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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL Rd 13 2026 Carlton vs GWS in Sydney
Last post by LP -
Looking like a cricket score, against us, we look so small and light compared to GWS.

So far early in the 2nd Qtr we are seeing the worthless nature of winning taps without 2nd efforts, 23:1 in our favour, but clearances are roughly 50:50 and the scoreboard is all theirs! In this regard, Riley is miles off, and it highlights the difference between genuine worthwhile rucks stats and basic counting.

What Riley needs to do is follow up his tap work with clever positioning, to help prevent GWS pegging and forcing turnovers from his team-mates, and to also buy his fellow midfielders time and space to dispose effectively. But at the moment he's a worthless beanpole not unlike others we've had in the past, he's just a spectator after the tap, not positioning, no blocking, when he gets in the way half the time it's in the way of his own team. It's like we've never heard of the word shepherd, when we play like this we are roadkill!
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Iran, I ran so far away - flock of seagulls
Last post by Lods -
Some funny memes around at the moment. :D

"Cuba is offering to come to the negotiating table and accept 300 billion dollars for Nuclear weapons they are not developing."....we should do the same.

Trump has been done like a dinner....but I'm not sure it registers or if he even cares anymore. ::)

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The Sports Desk / Re: Tony Modra Fighting for Life
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Quote from: DJC – on
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
Tony Modra is fighting for life after his cattle truck hit a tree. Been airlifted to hospital but is not in a good way with life threatening injuries.
Thoughts and prayers are with Mods and his family.

It sounds like he's in with a chance now.  Let's hope so!
Yes, we pray for him. A freak accident it seems, a tree branch came down and pierced his windscreen resulting in severe facial injuries, Interestingly the lady who stopped found him wondering around bleeding heavily and he managed to pull the truck up so he had his faculties about him. Apparently was on the phone to his wife who heard the incident and all the aftermath. Shocking.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Jim Park Voting AFL Rd 15 2026 Carlton vs GWS
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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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL Rd 13 2026 Carlton vs GWS in Sydney
Last post by crashlander -
Our line-up:

B: M. Duffy (41), L. Young (33), D. Harvey (61)
HB: H. Charleson (28), J. Boyd (37), A. Saad (42)
C: L. Camporeale (21), O. Hollands (4), C. Vickery (59)
HF: L. Fogarty (8), D. Hogg (70), Z. Williams (6)
F: A. Moir (43), H. O'Keeffe (40), F. Young (45)
R: F. Riley (38), C. Chesser (31), C. Lord (36)
INT: S. Paea (66), T. Logan (68), L. Prout (74), C. Cotter (72), L. Farrar (75)
23rd Player: C. Cotter (72)
EMG: O. Badr (53), W. Cookson (77), J. Sammartino (58), A. Davey (57), T. Evans (67), J. Rule (65), T. Gresham (78), W. Reinhold (60)

IN: L. Camporeale, C. Cotter, O. Hollands, F. Young
OUT: M. Cottrell (AFL), B. Camporeale (hamstring), O. Warburton (wrist), J. Sammartino (omitted)
NEW: Charlie Cotter, 19, 178cm, Uni Blues/Claremont

[1] I thought Reidy might have been fit, but he's clearly not come up. As at least one of the senior Emergencies won't play, that could be interesting.

[2] Nice to Lucas C back. Hopefully he is all over his injury.

[3] 15 listed players. Hopefully we can come back to something like form, as the last couple of weeks have been pretty ordinary.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 15 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs GWS in Sydney
Last post by DJC -
I thought Matty Cottrell played quite well in the Magoos; he kicked a couple of nice goals and he's back to his running machine best.  With Ollie Hollands and Matt Carroll out of the team, Cotters' ability to cover the ground to get back in defence and transition the ball from defence fills a need.