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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
I reckon Voss needs a positive win/loss ratio by mid season as that's when decisions will start to be made.
Cox will be in the firing line too if Charlie the  wonder dog isn't firing and the team are struggling..

Wright and Davies have both warned that it may take a while for the new players and coaches to gel but I think you’re right.  At the very least there’ll have to be an improvement on last season evident by mid season.

Cox reminds me of a rabbit giraffe in the headlights 🙄
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
Quote from: Lods – on
There is a fair bit of pressure on the Swans too
Cox hasn't exactly set the world on fire.
They're expected to win
Betting is currently $1.29 to $3.64

Voss's future won't be decided on this one game...but, yes, he does need early wins.
He probably needs to get to the half-way point of the season with an even win/loss ratio.
A win over the Swans would be a good early buffer.
I reckon Voss needs a positive win/loss ratio by mid season as that's when decisions will start to be made.
Cox will be in the firing line too if Charlie the  wonder dog isn't firing and the team are struggling..
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
Last post by Lods -
There is a fair bit of pressure on the Swans too
Cox hasn't exactly set the world on fire.
They're expected to win
Betting is currently $1.29 to $3.64

Voss's future won't be decided on this one game...but, yes, he does need early wins.
He probably needs to get to the half-way point of the season with an even win/loss ratio.
A win over the Swans would be a good early buffer.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Iran, I ran so far away - flock of seagulls
Last post by DJC -
It seems that gamblers with inside knowledge are making a killing betting on when and where missile strikes and other military actions will take place.

Apart from the immorality and corruption, this is a major security failing.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by shawny -
Labor just voted against giving Victorias anti corruption watchdog the powers it needs to investigate the 15B corruption on Vics big build projects.

All while Jacinta defends adamantly with 'they have nothing to hide.'   :o

The balanced public already know how corrupt this government is yet for those on the fence this again doesn't pass the pub test. 
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
Last post by shawny -
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Believe it or not individual teams go into Round 1 with different mindsets depending on their stage of development. Leigh Matthews used to build into the season, and look at peaking at the right time. I dare say Chris Scott thinks likewise as would Chris Fagan. Ross Lyon will have StKilda wound up tighter than a 50's wrist watch to ensure they usher in the new era with a win...... and Vossie has a new game plan that needs to show credibility and effectiveness.  So where does that leave Dean Cox and the Swan? Will their attitude be all about showing off their shiny new toy and how that one piece of the jigsaw is enough to take them back into the top 4, or are they at a stage where the build up to a season is the way to go. As is repeated so often before (and after) around 1 games, it's worth 4 point, like every other round..... nothing more, nothing less. I think the Swans in Round 16 would be a far more dangerous outfit than in Round 1.
This is a game that the Swans are expected to win, and they also need to show that bringing in Curnow and ejecting Hayward and Florent has been the right move.  They also need to show the Sydney crowd that they are back after a disappointing 2025.  If they were to lose this game, it would be a major loss for them, not only the 4 points, but far more significantly from a PR point of view. 

Carlton, on the other hand, have lost 3 significant players and are trying to introduce a completely new game style. 

Therein lies the opportunity - an unknown quantity that might just ruin the party.  We can only hope.....

Imagine if the game came down to a Hayward or Curnow kick after the siren.....



Don't forget we have a coach hanging onto his job by a thread. The excuses of who we lost won't be accepted by the management and unless we pocket early wins the knifes will be sharpened by mid season.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
Last post by tonyo -
Quote from: townsendcalling – on
Believe it or not individual teams go into Round 1 with different mindsets depending on their stage of development. Leigh Matthews used to build into the season, and look at peaking at the right time. I dare say Chris Scott thinks likewise as would Chris Fagan. Ross Lyon will have StKilda wound up tighter than a 50's wrist watch to ensure they usher in the new era with a win...... and Vossie has a new game plan that needs to show credibility and effectiveness.  So where does that leave Dean Cox and the Swan? Will their attitude be all about showing off their shiny new toy and how that one piece of the jigsaw is enough to take them back into the top 4, or are they at a stage where the build up to a season is the way to go. As is repeated so often before (and after) around 1 games, it's worth 4 point, like every other round..... nothing more, nothing less. I think the Swans in Round 16 would be a far more dangerous outfit than in Round 1.
This is a game that the Swans are expected to win, and they also need to show that bringing in Curnow and ejecting Hayward and Florent has been the right move.  They also need to show the Sydney crowd that they are back after a disappointing 2025.  If they were to lose this game, it would be a major loss for them, not only the 4 points, but far more significantly from a PR point of view.  

Carlton, on the other hand, have lost 3 significant players and are trying to introduce a completely new game style.  

Therein lies the opportunity - an unknown quantity that might just ruin the party.  We can only hope.....

Imagine if the game came down to a Hayward or Curnow kick after the siren.....

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
Last post by townsendcalling -
Believe it or not individual teams go into Round 1 with different mindsets depending on their stage of development. Leigh Matthews used to build into the season, and look at peaking at the right time. I dare say Chris Scott thinks likewise as would Chris Fagan. Ross Lyon will have StKilda wound up tighter than a 50's wrist watch to ensure they usher in the new era with a win...... and Vossie has a new game plan that needs to show credibility and effectiveness.  So where does that leave Dean Cox and the Swan? Will their attitude be all about showing off their shiny new toy and how that one piece of the jigsaw is enough to take them back into the top 4, or are they at a stage where the build up to a season is the way to go. As is repeated so often before (and after) around 1 games, it's worth 4 point, like every other round..... nothing more, nothing less. I think the Swans in Round 16 would be a far more dangerous outfit than in Round 1.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Iran, I ran so far away - flock of seagulls
Last post by DJC -
The US State Department has now advised Americans to leave the Middle East by commercial airlines.  Of course, there are no commercial flights.

Marco Rubio has confirmed that the US attacked Iran because Israel advised that it was going to attack Iran and that would lead to Iran retaliating and it was best to get in first 🙄

Why on earth wouldn’t the “Peace President” tell Bibi to back off?

The troubling thing is how fluid the justification for the attack is; preventing the development of nuclear weapons becomes facilitating regime change and that becomes getting in first before Iran strikes.  No mention of Iran’s oil reserves and control of Hormuz Strait.

Meanwhile, Melania chaired a meeting of the UN Security Council.  I understand that she kept her clothes on but WTF!