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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2026 EF #1 Carlton vs Geelong Pre Game Prognostications
Last post by kruddler -
Happy with the balance. Definitely needed Young in the side.

Hayward needed to be 100% fit to come in with the way we need him to play, so good call there.
Also difficult finding someone to drop....Byrne would be my guess based on last week alone, but overall he's performed well and everyone is allowed 1 bad game.

Ollie hollands didn't deserve to be dropped after his last game.....nor did anyone else.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2026 EF #1 Carlton vs Geelong Pre Game Prognostications
Last post by DJC -
Geelong has five players out with injury, one of whom, Max Holmes, is a test to play.  Apart from Holmes, their most significant out is Rhys Stanley.  Geelong has also lost Tyson Stengle who used to cause us headaches.

We have eight players out with injury, two of whom are inactive and have been replaced on our list, so effectively six players out.  Two of those player, Nick Haynes and Wilbur Hayward, are tests to play.  Both are important to our chances but aren't irreplaceable. Of the others, Matt Carroll and Nic Newman were best 23 when they were injured but I think that we have more than adequate replacements in the team now.

The six day break probably isn't ideal but our high performance staff know what they're doing and an extra day isn't going to make much difference.  Geelong's week off could well be a negative 🤞
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL 2026 EF #1 Carlton vs Geelong Pre Game Prognostications
Last post by laj -
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
Quote from: pew2 – on
what worries me already there is talk about how good we are against geelong  this might inspire cats to lift
Here's our recent form:
WWWWWWWLLWWWDW
Like it or not, we keep winning so it's a different narrative for us. No longer are we easy beats, we have to be at our best but so do they. This is our new reality.
Fun tapping the W button on the keyboard that many times...lol