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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2026 EF #1 Carlton vs Geelong Pre Game Prognostications
Last post by crashlander -
Our line-up:

B:   2 Lachlan Cowan   23 Jacob Weitering   4 Oliver Hollands
HB:   14 Oliver Florent   35 Harry Dean   47 Wade Derksen
C   13 Blake Acres    9 Patrick Cripps   5 Adam Cerra
HF:   12 Ben Ainsworth   11 Mitch McGovern   17 Brodie Kemp
F:   36 Cooper Lord   10 Harry McKay   39 Talor Byrne
R:   27 Marc Pittonet   18 Sam Walsh   7 Jagga Smith
Int:   15 Billy Wilson   29 George Hewett   33 Lewis Young   44 Francis Evans   46 Matthew Cottrell
Em:   37 Jordan Boyd   30 Jack Ison   25 Liam Reidy

[1] A pity that neither Haynes nor Hayward could get up. It does reduce our flexibility. Derksen deserves a go, assuming there is a match-up for him.

[2] The rain. :( I hope we're ready for it, as we've been ordinary in it this year.

[3] Playing unfit players: I'm glad we didn't do it.

[4] Who do we play on Stewart? I would love to have someone to play through, to keep him defending.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2026 EF #1 Carlton vs Geelong Pre Game Prognostications
Last post by LP -
Quote from: DJC – on
Most of our players had the fumbles early on and, if you care to watch the replay, you’ll see that Byrner had more than one tackle and a couple of heavy bumps.
I don't get how the such highly paid services get that sort of thing wrong when it's so obviously visible in the replay, have they started using AI for stats?

I think the problem they have is the definitions, what is the statistical definition of a tackle? It might no be what we assume.

Sometimes, I think they get stats wrong because the callers get names wrong, there was a distinct example of that earlier this season. If I can find it I'll post the moment, but I've also noticed stats changing a day or two after the game, I think that's fair enough.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2026 EF #1 Carlton vs Geelong Pre Game Prognostications
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: kruddler – on
Quote from: DJC – on
Just on Byrner's "bad game" - it's hard to have an impact when you're sitting on the pine (do they still have pine benches?).

He did OK while he was on the ground, particularly with the pressure he applied.

Is your name Damian Truslove?? Can never bring yourself to say something remotely negative about someone.

Byrne dropped 3 chest marks. Had the fumbles.
Pressure was up.
Output not so much.

There was an article which rated all the players out of 10. Byrne was the lowest with a 4. Next lowest was a couple 5's i think. Lots of 8's and 9's.

I'm not holding it against him, i already said 1 bad game isn't an issue.....but it was a bad game.

For the record, he had 59% TOG, as did Young.
Young had 1 more possession and the same amount of tackles, 1.

I don’t bag our players … and look at my signature 😇

Most of our players had the fumbles early on and, if you care to watch the replay, you’ll see that Byrner had more than one tackle and a couple of heavy bumps.

If it’s good enough for Josh Fraser to mention Byrner’s pressure, it’s good enough for me 🙂
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2026 EF #1 Carlton vs Geelong Pre Game Prognostications
Last post by kruddler -
Quote from: DJC – on
Just on Byrner's "bad game" - it's hard to have an impact when you're sitting on the pine (do they still have pine benches?).

He did OK while he was on the ground, particularly with the pressure he applied.

Is your name Damian Truslove?? Can never bring yourself to say something remotely negative about someone.

Byrne dropped 3 chest marks. Had the fumbles.
Pressure was up.
Output not so much.

There was an article which rated all the players out of 10. Byrne was the lowest with a 4. Next lowest was a couple 5's i think. Lots of 8's and 9's.

I'm not holding it against him, i already said 1 bad game isn't an issue.....but it was a bad game.

For the record, he had 59% TOG, as did Young.
Young had 1 more possession and the same amount of tackles, 1.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2026 EF #1 Carlton vs Geelong Pre Game Prognostications
Last post by DJC -
Just on Byrner's "bad game" - it's hard to have an impact when you're sitting on the pine (do they still have pine benches?).

He did OK while he was on the ground, particularly with the pressure he applied.

We'll miss Haynes' reliability and cool head but Derker is a more than adequate replacement.

De Koning out for the Cats is unexpected but Blicavs probably provides more versatility.  Sending Lewis Young forward might stretch Geelong's backs who will match up quite well with our smaller forward line.  Hayward would have been handy but it is what it is.