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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Carlton 2026 Finals Campaign
Last post by Thryleon -
Quote from: dodge – on
There didn't seem to be a lot of support on this forum for the wild card round when it was announced  Has this changed now that we're part of it?

I don't like it, but will still watch!
Anyone finishing 5th or 6th likes it, anyone finishing 7th or 8th hates it, and anyone finishing 9th or 10th, loves it.

Anyone in the bottom 8 will say that they only fell short by a little bit, and can reach for reasons to justify a poor season.

Personally, finals are the rewards you get for performing throughout the year.

There is one game left, and despite what the ladder says, the body of work across the season is one of the best that I have experienced in the last 24 years, including the year we made the prelim. 

We fell short because we didnt manage the moments so well, in similar fashion to yesterdays match vs the Bulldogs.
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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: Micky0 – on
Surprisingly free kick count was in our favour 15-23!
Of course it's not just what but where that matters.

I didn't get the "play on" thing, it was evident from the very first bounce someone had changed the interpretation this week, but it only seemed to apply to us. Twice we had guys instantly called to play on for shaping to handball without moving their feet or off the mark.

Both Hewett and Walsh got mown down late well after disposal without a down field free being awarded, I recall specific cases once by Libba and once by Freijah.

Weightman was blocking our defenders well off the ball, way beyond the legal distance and without eyes for the footy, and not penalised once. On the other side of the case Dean takes the space behind the fall of the ball and gets pinged for a block. Now we can debate the right or wrong of it, but the difference between each case is the real problem because Dean and Weightman are at the same end, same umpire, etc., etc..

Also, go back and watch that infamous throw, the umpires head is in the bottom of the video feed looking straight at it, he sees what everybody else saw and decided "Computer says no!" and called play on! At no stage did the Dogs player attempt to make a fist or close his hand, he just threw it! Earlier in the game one of our blokes was penalised for a volleyball spike called a throw, at strike but with open palms like a double hand ruck tap, but clearly a strike.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 23 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs at Marvel
Last post by Thryleon -
Quote from: Micky0 – on
Thought the umpiring was just bizarre especially having rewatched the final quarter.

Was it the one umpire that decided calling play on within 2 seconds was reasonable?  Absolutely bizarre.

We were also continuously held with no frees to us.

Surprisingly free kick count was in our favour 15-23!
The count is a bit silly.

If you infringe 50 times, and get pinged 23 times and your opponent infringes 20 times, and gets pinged 15 times, who got favourable treatment?





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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by LP -
The NSW Cricket Mafia has backed itself into a corner, it can't blame the bowlers this time because they are all in on the incumbents. The defenders of the top order would normally see it as a bowling fail not a batting fail, they would expect the batting did nothing wrong and the bowlers weren't able to knock over Bangladesh for a similar score!

Even in the post-match the usual suspects were talking about a refresh, then spent 10 minutes discussing the next generation of bowlers.

 The only batsmen they threw rocks at were Weatherald and Webster, declaring both fails, they wanted Inglis in and an extra bowler!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Carlton 2026 Finals Campaign
Last post by Lods -
Yep
Happy to be here.
But I still think it's too many sides rewarded.
Hopefully we can win a couple of finals...while we're in it then it isn't over.
But does anyone seriously see a team wnning the flag from 10th.

The funny thing is that there are probably many years where 11 wins and a draw would have been good enough to make the 8.