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Robert Heatley Stand / VFL Rd 5 2026 Carlton vs Tasmania in Hobart
Last post by crashlander -
Saturday night at 19:05 in Hobart.
Couldn't be further away from the seniors.
Not sure what our team will look like, but I strongly doubt that any of the Senior's emergencies will play.

I'd say there will be a pretty strong VFL contingent playing this week.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by Professer E -
Huge amount of unsold apartments on the market in Melbourne but apparently there's a housing shortage....shortage appears to be in five bed five bath two media rooms fully furnished places walking distance from "in" locations for under 300 grand.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by Thryleon -
Quote from: northernblue – on
The current system is unsustainable.
Our kids cannot afford to buy a home.

The only solution is that existing property owners take a bath, we reset and move to a future where residential property is NOT the key wealth driver for the nation.

Sometimes it suks to be you but in the national interest and the futures of our children and grandchildren we are going to wear the pain.

Mr Gerkins take below:

https://www.facebook.com/100064574628678/posts/pfbid0MS8ubudkPAob2zFmQVjLRA6jiPTPuDCPLg6LYcxU6uDQtss9beCZSYSrdcoLEmopl/
yes but, the current system will be sustained because whilst you talk about pain, you need to look at things macroeconomically.

The asset stores value and appreciates in line with inflation.  This is true of housing and things like the stock market.

The amount of wealth that will be destroyed, and the economic damage it will do will hit unilaterally.  House prices and values would also impact stock markets, will impact pensions, will impact taxes.

You cannot fix the house pricing issues which is not enough supply to meet demand, by changing economic conditions around taxes and pricing. 

The real problem is that inflation underpins the stock market rise which also is where the majority of Australians have their superannuation tied to.  Stock market tanks, super tanks,  pensions tank.  Then people need retirement support that comes from the government and brings in yet more challenges.

Those challenges are that my generation (millenial) isnt going to get a pension.  We are going to have any retirement fuelled by superannuation which ive had since I was 14 and 9 months and started working.  Between myself and my wife thats grown to a decently sizable number but it pales into insignificant compared to house values and costs of living and its growth is tied to the same inflationary pressures that are pushing the cost of everything up.

Any of our investments are also going to be adversely impacted and where we chose prudent financial strategies our peers not always did, and that is why we have two properties thats main store of value is capital growth, where our debt levels have barely moved over the 20 or so years we have been paying mortgages for. 

I dont know what the answers are but there are apartments and units a plenty out there and people dont seem to want to buy them and myopia reigns supreme where people want to live where they grew up.  I did too, but it was unaffordable for us so we moved 20 kilometres elsewhere. 
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by LP -
It's not going to fix anything, the current generation doesn't want to wait for anything, they hurt their own prospects by too many expecting fully furnished designer styling from day one.

In our first homes, pretty much everything came from the secondhand shop, and in modern times "secondhand shops" won't even accept the stuff we were buying back then, they want labels and collectables.

Even shops like The Salvos and Savers are full of designer labels cheap, because that is the only stuff modern kids will buy.

btw., I have to correct a misnomer here, people(knuckleheads) think The Salvos and Savers are for "poor people to shop at", that's completely wrong! The people those charity shops raise money for are living in cardboard boxes and under bridges and don't shop at The Salvos or Savers, they eat out of bins. The Salvos and Savers outlets need you to shop for recycled or secondhand goods in store so they can raise cash to fund the purchase of stuff they really need, medical supplies, food, accommodation, etc., etc... If you want some old clothes to wear gardening, concreting, fishing, painting, pretty much anything, or if you'd like a kettle for the shed, a jobsite microwave, or a spare corded power tool for when the battery dies, shop at The Salvos or Savers, don't shop secondhand at joints like Cash Converters.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 6 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Last post by RiverRat -
Quote from: MickyO – on

Thought Matt Carroll played really well,
Love that he is backing himself in and taking it on and what a kick he has on him! Hopefully he continues on with it.


I agree that Carroll is going from strength to strength and seems to be well suited on the wing but he has a built in problem with his kicking.

I know that a lot of left-footers have developed a lethal left foot kick by swinging the leg across the body to get penetration and accuracy.  Unfortunately, a significant number of Carroll's kicks are clangers when he is under pressure because when he is off balance he tends to drop his hip in the kicking action. Someone on the coaching staff needs to address this issue because he can really make this a reliable strength (and improve his goal kicking).
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 7 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Fremantle in Perth
Last post by Lods -
Quote from: kruddler – on
Quote from: Lods – on
What would Harry be worth at the moment on the trade table?
He had his issues last year and is not really imposing himself at the moment.

There would be some interest...but I'm not sure it would be what we think he's worth and well short of his Coleman year.
Averaged 1.8 goals a game last year
Averaging 1.3 goals a game this year

Marquee player for tassie.
They have an abunfance of early picks they need to trade and cap space they need to fill.
Having a coleman medalist in their team would be good for young players coming through.

Win win.

Thirty when they enter the competition.
He'll probably need to show that Coleman form isn't a fleeting memory.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 6 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
Quote from: northernblue – on
Quote from: shawny – on


the buck stops with Voss. he is the senior and should have picked this up

and in regards to our past as a guide it has zero relevance to the whether Voss can coach and he cant so should be changed.

it doesnt end there after voss is replaced the whole coaching group needs rejiggijg as a min.

hopefully with new coaching group we will see the true development of players like jagga dean walker (finger crossed). staying with the current set up will yield the same underperforming team year after year after year.

 

The coaching group were replenished 6 months ago but you keep on burning the witches 👍🏼
I knew we forgot something and now there's a fuel crisis, we cant do anything right..🤦‍♂️..
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 6 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Last post by kruddler -
Quote from: northernblue – on
Quote from: shawny – on


the buck stops with Voss. he is the senior and should have picked this up

and in regards to our past as a guide it has zero relevance to the whether Voss can coach and he cant so should be changed.

it doesnt end there after voss is replaced the whole coaching group needs rejiggijg as a min.

hopefully with new coaching group we will see the true development of players like jagga dean walker (finger crossed). staying with the current set up will yield the same underperforming team year after year after year.

 

The coaching group were replenished 6 months ago but you keep on burning the witches 👍🏼

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't stop him rolling around in his own crap