Preview 2024 Rd 19 Carlton vs North Melbourne Sunday 21st July 4:40PM AEST @ Marvel Stadium

[Aphrodite]

Final Team is in …


4 changes

UPDATE: 20th June:-

IN: SAM DURDIN
OUT: CALEB MARCHBANK (Illness)

AFL team news: Blues back speed, Boyd out through injury

Carlton has made four changes for the clash with North Melbourne.

www.carltonfc.com.au

MILESTONE: Adam Cerra 50 Carlton games

 

[gab213]

Thankfully, we have moved on from those times. I have confidence in how the club now conducts its business, including the coaching group, it's like chalk and cheese.

 

[Benaly28]

I don’t feel confident at all in this game…

Why would anyone drop Kemp for Kennedy in defence Kemp would have been the perfect matchup for Zurhaar…

If our midfield brings the form of the last 2 weeks, we could get rolled..

We’ll be on tomorrow stress less.


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[JJBagger]

I don’t feel confident at all in this game…

Why would anyone drop Kemp for Kennedy in defence Kemp would have been the perfect matchup for Zurhaar…

If our midfield brings the form of the last 2 weeks, we could get rolled..

Nah disagree. I love Kempy, but Zurhaar would’ve mauled him 1v1

 

[gab213]

I don’t feel confident at all in this game…

Why would anyone drop Kemp for Kennedy in defence Kemp would have been the perfect matchup for Zurhaar…

If our midfield brings the form of the last 2 weeks, we could get rolled..

We are playing the team that's 17th on the ladder, we will be fine, there will be a response to what happened in the past two weeks, I have no doubt.

 

[HereComesJuddy]

I don’t feel confident at all in this game…

Why would anyone drop Kemp for Kennedy in defence Kemp would have been the perfect matchup for Zurhaar…

If our midfield brings the form of the last 2 weeks, we could get rolled..

Cincotta, Cowan and Newman will be fine down back. Kennedy will spend most of his time in the midfield.

We will destroy them

 

[Blue By Blood]

It’s only mixed messaging and confusing to players if they don’t talk to the players…. And there’s no evidence of that

Even if they talk to them which I’m sure they do, dropping a player based on form only to have that player still named an emergency with a chance of playing still doesn’t sit right with me.

What do you say.. ‘Kempy we need you to go back to reserves and find form because we don’t trust you at the moment.. but Kempy we still may need you to play this week even though we don’t rate your form or think your best 22 currently?’

It’s wishy washy messaging because there’s no integrity to it. If the player needs to regain form then stick to your mantra and follow through on that.

 

[gab213]

Even if they talk to them which I’m sure they do, dropping a player based on form only to have that player still named an emergency with a chance of playing still doesn’t sit right with me.

What do you say.. ‘Kempy we need you to go back to reserves and find form because we don’t trust you at the moment.. but Kempy we still may need you to play this week even though we don’t rate your form or think your best 22 currently?’

Who would you name as an emeregency instead of him to cover any possible last minute mishap suffered by a defender?

 

[HereComesJuddy]

Even if they talk to them which I’m sure they do, dropping a player based on form only to have that player still named an emergency with a chance of playing still doesn’t sit right with me.

What do you say.. ‘Kempy we need you to go back to reserves and find form because we don’t trust you at the moment.. but Kempy we still may need you to play this week even though we don’t rate your form or think your best 22 currently?’

Or…

Kemp we don’t have a match up for you this week mate?

You’re looking for the negative. Team is very happy

 

[BigFrizz36]

Durdin struggles to make it through training according to track watchers and is now in the team. That’s a hell of a risk to take when we’re only going in with the 2 tall defenders.

And.. Kemp now an emergency. He was dropped to find form at VFL level and yet still may play regardless. That reiterates two things..
a) It stinks of mixed messaging and must be confusing to the players
b) It shows we are wafer thin in viable defensive talls and however we achieve it, we have to address this at the end of the year. All of Young, Durdin and Marchy probably have to go but how do we replace them all with a lack of currency and no viable trade targets?

Either way.. we have to win and find some form. Need to rediscover our mojo and that balance between attack and defend.

Which track watchers are we referring to? Durdin remained as an emergency after training (he wouldn't have been if injured). Durdin was named in the reserves. You might be just placing too much faith in "track watchers".

 

[Soapy V]

Yep, heard some horror stories (both first and second hand), about communication during the Teague years

Bloody oath. I have heaps. WORST EVER

 

[gab213]

Which track watchers are we referring to? Durdin remained as an emergency after training (he wouldn't have been if injured). Durdin was named in the reserves. You might be just placing too much faith in "track watchers".

I didn't see what Voss actually said but if he said he'll play this weekend if he gets through training did he specifically say that he'd play seniors? Regardless, as you say he was listed as an emergency so he was named.

 

[bigblueboy]

Even if they talk to them which I’m sure they do, dropping a player based on form only to have that player still named an emergency with a chance of playing still doesn’t sit right with me.

What do you say.. ‘Kempy we need you to go back to reserves and find form because we don’t trust you at the moment.. but Kempy we still may need you to play this week even though we don’t rate your form or think your best 22 currently?’

It’s wishy washy messaging because there’s no integrity to it. If the player needs to regain form then stick to your mantra and follow through on that.

I think the players understand the vagaries of team selection.
As long as the messaging about what Kemp needs to work on is clear, it doesn’t really matter if he’s named in the team, as an emergency or in the VFL.

 

[Soapy V]

Who would you name as an emeregency instead of him to cover any possible last minute mishap suffered by a defender?

I just hope we are focussed on trying him elsewhere in the VFL

 

[Neese]

Defender Sam Durdin will come into the selected 23 in place of Caleb Marchbank, who will miss due to illness.

AFL team news: Defenders get chance after late change

Sam Durdin will play his first game in two years against his old side.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Let's see what you've got Sam. Go well fella.

 

[gab213]

Bloody oath. I have heaps. WORST EVER

I heard that Teague went a whole season without even talking to one of our players, crazy stuff.

 

[bigblueboy]

Which track watchers are we referring to? Durdin remained as an emergency after training (he wouldn't have been if injured). Durdin was named in the reserves. You might be just placing too much faith in "track watchers".

The track watcher was a journalist from News Ltd who was at Princes Park yesterday. It was his observation that Durdin didn’t get through training.

 

[Soapy V]

I heard that Teague went a whole season without even talking to one of our players, crazy stuff.

Several. Never seen such divison from a coach

 

[Ezayyak]

To be honest I don't care where Cunners play's, I just want him to show what he's capable of for 4 quarters instead of just showing up for a singular quarter.

If he could ever do this he would be one of the most damaging footballers in the completion. Alas, he just doesn't have it.

 

[JustaBattler]

NEVER appoint an understudy that was part of the coup - never. The whole episode was almost as bad as appointing Malthouse - which started the rot in teh first place.

 

[Blue By Blood]

Or…

Kemp we don’t have a match up for you this week mate?

You’re looking for the negative. Team is very happy

I’m not trying to suggest the the team isn’t happy. It’s my opinion that if you drop a player to find form they shouldn’t be in line to still play seniors. And if he was dropped for not having a matchup, he’d feel a little peeved that Marchy was selected ahead of him when effectively they’re both third tall intercepting types. Once again my opinion.

Who would you name as an emeregency instead of him to cover any possible last minute mishap suffered by a defender?

This is the issue. We are wafer thin for defensive talls. You’d say Young but by all reports that I’ve read he isn’t warranting a call up. Either way it highlights the necessity for us to address this at the end of the year.

 

[jj1978]

Marchbank... if it wasn't so sad, it'd be funny. He's like our version of Gumbleton.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

The track watcher was a journalist from News Ltd who was at Princes Park yesterday. It was his observation that Durdin didn’t get through training.

I read the quote more as he didn't do all the drills, rather than he broke down mid-drill. Could well have been intentional.

 

[Revenant1965]

We should win this, and win by at least 6 to 8 goals, but I am as nervous as...

 

[bigblueboy]

I read the quote more as he didn't do all the drills, rather than he broke down mid-drill. Could well have been intentional.

That’s how I read it also.

 

[GoBlues!]

Who would you name as an emeregency instead of him to cover any possible last minute mishap suffered by a defender?

Exactly. When Voss said that Kemp needs to go back and work on a few things we had Boyd and Marchbank named in the team and available.

They are now both ruled out injured / illness. What other defenders do people expect to see as an emergency in the circumstances ffs.