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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Gold Coast
Last post by crashlander -
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Sorry, guys, I didn't do the threads this morning. I haven't been on the computer until now. I should have done them last night!

I can only offer my mist sincere apologies.

I guess I should be thankful that we won!
Please, someone merge these threads: I didn't see the one sexybronco did. For some reason, the system won't allow me to merge the threads: God only knows what I'm going wrong.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Gold Coast
Last post by kruddler -
Quote from: crashlander – on
Sorry, guys, I didn't do the threads this morning. I haven't been on the computer until now. I should have done them last night!

I can only offer my mist sincere apologies.

I guess I should be thankful that we won!

Don't apologise Crash....nobody expects you to do them. You've just taken it upon yourself for years to do it.

There is already a thread up and running through, Paul started it. ;)
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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 -
The trend of beating poor teams continues.

GC were very poor, despite being good in front of goal.

Kemp not only has the yips in front of goal, he is scared to even have a ping at them.
At least twice he passed to people in worst positions than him, just so he didn't have to shoulder the responsibility of taking a shot himself.
Someone needs to get him a shrink, quick.

Lewis Young looked better in the air than Harry does.....maybe it was the opposition?

Talor Byrne continues to make the extra step which results in laying the tackle, rather than just touching an opponent....and is getting rewarded.

I can't recall how many free kicks we got for holding the ball today, but i'd suggest its our season high.....and there was still a couple that they missed.

Harry Dean is playing with the experience of a 100 gamer. He'll be telling Weitering what to do if he ever returns. Exceeded all expectations. Today wasn't his best game either, but his opponent is about the toughest he'll ever face, so you take that.

Jagga can not touch the ball between now and the end of the year and still win the rising star. His poise and balance is elite. He'll win a brownlow someday. IMO, he's aready overtaken Walsh in the midfield heirarchy.
Jagga had equal most touches on the ground, and 2nd best disposal efficiency of the 46 players, despite having the 2nd most contested possessions in navy blue (behind Cripps of course)......and its effectively, his first year!


The young kids won us the game today IMO.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2026 Rd 18: Carlton vs Gold Coast at Carlton
Last post by Lods -
There were a few strange aspects with this team.
I'm not sure what we were up to....
But from the named side

Fogarty and Lucas C.... didn't play, despite being named, but they were not on the injury list

Chesser and Moir.... were listed as being out injured, despite not being on the injury list.

I suspect Reidy also didn't play the second half.
I don't remember seeing him and his stats didn't seem to move after half time. Riley's output improved and O'Keefe started to take a few ruck contests.
I originally thought he may have been a late change for the afternoon game....but the time frame didn't make sense. Too close.
He may have been injured or it may have been tactical and we'll go with two rucks against Brisbane.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel
Last post by shawny -
Frustrating game to watch as skills by both teams was average at best and our kicking for goal was crap again. Should have won by 5-6 goals imo.

Positives are the kids. Byrne jagga Dersken dean wilson all played big roles.

Weitering loss is massive but win the amount of games we have with such a young defence can only fast track their development and is great for the future.

8-2 is an amazing effort considering the position the group was in and a winning culture is good culture regardless if the team played to their peak or not so im happy.

Surely kemp doesnt get another game off that display. Hes confidence is shot and has become a momentum and moral killer.

Give one of the key kids another run.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel
Last post by LP -
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Acres would have the coaches singing his praises out of one side of their mouths and hissing disparaging abuse out the other. The most frustrating player on our list IMO.
To me he's a player that has performance inverse of the available time and space, the more time he has the more ways he finds to trip over his own foot.

I think he needs the old "Stop thinking, just do something!"

Taking the first option could be a good start.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel
Last post by PaulP -
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It's sort of the way of modern AFL, the balance between having a crack and execution seems to have gone out the window.

Every game seems like a roll of the dice!

Couple of good things for me, Derksen and Young greatly improved, they now offer genuine KPP support, Byrne starting to look comfortable at AFL level.

Lord, Akers or Cotters might struggle to keep a spot, could be time to give one of the Campo's a run. As great as Akers is at winning a contest, his disposal and some of his decisions are equally bad, he must be a real point of contention for the MC.

Yes, this giggly forward handball, play-on-at-the-speed-of light-footy can get pretty ugly IMO.

Acres would have the coaches singing his praises out of one side of their mouths and hissing disparaging abuse out the other. The most frustrating player on our list IMO.