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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 4 2026 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne
Last post by Gointocarlton -
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My only concern is that the game is that hell hole for us Marvel Stadium.
our record at marvel recently is better than elsewhere from memory. 


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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
Last post by crashlander -
AFL 2026 Rd 2:   Carlton vs Melbourne
I've left the voting thread open, as this is a short week. I'd rather not have to change things, but I will if necessary. I want more people voting, even in disasters like this one.

Trends:
[1]   There were 10 voters this round, which isn't too bad considering how poor we were after half time.
 Please do voteplease 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 6.13, which represents a E+, shows juts how frustrated our voters are this week.

[3]   15 players managed a mention this week, which is better than last week. But the size of the vote shows how few played 4 quarters.

[4]   The average vote this week was 20, which again shows significant dissatisfaction with the result and the effort after half time.

[5]   4 players managed 100 votes or more this week. This is the best for the year, but the size shows that our players weren't dominant for 4 quarters.

[6] Sam Walsh and Jacob Weitering were both BOG's this round with 175 votes. They were followed by Mitch McGovern with 163 and Elijah Hollands with 113.

[7]   Three player managed votes from everyone this week, Walsh, McGovern and Weitering. Elijah Hollands missed from 1.

[8]   The distribution of votes this week suggested that we had a rounded performance across the board; everyone fell off after half time.

[9]   If there was a positive from this disaster, it was the significant contribution from our youngsters. Smith, Dean, Byrne and the Hollands brothers made contributions.

Votes:
Walsh, Sam  175
Weitering, Jacob  175
McGovern, Mitchell  163
Hollands, Elijah  113
Young, Lewis  52
Hollands, Oliver  40
Cripps, Patrick  37
Smith, Jagga  34
Byrne, Talor  34
Ainsworth, Ben  31
Carroll, Matthew  28
Dean, Harry  12
Pittonet, Marc  9
William, Zac  9
McKay, Harrison  9

Progressive Voting:
Walsh, Sam  700
Smith, Jagga  394
Pittonet, Marc  316
Weitering, Jacob  308
Patrick Cripps  228
Mitch McGovern  199
Lord, Cooper  144
Hollands, Elijah  124
William, Zac  118
Matthew Carroll 97
Ainsworth, Ben  65
Hollands. Ollie   62
Young, Lewis  55
Florent, Oliver  53
Hewett, George  52
Dean, Harry  51
Byrne, Talor  34
Harry McKay  23
Kemp, Brodie  10
Will Hayward  8


Sam Walsh is the early leader, ahead of Jagga Smith. Pitto in 3rd says something.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Voting AFL Rd 3 2026 Carlton vs Melbourne
Last post by crashlander -
AFL Rd 3 2026   Carlton vs Melbourne

Rating:      D+
We kept them to 1 goal in the first half and led by 43 points.
Unfortunately, we were awful after half time.

Votes:
[2.5]   Jacob Weitering
[2.5]   Mitch McGovern
[2.5]   Elijah Hollands
[1.5]   Sam Walsh
[1]   Harry Dean
[1]   Patrick Cripps
[0.5]   Jagga Smith
[0.5]   Talor Byrne
[0.5]   Zac Williams
[0.5]   Marc Pittonet
[0.5]   Ollie Hollands
[0.5]   Lewis Young
[0.5]   Harry McKay
[0.5]   Matthew Carroll

Explanations:
[2.5]   Jacob Weitering:   Dominated in defence all game.
[2.5]   Mitch McGovern:   One of his very best games for us, he not only provided a great target forward, but he kicked it well (mostly).
[2.5]   Elijah Hollands:   Elijah get better as the game went on, which makes him quite unusual. His kicking was much better in the 2nd half. Still not looking as good as he could do, but he is better than he’s been for a while.
[1.5]   Sam Walsh:      Walshy got a lot of the ball, but really lost impact in the second half. His disposal got considerably worse.
[1]   Harry Dean:      Excellent, except for one poor kick.
[1]   Patrick Cripps:      Struggled to make his normal impact with Gawn’s dominance, but he did try hard: 21 possessions, 8 tackles and 9 (!!!!!) clearances!
[0.5]   Jagga Smith:      25 possessions, but lacked impact after half time.
[0.5]   Talor Byrne:      Byrne didn’t get a lot of ball, but everything he did was brilliant. His run-down tackles, his mark and goal, his spoils and smothers. Showed pace, poise and potential!
[0.5]   Zac Williams:      Really good early, but was less effective in the 2nd half.
[0.5]   Marc Pittonet:      Tried his guts out all day and was good early, but Gawn really lifted.
[0.5]   Ollie Hollands:      Lor of the ball: 23 possessions and 9 marks, but his kicking was ordinary.
[0.5]   Lewis Young:      One of Young’s better games, with good, strong marks, good spoils and better than usual disposal.
[0.5]   Harry McKay:      H wasn’t bad: he took some great marks, but his kicking hurt us.
[0.5]   Matthew Carroll:   Like most of our players, he was good early, but his kicking really dropped off.

Honourable Mentions:
Ben Ainsworth:   Not bad, but not enough.
George Hewett:   Tried hard, but struggled to make an impact.
Lachie Cowan:   Good early, but drifted out of the game.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Jim Park Voting AFL Rd 4 2026 Carlton vs North Melbourne
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 / VFL Rd 3 2026 Carlton vs North Melbourne at Arden St.
Last post by crashlander -
Our line-up for this week;

B:   74 Logan Prout   26 Nick Haynes   42 Adam Saad
HB:   28 Harry Charleson   15 Billy Wilson   34 Rob Monahan
C:   31 Campbell Chesser  50 Darcy Tucker   13 Blake Acres
HF:   8 Lachie Fogarty   21 Lucas Camporeale   30 Jack Ison
F:   45 Flynn Young   40 Hudson O'Keeffe   43 Ashton Moir
R:   25 Liam Reidy   16 Ben Camporeale   46 Matthew Cottrell
Int:   58 Jack Sammartino   77 Will Cookson   67 Tom Evans   61 Dane Harvey   70 Darcy Hogg

No idea who the Emergencies are, as at least one will be required.

[1] 16 listed players, although only 14 or 15 will play. At least one of the Emergencies won't be playing. Which one? Good question.

[2] We look very short in defence. Haynes at FB says it all. Phillips looks off to the 'Aints  >:D  so he's not there. Paea is injured amd we don't have many tall defenders (or forwards) anyway.

[3] I'm hoping that Reidy and O'Keefe make a serious contribution tomorrow, especially as they are the only talls we really have. Reidy was disappointing last week, especially in the 1st half. After half time he didn't get many taps, but he did get it a fair bit around the ground. He has some strengths, so it is about time he showed us them.
O'Keefe won't have a great key defender on him either, so he hopefully can get some form back. We need him taking grabs.

[4] I'm not surprised to see Saad and Acres still here this week. They were clearly short of a gallop last week and on limited minutes. Both will probably play most of the game this week.
Wilson and Cottrell will also be considerably better for the run. Hopefully, they can step up.

[5] Tucker was pretty ordinary last week, especially considering that he did most of the pre-season. I hope he can show something against his old club. One thing in his favour is that HOK and Reidy probably will be more effective this week.

[6] Who is going to kick our goals?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 4 2026 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne
Last post by Thryleon -
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Nth very undermanned in the ruck so Id expect it to be very different to last game with no ruckman of the quality of Gawn to deal with and you would presume Darling will have to ruck as a part timer.
Im giving Cripps and his troops one more chance and tipping us to win as Nth even though they have won two games dont play a great brand and were nearly equally as horrible to watch as Essendon last game.
I like our inclusions and i think we can rebound and hang on for a win more based on Nth being terrible than us being brilliant and Id expect a few of our more notable players like Harry, Cripps, Hewett and Smith to have good games.
Walsh will probably get the heavy tag from OSullivan and Weitering might have his hands full with Larkey but Id expect our stoppage game with Pittonet controlling the ruck to prevail and propel us to victory.
My only concern is that the game is that hell hole for us Marvel Stadium.
our record at marvel recently is better than elsewhere from memory.