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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL Rd 7 2026 Carlton vs Casey at Casey
Last post by Baggers -
Quote from: Thryleon – on
@crash no to rivers.  If he was any good he would be in the ones.  They arent exactly flushed with talent.

I thought charleson was extremely good coming out of defence and helped set us up significantly for drive going forward.  

Good pick-up 3 Leos. I forgot to mention him - so many good players to choose from!! Charleson was extremely good, as you mentioned. Showed really good judgment and has a footy brain... measurable improvement.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 9 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Quote from: cookie2 – on
The game should be a biiig confidence booster for us. The most effective I’ve seen us play for some time. Despite losing I felt strangely elated at the end!
Praying we can go on with it going forward. 🙏🏻
What stood out for me was Cripps going back to what he does best, get, give. There was one centre clearance in the last where he got it and dished off diving forward. Thats what we need from him, not the playing on trying to beat players but foot.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL Rd 7 2026 Carlton vs Casey at Casey
Last post by Thryleon -
@crash no to rivers.  If he was any good he would be in the ones.  They arent exactly flushed with talent.

I thought charleson was extremely good coming out of defence and helped set us up significantly for drive going forward.  
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL Rd 7 2026 Carlton vs Casey at Casey
Last post by crashlander -
When I left to tutor this morning, we were five points in front and probably lucky to be so: neither side knew how to kick at goal.
So, imagine my surprise when I turn the computer on and we win by 122 points!
I am going to enjoy watching this replay!

What I can gather from the statistics:
[1] Reidy must have been BOG. He not only had 23 taps, more than double anyone else (and that was HOK), but he had 15 clearances! Fifteen clearances! That more than Tom de Koning has got in any 2, maybe three matches. It is more the Cripps gets! He had 24 possessions and 2 marks.
Considering that he couldn't touch it last week, that is some return to form! I would like to see more marks, but he did everything else.

[2] Cooper Lord had 2 disposals in the first quarter. I though he must have been injured. He finished with 22, 3 clearances and 3 tackles. I still think he couldn't have been 100 %, or he would had a lot more tackles. I'll look at that with interest.

[3] We didn't have any 40 possessions guys this week. Instead, we appear to have shared the ball around more.
Blake Acres: 31 possessions, 8 marks, 1 tackle, 2 goals. His shoulders must still be issues, but this is his best game in some time.
Darcy Hogg: 28 possessions, 1 clearance, 3 tackles and 7 marks. I guess he can't get a clearance if Reidy is getting them all.
Cody Walker: 24 possessions, 9 marks, 2 clearances, 1 tackle. Not bad for an underage kid.
Ben Camporeale: 24 possessions, 6 clearances, 1 tackle and 3 marks. 2nd most clearances on the ground.
Lewis Young: 23 possessions at FB. 16 marks! He may not be the defender we want, but he is in very good form.
Jordan Boyd: 23 disposals, 1 clearance and 2 tackles.
Cooper Lord: as mentioned, he had 22.
Lachie Fogarty: 22 disposals, 2 goals, 10 marks, 2 tackles.
Harry Charleson: 21 disposals, 6 marks and 2 tackles.

That is quite a collection there!

[3] Jack Ison had 19 possessions and kicked 2 goals. If he gets 19 in the seniors, he'll have a lot more than 2 goals.
Ashton Moir jad 18 disposals and kicked 2 goals as well.

[4] Matthew Cottrell: 17 disposals and 3 clearances. Definitely not in form yet. Did he have a negative job? Not the sort of numbers to get back in the 1's.

[5] Wade Derksen: 5 goals and 6 marks from 14 possessions. His man had 22 possessions, and must have been close to the BOG in the first quarter, but if you are a defender and you can't stop your man kicking goals, it wouldn't have mattered if he'd had 32! He was still beaten.

[6] Trent River for them: he seems to be stuck in the 2's. He can do a negative job. Should we be interested? I want to see what he did before I commit myself, but he has been a good footballer and still is reasonably young.
I guess I'd prefer to pick up a really athletic guy as a tagger, someone who can run guys into the ground. But, are there any in this cohort? I don't know.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 9 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane
Last post by Blue Moon -
I thought our intent was good all night, even in the first half.  Couldn't win a contest, couldn't lay a glove on them when they got outside, skill errors, and umpiring decisions made it tough. Brisbane's I intensity dropped, we started winning contests, pressuring them on, the outside, they started to make mistakes, but the umpiring decisions still went against us.
If you kick goals, its a different game. Kemp was just wasteful. They missed two that would have put us away, but they kept us in the game. Carlton players don't have backs and don't have heads.
Hewitt should not be the one delivering into the forward line, his kicks are up and unders, he is ok going short. Cerra should always go long. He can't hit a target but his kicks go quickly and have penetration. Cripps should stop this sharing the load rubbish and just be the big dog in the middle, will make Walsh and Smith better. Pittonett getting physical in the contest and McKay getting his hands on the ball in the ruck makes us better. Our backline functions better when the ball isn't coming in without pressure.
We now know our second half fade outs are not physical but mental, we now know if we play with intent we can make good sides panic and we now know our forward line can function, so now it is up to the players.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 9 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane
Last post by laj -
Quote from: DJC – on
I went to a great Lloyd Spiegel concert last night and only saw the game from about half way through the third quarter. 

I saw a dominant performance from the Bluebaggers but what went wrong in the first half?
The first half was the 2nd half of other weeks. Pressure rating was just 159. Played how we were capable in the 2nd half.