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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 23 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs at Marvel
Last post by laj -
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Quote from: madbluboy – on
At the start of the season Champion data ranked the Bulldogs as the strongest list in the comp. That doesn't guarantee success but it shows they are a talented squad. Ed Richards has been a top 10 player all season, the other 9 players are all superstars but no one talks about Ed.
Subjectively I think Richards regularly performs to a high standard against us, I'm not sure if that is backed up by the figures but I recall him making a signifcant contribution to our demise in past games. At least some significant moments.
Richards has been great all season. Taken huge steps this year. Descends from Collingwood royalty. His great-great-grandfather is Charlie Pannam Sr., his grandfather is Ron Richards, and his great-uncle is Lou Richards.Bad luck for the Pies, he ended up at the Dogs.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 23 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs at Marvel
Last post by Lods -
The Bulldogs are a funny side they seem to have patches of good or bad results for four or five games at a time
They've beaten the Lions, Adelaide, Collingwood, Melbourne and Hawthorn
Yet their attack is one of the poorest in the comp-ranking around 14th "for points for"
They were on top of the ladder after round 5 and were 12th by round 9
A real Jekyll and Hyde team.
I thought they were very good on the weekend and their pressure threw us off the style we'd been playing in the previous weeks. As a result the errors and turnovers occurred.
It was probably typical of our games in the early part of the year...good in parts, not so hot in others.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by LP -
Anti-vaxers will crow about RFK's decisions and the official anti-vax proclamations, claiming that the new bills support the conspiracies.

But the real truth here is about securing control of markets, RedTrump and his cohort are pummelling foreign providers like CSL, so that the US can gain control of the production, just like oil but in a needle, at which time the official conspiracies will evaporate and vaccines will be all good again!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 23 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs at Marvel
Last post by LP -
Quote from: madbluboy – on
At the start of the season Champion data ranked the Bulldogs as the strongest list in the comp. That doesn't guarantee success but it shows they are a talented squad. Ed Richards has been a top 10 player all season, the other 9 players are all superstars but no one talks about Ed.
Subjectively I think Richards regularly performs to a high standard against us, I'm not sure if that is backed up by the figures but I recall him making a signifcant contribution to our demise in past games. At least some signficant moments.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 23 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs at Marvel
Last post by tonyo -
On occasion, we have a problem converting dominance into scoreboard results - 20 points up 10 mins into the second quarter, we should have been looking to turn the screw.  Instead, we became patchy again, and our inside 50 delivery was appalling.  Same thing happened in the Rich and Ess games a few weeks back. 

It's like we 'pitch' our game to the level of the opposition - and if you give an opponent a second chance, they will probably exploit the offer.  We are simply not ruthless enough yet to squash teams consistently.

Bevo out-coached Fraser with centre clearances - we started so well, but let them take control.  And yet their plan was so simple - hit it straight down, Libba in and under as usual feeding it out to Richards, Sanders and others for a simple take away.

Hoping this isn't the 'real' Blues, as opposed to the side that smashed Brisbane with precision kicking and perfect F50 craft.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by LP -
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As much as the batting failed the bowling group abjectly failed to build pressure.
This has always been my assertion regarding the erratic performances, it's OK to crow about some player's best efforts as being a class above, but if the average output is ordinary it drags down everybody around them. This applies to both batting and bowling, probably fielding as well.

For example, the Australian Cricket mafia will use Green's latest innings as a excuse to persist, and Marnus just needs one good innings to secure another extension off the back of an isolated effort, ignoring repeat failures for the sake of one spectacular success here or there. That seems to be modern cricket, a flash in the pan T20 betters the 5 day grind.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by northernblue -
As much as the batting failed the bowling group abjectly failed to build pressure.
Barely a maiden, with a few dotballs scattered throughout.
The Bangers cruised along at 3.5 an over.
They applied themselves on the opening day and 1st session in particular against a bunch of blokes who looked like they hadn’t played for 6 months, in conditions that suited the bangers, not us.
The pitch then turned into a road, game over.

I missed the weekends play as I went bush and was shattered to see that Jake missed out, he’ll play in Qld next up he’s going to need some luck…
The selectors want Head to drop down the order, they want 2 openers… but who wants the job, who can do the job, who’s in form ?

As an aside 3 fellas spent all day marooned on a sandbar yesterday after missing the tide… 🤣
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL Rd 21 2026 Carlton vs Footscray at Footscray
Last post by LP -
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FOOTSCRAY VFL 2.2 5.3 7.4 9.6 (60)
CARLTON RESERVES 5.3 7.6 9.11 13.13 (91)

GOALS
Carlton: O’Keeffe 3, Howard 2, Boyd, Charleson, Farrar, Hollands, Moir, Prout, Reidy, Walker

BESTS
Carlton: Saad, Prout, Hollands, Fogarty, L.Camporeale, Young

Interesting selection of best players. Maybe Saad will get a goodbye game? Obviously the club were impressed by Prout's performance.
I thought Saad was our best, back to the movement he is capable of.