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Re: AFL Rd 15 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

Reply #31 –
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Weiters in, Ison out?

The Derk doesn't deserve to be dropped... Perhaps Weiters in, Ison back to the Magoos and The Derk up forward to replace Ison?
Derksen looks like he belongs and does not deserve to be dropped but he lacks a few inches against taller opponents. If Weiters is back, giving him a look up forward should be on the table as an option. 

Re: AFL Rd 15 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

Reply #32 –
How long has it been since we had blokes that either have a touch of Kent or that SA in your face style?

Dean, Cowan, Bryne, Cottrell, Ainsworth, Newman, Haywood all have it

Add in the mid field bulls we have and finally we are no longer as EB filled with too many 'Von Trapp' types and its working.   

Also isn't Dean an absolute bloody ripper. In his first season has to be an outside chance to be in 40 man AA squad. Is never beaten and has not had the support of Weitering and still gets it done. Should win the rising star if form continues.  

Re: AFL Rd 15 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

Reply #33 –
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Welcome back Cottrell

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He made the MC's decision look genius

The MC all of sudden is making the right decisions.......Funny that

Playing last years B@F, Keeping faith with the kids by giving them a decent block of games, no automatic inclusions to the likes of Hollands, Saad, Williams.

Re: AFL Rd 15 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

Reply #34 –
Cottrell played earlier in the season and was poor.
2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!

Re: AFL Rd 15 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

Reply #38 –
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Derksen looks like he belongs and does not deserve to be dropped but he lacks a few inches against taller opponents. If Weiters is back, giving him a look up forward should be on the table as an option. 
Yesterday they had Gov floating back into D50, in Ison's absence I'd leave Gov in F50 and leave Derksen in besides Weiters.

Fraser is a bit more tolerant than the fans and quite a bit calmer, I suspect he might persist with the kid for another game or two before he rotates the crew. The thing forcing the MC's hand might be the good form of Derksen.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: AFL Rd 15 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

Reply #39 –
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Exactly.

Don't you think it's more than a coincidence these poor decisions stopped when Fraser took over. 

I think they wrote the season off and didn't risk injured or unfit players. Which they shouldn't have in the first place.
2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!
 

Re: AFL Rd 15 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

Reply #40 –
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Don't you think it's more than a coincidence these poor decisions stopped when Fraser took over. 
Cottrell had two bouts of injury, and started the season off the back of interrupted pre-season, so he was always going to be a player who needed games under his belt to get into the season. Most of us were stating as much before the seasoning opener.

AFL / VFL didn't really make much difference.

As for that strut, that's the way to display it to put you in the proper mindset, when you're there act like you belong there and deliver it cold.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: AFL Rd 15 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

Reply #41 –
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Exactly.

Don't you think it's more than a coincidence these poor decisions stopped when Fraser took over.
Akso Hewett’s omission from the team in the first part of this season remains the most perplexing  decision I’ve seen from the club in a long time.
The Ox is slow but I'm running out of patience.

Re: AFL Rd 15 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

Reply #42 –
Ison and Byrne have brought pressure to the forward 50. Along with Frankie, Kemp, Hayward, Cottrell we have stopped the easy rebound.
2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!

Re: AFL Rd 15 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

Reply #43 –
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Akso Hewett’s omission from the team in the first part of this season remains the most perplexing  decision I’ve seen from the club in a long time.
Based on his form now versus his form earlier you had to say it was the right decision. He might not have liked it, some fans might not have liked it, but it looks like it's exactly what he needed to get back to his best.

FWIW, it looks like the VFL stint has done Acres wonders as well, funny how not being automatically selected brings some effort.

Maybe some of the list had forgotten about the privilege of playing AFL, they were just expecting to play!  ;)
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: AFL Rd 15 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

Reply #44 –
I have to reiterate this because it's obvious and yet ignored.

The current good form of Cripps and Walsh is a direct consequence of the players around them making an effort. Instead of standing back waiting to benefit from what Cripps and Walsh do, the players around them are now rolling up their sleeves and helping out more which gets Cripps and Walsh to the end of games in much better condition. That, along with confidence in execution, is the real reason for the current 4-Qtr efforts, not some invisible change of game plan.

We are playing the exact same style that we did from Rnd 0, the difference is we are now making less mistakes at it and sharing the load. Our better players aren't hitting the wall at the end of the game, and the lapses are diminished. It's the same game plan the Lions play, and even with the Lions you can see how it can go horrible wrong when it's left to few.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"