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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
Last post by crashlander -
AFL 2026 Rd 12:   Carlton vs Geelong
In some ways, this was our best win for the season. We beat a contender, to be honest we were far superior. They kicked goals they could never repeat, while we couldn't buy a goal, but we won anyway.

Trends:
[1]   There were 13 voters this round, one better than last week.
please do vote, win, lose or draw: it is something we appreciate and it makes our statistics a lot more reliable. And our statistics hold up pretty well when it comes to John Nicholls Medal night!


[2]   The rating was a 9.97, which represents a A, is the best we've had for the year to this point.
Our rating of the Richmond game, for example, was 7.69 which says far too much.

[3]   An amazing 18 players managed a mention again this week. That is what we mean when we talk about a team performance!

[4]   The average vote this week was 33, the best for the year!. Scores are around 30 when we win, so read into that what you will.

[5]   5 players managed 100 votes or more. This is the best I can remember.

[6] Patrick Cripps was our best for the 4th week in a row. His reemergence has been one of the reasons we've improved. He managed a Cripps-like 368 votes, a really dominant game! Sam Walsh and Will Hayward both got 280 or better, which would win most weeks comfortably. Jagga Smith also broke the 200 mark, while Weitering got 100.

[7]  Three players managed votes from everyone this week, Cripps, Walsh and Hayward. Smith and Weitering missed by two.

[8]   We had a much more rounded distribution of votes this week. Our recruits put their hands up, as did a youngsters and our experienced players (who have generally been down this year). Our defenders and mids got most of the votes.

[9]   Jagga Smith was our best youngster for the night, followed by Cowan, Wilson and Ison.
This was the 2nd real Cripps-like game from Cripps.

Votes:
Cripps, Patrick   368
Walsh, Sam   284
Hayward, Will   280
Smith, Jagga   203
Weitering, Jacob   100
Cowan, Lachlan   54
Newman, Nicholas  38
Ainsworth, Ben  38
Dean, Harry  35
Acres, Blake  27
Cerra, Adam  19
Wilson, Billy  15
Evans, Francis  8
Pittonet, Marc  8
Young, Flynn  8
Florent, Oliver  4
McKay, Harrison  4
Haynes, Nicholas  4


Progressive Voting:
Walsh, Sam   2184
Patrick Cripps 2007
Smith, Jagga  957
Florent, Oliver  798
Matthew Carroll   769
Will Hayward  753
Pittonet, Marc  714
Mitch McGovern  560
Newman, Nic   535
Kemp, Brodie  480
Ainsworth, Ben  479
Weitering, Jacob  466
Hollands, Elijah  426
Ollie Hollands  413
Harry McKay  394
Cowan, Lachie  352
William, Zac  330
Haynes, Nick 308
Hewett, George  166
Lord, Cooper  152
Dean, Harry  148
Young, Lewis   81
Evans, Francis  81
Cerra, Adam  48
Wilson, Billy   45
Ison, Jack   43
Byrne, Talor  34
Liam Reidy   28
Boyd, Jordan   27
Blake Acres  27
Wade Derksen   16
Adam Saad   15
Flynn Young   8
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 13 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Essendon
Last post by LP -
The dodgy free that annoys me most beyond the stupid ruck rules is players getting pinged 50m for a moment of confusion about who was being directed to stand, in this regard often umpires contribute to the problem. It's not good enough to just say players need to be aware, they can barely hear each other let alone an umpire 15m away!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Voting AFL Rd 13 2026 Carlton vs Essendon
Last post by LP -
Team D

5 Acres
4 Hewett
3 McKay
2 Dean
1 Walsh

For the second week in a row I wish I could give Smith some votes, but in addition to his turnovers he missed several wide open targets with 20m clear disposal attempts, and twice that indirectly lead to chains of play that ultimately created a CheatsFC goal, when we should really have been heading into F50 for a scoring attempt of our own. I realise he is just a kid, but by AFL standards his kicking can be dead ordinary. Fans might not think much of these events because they often happen forward of center, but they are in effect creating a 5 or 6 goal swing. I love the way he finds and wins the footy, he is a serious talent, but if he fails to sort out his disposal he'll never become elite.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 13 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Essendon
Last post by LP -
Quote from: kruddler – on
I thought the umps were fine.

Only call i questioned was why Pittonet was not paid the mark on the goal line.
There were several non-decisions that both teams seems to miss out on, marks and obvious holding frees, I can't say they would have made much difference but we did miss out on several well inside our F50 in the first half.

The commentary went on about the Cripps not being rewarded on the boundary line just outside the 50m arc, bit to me that was the least significant of the non-decisions. I thought Pitto should have had two frees within close range inside our F50 and they just weren't paid. And the ruck center line penalties are becoming a joke with most occurring due to the umpires throwing the footy up in favour of one ruck.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 14 2026 We have the Bye
Last post by LP -
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
Derksen IMO isn't has good defensively as Young. Young's issue is he panics a little when making decisions but he knows how to stay on his mans shoulder and kill a contest when it needs to be killed. Derksen seemed exposed last night.
I think it depends on what you think defence is. If you only count wrestling and winning against giants in a one on one then I agree, Young is better than Derksen.

But if you count reading the play, intercept marking, acting rather than watching, doing something, then using the footy, then I think Derksen has Young covered.

There may be a reason Young is anchored in the VFL, to me his biggest weakness is he too often becomes a rabbit in the headlights in critical moments, ball watching, and it hurts the team. It's so predictable opposition single him out and put him in that situation in pressure moments. I realise his boosters will arc up about that, but I think it's there to see too often, and he isn't an AFL beginner he's been at it for a decade.

btw., Ben it turns out is Harry's twin, and much like Harry who has most equivalently sized KPDs covered on the lead, so does Ben! The reason you see Harry jumping over packs from the back is because opposition put defenders in the space knowing he will have his direct opponent covered on the lead. So the question is, why did we think Ben wouldn't do the same? Perhaps not so good D50 coaching I'm afraid.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 14 2026 We have the Bye
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Quote from: crashlander – on
Well, after surviving last night, I hope we can get Weitering back. Derksen was reasonable when it came to intercepting (10 intercepts), but he was murdered one-on-one by Ben McKay.
I hope we can also recharge the batteries, as we were seriously flat against the Drug Cheats.
We should be getting a few guys back.
Derksen IMO isn't has good defensively as Young. Young's issue is he panics a little when making decisions but he knows how to stay on his mans shoulder and kill a contest when it needs to be killed. Derksen seemed exposed last night.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 14 2026 We have the Bye
Last post by crashlander -
Well, after surviving last night, I hope we can get Weitering back. Derksen was reasonable when it came to intercepting (10 intercepts), but he was murdered one-on-one by Ben McKay.
I hope we can also recharge the batteries, as we were seriously flat against the Drug Cheats.
We should be getting a few guys back.