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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel
Last post by DJC -
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I would bring L Young in and play Derksen forward.  The latter has shown that he has good forward craft at VFL level with 5.2 against Casey, and he can pinch hit in the ruck.
Sounds good!

Derksen has kicked 8.3 for us in the Magoos despite playing mostly in defence.  He kicked 55.25 playing for the Giants reserves and,  unless he kicked a lot out of bounds, he would be a more reliable kick for goal than most of our forwards.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 19 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Last post by LP -
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Like Flynn Riley, Reidy's a work in progress and getting thrown to the wolves as he was on Saturday (and as Riley was the week before) could help his development or shatter his confidence.
At the moment we have the best coach to manage this situation, you can't ask for better.

A lot of Carlton fans must live on a diet of instant soup, they can't wait for anything substantial, and they are obviously childless having thrown the baby out with the bath water!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 19 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Last post by DJC -
I think that folk are judging Liam Reidy a little harshly.

He was called up after coming back from injury and just one game in the Magoos so he probably was a little underdone.  He was playing his seventh AFL game and Darcy Cameron was playing his 137th game.  Cameron is a premiership ruckman and Copeland trophy winner.  On top of that, McKay's injury meant that Reidy was virtually playing a lone hand against Cameron and McStay.

While it's fair to say that Cameron gave Reidy a bath as far as hitouts go, Reidy wasn't disgraced and his tapwork and second efforts helped to give us an advantage in centre clearances and an almost break even with stoppage clearances.

Reidy's mobility and physicality is good but he needs to have more of an impact around the ground.  He needs to take marks, particularly now that we're unlikely to have Harry for the rest of the season.

Like Flynn Riley, Reidy's a work in progress and getting thrown to the wolves as he was on Saturday (and as Riley was the week before) could help his development or shatter his confidence.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel
Last post by Gointocarlton -
So lets be honest, H isnt going to play this week, whats our fwd line going to look like?
"Talls"
Gov 190
Kemp 192

Mediums
Hayward 186
Evans 182
Cottrell 184

Smalls
Byrne 174
Ainsworth 178

One things for sure, we are going to be short.
Do we:
- Play Riley or HOK to play 2nd ruck and tall fwd?
- Play Young as the 2nd ruck and tall fwd?
- Play Crippa or Acres Fwd and bring in an extra Mid (Campo)?
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: The EV thread
Last post by Professer E -
GVM is an issue with these utes, plus the new land cruisers and Fords have smaller displacement motors. Ford have gone to a single turbo unit which doesn't move mass like the old one, and Toyota stopped bring in cruiser utes.  Something to do with emission standards.That's why a lot of sites shifted to Hiluxes and Rangers. Kal is full of them now.  Plus, people had had enough of the'cruiser surcharge on them.
Still got three cruisers in a lockup in Kal for bush work and won't be shifting them on for the foreseeable future.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel
Last post by Baggers -
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My concern with Moir is more around the 'selection integrity'.
Is the one or two  goals a game worth as much as someone running, chasing providing pressure and turnovers.
How do you justify giving him a game ahead of someone who might be busting a gut to get an opportunity and performing much better in the VFL.
Blokes like Ben C and Charleson would have to wonder.

I go back tp fogarty. Bustjng a gut did not help us win.

Winning justifies selection.

Now that's just a peculiar logic and rationale, K.

I don't believe we can summarize Fog as just a gut-buster and non-contributor to wins. He played his role, often times, pretty well but the game has moved on with leg speed being, probably, his real issue now.

Selection integrity is fundamental to strengthening club values. Moir presents selection with a quandary. He seems to only want to take 'speccies' and kick miracle goals. His defensive work rate is ordinary, lacking intensity and intention. Sure, he may kick 2 or3 but if I was an opposition coach I'd be instructing the bloke on Moir to run off him creating links and opportunities up the ground. So, Moir kicks his couple but his opponent launches and links to create even more! The Lizard would have a day out on someone like Moir.