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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by DJC -
According to the police OIC, all of those responsible for the fire bombings have been apprehended and charged.  Apparently they get paid $20K for each job.

It seems that the organised crime gang behind the fire bombings is likely to be an offshore operation so particularly difficult for the police to crack.

Yes the government could introduce laws to make it harder for these crime gangs to operate but they’d never be passed by the upper house and would be a severe restriction on our civil liberties.

The government has already tightened bail laws but, again, they can only go so far before their laws are deemed to be unconstitutional.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Port Adelaide in Adelaide
Last post by DJC -
The chances of winning with seven of our 23 having played less than a dozen games aren’t good, particularly when one of our outs is Weiters.

I’m sure our MC has put a hell of a lot more thought into matchups and Port’s strengths and weaknesses but I would have gone with the Sheriff ahead of Byrner.

I have more faith in Lewis Young than many supporters but I think that Derksen is a better option for this game.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 11 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Port Adelaide in Adelaide
Last post by crashlander -
Our line-up:

B:   14 Oliver Florent   47 Wade Derksen   2 Lachlan Cowan
HB:   24 Nic Newman   35 Harry Dean   15 Billy Wilson
C:   5 Adam Cerra   18 Sam Walsh   32 Matthew Carroll
HF:   19 Will Hayward   17 Brodie Kemp   30 Jack Ison
F:   39 Talor Byrne   10 Harry McKay   12 Ben Ainsworth
R:   27 Marc Pittonet   7 Jagga Smith   9 Patrick Cripps
Int:   26 Nick Haynes   29 George Hewett   45 Flynn Young   11 Mitch McGovern   44 Francis Evans
Em:  25 Liam Reidy   33 Lewis Young   13 Blake Acres

[1] I would have thought Young would come in for Weitering. Hope Derksen can do the job. If we win in the midfield he might. If they stream out of the middle, Georgiades will get a lot of ball.

[2] Acres: is he as out of favour as Boyd has become? He is in form. Not sure Cerra is a wingman ...

[3] One ruck each. Point source error or masterstroke? We don't have much backup.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs
Last post by Gointocarlton -
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Perhaps.

The same style press release was issued in regards to Austin....yet within the week he was seeking legal action to sue the club for sacking him.

So the club has proven to tell porky pies, on the same day no less, so is it plausible that they told 2 'lies' on the same day? Absolutely.
Regardless, i think its more like...."You are done here. You choose how you want to go out." Vossy chose that way.

Yes, its all done and dusted. Thats not the story though.

The story is the guys who pulled the trigger......or accepted the resignation after pointing a gun to his head.
Did they do the right thing.
As above, PR spin is working wonderfully.....except the austin part.....but was it actually the right decision? Time will tell.....but most likely not reveal itself at all, look at the past 25 years of coaches.

I said the week before Vossy was sacked that i expected a few more wins in the coming weeks, this being the most likely. Next week being also likely.
So he's timing was off, he may have saved himself, but it appears the decision was already made, so there was no point.
Agree with all of that, a lot of spin and bad timing, interesting that Voss might be a consultant for the new coach selection panel being assembled which is Wright, Davies and Priestley plus two outsiders and then Voss when required.
Voss on the selection potentially? Where did that come from?