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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by RiverRat -
Quote from: shawny – on
Cripps and walsh had 27 touches together in the first quarter.

So what does our coach do….

Starts cripps on the bench and pushes Walsh forward and by the time it was adjusted we were 4 goals down.

cant defend that

Can't defend anything much.

The big difference was that the Cows can kick to advantage whilst we mainly kick to a contest or to disadvantage.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by RiverRat -
Quote from: MickyO – on

The ch7 commentary team is putrid and the camera work was like a 2yo grabbed their parent’s mobile phone! Shocking.

Not sure whether it was Ch 7 or Foxtel who was responsible for the camera work but the so-called director showed far too many overhead-distance shots, which made it damn difficult to see what was happening before the ball was put into play - it was as though the camera was on the Artemis II spacecraft and/or the camera direction was being controlled by a work-experience kid - absolute rubbish.

Also, they should not pay a lasso free-kick when a player deliberately handballs the ball into an opponent's foot or lower leg - that is utter BS that has already become a trend.  Those free-kicks should be restricted to disposals after the player has actually taken possession or there is a deliberate effort to kick or bat the ball off the ground.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by crashlander -
We had 35 less disposals for the night.
We had more inside 50's. 60 to 56, yet the ball comes out too easily.
We get most of our score the same way each week. We rarely score any other way. That is simply terrible!
Our efficiency inside 50 was 40%, which is lethal.
Free kicks: I'm not going there. We don't get the frees that the better sides do. Chop the arms, push in the back, there are entire categories of frees that we don't get.

Positives:
[1] I was impressed with our tackling. We won that 87 to 71.
[2] I was impressed with our ruck and centre square work, which are supposed to be our strengths. Pitto battled manfully. Cripps was fantastic. Walsh got a lot of the ball.
[3] We are structurally so weak at the moment that it isn't funny. But the guys under pressure stood up better.
[4] Cripps: 29 possessions, 7 clearances and 9 tackles. He responded.
Walsh: 28 possessions, 0 clearances and 8 tackles.
Cerra: 23 possessions, 7 clearances and 7 tackles.
Pittonet: 33 taps, 16 possessions and 10 clearances!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by LordLucifer -
Quote from: crashlander – on
[4] We do not have the same attack on the ball or the body. Opposition players want it more than we do.

This is the single factor that not only annoys me but I consider it a non-negotiable.

Going back to the dim dark days of my youth, I asked my father (who played for Victoria as a 19yo), what the secret to playing the game was. His reply was very simple - "you must have a burning desire to get the ball".

I have always noticed that the good teams play with that same ferocious work ethic, it's why they are so successful.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by Professer E -
Umpires should be ashamed with themselves, some bewildering home calls that require some explaining
Not sure what happened with Cripps but someone in that tangle should be getting a week.
Not a very likeable mob the crows, lot of showboating from a mob that struggled to beat a depleted cellar dweller, won't be winning a flag this year either.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by crashlander -
Do we learn? No. The same players kill us each time, and yet we do nothing about it.

If we could actually get something positive out of sacking Voss, I'd go with it. Unfortunately, we have already demonstrated that sacking the coach midseason doesn't work, it is just a recipe for continued failure. So, we're stuck with him until the end of the year.  :'(   :'(  ::)  :o

Can we learn something from it? I'm not sure we can. Until we get a different coach and a different game plan, we're screwed.
Our list: I don't think it is that bad. It is just designed for different rules and a different time. Why do I think this?
[1] We have a very slow midfield at a time where pace matters.
[2] We don't have  jumping ruck any longer, where the rules now favour one. Pitto works his heart out, but he is built for different ruck rules. As is Reidy. Hudson O'Keefe doesn't seem to be fish or fowl.
[3] Where is our pace around the ground? It isn't there. Quick players run ours down far too often, no matter how hard they try.
[4] We do not have the same attack on the ball or the body. Opposition players want it more than we do.
[5] The better teams have guys who can quell the oppositions' best players. We don't seem to.
[6] Most opposition sides dispose of the ball better than we do. Some of it natural talent, which we lack, some of it is pressure. But being unable to hit targets regularly makes a keepings-off game style extremely difficult for us.

I get so frustrated. If I can see this so clearly, why can't our coaching staff? We have an almost brand-new coaching staff these days, but our game has gone backwards rather than forward. You look at the way the better teams play and we don't even try it.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
Bit of a turnover fest from both teams imo, maybe it was the intermittent weather but not a lot of clean forward work and we wasted opportunities as usual and got nothing out of our key forwards and either did the Crows.
Probably went the way most expected but we didnt collapse into a real mess at least, stoppages/clearances/ruckwork was fairly even, their classier players in Dawson, Rankine and Rachele hurt us and provided a bit more polish when needed and Ben Keays had his usual cameo moments, not sure what we ever did to him but he loves playing us.
Looking ahead Id give us some chance vs Collingwood who I dont view as a top 8 team and are struggling with injuries and sore key players. 
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by Lods -
Better...
We have a few players underdone by missing the last part of the pre-season and early games.
They'll get better.
We were missing key structures in the backline and could also have benefited by a bit of run from the half-back line.
Harry will cop a bit of criticism but he presented well and got his hands on plenty of ball...just needs to hold them.
There was a lot of effort from some that won't show up on the stats sheets.
We'll get a few back in the weeks ahead.
Hopefully we can have a run with nearly a full list in coming games.
No VFL match this weekend (State game against SA) which is a bugger. It means players won't get an opportunity to stake a claim.

I don't feel Voss is getting sacked this week ;)