Skip to main content ↑ ↓
Recent Posts
21
Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by madbluboy -
Quote from: Lods – on
There is probably no greater example of the deep divisions in American society today than the reaction to the killing of the woman by the ICE agent  yesterday.
People watching the exact same footage are seeing completely different things depending on their political leanings.

It's the world we live in.

Clearly the ICE agent executed her.

If it was a couple of years ago and it was a neo nazi MAGA right winger killed the same people protesting would be defending the shooting.
22
Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by Lods -
There is probably no greater example of the deep divisions in American society today than the reaction to the killing of the woman by the ICE agent  yesterday.
People watching the exact same footage are seeing completely different things depending on their political leanings.
23
Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Name your team for Opening Round
Last post by Blue Moon -
I have two alternate sides. The 24 and overs:
Florent Weitering Haynes
Saad L.Young Newman
Acres Cripps Cottrell
Williams Kemp Hayward
McGovern McKay Ainsworth
Pittonett Hewitt Walsh
Cerra Fogarty Reidy Boyd Evans/F.Young
The 24 and unders:
Wilson O'Farrell Duffy
Cowan Dean Carroll
Chesser O.Hollands F.Young
Evans Kemp Motlop
Byrne Moir Ison
O'Keeffe Lord Smith
B.Camporeale L.Camporeale Monahan Charleson E.Hollands/Wilson
24
Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Name your team for Opening Round
Last post by Lods -
Quote from: DJC – on
I expect Dean to debut in opening round, and he may well start on the bench, but he's not going to stay there; we no longer have 19th and 20th men Lods  ;D  

Dean probably won't have Weitering or Young game time from the get go and I suspect that he won't be spending a lot of time playing on Amartey or Curnow. 

You know what I meant :P
He won't be thrown straight to the wolves.
He'll be eased into the contest gradually.
If he lights it up early he may get a fair amount of game time.

But that's just my guess and when and how he's played will be up to the coaches.
It wouldn't actually surprise to see him start forward. ;)
25
Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Name your team for Opening Round
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: Lods – on
We're talking about the opening round.
And it's clear we do have options.
The question is, will Dean play from the get-go or will the Key backs be a Weitering/ Young or Weitering /Haynes combination.

I suspect Dean will be in the side but on the bench.

I still have hopes for Lewis Young in 2026
And while he may not be a long term prospect...
He's very much a confidence player.
He played the best quarter of football of any Carlton player I saw in the VFL last year before he was injured.
He's proven in the past he can handle the position.
He was in everybody's best 23 a few years back.
It will be intersting to see if he's in the side for the opening round.

Weitering had a lighter workload than normal in our win over Essendon and only spent 94% of the game on the ground.  Lewis Young had 96% game time and, at the other end of the ground, McKay had 94% game time.  Interestingly, De Koning only spent 74% of the game on the ground.

Before his injury, Harry O'Farrell's game time was in the 90% range.

I expect Dean to debut in opening round, and he may well start on the bench, but he's not going to stay there; we no longer have 19th and 20th men Lods  ;D  

Dean probably won't have Weitering or Young game time from the get go and I suspect that he won't be spending a lot of time playing on Amartey or Curnow.  I think that he will be used initially as an intercept marking defender with Weiters and Young as the KPDs but he will take his turn on whoever Sydney uses as KPFs.  Dean may well take over a KPD mantle as the season progresses but he would be equally at home as an intercept defender and ball distributor.
30
Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Name your team for Opening Round
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: kruddler – on
Weitering is a no brainer.
Haynes is the next best.
How do you fit both young and dean in the backline as well....and everyone needs to stop with the haynes on the wing nonsense, its not a legitimate position change.
....and there is always a potential for mcgovern as well.

To me, young just cant get in ahead of dean for any length lf time.

Haynes played on the wing in our last four games of last season.  We won two of those four games, Haynes was among our best players, we didn't miss him in defence, and he played on the wing earlier in his career.

He may not play on the wing again, he could spend the season in the VFL, or the MC may decide to continue with what worked well at the end of last season.  Either way, Haynes on the wing isn't nonsense and it's a legitimate option for next season.

I'm sticking with Weitering, Newman, Cowan, Florent, Haynes, Saad, Dean, L Young as my backline, but there's no reason why Haynes can't move into the midfield group and be replaced by O Hollands or Carroll.

It's also worth noting that, in addition to the defenders available at the end of last season when Haynes was playing on the wing, we should have Newey, Florent and Dean available for Opening Round.