Preview Round 0 - Carlton vs Brisbane Friday March 8 - 7.40PM AEDT @ The Gabba - Team Stickied

[Aphrodite]

Team is in …

AFL team news: Carlton's first team of 2024

There's a club debutant in the mix as Carlton returns to action for season 2024.

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Opening Round team v Brisbane
Backs:	Brodie Kemp	Lewis Young	Adam Saad
Half-backs:	Zac Williams	Mitch McGovern	Nic Newman
Centreline:	Blake Acres	Patrick Cripps	Matthew Kennedy
Half-forwards:	George Hewett	Charlie Curnow	Matthew Owies
Forwards:	Orazio Fantasia	Harry McKay	David Cuningham
Followers:	Tom De Koning	Adam Cerra	Sam Docherty
Interchange:	Jordan Boyd	Jack Carroll	Matthew Cottrell
	Lachie Fogarty	Ollie Hollands
Emergencies:	Jaxon Binns	Alex Cincotta	Marc Pittonet

 

[Triniboy]

If you had popped your head in at training you would realise why

I didn’t….what did I miss ?

 

[Canyouhearthedrums]

Correct weight with the outs and conditions. Gee it will be a good side with Jacob and Jack back in

 

[BigFrizz36]

I make it7 players who didn't play in the prelim that will line up tomorrow night;

Kemp
Young
Williams
Cuningham
Owies
Fantasia
Carroll

Ones a gun coming back from injury, one newbie, Carroll a still young player looking to make his mark, Young kind of out of necessity and the three players who were omitted from the winning Melbourne team who hopefully all have a point to prove.

 

[JJBagger]

Good side

Gotta say, I have much more faith in this side than I thought I would a week ago. Definitely not bad

 

[passmark]

cough cough

BH goes straight into the lead of track watchers!

 

[BlueLocke]

Lots of run. Our only ‘lumbering’ tall is Young. Need Fantasia and Fogarty to chip in on the scoreboard - they’ve got Motlop and Durdin pressuring them so there’s the incentive to perform.

Martin/Silvagni would be great in the forward line, but hopefully Kennedy can play that high half-forward role.

I reckon Williams will play a blinder this week - he’ll be running on pure excitement (he’ll be a sore boy for round two though).

Tough ask first up, but plenty of new faces and new opportunities.

 

[haveago]

Did anyone pick Carroll in the line up?


I don’t think he even got mentioned much in the training reports!

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Carroll made quite an impact in his limited time in the Dees scratch match........

I think he could play or at least be the sub.

 

[passmark]

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Carroll made quite an impact in his limited time in the Dees scratch match........

I think he could play or at least be the sub.

Oh shit. That’s even more concise than Bamboo Harvester!

Saturdays lotto numbers please!

 

[Beer n Skittles]

I do laugh at our supposed lack of pace on ball. Surely no one thinks that Neill, Dunkley, Berry and McCluggage are likely to win any Stawell gifts do they. Good footballers though as are Cripps, Hewitt, Cerra and Kennedy.

I figure that they send Dunkley to Cripps and we send Hewett to Neill - not to tag but to be accountable for them.

If we can break even in the ruck and put enough pressure on the ball to force them to kick into their forwardline in a scramble way then we are right in it.

But please don't let Coleman and Big O dominate against us (fortunately McKenna is not playing). We've had 6 months to formulate a plan for that.

Neale isn’t quick?

 

[Benaly28]

Did anyone pick Carroll in the line up?


I don’t think he even got mentioned much in the training reports!

Yes.


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[Wickzki]

Neale isn’t quick?

Not outrageously quick. He's much quicker of mind than he is foot which is why he's such a force

Otherwise I'd put him as "quick enough" where it's not a strength but not a liability.

 

[Benaly28]

Best possible line up considering.

Martin/Motlop/Weitering/Walsh the main ones who come straight back in.

E hollands next in line.

Gee we have depth look at our emergency list.


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[Wickzki]

I didn’t….what did I miss ?

Has a couple of clear deficiencies in his game that are prohibitive of selecting him for senior football.

Needs to keep working hard and his time will come.

Spots won't and can't be gifted.

He will get there.

 

[Beer n Skittles]

That’s a very tall backline for hot and humid conditions. The ball hits the deck we should be golden.

Think Gardiner will play forward

 

[Beer n Skittles]

Not outrageously quick. He's much quicker of mind than he is foot which is why he's such a force

Otherwise I'd put him as "quick enough" where it's not a strength but not a liability.

If Neale isn’t a quick mid, who is?

 

[j09948772]

Binns not only makes more sense to play with his leg speed, endurance, smarts and FORM!
Carroll and Owies selected in front of Binns....pffft. WTF does he have to do get a game???
Rookie wins B&F reserves, elite repeat runner SW18 out and let's put average speed and endurance to replace him.. Looks like crazy Vossy is back!

Why would a winger replace Walsh?

 

[Blue train 28]

best team we can name, with injuries atm.
Still pretty solid side , good mix of inside and outside. Keen to bring some pain let’s go!

 

[j09948772]

If Neale isn’t a quick mid, who is?

From the data I can find Jack Newnes was considerably faster recording a top speed of 33.4 in 2020 compared to Neale's 32.

 

[Doro]

Think we need to play a defensive forward on Coleman, Cottrell maybe?

 

[Lukeblueboy]

Think we need to play a defensive forward on Coleman, Cottrell maybe?

Yeah Coleman murdered us in the prelim! Gotta make him accountable

 

[Michael Jezz]

Great selections. It is selected to give us a chance to score. Kennedy is the best fit medium fwd. Williams huge in. Owies, again, for this game could be good for a couple. Carrol gives us a bit more punch from stoppage. I would roll the dice and play carroll in the 22 to give us more run and put fog as sub but I think it will be the other way round.

 

[Blue1980]

No Pitto

Cripps Hewett and Kennedy in the same side is a bit slow for me..

Good to see Orazio and Carroll in. I suspect Carroll will be sub.

I think the extra slow mid they are hoping is offset by no Pitt.

 

[Blue and Silver]

Anyone tracking the Reserves praccy?

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[agro]

Harry is going to have to have a big night working up the ground and doing a fair bit of ruck work.

 

[Beer n Skittles]

From the data I can find Jack Newnes was considerably faster recording a top speed of 33.4 in 2020 compared to Neale's 32.

I’ve kind of stopped looking at the Telstra tracker ever since that time Ben Long’s average speed was well above Usain Bolt’s top speed