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

 

[Arr0w]

that would be awesome. and I reckon we'd still be a decent chance to win.

bring in the binns.

If it was me

S Durdin for Weitering
Boyd for Saad
Jsos for Charlie
Anyone for Cripps

 

[Bryce Bubbles]

So MCG MCG Gabba MCG.

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If Sydney finish 6th and the below happens we don't play out of melb.

 

[Red_man2008]

Come the bounce of the ball we will know if we are guaranteed 5th or 6th

If we have secured a home final, then it wouldn't surprise me if we rest banged up players like Cripps and or resting important players

So, all our emergencies might get a late call up

GWS may do something similar if they can only make 8th. If Dogs win and the rest lose it may be worth giving GWS some false hope or even zero hope if we rest and still knock them off.

 

[Dadda Dave]

Im a flusher at the range. But when I'm on the course I s**t bricks.

Unless your name is Pendles or Diesel I'm not sure what else you could do with that much heat on the ball..

 

[AB_Blue]

It’s super hard to rest players for resting sake

Eg resting Charlie, Wieters, Saad, Martin, Cripps and Doc would be fantastic

However your putting huge pressure on who’s coming in and what’s left in the side…still think we will see 4 changes


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[jimsta10]

Unless your name is Pendles or Diesel I'm not sure what else you could do with that much heat on the ball..

I am definitely not those players and would have handed the ball to the opposition

 

[Accidental genius]

Based on current form I’ve got us, dees and lions as most probables to make the GF. If we can avoid Gabba I’ve got us winning our 17th.

 

[CCurnow3votes]

If it was me

S Durdin for Weitering
Boyd for Saad
Jsos for Charlie
Anyone for Cripps

Obrien for Cripps ?

 

[Beyond Blue]

Out: Cripps, Docherty, Cuningham, Martin (all rested)

In: Walsh, Kennedy, Boyd, Binns

I don’t want to come across as picking on your post as I’ve seen a few posters name Binns this week which I just do not understand. Yes it’s quite possible as we may know our position and our opponent for the finals by the time our game starts in which case we can rest some key players but surely if that’s the case then we’d replace them with blokes who we are likely to play in the finals.

With all due respect to Binns if he is picked for a final I would be shocked in a bad way. There’s enough fringe 23 players jostling for a spot in the finals team to select ahead of giving Binns a debut game. I’d much rather blokes who’ve been in league side this year and will be vying for finals get a game like Ed, Cotts, Fish, Cinc, Cunners, Fog, Boyd, Hollands etc than giving a game to a debutant who likely won’t play in the finals.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

I don’t quite follow…Gov is one of the fastest players in the team and definitely faster than Cinc!

So it only makes us a more mobile team than what we’ve been for the last few weeks.

He’s nowhere near as fast as Cincotta, he has less mobility and agility and is limited on who he can currently be matched up on…
He’s not particularly good one on one on players his size in contested situations, atm he’s a good floating 3rd tall who reads the play well to intercept, below average in decision making and is prone to make some ordinary mistakes…
I understand he’s missed a fair amount of footy and is highly regarded by many (including myself) but at the moment he’s not playing a good enough brand to be an automatic selection, particularly infront of Gov…
Hopefully in time he can improve certain aspects of his game that has him considered an automatic selection, imo atm he has some deficiencies to work/improve on…

 

[Colonial]

In all seriousness congrats on making finals again.
Great to watch, hopefully we get the win though.

 

[bigblueboy]

Like us, they have a really sound defensive profile

Talented midfield and dangerous forward line

Actually hoping this is a dead rubber

Sounds like Cats are going to tank this week, worse luck.

 

[Colonial]

Sounds like Cats are going to tank this week, worse luck.

To be fair the Dogs couldn’t beat the Eagles who were tanking for the pick as well.

 

[ESKIE]

So if we rest players that’s two weeks off…..is that too longer break? Plus I’m nervous about flirting with form…

 

[Arr0w]

If this was a first final, I go with

Boyd Weitering Newman
Gov Kemp Saad
7th Cincotta or Fisher

Pitto Cerra Hewett
Cotts Cripps Acres

Fog TDK Martin
Charlie Harry Owies

Int: Mots, Walsh, Doc, Cincotta or Fisher

Sub from Hollands, Cuners, Jsos, Dow, Kennedy, Fisher or Cincotta

 

[Accidental genius]

So if we rest players that’s two weeks off…..is that too longer break? Plus I’m nervous about flirting with form…

I’m with you.

If a player is carrying an injury (ie cripptonite) rest them for recovery but otherwise they keep playing. They all get a week off before finals anyway so no rest for the sake of it.

 

[JustaBattler]

Im a flusher at the range. But when I'm on the course I s**t bricks.

You are trying to hard- when I need to smash one - I say to myself out loud.."loosie goosie" and then add a jiggle to my wiggle

 

[Show_Me_The_Money]

It’s super hard to rest players for resting sake

Eg resting Charlie, Wieters, Saad, Martin, Cripps and Doc would be fantastic

However your putting huge pressure on who’s coming in and what’s left in the side…still think we will see 4 changes


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No need to rest players unless they are injured. There's nearly two weeks between games and it's important to keep the momentum going before the two week freshen up. Most teams that went on winning streaks lost multiple games in a row when they finally lost.

 

[Show_Me_The_Money]

So if we rest players that’s two weeks off…..is that too longer break? Plus I’m nervous about flirting with form…

There needs to be a button option in the likes.

 

[Beyond Blue]

If this was a first final, I go with

Boyd Weitering Newman
Gov Kemp Saad
7th Cincotta or Fisher

Pitto Cerra Hewett
Cotts Cripps Acres

Fog TDK Martin
Charlie Harry Owies

Int: Mots, Walsh, Doc, Cincotta or Fisher

Sub from Hollands, Cuners, Jsos, Dow, Kennedy, Fisher or Cincotta

I can’t see Boyd forcing his way in as he hasn’t played league since round 18. Same goes with Matty K given he has missed more footy and we may not have the reserves still playing in finals.

Tough calls will need to be made on the following positional choices:
Pitto or Sos
Kemp or Marchy
Cunners or Fogs
Cotts or Hollands

IMO the week 1 finals team is:
Kemp/Weitering/Saad
Newman/Gov/Cincotta
Acres/Cripps/Doc
Martin/Harry/Cunners
Owies/Charlie/TDK
Pitto/Cerra/Walsh
Hewett/Fisher/Cotts/Mots
sub: Dow or Sos

 

[carlton_99]

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Carlton won’t give their stars an extra week to recover before the finals, with Sam Walsh

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and Adam Cerra returning to face GWS. Plus Mitch McGovern

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is back and the latest on Matt Kennedy.

 

[Beyond Blue]

No need to rest players unless they are injured. There's nearly two weeks between games and it's important to keep the momentum going before the two week freshen up. Most teams that went on winning streaks lost multiple games in a row when they finally lost.

Normally I’d agree but Cripps and Doc clearly played injured last week against Gold Coast and it showed. It was great of them as leaders to be out there to lock in our finals berth but they could do with a rest now. IMO there’s a lot of benefit giving them a two week break at this stage of the year, especially when their replacements are likely Cerra and Walsh.

 

[Juddernaut08]

If Sydney finish 6th and the below happens we don't play out of melb.

If Sydney finish 6th and the below happens we don't play out of melb.

so you have pies losing to essendon?

 

[gandaal]

I don’t want to come across as picking on your post as I’ve seen a few posters name Binns this week which I just do not understand. Yes it’s quite possible as we may know our position and our opponent for the finals by the time our game starts in which case we can rest some key players but surely if that’s the case then we’d replace them with blokes who we are likely to play in the finals.

With all due respect to Binns if he is picked for a final I would be shocked in a bad way. There’s enough fringe 23 players jostling for a spot in the finals team to select ahead of giving Binns a debut game. I’d much rather blokes who’ve been in league side this year and will be vying for finals get a game like Ed, Cotts, Fish, Cinc, Cunners, Fog, Boyd, Hollands etc than giving a game to a debutant who likely won’t play in the finals.

Definitely won't play in finals. It's less about rating Binns ahead of others, more about giving players a well earned rest.

Looks like we'll be playing close to a full strength team anyway. Cerra, Kennedy, McGovern, Walsh are all fit and ready.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

So if we rest players that’s two weeks off…..is that too longer break? Plus I’m nervous about flirting with form…

I think for the older players like Cripps and Doc it should be a nice chance to completely freshen up, same goes for the younger players it’s a long season and taxing mentally as much as on the body…