You can scroll down to see the team, at least the Thursday night version.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide
Ratts went ok getting the Saints into the finals but coaching them is no different to coaching us, especially culture-wise and they eventually got him. Saints gave him a new contract then took that away a month later to get Lyon, who has done bugger all. They are as bad a club to coach as us. Ratts got to coach the two worst possible side culture-wise. Could have done alot worse performance-wise.
Whether or not this is true, Ratts has to wear a fair bit of blame IMO. He would know the Carlton culture like the back of his hand. No one put a gun to his head. I imagine he knew what he was getting himself into. At the Saints, he had several months under Richardson prior to being appointed caretaker, then full time. It's a toss of the coin whether you could cut him some slack at St Kilda, but he certainly wasn't coming in cold, like most of our recent coaches.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL Rd 14 2025 Carlton vs Port Melbourne
He is an exceptional talent and great to watch when he is in the groove. Hopefully he can overcome his demons have a great life. Would still love him back with us when ready. Fingers crossed for the young man.
I agree Percy. Well said.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide
That is the unknowable, Pauly, and such an assumption would be illogical to the extreme. But what we do know is that under Fly in this hypothetical, we would have had a different game plan and a different kind of leadership, and from there... who knows.
I disagree Baggers. In a complex system like a football club, one person cannot make that much of a difference. We’ve seen this often enough. There is an interplay between the individual and the group/ organisation. They affect and transform each other to varying degrees. I’m not suggesting in any way that a coach makes no difference, but the balance of power is very much with the organisation, and the organisation shapes the individual a lot more than the other way round.
I should also add that I don’t believe our culture is c r a p. I think we’ve built some good foundations in the last few years, but there are clearly some pieces of the puzzle that are missing.
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