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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
Last post by Professer E -
Well I re-watched and I thought MacG had some critical, high impact moments.  Ollie H, Chesser and Fog were deadset awful.  We weren't as bad as made out to be, we just miss the odd possession in the chain which costs us dearly.  Blokes like HoK, Carroll and Cowan were handy and will be better for the run. Tigers get a very, very good run that's all I'll say, sure Rioli is a good tackler but in turn, if he's pinged, isn't that a free?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
Last post by MickyO -
Yeah look it was an ugly ‘win’ but i dont get the sadness around it! It is what it is, we had a crap season last year with imo Curnow not bothering to play properly for the majority of it and TDK being in the news 24/7. We had our pick 1 cruelly injured. We had the grandson and son of a legend leave us. We were forced into making a deal to release that arsehole Curnow and got something back for him, along with some
Others. We are game 2 into a new season, with a coach under severe pressure and a former captain of the club potshotting us the day after a loss we were always set up to have.  And the dick-pic saga which is still bloody ongoing 🙄

And of course there is plenty to improve on, you have to believe that with again ‘the best of the best in the league steering us’ those at the club know how to improve us. It Might be our list isnt what it should be or some of those leaving have left massive holes but its happened and
We must look at the positives.  And fark everyone else!

So lets celebrate the shaky win, most say our issues are above the shoulders so surely a win is great for moral!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Carltons list changes needed to chase flag 17
Last post by PaulP -
We've had more clean outs than a standard room at a Bed and Breakfast. If you compare the filth levels of those rooms with our fluctuating fortunes over the last 20/25 years, you'd be right to think that both metaphorically and literally, clean outs are a bit of a scam and promise more than they deliver.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Carltons list changes needed to chase flag 17
Last post by Thryleon -
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
2023 did us more harm than good imho, it was a false dawn that allowed the club to continue on the same road to nowhere.
We are not an innovative club but more of a reactive club and like a mug investor usually late to the party when the big money has been made and in our case are trying to play catchup to the modern game with still an old list(6th in the league).
There doesnt seem to be a long term plan just a reactive change of direction every year or when the media decide we are no good again and we need to appease the critics.
Unfortunately Shawny is probably right and we will need another cleanout of sorts and thats going to be difficult with Tassie commanding the draft and probably the trade period with their extra money to tempt off contract players.
Cripps and Harry are players who I would look to cash in on while they still have some value and I think both need a change of scenery anyway for their own careers...Harry in particular might give us a good return if he was interested in Tassie as a good place to make some extra money.
I think we went contested and pretty much everyone went the other way.  For once we bucked the trend but it didnt yield the result.

Im not dissapointed in it, but sos rebuild just flat failed. 

Even now, how many players he recruited left, and most of them wouldnt be playing if they hadn't been recruited by him again.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL Practice Match Carlton vs Richmond
Last post by Thryleon -
Quote from: Professer E – on
A full run down in this game would be appreciated it someone is in a position to do so
quarter one was great.  The Tigers got a couple of gifted goals in the first term.  The second term was a bit of a stalemate where we outscored them whilst not out playing them.  After half time the usual Carlton car wreck occurred where we were a bit panicky and had few winners on the park.

They got close enough to worry us and burned many chances to score which left us in front at the final siren, and we would have lost without williams kicking a goal to put us 10 ahead with a few minutes left.