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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by LordLucifer -
Quote from: crashlander – on
[4] We do not have the same attack on the ball or the body. Opposition players want it more than we do.

This is the single factor that not only annoys me but I consider it a non-negotiable.

Going back to the dim dark days of my youth, I asked my father (who played for Victoria as a 19yo), what the secret to playing the game was. His reply was very simple - "you must have a burning desire to get the ball".

I have always noticed that the good teams play with that same ferocious work ethic, it's why they are so successful.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by Professer E -
Umpires should be ashamed with themselves, some bewildering home calls that require some explaining
Not sure what happened with Cripps but someone in that tangle should be getting a week.
Not a very likeable mob the crows, lot of showboating from a mob that struggled to beat a depleted cellar dweller, won't be winning a flag this year either.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by crashlander -
Do we learn? No. The same players kill us each time, and yet we do nothing about it.

If we could actually get something positive out of sacking Voss, I'd go with it. Unfortunately, we have already demonstrated that sacking the coach midseason doesn't work, it is just a recipe for continued failure. So, we're stuck with him until the end of the year.  :'(   :'(  ::)  :o

Can we learn something from it? I'm not sure we can. Until we get a different coach and a different game plan, we're screwed.
Our list: I don't think it is that bad. It is just designed for different rules and a different time. Why do I think this?
[1] We have a very slow midfield at a time where pace matters.
[2] We don't have  jumping ruck any longer, where the rules now favour one. Pitto works his heart out, but he is built for different ruck rules. As is Reidy. Hudson O'Keefe doesn't seem to be fish or fowl.
[3] Where is our pace around the ground? It isn't there. Quick players run ours down far too often, no matter how hard they try.
[4] We do not have the same attack on the ball or the body. Opposition players want it more than we do.
[5] The better teams have guys who can quell the oppositions' best players. We don't seem to.
[6] Most opposition sides dispose of the ball better than we do. Some of it natural talent, which we lack, some of it is pressure. But being unable to hit targets regularly makes a keepings-off game style extremely difficult for us.

I get so frustrated. If I can see this so clearly, why can't our coaching staff? We have an almost brand-new coaching staff these days, but our game has gone backwards rather than forward. You look at the way the better teams play and we don't even try it.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
Bit of a turnover fest from both teams imo, maybe it was the intermittent weather but not a lot of clean forward work and we wasted opportunities as usual and got nothing out of our key forwards and either did the Crows.
Probably went the way most expected but we didnt collapse into a real mess at least, stoppages/clearances/ruckwork was fairly even, their classier players in Dawson, Rankine and Rachele hurt us and provided a bit more polish when needed and Ben Keays had his usual cameo moments, not sure what we ever did to him but he loves playing us.
Looking ahead Id give us some chance vs Collingwood who I dont view as a top 8 team and are struggling with injuries and sore key players. 
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by Lods -
Better...
We have a few players underdone by missing the last part of the pre-season and early games.
They'll get better.
We were missing key structures in the backline and could also have benefited by a bit of run from the half-back line.
Harry will cop a bit of criticism but he presented well and got his hands on plenty of ball...just needs to hold them.
There was a lot of effort from some that won't show up on the stats sheets.
We'll get a few back in the weeks ahead.
Hopefully we can have a run with nearly a full list in coming games.
No VFL match this weekend (State game against SA) which is a bugger. It means players won't get an opportunity to stake a claim.

I don't feel Voss is getting sacked this week ;)
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by shawny -
How many times did the commentators mention how well structured adel are. everyone can see it.

We are one trick ponies. excellent in contested possession but literally uselss whenever the ball is out. Our transition game plan is seriously non existent and wjen the game was remotely there to be won we play the same safe gameplan refusing to go into the middle. 

And its not going to change until we change the bloke directing this part of our club.

Our leaking of goals in the first half was comical - how many goals did they kick the exact same way.

This doesnt happen to well coached teams.

Pull the bandaid off wright.


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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by JonDorotich -
Large class gap compounded by dreadful umpiring in the second quarter.

We have a core of talented players but there are far too many VFL types running around in blue particularly in defence, which let you down at critical times.

A couple of own goals worth mentioning -
(1) these conditions would have suited Hewett perfectly.
(2) when McKay is getting pneumonia at FF how about a run on the ball and ask HOK to play CHF & get the ball to ground
(3) What about Kemp back or on the ball? we’re just not getting the most out of this bloke.



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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by rocky -
Probably our best 4 quarter effort for the year.  The boys had a crack. I know we got smacked in the 2nd but starting Cripps off the ground was the catalyst I honestly believe of when it turned around. Lots of positives and we'll make a few changes next week, so there should be some improvement. At least we played a good last quarter and but for some shocking umpiring could have been closer