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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
Last post by kruddler -
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Still no explanation on the massive turn around in Cripps and Walsh's form/fitness in particular, the captain couldnt run out of sight on a dark night during last quarters under Voss and looked like the next club he would be playing for would be the Arcare or Aveo old boys. 

Shhhh.     Add McKay

We can't talk about these things.    Fixture the only difference between Rounds 0-7 and the Fraser Era.

I am here to call out the BS that there has been "zero" change to the game style, pressure, player role changes and that we we have been working on it all pre-season and in season it was there to see in the 2nd half against the Lions.

Only a change in fixture.    Everything else the same.

Pretty sure McKay has been covered a few times, but i can't make you read it.

But tell me.....what exactly has Fraser done to Cripps....removed the Voss shaped kryptonite from around his neck?

He was back in the coaches votes for the first time since R1 richmond game. How did we conspire to give him votes that game (and every game since) given that not only do we need to rig our votes, we need to rig the oppositions votes as well.
This conspiracy goes deeper and deeper the more you look!
We've got the whole AFL to work together on undermining Vossy now.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: VFLW 2026
Last post by crashlander -
The girls had another significant win this week: our percentage must be pretty good.

Carlton: 1 - 2 - 8   5 - 5 - 35   8 - 8 - 56   10 - 11 - 71
Box Hill: 1 - 5 - 11   2 - 6 - 18   3 - 9 - 27   4 - 11 - 35

A 6 goal win.
We had a few AFLW girls in today, although so did Box Hill. Lila Keck had 27 possessions, 7 tackles and 5 clearances.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
Last post by Shakin77 -
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Still no explanation on the massive turn around in Cripps and Walsh's form/fitness in particular, the captain couldnt run out of sight on a dark night during last quarters under Voss and looked like the next club he would be playing for would be the Arcare or Aveo old boys. 

Shhhh.     Add McKay

We can't talk about these things.    Fixture the only difference between Rounds 0-7 and the Fraser Era.

I am here to call out the BS that there has been "zero" change to the game style, pressure, player role changes and that we we have been working on it all pre-season and in season it was there to see in the 2nd half against the Lions.

Only a change in fixture.    Everything else the same.  
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
Last post by LP -
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Still no explanation on the massive turn around in Cripps and Walsh's form/fitness in particular, the captain couldnt run out of sight on a dark night during last quarters under Voss and looked like the next club he would be playing for would be the Arcare or Aveo old boys.
It's been explained frequently by many of us, some are not absorbing that discussion because it contradicts their personal beliefs. Fraser is not a messiah, yet too many Carlton fans seem addicted to the concept. I'll summarise for you;

Early in the season Cripps and Walsh were cooked in last quarters because too many were sitting back letting too few do the heavy lifting, there was no load sharing. Hewett and Cerra were playing like receivers, skirting packs, waiting for cheap possessions, Voss dropped Hewett because of it and he returned renewed, that's called a wake up call.

This claimed "massive turned around" is a mirage, we've been steadily building over the whole season. The conversion of losses to wins is just a swing of a handful of points, swings that result from a handful turnovers in our favour and less errors executing the very same game plan we've played all season.

The majority of it is a consequence of sharing the load, allowing our best players to be fresher at the final siren.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Track and Field
Last post by DJC -
One of the girls I coached in basketball took up the pole vault, trained with Emma George, and competed at a high level (no pun intended).  She said that there was nothing so exhilarating as nailing a vault.  Her PB was 3.5m back in 2002.

The pole vault seems to be a discipline that attracts people from other sports.  If I remember correctly, Emma George was a trapeze artist before she took up the pole vault.

4.95m is a fair effort … and high enough to do serious injury if something goes wrong.  If I was ever going to take up vaulting, it would be Fierljeppen where the consequences of a mishap are nothing worse than a dunking in cold, muddy water 🙂