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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 13 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Essendon
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
I thought the Hewett free and then goal was charitable where he ducked his head, that's been play on in previous games.
The ruck rules and frees are confusing for me, appears even if you are behind the line but don't jump they call it a block sometimes and Pittonet got some tough calls..
IIRC George has won one of those free kick (high contact in front of goal) in every game he has played this year.
Good technique then😀
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 13 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Essendon
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
I thought the Hewett free and then goal was charitable where he ducked his head, that's been play on in previous games.
The ruck rules and frees are confusing for me, appears even if you are behind the line but don't jump they call it a block sometimes and Pittonet got some tough calls..
IIRC George has won one of those free kick (high contact in front of goal) in every game he has played this year.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 13 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Essendon
Last post by Sexybronco -
Quote from: RiverRat – on
I like Heyward's mongrel but not the stupidity that yet again led to a dopey free kick for a late bump.

I was impressed by Derksen's offensive contributions; he offers much more in that area than Lewis Young's indecisiveness but, unfortunately he is 5 or 6 cm shorter and is something of a liability overhead.

Good to see Acres and Hewitt back in form and favour.
Derksen’s kicking was a liability last night, he’ll need to clean this up if he wants to establish himself.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 13 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Essendon
Last post by RiverRat -
I like Heyward's mongrel but not the stupidity that yet again led to a dopey free kick for a late bump.

I was impressed by Derksen's offensive contributions; he offers much more in that area than Lewis Young's indecisiveness but, unfortunately he is 5 or 6 cm shorter and is something of a liability overhead.

Good to see Acres and Hewitt back in form and favour.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
Last post by crashlander -
AFL 2026 Rd 12:   Carlton vs Geelong
In some ways, this was our best win for the season. We beat a contender, to be honest we were far superior. They kicked goals they could never repeat, while we couldn't buy a goal, but we won anyway.

Trends:
[1]   There were 13 voters this round, one better than last week.
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 9.97, which represents a A, is the best we've had for the year to this point.
Our rating of the Richmond game, for example, was 7.69 which says far too much.

[3]   An amazing 18 players managed a mention again this week. That is what we mean when we talk about a team performance!

[4]   The average vote this week was 33, the best for the year!. Scores are around 30 when we win, so read into that what you will.

[5]   5 players managed 100 votes or more. This is the best I can remember.

[6] Patrick Cripps was our best for the 4th week in a row. His reemergence has been one of the reasons we've improved. He managed a Cripps-like 368 votes, a really dominant game! Sam Walsh and Will Hayward both got 280 or better, which would win most weeks comfortably. Jagga Smith also broke the 200 mark, while Weitering got 100.

[7]  Three players managed votes from everyone this week, Cripps, Walsh and Hayward. Smith and Weitering missed by two.

[8]   We had a much more rounded distribution of votes this week. 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.

[9]   Jagga Smith was our best youngster for the night, followed by Cowan, Wilson and Ison.
This was the 2nd real Cripps-like game from Cripps.

Votes:
Cripps, Patrick   368
Walsh, Sam   284
Hayward, Will   280
Smith, Jagga   203
Weitering, Jacob   100
Cowan, Lachlan   54
Newman, Nicholas  38
Ainsworth, Ben  38
Dean, Harry  35
Acres, Blake  27
Cerra, Adam  19
Wilson, Billy  15
Evans, Francis  8
Pittonet, Marc  8
Young, Flynn  8
Florent, Oliver  4
McKay, Harrison  4
Haynes, Nicholas  4


Progressive Voting:
Walsh, Sam   2184
Patrick Cripps 2007
Smith, Jagga  957
Florent, Oliver  798
Matthew Carroll   769
Will Hayward  753
Pittonet, Marc  714
Mitch McGovern  560
Newman, Nic   535
Kemp, Brodie  480
Ainsworth, Ben  479
Weitering, Jacob  466
Hollands, Elijah  426
Ollie Hollands  413
Harry McKay  394
Cowan, Lachie  352
William, Zac  330
Haynes, Nick 308
Hewett, George  166
Lord, Cooper  152
Dean, Harry  148
Young, Lewis   81
Evans, Francis  81
Cerra, Adam  48
Wilson, Billy   45
Ison, Jack   43
Byrne, Talor  34
Liam Reidy   28
Boyd, Jordan   27
Blake Acres  27
Wade Derksen   16
Adam Saad   15
Flynn Young   8
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 13 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Essendon
Last post by LP -
The dodgy free that annoys me most beyond the stupid ruck rules is players getting pinged 50m for a moment of confusion about who was being directed to stand, in this regard often umpires contribute to the problem. It's not good enough to just say players need to be aware, they can barely hear each other let alone an umpire 15m away!