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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane at Marvel
Last post by Gointocarlton -
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We may have played some of the best football of the year, but we still have major structural issues which we must address. The lack of key position players, the lack of a premiership ruck, adding more leg speed ... They didn't just go away. But some guys have taken their names out of the 'delist or trade' list and have moved in the 'questionable', while some 'questionables' have moved up to being retained.
Lewis Young is a prime example. Last year we couldn't give him away, but he has played some of his best football this year. He's never going to be a Jacob Weitering, but he has stood up.
George Hewett couldn't get a game early in the year, and his last 7 or 8 weeks have been brilliant.
Nick Haynes must go around again after this season.
Frankie Evans may not be producing the same heroics he managed at the end of last year, but his hardness, his attack on the ball and his football smarts have made him a favourite.
Billy Wilson was at the crossroads, now he is set.

I could go on.
We will be improved by Cody Walker, but I will be very interested to see who else we pick up.
As far as Weitering goes I would like to try him forward. Played some decent games there for a while as a skinnier kid until it become a struggle, as happens bring a Carlton forward back then. As a mature player he might be alot better again.
Too slow
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Voting AFL Rd 19 2026 Carlton vs Collingwood
Last post by crashlander -
AFL Rd 19 2026   Carlton vs Collingwood
I’m sorry, I missed this one. Luckily, I’m the one doing the analysis.
As for us, we were again dominated in the middle, although our mids battled manfully. Our forwards again failed to fire, and we couldn’t take our chances. Bad kicking is bad football, and it cost us again.
Team:      C
I hate losing to this mob, but they’ve owned us recently.

Votes:
[2]   Patrick Cripps
[2]   Sam Walsh
[2]   Jagga Smith
[2]   Harry Dean
[1]   Nick Haynes
[1]   George Hewett
[1]   Ollie Florent
[1]   Billy Wilson
[1]   Nic Newman
[0.5]   Lachie Cowan
[0.5]   Ben Ainsworth
[0.5]   Talor Byrne
[0.5]   Mitch McGovern

Explanations:
[2]   Patrick Cripps:      Not dominant, but Cripps had 30 possessions, 2 goals, 6 tackles and 6 clearances. He is an inspiration.
[2]   Sam Walsh:      Sam continued his good form, getting 25 possessions, 6 tackles and 6 clearances.
[2]   Jagga Smith:      29 possessions and 8 clearances tells how good Jagga was.
[2]   Harry Dean:      Our most effective defender, Harry controlled his opponents well.
[1]   Nick Haynes:      Another solid game from Nick.
[1]   George Hewett:   25 possessions and 7 clearances.
[1]   Ollie Florent:      A really good job in defence, His run and carry and his deft disposal was excellent.
[1]   Billy Wilson:      Like Florent, Wilson really had a good game.
[1]   Nic Newman:      Another solid game from Newman.
[0.5]   Lachie Cowan:   A very good game in defence
[0.5]   Ben Ainsworth:   Not his best, but solid.
[0.5]   Talor Byrne:      Always a danger.
[0.5]   Mitch McGovern:   One of the few who could kick straight.

Honourable Mentions:
Liam Reidy:         A big effort, but was beaten.
Brodie Kemp:         Another nearly game, where his kicking really hurt us.
Blake Acres:         Good.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane at Marvel
Last post by laj -
Quote from: crashlander – on
Quote from: bratblue – on


I also have a question...............Will that change your lists?
We may have played some of the best football of the year, but we still have major structural issues which we must address. The lack of key position players, the lack of a premiership ruck, adding more leg speed ... They didn't just go away. But some guys have taken their names out of the 'delist or trade' list and have moved in the 'questionable', while some 'questionables' have moved up to being retained.
Lewis Young is a prime example. Last year we couldn't give him away, but he has played some of his best football this year. He's never going to be a Jacob Weitering, but he has stood up.
George Hewett couldn't get a game early in the year, and his last 7 or 8 weeks have been brilliant.
Nick Haynes must go around again after this season.
Frankie Evans may not be producing the same heroics he managed at the end of last year, but his hardness, his attack on the ball and his football smarts have made him a favourite.
Billy Wilson was at the crossroads, now he is set.

I could go on.
We will be improved by Cody Walker, but I will be very interested to see who else we pick up.
As far as Weitering goes I would like to try him forward. Played some decent games there for a while as a skinnier kid until it become a struggle, as happens bring a Carlton forward back then. As a mature player he might be alot better again.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane at Marvel
Last post by laj -
Quote from: kruddler – on
It's never as good as it seems.
It's never as bad as it seems.

We had a good win. But lets not engrave our names on the cup just yet.
Lose to the saints next week and its unlikely we will play finals.
Yes, no matter great win is, it's still one win and you have to come up the next week still.

Win next week and we go 2 games clear of the Saints.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
Last post by crashlander -
AFL 2026 Rd 187:   Carlton vs Hawthorn
shocking conditions, shocking performance, shocking umpiring, shocking outcome: it was a horrible night.

Trends:
[1]   There were 10 voters this round, which is one better than for the same round last year.
please do vote, win, lose or draw: it is something we appreciate and it makes our statistics a lot more reliable. And our statistics hold up pretty well when it comes to John Nicholls Medal night!

[2]   The rating was a 5.70, which represents a E-. I guess we had to have a downer after some better efforts.

[3]   13 players managed a mention this week.

[4]   The average vote this week was 19, our equal worst of the year, which says it all!. Scores are around 30 when we win, so read into that what you will.

[5]   Again 2 players managed 100 votes or more, which is down from recent weeks. If we get fewer than 4, we usually struggle.

[6] Sam Walsh was BOG for the 8th time this year. That is a huge personal result. Adam Cerra managed 2nd, his first top 5 performance of the year.

[7]  Only one player managed votes from everyone again this week; Sam Walsh. Cerra missed from one. Newman missed from 2.

[8]   Our midfield guns dominated the voting this week, not that it helped much. Our forwards really struggled.

[9] Smith, Dean and Byrne were the youngsters to feature this week.


Votes:
Walsh, Sam   257
Cerra, Adam   211
Newman, Nicholas   91
Smith, Jagga   68
McGovern, Mitchell   68
Evans, Francis   66
Dean, Harry   34
Byrne, Talor   26
Cripps, Patrick   11
Derksen, Wade   9
Ainsworth, Ben   6
Riley, Flynn   6
Haynes, Nicholas   3


Progressive Voting:
Walsh, Sam   3223
Patrick Cripps 2707
Smith, Jagga  1502  
Hewett, George  1172 
Florent, Oliver  881
Newman, Nic   863
Will Hayward  801
Harry McKay  784
Matthew Carroll   769
Pittonet, Marc  747
Ainsworth, Ben  742
Mitch McGovern 650
Haynes, Nick 554
Cowan, Lachie  522
Kemp, Brodie  485
Dean, Harry  484
Weitering, Jacob  466
Hollands, Elijah  426 
Ollie Hollands  413
Cerra, Adam  348
William, Zac  330
Evans, Francis  260
Blake Acres  223
Lord, Cooper  152
Byrne, Talor  132
Wilson, Billy   114
Young, Lewis   81
Wade Derksen   74
Ison, Jack   43
Liam Reidy   28
Boyd, Jordan   27
Cottrell, Matthew 15
Adam Saad   15
Flynn Young   8
Flynn Riley   6
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Is Lewis Young showing more than ever before?
Last post by Lods -
One of the best quarters of football I've seen from a Carlton player in the last 4 or 5 years was Lewis Young palying all over the ground in a VFL game...he tore it apart.
No indecision, no tentativeness.
I felt sure he was headed back to the seniors....
Then around quarter time he got injured.
Yes, it was VFL but he was a class above.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Is Lewis Young showing more than ever before?
Last post by crashlander -
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
Been saying it for a while, he is no where near as bad as people make out. In fact, he's been pretty darn good. Plays his role, is team first, excellent solider.
He certainly has put his best foot forward and will probably be retained. His footy smarts yesterday were something we haven't always seen. Hopefully, he can continue that.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane at Marvel
Last post by crashlander -
Quote from: bratblue – on
Quote from: LordLucifer – on
I have just one question ............... where the hell did that come from ??

I also have a question...............Will that change your lists?
We may have played some of the best football of the year, but we still have major structural issues which we must address. The lack of key position players, the lack of a premiership ruck, adding more leg speed ... They didn't just go away. But some guys have taken their names out of the 'delist or trade' list and have moved in the 'questionable', while some 'questionables' have moved up to being retained.
Lewis Young is a prime example. Last year we couldn't give him away, but he has played some of his best football this year. He's never going to be a Jacob Weitering, but he has stood up.
George Hewett couldn't get a game early in the year, and his last 7 or 8 weeks have been brilliant.
Nick Haynes must go around again after this season.
Frankie Evans may not be producing the same heroics he managed at the end of last year, but his hardness, his attack on the ball and his football smarts have made him a favourite.
Billy Wilson was at the crossroads, now he is set.

I could go on.
We will be improved by Cody Walker, but I will be very interested to see who else we pick up.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
Last post by crashlander -
AFL 2026 Rd 17:   Carlton vs Richmond
We got over the line, but should have won by more.

Trends:
[1]   There were 12 voters this round, which is an improvement over recent weeks.
please do vote, win, lose or draw: it is something we appreciate and it makes our statistics a lot more reliable. And our statistics hold up pretty well when it comes to John Nicholls Medal night!

[2]   The rating was a 8.06, which represents a C. I guess we had to have a downer after some better efforts. But good teams win when they're not playing well, so hopefully, we're becoming a good team.
Our rating of the 1st Richmond game, for example, was 7.69 which is probably the lowest we could get and still win.

[3]   14 players managed a mention this week. Clearly, our voters decided that most of our players made a contribution significant enough to recognize.

[4]   The average vote this week was 26, which says it all!. Scores are around 30 when we win, so read into that what you will.

[5]   Again 3 players managed 100 votes or more, which is down from recent weeks. If we get fewer than 4, we usually struggle.

[6] George Hewett continued his revival this week with a Cripps-like performance. It was his first BOG of the season, after 3 previous weeks of placings. Jagga Smith managed 2nd, a great effort from such a youngster, while veteran Nick Haynes managed 3rd. This was Nick's best result of the year and completely deserved.

[7]  Only one player managed votes from everyone again this week; George Hewett. Jagga missed from one.

[8]   Our midfield guns dominated the voting this week, while our forwards didn't make much of an impression.

[9] Other than Smith, our youngsters were less prominent this week.


Votes:
Hewett, George   352
Smith, Jagga   248
Haynes, Nicholas   164
Evans, Francis   84
Florent, Oliver   64
Cerra, Adam   57
Cripps, Patrick  54
Cowan, Lachlan   40
Newman, Nicholas  34
Pittonet, Marc   34
Derksen, Wade   30
Walsh, Sam   27
McGovern, Mitchell   17
Wilson, Billy  13


Progressive Voting:
Walsh, Sam   2966
Patrick Cripps 2696
Smith, Jagga  1433   Jagga looks on track to be in the top 4 in his first season. Really impressive!
Hewett, George  1172   George has really made a charge in recent weeks. Only a month ago he was barely in triple figures.
Florent, Oliver  881
Will Hayward  801
Harry McKay  784
Newman, Nic   771
Matthew Carroll   769
Pittonet, Marc  747
Ainsworth, Ben  737
Mitch McGovern  582
Haynes, Nick 551
Cowan, Lachie  522
Kemp, Brodie  485
Weitering, Jacob  466
Dean, Harry  449
Hollands, Elijah  426  The fact that Elijah is still this high after not playing a game under Fraser shows just how good he was early in the year. Such a pity, but I can't see him coming back.
Ollie Hollands  413
William, Zac  330
Blake Acres  223
Evans, Francis  194
Lord, Cooper  152
Cerra, Adam  137
Wilson, Billy   114
Byrne, Talor  107
Young, Lewis   81
Wade Derksen   66
Ison, Jack   43
Liam Reidy   28
Boyd, Jordan   27
Cottrell, Matthew 15
Adam Saad   15
Flynn Young   8