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Ladies Lounge / Re: VFLW 2026
Last post by crashlander -
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The VFLW girls are playing Tasmania in Hobart tomorrow at 14:35 (North Hobart Oval, which, from memory, isn't that big).

And, for once, we have a team sheet available! :)

B:   80 Matilda Fitzgerald   74 Lucy Burke
HB:   33 Lou-Lou Field   73 Kiara Bischa   66 Steph Demeo
C:   51 Octavia Di Donato   79 Hannah Scott   8 Lily Baxter
HF:   17 Danika Spamer   13 Aisling Reidy   71 Hannah Bowey
F:   78 Alessia Acquaro   64 Harriet Bingley  
R:   59 Ellie Sbeghen   53 Asha Turner Funk   77 Zoe Larkins
Int:   60 Phoebe Hargreaves   55 Jemma Stokes   16 Alana Mulvahil   72 Katelyn Busuttil   18 Indi Stanley  
EM:   76 Danika Di Santo
Another away win for the girls, which means we are probably finals bound.

Carlton:  1 - 1 - 7    4 - 4 - 28   6 - 4 - 40   9 - 7 - 61
Tasmania:  1 - 2 - 8   1 - 4 - 10   5 - 4 - 34   7 - 4 - 46

Hannah Scott and Octavia di Donato continue their good form, as the most prolific players on the ground.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2026 Rd 20 Carlton vs St. Kilda at wherever ...
Last post by Baggers -
Quote from: Lods – on
I wonder how many of us had this on our Bingo card...

"Weitering won't play towards the end of the year because of injury, but don't worry we'll beat the premiers by around 70 points and Weitering can come back through the VFL."

Another sign of a better run club. Bloke has been out for a good while... come back gradually, initially, on limited minutes in the Magoos before returning to the seniors... form permitting.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Jim Park Voting AFL Rd 22 2026 Carlton vs St. Kilda
Last post by crashlander -
Voting is as usual: you have 15 votes to award pretty much as you will, with the following provisos:
[1] 15 votes in total, no more, no less.
[2] No more than 10 votes for any one player (even Sam Walsh or Patrick Cripps)
[3] Three players at least must get a mention.
[4] A grade for the game, A+ (what I want to see) to F-.
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Robert Heatley Stand / AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda at Marvel
Last post by crashlander -
All ready for tomorrow night.

I am not a fan of Sunday night games, not when I have to work the next day, but the AFL have been ignoring me for years. I lived in Charlton for 7 years and Bendigo for 17 and know all too well that Sunday night and weeknights just don't work well. I could never get to such games and can't get to Thursday nights as a rule. But the AFL ignore people like me: TV pays the bills.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Voting AFL Rd 21 2026 Carlton vs Brisbane
Last post by crashlander -
Quote from: deepbluesee – on
I feel often people rate our team too highly. Lots of Bs (and As) for a decent win against a good side.
For me, An A (or A+) should be for a V good win against a V good team - what this game was.

This was very close to the perfect game. Only minor disappointment was Cripps not getting that goal at the end. To break the record of most goal kickers in one game (and for Cripps to get a goal he deserved) would have been the lovely icing on a lovely cake.
Having a multitude of opinions and ratings is one of the strengths if our system. We have some very harsh judges, especially when we lose, while others see positives and wish to reward them. It all averages out in the end and makes our statistics more reliable.

It is also the reason we don't insist on a 5-4-3-2-1 voting system, as it does allow some voters, like me, to reward guys who make a decent contribution without getting Judd-like numbers.

And our stats do hold up: our top 10 and the John Nicholls Medal top 10 rarely contain different people. We don't always get the order identical, but, like the club people who vote, we're not always insistent on a guy getting 25+ possessions to get noticed as being a significant contributor.

The more voters we have, the better. I always appreciate it when people vote; I understand our system. But I know that sometimes, especially after a particularly poor loss, or after a game that few people can see, it is not always possible for people to vote reasonably.

I like to vote after watching the replay of the game: it allows me to vote more objectively, not to get caught up in the moment. I know I can be very involved when the game is going on.