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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 7 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Fremantle in Perth
Last post by Gointocarlton -
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There is a piece on afl.com.au today about how Petracca's kicking has improved so much. We need to get this guy to look at our players, especially guys like Acres. Imagine us hitting targets over 80% of the time, instead of maybe 30% of the time!
You can see it, we have been banging on about it for years we have done nothing about it.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Jim Park Voting AFL Rd 7 2026 Carlton vs Fremantle
Last post by crashlander -
Voting is as usual: you have 15 votes to award pretty much as you will, with the following provisos:
[1] 15 votes in total, no more, no less.
[2] No more than 10 votes for any one player (even Sam Walsh or Patrick Cripps)
[3] Three players at least must get a mention.
[4] A grade for the game, A+ (what I want to see) to F-.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Barry Cable Learns his fate
Last post by LP -
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Other women also gave evidence at the trial, alleging similar abuse. The chances of unrelated women coming out of the woodwork making allegations against some old guy nobody outside football really knows, is pretty slim.
I don't want to pose any question about the people involved, but that thinking is a bit pre-internet and pre-social media.

By the time stuff gets to court in modern times it's already been fully discussed, pictures painted and conclusions made, the rumour mill is rife.

This makes the burden of proof higher than ever before in history, opinion and perspectives now are meaningless because they are all poisoned, a random claim or spurious tale can be coloured by a million followers in minutes.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Barry Cable Learns his fate
Last post by laj -
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
I feel uncomfortable when judges, in some cases such as this one, come out and find the person not guilt but state things like (sic)"you probably did it". In my view, the judge should leave it at not guilty and let the prosecution appeal if they feel hard done by.
Once not guilty then it is done. Law against double jeopardy. If he was guilty but got an inadequate sentence then the prosecution can appeal the sentence. Just can't appeal the not guilty verdict.

In the civil case against him, with a lower burden of proof, the judge said he was liable (as they say in civil cases as distinct from guilty in criminal cases), so he copped his whack there. Cost him 800k (bankrupt anyway), and lost his membership in the AFL Hall of Fame. So he was liable, just a lack of a smoking gun, re evidence, saved him probably the rest of his life in jail, seeing he is 82yo. Makes going out into the street tough though.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 7 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Fremantle in Perth
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Quote from: LP – on
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
I can understand moving on from Acres, his shoulders are shot and his disposal is diabolical.
He had two shocking disposal attempts last weekend, I'm mean they were so bad I'm surprised he even made contact with the footy!

What is the golfing term, shanked, chunked?

In both cases I think he was 5m clear of anybody else, they are coach killing moments, so I could understand the hesitance. As I mentioned in the VFL thread, we should have won that game by 15 goals, but instead we limped over the line looking very average.

Remember the goal he kicked in the Melb final in 2023 which he nearly missed running in from the goal square?