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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Name your team for Opening Round
Last post by Blue Moon -
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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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: Milhanna13 – on
Quote from: DJC – on
Cricket factoid: Australia’s nightwatchman and regular tail-ender has scored more first class centuries than England’s number three.

Oh, not a bad knock from Travis Head … again!

You and I have scored as many first class centuries as England's number 3.......

He's one up on us now … and I don’t think either of us will catch him.

Looks like he'll make a few more over the coming years too.  Good to see a young bloke given a chance and making the most of it.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Name your team for Opening Round
Last post by Lods -
Not a bad side, but I think Moir and Lord will both be in the opening round side
I'm backing Lord to be the one to watch this year.

From the side above...Chesser might have to wait
Moir ahead of Motlop.

The thing is we'd be fairly lucky (unusually so for us) for all of the 'Hangar' side to be available Round 1, so 'squeezing' players in might not be an issue.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Name your team for Opening Round
Last post by kruddler -
Zero Hangar have done one.....
https://www.zerohanger.com/selecting-every-afl-teams-best-23-for-2026-carlton-blues-171945/
FB: Harry Dean, Jacob Weitering, Nic Newman
HB: Adam Saad, Nick Haynes, Oliver Hollands
C: Jagga Smith, George Hewett, Adam Cerra
HF: Ben Ainsworth, Harry McKay, Will Hayward
FF: Jesse Motlop, Brodie Kemp, Zac Williams
FO: Marc Pittonet, Patrick Cripps, Sam Walsh
I/C: Lachlan Cowan, Oliver Florent, Campbell Chesser, Francis Evans, Hudson O'Keeffe

Stiff to miss: Liam Reidy, Mitch McGovern, Blake Acres, Lachie Fogarty, Matthew Cottrell, Cooper Lord, Ashton Moir
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Name your team for Opening Round
Last post by shawny -
Quote from: Milhanna13 – on
Newy        Weeters     Cowan
Saad         Haynes      Dean
Cotters     Crippa      Acres
Ainsworth   Gov        Zac
Hayward      H          Mots
Pitto          Hewitt     Walsh
int : Cerra   OHollands  Jagga  Florent
emerg:  Kemp   Moir  O'Keeffe  Lord

inj :  OFarrel

depth :  Evans, Caroll, Chesser, Fogarty, Campox2,  Young(F&L), EHollands(?), Charleston, Wilson, Boyd, Reidy, Ison,


Handy bench
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Last post by LP -
There is no valid short-term reason why Green keeps getting a game ahead of Webster, I'm not interested in a debate just posting an observation.

Webster has done nothing wrong at every opportunity and struggles to get a game, Green has done little right and can't be dropped.

I'm assuming Boland has some injury or issue because he's bowled well but got just a couple of overs before they brought Green on and Nesser back.

Smith's a great batsmen but tactically he's a dud captain, he's lucky he's captained in an era through which we have dominant individuals including himself.

I don't know who to blame for the lack of a front line spinner, but regardless of the game outcome it's biting them on the ar5e at the moment. They have taken their foot of the throat of England, did they do this for the good of test cricket or through stupidity?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Name your team for Opening Round
Last post by Milhanna13 -
Newy        Weeters     Cowan
Saad         Haynes      Dean
Cotters     Crippa      Acres
Ainsworth   Gov        Zac
Hayward      H          Mots
Pitto          Hewitt     Walsh
int : Cerra   OHollands  Jagga  Florent
emerg:  Kemp   Moir  O'Keeffe  Lord

inj :  OFarrel

depth :  Evans, Caroll, Chesser, Fogarty, Campox2,  Young(F&L), EHollands(?), Charleston, Wilson, Boyd, Reidy, Ison,