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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Quote from: madbluboy – on
Thilthorpe had a pretty ordinary game but still had twice as many disposals, twice as many marks and double his supercoach score.
Harry was poor last night.
Whilst Harry didnt hit the scoreboard, I thought he worked tirelessly from contest to contest. Would be nice if we could kick it to him properly on a lead instead of aways to a contest. Suggested in the in game thread he probably should have gone back to help stem that 6 goal run. Stopping that sort of crap is a team defence thing though.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Quote from: MickyO – on
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
Look at the talent they had on the field versus ours? Huge gap.
Also, the AFL can GAGFed with our scheduling.
Totally agree.  AFL has been completely crap.
5 day break btw Melb and NM was farken stupid. They know full well concussion protocols are 12 days so a player concussed prior to a 5 day break is almost certain to miss 2 games instead of the customary 1.
As for always scheduling us to open ends against tuff sides, get stuffed.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Last post by Thryleon -
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Agree with MBB, Probably our best chance of a win looking forward, Pies are banged up with injuries and sore players and dont have any depth to cover with. I dont rate them as a top 8 team either and have them as a mid pack struggler, they dont score heavily and as we all know rely on rebound goals by punishing mistakes so we need to keep the errors minimal and look after their prime movers. Id bring Hewett back in as I think the game will be a bit more of a grind and give Cripps some relief so he is a bit fresher for later. Pies have two rucks with Cameron and newbie Steene so we may stick with Okeefe, be happy to break even given Cameron usually BOG's against us.
Saad might have to comeback despite having a very old looking backline with him Newman and Haynes down there as he isnt a bad ball user and I believe the stats were two scores from 80 opportunities generated from the back half. Some of these stats are mind boggling given how the modern game operates but we operate with no method still and dont have the talent so its all about grinding out wins with our contested players leading the way.


Sigh, that exact equation is what we seem to have no answer for.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Last post by Sexybronco -
Quote from: PaulP – on
In his press conference, Voss said that Saad has been below his best, and needs to lift his game because there's a couple who have earned their spots ahead of him. Also mentioned that because of Gather Round, the other competitions (i.e VFL) have the weekend off.
Saad looked cooked at the end of last year, this will be his last year IMO.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
Agree with MBB, Probably our best chance of a win looking forward, Pies are banged up with injuries and sore players and dont have any depth to cover with. I dont rate them as a top 8 team either and have them as a mid pack struggler, they dont score heavily and as we all know rely on rebound goals by punishing mistakes so we need to keep the errors minimal and look after their prime movers. Id bring Hewett back in as I think the game will be a bit more of a grind and give Cripps some relief so he is a bit fresher for later. Pies have two rucks with Cameron and newbie Steene so we may stick with Okeefe, be happy to break even given Cameron usually BOG's against us.
Saad might have to comeback despite having a very old looking backline with him Newman and Haynes down there as he isnt a bad ball user and I believe the stats were two scores from 80 opportunities generated from the back half. Some of these stats are mind boggling given how the modern game operates but we operate with no method still and dont have the talent so its all about grinding out wins with our contested players leading the way.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by Sexybronco -
Last night was a good performance by our boys against the odds. Cannot question their effort and apart from a loss of structure combined with a slow reaction to a crows tactical change early in the second, we held our own. We didn’t get the rub of the green as stated by many on this site but battled on and if not for a lack of polish and cohesion at critical times we were right in this game. I’m much more positive about next week now if we bring that same level of competitiveness.