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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Carltons list changes needed to chase flag 17
Last post by Baggers -
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I have a glass half full view on our list but I think we need a Van Rooyen type key forward and a dominant ruckman. Players with pace, can hit targets and don't fumble are also good to recruit.

Likewise, BM, I reckon most of our list is in good shape.

Our major issue is our midfield/wings. Too slow, too predictable, too many similar/ same types. Thank the gods for Jagga... but he's only one skinny kid with a great footy IQ and silky skills. I still believe Kemp should be given midfield time to see if he can add something... he is hard at it and not slow.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Track and Field
Last post by DJC -
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A post from Torrie Lewis.

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A bit weird to post this 1.5 years later, but today I got the news that I was the 1st clean runner across the line in the 200m U20 World championships in 2024.
So after the DQ of the runner who tested positive I can happily say I am the U20 200m World Champion

The original WC winner Adaejah Hodge was disqualified for testing positive to a banned substance.

Sad to think that juniors are drug cheats 🙁
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Carltons list changes needed to chase flag 17
Last post by LP -
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Players with pace, can hit targets and don't fumble are also good to recruit.
imho, this is key to our slower list performing, when we start double grabs we lose the time and space that we struggled to create in the first place. We play like rabbits in the headlights more than any other team.

It only takes one or two players to make a difference, the inverse of the Swans losing Heeney and Gulden. Some are prone to tell you we need a slash and burn, doing that is utter stupidity. We just need one or two competitive types who can keep up with play and be clean with the footy, and the change will be dramatic.

If we have everybody, coach, players and assistants entering every game like it's a walk to the gallows, held at gunpoint to perform, improvement will never happen.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Carltons list changes needed to chase flag 17
Last post by LP -
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We've probably seen examples of both. ;)
Dependant on who you ask the question of, you'll get different answers in every case.

If an idol leaves, he departed because he was ...................................

If it's the whipping boy, he was excised because ...................................

You can fill in the blanks, they will be a different reason from every fan or blogger.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Track and Field
Last post by Lods -
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-21/world-indoor-athletics-championships-nicola-olyslagers/106481450

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Australia's two-time defending champion Nicola Olyslagers has claimed the silver medal in the women's high jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.

Olyslagers, the 2024 and 2025 world indoor champion, cleared 1.99 metres to share the silver with Serbia's Angelina Topić and Ukrainian Yuliia Levchenko.

Ukraine's Olympic champion and world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh won gold with a clearance of 2.01m.
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The Sports Desk / Going Swimmingly
Last post by Lods -
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-21/cameron-mcevoy-breaks-50-metres-freestyle-world-record/106481460

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Australia's Cameron McEvoy has broken the men's 50 metres freestyle world record, which had stood for 17 years.

The reigning Olympic and world champion posted a time of 20.88 seconds at the China Swimming Open in Shenzhen, clipping 0.03 off Brazilian César Cielo's previous mark.

Cielo set his world record of 20.91 during swimming's 'super suit' era in 2009.