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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 12 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by BluePhantom -
Cowan was given the toughest job in football, manning Jezza. Gave away height and kgs but even though Jezza kicked 4, it was a win for us because it freed up Weiters and Deano from being pulled higher up the ground.
Great coaching tactics.
I loved that quick handball in traffic from Ison to Hayward for that goal, very clean.
Love the fight, all these years,  ALL these years of giving up without a yelp. Very hard to support that.
If they show fight, spirit and character and still lose you can accept it.
So I am enjoying this new brand of Carlton or is it just Carlton of old finally getting off the canvas, because this feels different.
Go Blues.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 12 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by Lods -
Quote from: Thryleon – on
Frankie Evans played a game for the ages too.  Hes too good not to get another gig next year.

We probably judge Frank a bit harshly because we're comparing his contribution to his somewhat 'flashy' games at the end of last year.
But this year he's doing a power of work on the defensive side of things. There was a 'two on one' effort on their goal line last night that was sensational.
Watch him closely and you'll see him run from contest to contest providing pressure and also coming in as second man in tackles to make sure the ball doesn't come out and stays in the area.
While not a huge possession winner some of his passes go like "tracer bullets."
And he gets half the free kicks he actually deserves.
He goes alright, does Frankie...and it's strange to see him on 'delist' lists.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 12 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by Lods -
There is a fair bit of wailing and gnashing of teeth over the "goal that wasn't" amongst Geelong folk and some media commentators.
"Cost them the game"
There was deflection, on the part of Scott, who "didn't want to dwell on it" all through the parts of his press conference that I saw.

If that had occurred in the last minute of the game that might have had some validity, even then Cripps probably would have bobbed up and kicked two instead of one :D  :D

But occurring when it did, it opened up "multiple universes" where a whole range of results became possible.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 12 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by Thryleon -
I think we are seeing what jagga emerging does.  At half time the cats were worried about jagga after he had a monster quarter and decided to put time into him instead of walsh and cripps and then cripps got room to go beast mode.

Up until the last few weeks jagga has been going well but not able to sustain 4 quarters and now thats changing we are in good stead. 

Frankie Evans played a game for the ages too.  Hes too good not to get another gig next year.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 12 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Quote from: Blue Moon – on
We should always be on TV, we are the soap opera of the AFL, we are Days of our Blues. Ex-president in court, Coach resigns, the AFL change the Draft Rules, our Captain looks broken, we are down and out, and then we start partying like its 2023 all over again.
Despite making so many errors in throughout this game, and despite it was heart in your mouth  so many times as we rushed forward, the players kept fighting. You can follow a team that has a go.
Instead of always going long and high to the top of the goal square we came into our forward line from all angles and even though it wasn't pretty, Geelong's defence was separated, and in the end, even though they marked everything that went into our F50 until they didn't, we went long and quick to a one on one in our goal square and Cripps marked the ball, kicked the goal and we won the game.
I can't remember the last time Cripps jumped for a mark. If he starts doing that around the ground he could go to another level. Hayward,  Florent and Ainsworth have given us more depth, Cerra, Acres and Newman all made errors with ball in hand but they all stood up when it counted. McKay, Weitering, Walsh and Cripps are leading the team and now the others are following.
I look forward to seeing the likes of Moir, the Camporeales, Hok and Hof, Motlop, Chesser and O'Reilly  in the future.
I cant remember the last time I saw one of our fwds flying for a mark at the top of the square to win a game off his boot. Out marked J Cameron no less. He needs to do this more.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 12 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by Gointocarlton -
How good is waking up on a Sat morning after a win? Having slept very well, I thought about some of the efforts last night:
- Fair is fair, Cripps, Walsh and Weitering were enormous last night. Led from the front and the kids followed.
- In particular, Walsh seemed to be everywhere. His running power has returned.
- Cowan - toughest job in football but gave it his all. We all know if Cameron gets a hold of a defence he can kick bags, really big bags. Moo gave away a few kegs and cm but fought tooth and nail to nullify Cameron as much as possible.
- Hard to tell on TV but after thinking Florent was quiet during the first qtr or two, he seemed to be tagging Dangerfield. Or maybe Danger was trying to negate Florent, either way Dangerfield can dine out on us and was held to a dozen possession and one goal.
- The tackling and pressure went through the roof after qtr time which warmed the cockles of my heart. THATS the standard.
- Jagga - what a player we have on our hands. I can now see the comparisons people made to Naicos in his draft year. Seems to go up a notch the tougher the opposition. This kid has maturity and desire to win beyond his years and I now think he will captain our club one day.
Room for improvement
- Lower those kicks FFS. They looked for Jagga at every opportunity to create and distribute but I thought some of the kicks to him were going to get him clobbered and injured. Those loopy kicks are suicide in modern footy, we seem to fix it for the most part after qtr time, Fraser need to address it.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 12 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by Blue Moon -
We should always be on TV, we are the soap opera of the AFL, we are Days of our Blues. Ex-president in court, Coach resigns, the AFL change the Draft Rules, our Captain looks broken, we are down and out, and then we start partying like its 2023 all over again.
Despite making so many errors in throughout this game, and despite it was heart in your mouth  so many times as we rushed forward, the players kept fighting. You can follow a team that has a go.
Instead of always going long and high to the top of the goal square we came into our forward line from all angles and even though it wasn't pretty, Geelong's defence was separated, and in the end, even though they marked everything that went into our F50 until they didn't, we went long and quick to a one on one in our goal square and Cripps marked the ball, kicked the goal and we won the game.
I can't remember the last time Cripps jumped for a mark. If he starts doing that around the ground he could go to another level. Hayward,  Florent and Ainsworth have given us more depth, Cerra, Acres and Newman all made errors with ball in hand but they all stood up when it counted. McKay, Weitering, Walsh and Cripps are leading the team and now the others are following.
I look forward to seeing the likes of Moir, the Camporeales, Hok and Hof, Motlop, Chesser and O'Reilly  in the future.