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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2026 Rd 16: Carlton vs Box Hill at Box Hill
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Im probably prepared to keep going with Ison for development, Williams is more of a spare parts backup player for me if we get injuries at either end of the ground.
Id definitely bring back Acres and think about Fogarty if the conditions were poor....
I'm thinking Ison's best way to develop further in the near term is in the two's to get his confidence back. It helped Byrne. Sometimes you just have to do that. Williams has always been a consistent goal scorer forward.
I've been saying recently that it might be time to give Ison a break in the 2's. He has clearly lost confidence, his kicking has dropped off, he is fumbling more and not kicking goals. Time for him to get a recharge. He'll be back in a couple of weeks, after he has that swagger back.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 18 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Hawthorn
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Excuses Jimmy.
When we lost to all the other top 6 sides it was unacceptable.
was that our worst performance of the year against any team?  Certainly seemed to be our lowest points total.
We weren’t in the same postcode as the Hawks on Saturday night, our response between will be telling next week but Saturday night was worse than most of our performances in the first 8 rounds this year.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2026 Rd 16: Carlton vs Box Hill at Box Hill
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What did people think of Alwyn Davey? He had 9 possessions, 1 clearance for 1 goal 2. Not great numbers, but it was his first outing?

The running goal he kicked was pretty impressive.
But apart from that not much else...I reckon we hold off on judgements for a couple of weeks.

Yes, Alwyn probably needs another couple of games to get up to speed, but Tyson Gresham has him covered at this stage.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2026 Rd 16: Carlton vs Box Hill at Box Hill
Last post by laj -
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I've got Williams in for Ison next week up forward. He regularly hits the scorebaord.
Im probably prepared to keep going with Ison for development, Williams is more of a spare parts backup player for me if we get injuries at either end of the ground.
Id definitely bring back Acres and think about Fogarty if the conditions were poor....
I'm thinking Ison's best way to develop further in the near term is in the two's to get his confidence back. It helped Byrne. Sometimes you just have to do that. Williams has always been a consistent goal scorer forward.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2026 Rd 16: Carlton vs Box Hill at Box Hill
Last post by laj -
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In the AFL we have lost our most effective in and under player in George Hewett (Cripps aside) and with finals nearly out of reach, perhaps time to give Ben Campo his try at AFL level.
Hopefully this year we will give all the young untried AFL listed players a couple of games and not repeat what we did with Harry Lemmey.   
 ie. Ben and Lucas  Camporeale, Harry Charleson.



Given we are out of wildcard on percentage and won 7 from the last 8, that is certainly not out of reach. Best to look at who will get us there to an extent at least.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2026 Rd 16: Carlton vs Box Hill at Box Hill
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From the little I saw it seemed Moir was the only passenger. I'd love to watch the game in full but don't know if there's a replay?
There will be on afl.com.au, but it usually doesn't come for some hours afterwards. I usually get to see the game the day after it happens, although sometimes it comes up on the night.

[1] Very disappointed in Moir. Someone needs to get in his ear and tell him how the game works. he is too good simply to discard, but he is offering very little.

[2] I would have played Acres last night. Not surprised that he was good. 26 disposals, 4 clearances (not usually a large part of his game), 3 tackles and 6 marks on a day not good for marking says a lot.

[3] Liam Reidy: he might not have been BOG this week, but he is combative. He got 14 possessions, 7 clearances, but only 1 mark. Considering that we were after Ramsden, he can say he is worth a little more. But, what is his future? Like Riley, he approaches every ruck contest basically the same way. That is not a method that the best rucks use.

[4] What did people think of Alwyn Davey? He had 9 possessions, 1 clearance for 1 goal 2. Not great numbers, but it was his first outing?