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The Sports Desk / Commonwealth Games-"Is anybody out there"
Last post by Lods -
Cut back in events after the Melbourne pull out
Number of sports being contested cut in half

The once great Commonwealth Games is a shadow of it's former self.
Many athletes prioritising other competitions.
Canadian World record holder Summer McIntosh is skipping the CG to concentrate on the Pan Pacs
I suspect other Canadian swimmers may be doing the same.
A lot of teams have restricted their numbers.

The future looks bleak.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 21 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Brisbane at Marvel
Last post by PaulP -
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Gone under the radar a little but the Big Fella plays his 250th this week, do the right thing by your Skipper Bluebaggers.
Go Blues.

When you think about the rubbish he has put up with, the fact that he basically never misses a game, all the personal awards, captaincy etc, he is IMO indisputably in top 5 greatest CFC players.

It's really quite a remarkable thing to watch a genuine champion of the club ply their trade in real time. Not stories from old timers about players from past decades, not grainy, low res b/w footage on YouTube, not history books, but the actual lived experience of watching one of the greats. Hopefully we all cherish these moments and never take them for granted.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel
Last post by kruddler -
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Kemp is a good utility player being asked to perform a role he has performed for approximately less than 15 games at AFL level and is currently doing a pretty good job of it, with some warts on his game.

Give him some time to sort those out.  He is a reliable enough kick, its possibly the first time in his career he has a monkey on his back.  The fans jumping on him for lack of finishing wont help him, there is no reason he cant be our Jack Gunston.

Agreed.

Plenty of time for him to turn things around.

That doesn't mean he needs to play 1's every week until he does.
This kind of form is exactly why you drop players to the 2's to regain some confidence.
Problem is, we don't have anyone to bring in. Closest you could argue is Ison, and we already dropped him for similar reasons.

Kemp is a good player to have in your 23. Traditional utility player.
We just can't plan for him to be our FF for the next 7 years.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel
Last post by laj -
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Never would have believed it at the time but Holman has made it 153 games.

Most of those games with a weak GC outfit though
153 is getting to be alot of games. No matter how weak the side is you're playing that many games unless you are doing something right. In weak outfit they keeping turning over ordinary players to get better. He played most games last year to when they were a good side.