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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by kruddler -
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How did Lord go?

He's a player I have a bit of hope in.
He turns 21 in  couple of weeks,so he's still very young.
He wasn't our worst by any stretch, but once the pressure came on he was pretty much overwhelmed.
The intensity of that period was so much greater than the practice matches and Lord struggled a bit with the speed of the game.

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Lord can't handball effectivly in close. I saw it last year and again last night.  A combination of strength and technique and he plays along side the best in the business.

As bb points out his disposals became rushed and inaccurate as the pressure increased.
Now as I see it, Lord's plays a bit of a role as a defensive midfielder.
He's one of the very few of our mids with a strong defensive side to his game.
Exactly what we needed when the Swans midfield started to cut us up.
And therein lies one of our problems...we don't have many.

An interesting stat that perhaps reflects the difference between a practice game and a real game is this one.
Lord had 13 tackles against Geelong in the practice game.
Last night he had 0

I was canned for suggesting Lord was sub-par in that Geelong match.
His 'saving grace' was his tackle count.

Well after last nights efforts, including his zero tackles, nothing has changed on my end......but it appears some others have seen the same.
Disposal is average.
Panics under pressure.
Without his tackles, whats he got?

Now as i said last week, i've got nothing against the kid and hope he comes on.....but if we get a few players back and a few kids step up, he's the one in the gun.

Do you pick him or Cerra? Cerra.
If Cottrell and Acres is fit, do we allow Jagga/Walsh more midfield time.....who would get less?
Williams in the midfield performed very well early, 5 clearances to half time.
What if Ben Camporeale comes on.....he might also force Lord out.

Whichever way you look at it, currently, Lord is the weakest link in a pretty stacked midfield. I wouldn't want to be having anymore 0 tackle games if i was him.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by kruddler -
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Not a fan of what Dan replayed nor what Doc said.
Stinks of laying into the coach which is unhelpful at this stage. Makes Doc seem disgruntled imo and yea Dan is good mates with those that left last year.

Not cool.
Nothing wrong with Dan if you realise he is essentially just a well connected fan.
He goes through the ups and downs just like we do. He has the same passion just like we do.
He can call on some well credentialled mates.......and thats the only difference to your average supporter.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by kruddler -
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Mr Simpson is there...I'm sure he'll have some feedback ;)

Simmo has made it clear that's really not his game day role, plus, he's only there once a week.

Including part timer Simpson.....and Boak....there was an extra couple of coaches added from last year to this year. Can't remember them all, i think Josh Fraser returned as well.

To lay the blame at Voss' feet when there is 12 blokes who have just sat through their first game together is not fair.
I doubt Voss got to choose them, but they absolutely have a large say in if he gets to keep his job.


I said in the pre-game that i thought we were a sneaky chance to win.....but could also lose by 80 points.
The logic was this, Round 0, we are an unknown. 1/4 of the team was new, new coaches, new gameplan, new new new. We 'should' get the jump on the swans. How we fair once they work out what we are doing, well, thats the unknown part.
True to my prophecy, we did get the jump on the swans and did quite well. However, it didn't take the swans long to work out what to do and they absolutely nailed it to the point that their 3rd quarter, outscored our full 4.

Hopefully the extended brains trust learn from that.
Hopefully our MC learn from that too. There'd be a few nervous players at training this week.