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The Sports Desk / Tony Modra Fighting for Life
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Tony Modra is fighting for life after his cattle truck hit a tree. Been airlifted to hospital but is not in a good way with life threatening injuries.
Thoughts and prayers are with Mods and his family.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
Last post by crashlander -
AFL 2026 Rd 13:   Carlton vs Essendon
Like the Richmond game, most of us were disappointed by the way we played against the Drug Cheats. However, they gave it their best shot, and they couldn't beat us when we were as flat as a tack. I am willing to give a little kudos, but not that much.

Trends:
[1]   There were 9 voters this round, which is more like what we get for a loss. Disappointing, especially when we've had 2 weeks to vote, but that was how we played.
please 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 8.07, which represents a C.
Our rating of the Richmond game, for example, was 7.69 which says far too much.

[3]   16 players managed a mention again this week.

[4]   The average vote this week was 26, which is very ordinary for a win!. Scores are around 30 when we win, so read into that what you will.

[5]   3 players managed 100 votes or more.

[6] Crippa didn't win this week, although he did get some votes. Harry McKay judged BOG this week, for the first time this year. he has certainly improved in the last few weeks. George Hewett managed 2nd, his first top 2 rating for the year. Harry Dean managed 3rd, his first top 3 finish.

[7]  One player managed votes from everyone this week; Harry McKay. Dean and Hewett missed from one voter.

[8]   We had a much more rounded distribution of votes this week, even though the values were generally low. Our recruits put their hands up, as did a youngsters and our experienced players (who have generally been down this year). Our defenders and mids got most of the votes as we still struggle to kick goals.

[9]   Harry Dean was our best youngster for the night, followed by Smith, Wilson and Byrne


Votes:
McKay, Harrison   274
Hewett, George   220
Dean, Harry   184
Acres, Blake   99
Newman, Nicholas   81
Smith, Jagga   72
Ainsworth, Ben   61
Walsh, Sam   54
Cripps, Patrick  40
Wilson, Billy  40
Cowan, Lachlan  31
Cerra, Adam  22
Florent, Oliver  9
Byrne, Talor  9
Hayward, Will  4
Derksen, Wade  4


Progressive Voting:
Walsh, Sam   2237
Patrick Cripps 2047
Smith, Jagga  1029
Florent, Oliver  807
Matthew Carroll   769
Will Hayward  757
Pittonet, Marc  714
Harry McKay  667
Newman, Nic   616
Mitch McGovern  560
Ainsworth, Ben  546
Kemp, Brodie  480
Weitering, Jacob  466
Hollands, Elijah  426
Ollie Hollands  413
Hewett, George  386
Cowan, Lachie  384
Dean, Harry  332
William, Zac  330
Haynes, Nick 308
Lord, Cooper  152
Blake Acres  126
Wilson, Billy   86
Young, Lewis   81
Evans, Francis  81
Cerra, Adam  71
Ison, Jack   43
Byrne, Talor  43
Liam Reidy   28
Boyd, Jordan   27
Wade Derksen   21
Adam Saad   15
Flynn Young   8
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Robert Heatley Stand / VFL Rd 13 2026 Carlton vs GWS in Sydney
Last post by crashlander -
The 2's play GWS at their home at 12:15 on Saturday.
It is unlikely that all of the Emergencies will play.
Flynn Young back gives the 2's a target they haven't really had of late.

I think Reidy is back. Ollie Hollands will play his first VFL game for a while, but we will miss Ben Camporeale, who has a minor hamstring. Lucas may well play: he is available.
We really need some leadership out there, as our last few weeks have been pretty ordinary. Saad and Cottrell not providing a huge amount.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 15 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs GWS in Sydney
Last post by crashlander -
Our line-up:

B:   14 Oliver Florent   47 Wade Derksen   26 Nick Haynes
HB:   2 Lachlan Cowan   35 Harry Dean   15 Billy Wilson
C:   5 Adam Cerra   18 Sam Walsh   13 Blake Acres
HB:   19 Will Hayward   11 Mitch McGovern   12 Ben Ainsworth
F:   17 Brodie Kemp   10 Harry McKay   39 Talor Byrne
R:   27 Marc Pittonet   9 Patrick Cripps   7 Jagga Smith
Int:   24 Nic Newman   29 George Hewett   30 Jack Ison   44 Francis Evans   46 Matthew Cottrell
Em:   36 Cooper Lord   8 Lachie Fogarty   38 Flynn Riley

[1] Flynn Young out for Cottrell? I can't quite understand it. Cottrell's form has been ordinary. Young may not have been fantastic, but he is goal kicker.
[2] Flynn Riley as Emergency? Has he gone past Reidy? Looks that way, but we have lost drive with Reidy out. I think Riley has more upside, but I'm not sure that he is the one at the moment.
[3] We will miss Weitering. Derksen did a lot of good intercept work against the Drug Cheats, but he was slaughtered in the one-on-ones. Lewis Young? Or is he 'break glass if necessary'?
[4] I probably wouldn't have Fog as Emergency, but ...