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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by Gointocarlton -
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I would be gobsmacked if Ferrari copied any American crapheap that ever existed.
Fisker is the coachbuilder / designer involved in multiple classics from BMW, Astin Martin, Tesla, Bentley, Mercedes and Maserati just to name a few. His designs are copied mercilessly, and his efforts to establish his own brand were basically crushed by the world of old money.
Which Maserati were Fisker involved with?
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by LP -
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
I would be gobsmacked if Ferrari copied any American crapheap that ever existed.
Fisker is the coachbuilder / designer involved in multiple classics from BMW, Astin Martin, Tesla, Bentley, Mercedes and Maserati just to name a few. His designs are copied mercilessly, and his efforts to establish his own brand were basically crushed by the world of old money.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by Gointocarlton -
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My interest in cars is minimal at best, but the new Ferrari EV really caught my eye. The interiors and interfaces are stunning, designed by Jony Ive, ex Apple SVP of Industrial Design.

You can google "Ferrari EV" or "Jony Ive Ferrari" or similar. There's plenty of links on the web.
Hmmm, I suspect it exists because Fisker Automotive went broke, in some of the prototype imagery the resemblance to the Fisker Karma is striking!
I would be gobsmacked if Ferrari copied any American crapheap that ever existed.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by LP -
Quote from: PaulP – on
My interest in cars is minimal at best, but the new Ferrari EV really caught my eye. The interiors and interfaces are stunning, designed by Jony Ive, ex Apple SVP of Industrial Design.

You can google "Ferrari EV" or "Jony Ive Ferrari" or similar. There's plenty of links on the web.
Hmmm, I suspect it exists because Fisker Automotive went broke, in some of the prototype imagery the resemblance to the Fisker Karma is striking!
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by PaulP -
My interest in cars is minimal at best, but the new Ferrari EV really caught my eye. The interiors and interfaces are stunning, designed by Jony Ive, ex Apple SVP of Industrial Design.

You can google "Ferrari EV" or "Jony Ive Ferrari" or similar. There's plenty of links on the web.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
Last post by crashlander -
AFL 2026 Rd 4:   Carlton vs North Melbourne
I've left the voting thread open for longer, because of the short week. But, losing turns voters off.

Trends:
[1]   There were 9 voters this round, which is not good. But then, it is hard to vote when we do so poorly and when the program is so disjointed and unsatisfactory.
 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 6.93, which represents a D, shows just how frustrated our voters are this week.

[3]   17 players managed a mention this week, which is better than last week. But the size of the vote shows how few played 4 quarters. Hard, I guess, when the whole team doesn't play 4 quarters!

[4]   The average vote this week was 23, which again shows significant dissatisfaction with the result and the effort after half time. Scores are around 30 when we win.

[5]   4 players managed 100 votes or more this week, which equals last week's effort.

[6] Elijah Hollands was both BOG this round with 258 votes. He was followed by Pittonet, McGovern and Ollie Hollands.

[7]   One player managed votes from everyone this week, Elijah Hollands. None of the others got close.

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

[9]   The Hollands brothers dominated. But most of our youngsters didn't make the contribution they've done in earlier games.

Votes:
Hollands, Elijah   258
Pittonet, Marc   162
McGovern, Mitchell   142
Hollands, Oliver   104
Kemp, Brodie   69
Newman, Nicholas  58
Ainsworth, Ben  50
Walsh, Sam   31
Weitering, Jacob  31
Cripps, Patrick   31
Boyd, Jordan   27
Hewett, George  23
Cowan, Lachlan  23
Cerra, Adam  12
Florent, Oliver  8
Evans, Francis  8
Smith, Jagga  4


Progressive Voting:
Walsh, Sam  731
Pittonet, Marc  477
Smith, Jagga  398
Hollands, Elijah  382
Mitch McGovern  341
Weitering, Jacob  339
Patrick Cripps  259
Hollands. Ollie   166
Lord, Cooper  144
William, Zac  118
Ainsworth, Ben  115
Matthew Carroll 97
Kemp, Brodie  90
Hewett, George  75
Florent, Oliver  61
Young, Lewis  55
Newman, Nic  58
Dean, Harry  51
Byrne, Talor  34
Boyd, Jordan   27
Harry McKay  23
Cowan, Lachie  24
Cerra, Adam  12
Will Hayward  8
Evans, Francis  8

Sam Walsh is the early leader, ahead of Marc Pottonet! Considering that we haven't really won the ruck much, that says a lot. Jagga Smith is 3rd.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by LP -
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The major culprit for the issues in the middle, when Cripps was off, were the umpires - in my opinion!!    2nd quarter we gave up 6 centre clearances in a row,  and 4 of them were free kicks (all of which were dubious).  wouldnt have matterred if diesel, kouta and ratts were in there, we would have struggled
Interesting, I've heard that some past players(not Carlton) were talking along similar lines on one of the post game streams, not questioning the decisions because that happens, but questioning how they all seemed go one way!

For me that is confirmation of bias which I've talked about on other threads, it happens because umpires are human and they subconsciously anticipate Carlton having "a moment". It's not deliberate but an effect of having an expectation.