Preview 2023 Rd 24 Carlton vs GWS Sunday August 27 6:10PM @ Marvel Stadium

[Aphrodite]

Final Team is in ...



IN: Cerra, Fogarty, McGovern, Walsh, C. Durdin
OUT: Cripps (soreness), Docherty (soreness), E.Curnow, Marchbank, Pittonet, Motlop (illness)

AFL team news: Blues welcome four back

Midfielders Adam Cerra and Sam Walsh are among four returnees for Round 24.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Backs:	Brodie Kemp	Jacob Weitering	Alex Cincotta
Half-backs:	Adam Saad	Mitch McGovern	Nic Newman
Centreline:	Blake Acres	Sam Walsh	Ollie Hollands
Half-forwards:	Jack Martin	Harry McKay	David Cuningham
Forwards:	Lachie Fogarty	Charlie Curnow	Matthew Owies
Followers:	Tom De Koning	Adam Cerra	George Hewett
Interchange:	Matthew Cottrell	Paddy Dow	Zac Fisher
	Corey Durdin
Emergencies:	Ed Curnow	Marc Pittonet	Caleb Marchbank

*Update 26th August

AFL team news: Motlop out for Round 24

Jesse Motlop will miss the final round clash with GWS.

www.carltonfc.com.au

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

I am in 2 minds as to what we should do this week if as I suspect we will get to 6:10pm on Sunday and the result will be irrelevant for us, we will be in 5th win or lose.

Resting players can be dangerous, 2 weeks is a long time to have off and we risk them returning sluggish.. There is probably a good chance that we may play our final on the Friday night which will mean its only a 12 day break which might be beneficial.
Do we give Walsh, Gov & Cerra another week to recover or do we ensure they have game time and match fitness before our critical final??
Do we want another week of Harry & Charlie to form cohesion in the forward line?
Are we 100% sold on the 2 rucks playing, do we revisit TDK & JSOS as a combo, as Pitto has been underwhelming?


FWIW - Assuming the result is irrelevant for us, i would be resting Cripps, he looks sore and tired.
Tex Walker needs 8 goals, if he doesn't get them i would tell Charlie to have a week off.
Weiters has had a big year, put him on ice.
Assuming they are fit, play Walsh first half then sub him off for Cerra who will start as sub..
Rest Jack Martin

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Jack Martin

Age

29

Ht

186cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.2

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.7

5star

G

0.9

4star

D

14.9

4star

K

7.9

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

3.6

4star

G

1.1

5star

D

8.2

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.6

3star

- his body is made of glass and he has been too important for us since coming back.

 

[ajb72]

A Ross Lyon, resting 12 players kind of thing, the last match of the round, will hopefully be on!

 

[Earls Smother]

I am in 2 minds as to what we should do this week if as I suspect we will get to 6:10pm on Sunday and the result will be irrelevant for us, we will be in 5th win or lose.

Resting players can be dangerous, 2 weeks is a long time to have off and we risk them returning sluggish.. There is probably a good chance that we may play our final on the Friday night which will mean its only a 12 day break which might be beneficial.
Do we give Walsh, Gov & Cerra another week to recover or do we ensure they have game time and match fitness before our critical final??
Do we want another week of Harry & Charlie to form cohesion in the forward line?
Are we 100% sold on the 2 rucks playing, do we revisit TDK & JSOS as a combo, as Pitto has been underwhelming?


FWIW - Assuming the result is irrelevant for us, i would be resting Cripps, he looks sore and tired.
Tex Walker needs 8 goals, if he doesn't get them i would tell Charlie to have a week off.
Weiters has had a big year, put him on ice.
Assuming they are fit, play Walsh first half then sub him off for Cerra who will start as sub..
Rest Jack Martin - his body is made of glass and he has been too important for us since coming back.

If they're right, they should play.

Often after a lengthy break, players are good week 1 then struggle week 2. We may as well make "week 2" the bye, otherwise if we win our first final, we run the risk of having too many that are "second up" in the semi final.

 

[Matty411]

I'd expect a late out of Crippa if we go into the afternoon knowing our position won't change.

But with the week off anyway, I can't see a world where Doc, Charlie or (especially) Crippa will want to sit out a minute of the season - they're all enjoying the ride too much right now.

Few musts though: Gov, Cez and Walshy in to get a run before finals. Feel for whoever comes out.

I'm not a fan of the mass-resting though - even if we've got the position locked away. Form and momentum is huge - so an unnecessary loss on Sunday might have a negative impact on our confidence.

 

[pressurepoint]

Rest Jack Martin - his body is made of glass and he has been too important for us since coming back.

I reckon this will happen. Fog or JSOS to play in his absence.

How did JSOS go in the magoos?

 

[Dadda Dave]

I reckon this will happen. Fog or JSOS to play in his absence.

How did JSOS go in the magoos?

Jsos may be injured there's was talk he came off hobbling in the magoos

 

[Aphrodite]

Found this on Insta

 

[Revenant1965]

Found this on Insta


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Now for....

 

[Sweet Seventeen]

Think all of Cerra, Walsh, Gov are back this week

Cripps could be a late out based on other results

Boyd for Ed as sub should be on the cards as well.

 

[Stamos]

Found this on Insta


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Looking forward to the Dutchy pic

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Now for....

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Need one with Ollie Hollands.

 

[Revenant1965]

Need one with Ollie Hollands.

Just been working on it...

 

[Revenant1965]

One more...

 

[Aphrodite]

Oi 1 week at a time.

 

[RPCB]

I am in 2 minds as to what we should do this week if as I suspect we will get to 6:10pm on Sunday and the result will be irrelevant for us, we will be in 5th win or lose.

Resting players can be dangerous, 2 weeks is a long time to have off and we risk them returning sluggish.. There is probably a good chance that we may play our final on the Friday night which will mean its only a 12 day break which might be beneficial.
Do we give Walsh, Gov & Cerra another week to recover or do we ensure they have game time and match fitness before our critical final??
Do we want another week of Harry & Charlie to form cohesion in the forward line?
Are we 100% sold on the 2 rucks playing, do we revisit TDK & JSOS as a combo, as Pitto has been underwhelming?


FWIW - Assuming the result is irrelevant for us, i would be resting Cripps, he looks sore and tired.
Tex Walker needs 8 goals, if he doesn't get them i would tell Charlie to have a week off.
Weiters has had a big year, put him on ice.
Assuming they are fit, play Walsh first half then sub him off for Cerra who will start as sub..
Rest Jack Martin - his body is made of glass and he has been too important for us since coming back.

St Kilda could beat Brisbane.

Spoiler

No, they really can’t.

 

[Orange crush]

If the cats best the dogs and final standings can’t change …. We just shake hands on Sunday night and go to the pub

 

[Aphrodite]

If the cats best the dogs and final standings can’t change …. We just shake hands on Sunday night and go to the pub

Your shout.



Edit: Oh and I pick the venue

 

[HarryFlashman]

Your shout.



Edit: Oh and I pick the venue

Think that’s only fair

 

[Crippa#9]

Of course we all want to see Charlie win the Coleman however assuming Tex doesn't get 9 goals on Saturday night I'd be happy for Charlie to not play.

If we ain't moving from 5th (win, lose or draw) then good opportunity to not risk Charlie & Cripps and have those two boys absolutely cherry ripe for finals.

Convinced Crippa played on Saturday with a broken rib or two from that crunching tackle late in the Melbourne game.

Got to have a balance between not flirting with our form but being smart as to how we manage our most important players.

 

[Y Goat]

Form changes -
OUT: Marchbank
IN: McGovern
Watching the game last with at HBS, this change is obvious. Not sure how obvious it is to those who watched it on TV, but we cannot take Marchbank into finals. I look forward to what he can do in '24.

I would rest Cripps and Docherty, and in their place, select Cerra and Walsh. It is close to like-for-like role wise.

Finals - Cripps and Doch come back in. Subject to next week's performance, spots for Cotters, Hollands, Cincotta and Cuningham are all looking dicey.

I think Dow is our finals sub. Don't think Kennedy gets a look in for the rest of the year subject to injury (to a mid or to Martin).

We lacked forward pressure in the first half last week and I would seriously be considering Fogarty (probably for Cuningham).

Would like to play JSOS next week to see where he is at.

Agree with all of this 100%. agree Dow a good fit for Sub. think Fog must play. tight competition for spots with good players around the fringe, but a strength as finals games will be taxing

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Agree with all of this 100%. agree Dow a good fit for Sub. think Fog must play. tight competition for spots with good players around the fringe, but a strength as finals games will be taxing

Is Kennedy not a more versatile sub than Dow.. Both have shown they can impact late in games when used as a Sub, but Kennedy can play almost anywhere on the ground if required, however Dow is quite limited in this aspect.. Have loved everything Dow has done since getting a chance but if we are purely talking about a sub role I am going with Bam Bam.

 

[Blue_Fusion]

Boyd for Ed as sub should be on the cards as well.

Boyd was not pushing for selection with the VFL performance. None of them were tbf.

 

[myblueroan]

Oi 1 week at a time.

 

[Sweet Seventeen]

Boyd was not pushing for selection with the VFL performance. None of them were tbf.

Yeah, I get that. However we do need to go past Ed and Boyd has talent, speed and is a terrific kick. We need to get games into him, has a lot of upside.

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Form changes -
OUT: Marchbank
IN: McGovern
Watching the game last with at HBS, this change is obvious. Not sure how obvious it is to those who watched it on TV, but we cannot take Marchbank into finals. I look forward to what he can do in '24.

I would rest Cripps and Docherty, and in their place, select Cerra and Walsh. It is close to like-for-like role wise.

Finals - Cripps and Doch come back in. Subject to next week's performance, spots for Cotters, Hollands, Cincotta and Cuningham are all looking dicey.

I think Dow is our finals sub. Don't think Kennedy gets a look in for the rest of the year subject to injury (to a mid or to Martin).

We lacked forward pressure in the first half last week and I would seriously be considering Fogarty (probably for Cuningham).

Would like to play JSOS next week to see where he is at.

This week will be super interesting at selection.

How pragmatic will they be - per resting?

Bit of a gamble with form.

Might it be better to get your A Team in this week ( injuries allowing ), having them gel a little pre finals ?

Not sure we are so finals accomplished that we can manage our team too much.

Love we’re talking finals now - rather than the draft .