(07-07-2018, 07:40 AM)Lods link Wrote:From the AFL website....

INJURIES
Brisbane: Nil
Carlton: Phillips (hamstring), Weitering (calf), Marchbank (heart)

WTF does that mean...Arrythmia ?

(07-07-2018, 07:41 AM)LP link Wrote:They've been hacked! ;D

Only joking!

Quote:Carlton FC
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UPDATE: Caleb Marchbank came off the field in the second half with a raised heartbeat. He will undergo testing this evening at hospital but is expected to be OK. The Club will provide further updates when they come to light.#AFLLionsBlues #BoundByBlue

(07-07-2018, 07:44 AM)Lods link Wrote:I actually hope you're right.
The alternative is a bit concerning

(07-07-2018, 07:42 AM)Vivian link Wrote:Watching the match took me back to the thumping in Brisbane that ended the Pagan years. 

I just don't know what to think about the club anymore.  The 'hope' they have sold us members for the past 3 years is getting thinner every week. 

I get we are rock bottom.  We have a bunch of inexperienced draftees, some shop worn retreads and a sprinkling of veterans that are only OK at best.  Two genuine A graders are the only bright spots.  But to get belted by the 17th place team by 10 goals is finding rock bottom and digging further.

The biggest disappointment to me are the experienced players.  The likes of Murphy, Ed Curnow, Thomas, Wright, Kruezer and Rowe, however hard they may be trying seem incapable of organising their team mates, i.e. leading.  These are 10 year league level players.  We were cut up time and time again because we were utterly disorganised, allowing Beams, Zorko and Hodge open space.  We can blame the coaching all we like, but I cannot believe that it is a coaching issue.  It is a lack of discipline and leadership on the field that allows a team to play so poorly as a team. 

Just can't see myself bothering to attend any more games this year.

(07-07-2018, 07:47 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:Unfortunately it could well be that old demon "a losing culture" setting in. If a team cannot produce a win occasionally the toll on the mental state of each player starts to wear them down. Just imagine getting nowhere whatever you may try to do?

(07-07-2018, 07:52 AM)thrunthrublu link Wrote:thank fk for the world cup is all i can say.

(07-07-2018, 07:47 AM)LP link Wrote:Arrhythmias are not uncommon is low body fat athletes.

I can't recall the cause, but it's something to do with a lack of energy reserves that can cause a particular deficit in a required chemical during heavy exercise. If that is the cause it's not something the health of fitness staff can do anything about in advance, but it can be managed once it's known about.