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AFL Rd 5 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide in Adelaide
#11
(04-08-2023, 01:12 AM)Mav link Wrote:Interesting snippet in something I read (and I should have taken note of where I read it - I can’t find it now). Apparently, the fastest Carlton players against North were Young and Honey with speeds of 33km/h and 32 km/h and change respectively. Of course, it isn’t clear that every player was wearing a GPS tracker. And this is just a maximum speed stat. A midfielder perhaps would concentrate more on gut running rather than flat out sprinting while a full back would need to hit maximum speed to close the gap on a leading forward. But it does suggest I should reappraise Lewis Young. My thumbnail sketch of him has been that he’s tall and a good mark but he isn’t all that mobile compared with someone like Liam Jones. But maybe he is just as nimble. I guess that raises the question of their comparative accelerations from a standing start, and that goes beyond a maximum speed stat.
100% Mav, Lewis clocked a max speed of 33.3km/h according to the Telstra tracker on the AFL mobile app. Pretty quick for a 200cm KPD.
2017-16th
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2019-16th
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#12
(04-08-2023, 01:46 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:That little twerp Shoenberg was throwing his weight  around iirc. He's one that deserves his comeuppance for starters!
You have a good memory Cookie, I was thinking about Schoenberg  too and he had this annoying grin on his face.
Fogarty is another one who reminds me of Zurhaar who puffs out his chest and wants to be the tough guy, as I said we need players who are prepared to meet these fockers head on and put them in their place for now and the future.
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(04-08-2023, 05:28 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:You have a good memory Cookie, I was thinking about Schoenberg  too and he had this annoying grin on his face.
Fogarty is another one who reminds me of Zurhaar who puffs out his chest and wants to be the tough guy, as I said we need players who are prepared to meet these fockers head on and put them in their place for now and the future.

The best punishments for these types is at the end of the game being on the losing team.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17
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#14
(04-08-2023, 05:30 AM)Baggers link Wrote:The best punishments for these types is at the end of the game being on the losing team.

Whilst at the same time sporting a few scars and bruises. ?
Reality always wins in the end.
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(04-08-2023, 05:28 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:You have a good memory Cookie, I was thinking about Schoenberg  too and he had this annoying grin on his face.
Fogarty is another one who reminds me of Zurhaar who puffs out his chest and wants to be the tough guy, as I said we need players who are prepared to meet these fockers head on and put them in their place for now and the future.

I tend not to forget humiliations EB, and that game certainly was one for us.
Reality always wins in the end.
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#16
(04-08-2023, 05:30 AM)Baggers link Wrote:The best punishments for these types is at the end of the game being on the losing team.
Im old fashioned Baggers...the best punishment for players like Zurhaar is to get knocked out and wake up seeing birdies like in a 3 stooges skit.....they are low IQ bullies who only know one way and will only respect you when you go to their level and feed them their type of medicine they like to dish out.
eg Wayne Johnston started off a very frail and fair outside player at Prahran in the VFA but when he arrived in the AFL and copped a few sly ones he changed his spots and became a mongrel because that was the only way to deal with the " kents"(borrowed that term off GTC) who were going to target him.
I want to see Walker, Fogarty, Schoenberg and if he wasnt suspended McAdam subdued this week with some dont argues, savage tackles and shirtfronts all legal of course.
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#17
(04-08-2023, 05:53 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:I tend not to forget humiliations EB, and that game certainly was one for us.
Yep...the old Gold Carlton teams would have memory banked that loss and come out next time and made a statement.
Thats when you know you are supporting a real football team who mean business and want success.
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#18
I once experienced the circling stars and birdsong in one rugby game I played back in the day. Copped the knee of a very lanky winger right on the point of the jaw. Didn't recover properly all day. I was told it was accidental but it didn't make me feel any better.
Reality always wins in the end.
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#19
Adelaide looking pretty good against Freo. They have one less day to recover than us, but also don't have to travel. I reckon they are starting to build belief, and this will be a big test for our boys.
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#20
They look OK.
This won't be easy...and our best chance is if the players go in with that attitude.
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