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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by DJC -
They were tough on crime back in 1902; Charles Pickering was charged with "playing football in the street" in Prahran and was fined five shillings - the equivalent of around $40 in today's money. 

It's a good thing the wallopers didn't patrol our street in the 1950s and 1960s when we spent hours kicking newspaper footies and those abominable plastic jobs.  The bitumen wore the ends of Sherrins and Ross Faulkners in no time.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
Last post by crashlander -
Other statistics of note:

[1] Last year Harry McKay was 9th, this year 11th.
Jacob Weitering was 4th last year, this year he was 12th.
Ollie Hollands was 3rd last year with 1673 votes. This year he was 19th with 569 votes.

[2] Last year Nick Haynes managed 1237 votes; this year he scored 763 and was outside the top 10. Yet, I would argue he was at least as effective this season. I think we played better more often, so Nick's efforts were not always as obvious.

[5] Five of the top 10 vote getter this year were new to the club. That says hug amounts to me! If we can replicate this in 2027, we will be a serious threat, as I don't think most of our newcomers are going to be significantly worse.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
Last post by crashlander -
Congratulations to Sam Walsh, winner of the Jim park Award, with a whopping 5113 votes!

Congratulations to Patrick Cripps comes in 2nd, with 3879 votes, over a thousand votes behind Walsh, but almost a thousand points ahead of Jagga Smith. Considering his slow start to the year, this is a huge effort. Crippa's 1st BOG for the year was in Round 9. By that time, Sam Walsh had been BOG 5 times already.

Coming in 3rd, was Jagga Smith, 2921 votes, a brilliant effort for a youngster in his first effective season, particularly coming back from the knee reconstruction.

George Hewett was 4th this season, with 2102 votes. George got his first significant votes in Round 13.

Walsh was better than 500 votes better than George Hewett's score in 2025. Similarly, Patrick Cripps was about 1000 votes better than his score for 2025, where he was also second.

Marc Pittonet came in 5th, with 1441 votes. Last year he scored 159 votes and did not get into the top 10.

Last year 9 players got more than 1000 votes; this year it was the same, 9 players.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
Last post by crashlander -
AFL 2026 EF#1:   Carlton vs Geelong
We've been playing Elimination Finals for weeks, but we finally ran out of juice. :( :( Still, we managed to slaughter both GF teams in our run.

Trends:
[1]   There were 9 voters this round, which is a little disappointing for a final, but ...
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!
I must admit that I see a lot of names from previous campaigns who no longer vote and find that disheartening. I can only hope hope those posters are faring well.

[2]   The rating was a 7.52, which represents almost a C-! Voters were not pleased, which I can understand. We have beaten these zeroes before this year.

[3]   13 players managed a mention this week.

[4]   The average vote this week was 25, which is pretty ordinary. Some of it is due to the lack of voters. Scores are around 30 are more usual when we win, so read into that what you will.

[5]   Again 4 players managed 100 votes or more. This is normal for a win these days, but wasn't good enough this time.

[6] It was a large gap between Sam Walsh, who was BOG for the 11th time for 2026. Weitering, Evans and Hewett filled in the placings.

[7] Only one player managed votes from everyone again this week; Sam Walsh

[8]   It was a more even spread this week, with a strong midfield and a powerful defence.

[9] Our youngsters were not as significant this week. The best were Smith and Wilson.


Votes:
Walsh, Sam   309
Weitering, Jacob   180
Evans, Francis   113
Hewett, George   110
Hollands, Oliver   88
Wilson, Billy   79
Cerra, Adam   71
Cripps, Patrick   54
Smith, Jagga  42
Florent, Oliver   42
Lord, Cooper   21
Kemp, Brodie   21
Pittonet, Marc   8


Progressive Voting:
Walsh, Sam   5113
Patrick Cripps  3879
Smith, Jagga  2921  
Hewett, George  2102
Pittonet, Marc  1441
Florent, Oliver  1430
Will Hayward  1126
Ainsworth, Ben  1121
Evans, Francis   1097
Newman, Nic   943
Harry McKay  943
Weitering, Jacob  861
Dean, Harry 782
Matthew Carroll   769
Haynes, Nick   763
Kemp, Brodie  756
Mitch McGovern 710
Cowan, Lachie  612
Ollie Hollands  569
Cerra, Adam  549
Hollands, Elijah  426 
Byrne, Talor  422
Blake Acres  397
William, Zac  330
Wilson, Billy   311
Lord, Cooper  271
Wade Derksen   119
Young, Lewis   94
Cottrell, Matthew 59
Ison, Jack   43
Liam Reidy   28
Boyd, Jordan   27
Adam Saad   15
Flynn Young   8
Flynn Riley   6
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Voting AFL EF#1 2026 Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by crashlander -
AFL 2026 Elimination Final   Carlton vs Geelong

Team:      C
If it hadn’t rained … Unfortunately, our game does suit wet conditions at the moment, something we have to work on for 2027. We didn’t give up, but he did appear to run out of juice. And some of Geelong’s top players played unusually well,

Votes:
[3]   Sam Walsh
[2]   Jagga Smith
[2]   George Hewett
[1.5]   Patrick Cripps
[1.5]   Billy Wilson
[1]   Marc Pittonet
[1]   Ollie Florent
[0.5]   Cooper Lord
[0.5]   Ollie Hollands
[0.5]   Jacob Weitering
[0.5]   Frankie Evans
[0.5]   Adam Cerra
[0.5]   Brodie Kemp

Explanations:
[3]   Sam Walsh:      The best midfielder on the ground, Walsh was tremendous. 29 possessions, 4 clearances, 5 tackles.
[2]   Jagga Smith:      Brilliant, early, but was controlled after half time.
[2]   George Hewett:   27 disposals, 11 tackles and 7 clearances says how effective George was.
[1.5]   Patrick Cripps:      Not Crippa’s greatest game, but he still managed 24 possessions and 11 clearances.
[1.5]   Billy Wilson:      Excellent in defence. Lots of ball and great run from defence.
[1]   Marc Pittonet:      Not as dominant as we might have hoped for, but Pitto was still a warrior. 5 clearances and 13 possessions was a good return.
[1]   Ollie Florent:      Not as dominant as he can be, be, like Wilson, he really showed great run and carry from defence.
[0.5]   Cooper Lord:      Lord not only did a good job defensively, but he managed 2 goals.
[0.5]   Ollie Hollands:      Tried his guts out.19 possessions and 6 tackles.
[0.5]   Jacob Weitering:   Did his job well.
[0.5]   Francis Evans:   Frankie didn’t get the rewards this time, which was disappointing, but he does show just how committed he is.
[0.5]   Adam Cerra:      Did his job well.
[0.5]   Brodie Kemp:      Not a lot of ball, but was dangerous and kicked 2 goals.

Honourable Mentions:
Lachie Cowan:      Did his job as well as he could. Just couldn’t stop Dangerfield. ☹
Ben Ainsworth:      Not as dominant as he has been, but still good.
Harry McKay:         Starved after half time.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Rd 7 Carlton vs Richmond at home
Last post by DJC -
Great win by the girls 👏

Erone Fitzpatrick seems to get better with every game.  It’s hard to believe that she’s a cross-coder.

Interestingly Dayna Finn still retains an awkward Gaelic footy kicking style but it’s very effective and, apart from that, she plays like she’s grown up with the game too.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by DJC -
The AFL and the ARL have an agreement not to go head to head.  To do so would be to invite lowered audiences for both codes.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Rd 7 Carlton vs Richmond at home
Last post by crashlander -
Carlton       5.3    8.4    9.5   11.10 (76)
Richmond   1.1    3.2    3.3    3.3 (21)

GOALS
Carlton: Fitzpatrick 3, Morris-Dalton 2, S.McKay, Sherar, McMillan, Hill, A.McKay, Poppy Scholz
Richmond: Wolmarans 2, Scott

BEST
Carlton: Fitzpatrick, Finn, Hill
Richmond: Wolmarans, McKenzie, Graham 

They scored 1 point after half time. That is a real positive.