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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel

Last post by DJC - July 21, 2026, 11:27:14 am

I would bring L Young in and play Derksen forward. The latter has shown that he has good forward craft at VFL level with 5.2 against Casey, and he can pinch hit in the ruck.

Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 19 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood

Last post by LP - July 21, 2026, 11:25:29 am

Quote from: DJC – on July 21, 2026, 10:51:38 am

Like Flynn Riley, Reidy's a work in progress and getting thrown to the wolves as he was on Saturday (and as Riley was the week before) could help his development or shatter his confidence.

At the moment we have the best coach to manage this situation, you can't ask for better.

A lot of Carlton fans must live on a diet of instant soup, they can't wait for anything substantial, and they are obviously childless having thrown the baby out with the bath water!

Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel

Last post by LP - July 21, 2026, 11:18:46 am

I think how our F50 setups really depends on what happens with Hewett, if Hewett gets up Cripps will spend more time floating forward, if not we'll probably go the opposite and setup smaller.

Hayward plays quite tall, he's a bonus as a forward because he's out marking most opponents yet is ground level agile.

Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 19 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood

Last post by DJC - July 21, 2026, 10:51:38 am

I think that folk are judging Liam Reidy a little harshly.

He was called up after coming back from injury and just one game in the Magoos so he probably was a little underdone. He was playing his seventh AFL game and Darcy Cameron was playing his 137th game. Cameron is a premiership ruckman and Copeland trophy winner. On top of that, McKay's injury meant that Reidy was virtually playing a lone hand against Cameron and McStay.

While it's fair to say that Cameron gave Reidy a bath as far as hitouts go, Reidy wasn't disgraced and his tapwork and second efforts helped to give us an advantage in centre clearances and an almost break even with stoppage clearances.

Reidy's mobility and physicality is good but he needs to have more of an impact around the ground. He needs to take marks, particularly now that we're unlikely to have Harry for the rest of the season.

Like Flynn Riley, Reidy's a work in progress and getting thrown to the wolves as he was on Saturday (and as Riley was the week before) could help his development or shatter his confidence.

Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel

Last post by Gointocarlton - July 21, 2026, 10:46:25 am

So lets be honest, H isnt going to play this week, whats our fwd line going to look like?
"Talls"
Gov 190
Kemp 192

Mediums
Hayward 186
Evans 182
Cottrell 184

Smalls
Byrne 174
Ainsworth 178

One things for sure, we are going to be short.
Do we:
- Play Riley or HOK to play 2nd ruck and tall fwd?
- Play Young as the 2nd ruck and tall fwd?
- Play Crippa or Acres Fwd and bring in an extra Mid (Campo)?

Blah-Blah Bar / Re: The EV thread

Last post by Professer E - July 21, 2026, 08:59:55 am

GVM is an issue with these utes, plus the new land cruisers and Fords have smaller displacement motors. Ford have gone to a single turbo unit which doesn't move mass like the old one, and Toyota stopped bring in cruiser utes. Something to do with emission standards.That's why a lot of sites shifted to Hiluxes and Rangers. Kal is full of them now. Plus, people had had enough of the'cruiser surcharge on them.
Still got three cruisers in a lockup in Kal for bush work and won't be shifting them on for the foreseeable future.

Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel

Last post by Professer E - July 21, 2026, 08:47:17 am

Yep, if Moir let his opponent run off, set up and participate in possession chains it would render the goal or two he kicked a moot point. You just can't be a one way player in today's game.

Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel

Last post by Baggers - July 21, 2026, 08:40:30 am

Quote from: kruddler – on July 20, 2026, 10:02:14 pm

Quote from: Lods – on July 20, 2026, 08:37:46 pm
My concern with Moir is more around the 'selection integrity'.
Is the one or two goals a game worth as much as someone running, chasing providing pressure and turnovers.
How do you justify giving him a game ahead of someone who might be busting a gut to get an opportunity and performing much better in the VFL.
Blokes like Ben C and Charleson would have to wonder.

I go back tp fogarty. Bustjng a gut did not help us win.

Winning justifies selection.

Now that's just a peculiar logic and rationale, K.

I don't believe we can summarize Fog as just a gut-buster and non-contributor to wins. He played his role, often times, pretty well but the game has moved on with leg speed being, probably, his real issue now.

Selection integrity is fundamental to strengthening club values. Moir presents selection with a quandary. He seems to only want to take 'speccies' and kick miracle goals. His defensive work rate is ordinary, lacking intensity and intention. Sure, he may kick 2 or3 but if I was an opposition coach I'd be instructing the bloke on Moir to run off him creating links and opportunities up the ground. So, Moir kicks his couple but his opponent launches and links to create even more! The Lizard would have a day out on someone like Moir.

Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel

Last post by Lods - July 20, 2026, 11:22:17 pm

Quote from: kruddler – on July 20, 2026, 10:02:14 pm

Quote from: Lods – on July 20, 2026, 08:37:46 pm
My concern with Moir is more around the 'selection integrity'.
Is the one or two goals a game worth as much as someone running, chasing providing pressure and turnovers.
How do you justify giving him a game ahead of someone who might be busting a gut to get an opportunity and performing much better in the VFL.
Blokes like Ben C and Charleson would have to wonder.

I go back tp fogarty. Bustjng a gut did not help us win.

Winning justifies selection.

Fogarty played a role as a defensive forward and while he may not have hit the scoreboard he was deemed worthy of a place in the side for a long time.

He played in 12 games for 10 wins in 2023
He played in 15 games for 10 wins in 2024
Not so great last year with 20 games for 7 wins
This year he's only played 2 games for a win and a loss.

So you could probably argue for a long time that Fogarty's efforts did help us 'win'.

Is that worth more than a player who gives you a goal a game and precious little else.
In fact if it came down to a choice between who would give you better value between Fogarty and Moir based on 'current' VFL form it's Fogarty first and daylight second.

But...and it's a big but.
Like you I can see the 'potential' in Moir and playing Fogarty ahead of him probably doesn't make a lot of sense in terms of the future.
But Moir needs to show us something more than a cameo.
If given a chance we need to see a bit more than a goal and half a dozen possessions.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel

Last post by LP - July 20, 2026, 10:29:57 pm

I've got a problem with Campo's lads, when they arrived they looked pacey relative to our existing jar of treacle, but it's only taken a coule of newbies to show some leg and now they look a bit off the pace.

With their run of injuries I'd be giving them more VFL time, they don't look ready to me, they look VFL dominant but not AFL competitve as silly as that sounds.

Brave footbllers, smart footballers, but what is their AFL trick, can they survive on brains alone? Will they displace Smith or Wilson?

Excluding the big names this season so far Wilson is a win, Byrne a future, Evans gets everything he can out of himself.