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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
Last post by Lods -
I have high hopes of improvement for this season
Jump a place and we play finals ;)
But I expect it to be a gradual build, as players get to understand and work with one another under the 'real' pressure of an AFL game.

We really don't know a lot about our side, and how they'll gel.
Practice games are only as good an indicator as the effort that's actually put in by both sides
This is the test.
I reckon 3-4 goals will be acceptable, as long as the effort is there.
Swans were a superior side to us in 2025.
They had a bad start to last year and suffered some significant injuries, but finished the season with 8 wins out of the last 11 games
They are on their home ground.
Talking them down and raising expectations is actually the kind of thing that brings pressure on a coach if we fail to beat this "mediocre" side.

A win is not out of the question and much will depend on how the side comes together with a number of new players.
3-4 goals (with effort) will be a reasonable first up result.
It will be the manner of the result that will lead to pressure on players and coach.
What we don't want, and can't afford is a blowout, or a lapse where they pile on the goals after we make a good start.
 

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
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Quote from: madbluboy – on
Who is going to win?

Love us to give it a kick start...but I think it will be the Swans by 3-4 goals.

I'm looking to this year as an improvement on last year, and while that result may seem contradictory it actually aligns with their 2025 ladder positions.
They only finished one spot above us, but had three more wins.
Add to that its on their home ground.
If we win this one it will be a great start.

Not sure Voss or the Fans will tolerate a 3-4 goal loss to a midpack team even on their home ground.
Thats going to start the timber being ordered for the gallows...I think the time has passed for accepting honorable losses.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
Last post by LP -
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Jagga and Dean official
Changes to the outside of stoppages that make us seem so much faster, let Walsh, Cripps, Hewett work inside where they are best, and let the blokes with elite leg speed and acceleration do the run, gun and chase part. No point exhausting Cripps, Walsh and Hewett by having them chase blokes they have zero chance of catching.

I expect us to get some free kicks off the footy if the umpires are switched on, because the Swans will be desperate to stop our fresh leg speed linking up with the inside feed. So expect plenty of scrags, blocks and holds on the outside coming from the Swans midfield and flanks.

I watched the Origin and Cripps was looking pretty good despite being surrounded by extreme opposition talent, the Swans do not bat that deep.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
Last post by Gointocarlton -
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Both Weiters and Charlie have talked about how much time they have spent competing against each other over the last ten years.  If anyone knows how to get the better of Charlie, it's Weiters and I don't buy the argument that Charlie is too fast for him.  Charlie is expecting Weiters to play on him and he probably will, at times.  I'm just not convinced that shutting Charlie down is make the best use of Weiters in terms of his intercept marking and setting up our transition from defence.

The only defender I wouldn't like to see spend a lot of time on Charlie is Lewis Young.  I think that his reaction time could give Charlie a metre or two, and that's all he needs.  Help defence from our other talls, and from wingers and small forwards should make it more difficult for Charlie to get that break.  Of course, cutting off the supply is the best way to stop Sydney's forwards and I think we've got the players to do that.

I'm quietly confident that we'll prevail.

Dean will come across and help Weiters when needed.