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.

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MILESTONE: Adam Cerra 50 Carlton games

 

[carlton_99]

Just as a side note playing Sunday late and then Friday night will be an issue.Is say they’ll be quite a few changes over the next two weeks.


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What were the AFL thinking with that - last game of one round and then the first game of the next

 

[Blue1980]

Pies are crap and hawks are average. A loss to one of those sides is acceptable but both is not. I doubt we lose both games

Match committee over thinking things and worried about lack of pace but taking away a strength in doing so.

 

[Blue1980]

...so who is going to be the first to say Curnow and McKay will kick 15 between them...

Well they did have 15 shots on goal between them v dogs.

 

[SurreyBlue]

Has the running patterns of an umpire. Runs up and down, stays close to play and avoids contact with the ball and the players. Could get selected as an umpire? But if he's selected as a player the coaches are clueless.

 

[Blue Reaper]

Boyd cost us 3 goals with his kicking out of D50 last night. Do we need to give him a spell? But who comes in? Hewett or Cerra to half back.

No, but … how about Boyd take Zac’s role?

 

[Blue Reaper]

Boyd had a mare with his kicking on Saturday. Hopefully it was just a bad day at the office as he is usually rock solid by foot

Yep, been poor by foot last couple. Needs to turn it around.

 

[BlueBlood15]

The key focus going forward has to be team defence. Offensively we’re a good side but when we defend and pressure strongly we’re a premiership contender. We haven’t won a game this year when the opposition kick 100 points. Should be aiming to keep all teams under 80 points as we did in our 5 game win streak. Want to see us keep North to 70-75 points this week.

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

I hope so. But nothing will be as easy as the dogs and GWS should have been. Hopefully a touch up v north is coming to ensure we have some confidence again in our game plan. A settled lineup is important for the final 6 games heading into finals. We’d want to have a few positions sorted in the next couple.

Medium/Tall defender - McGovern
Wing - Acres and Hollands (or do we try Cerra or Walsh or Hewett)
Midfield rotations - Cripps Walsh Hewett should be starting 3. Then it’s between Cerra Kennedy Carroll for the fourth position
Ruck - 1 or 2. I’m a form believer in TDK only with McKay pinch hitting.
Third tall forward - Cripps/kennedy or Martin rotating
Small forwards - Owies/Fogarty/Williams is the first 3 imo. Then it’s Motlop or Cuningham or Fantasia off the bench.
To tag or not - Cincotta keeps his spot until we don’t have a match up.but where does he start.
Sub - a small forward has been our starting position. But I’d prefer a versatile mid/fwd. Cotterell or Martin would be perfect.

A lot of questions.

Martin back in and playing decent footy is critical.

As we saw last year his intensity, not to mention skill, lifts everyone!

 

[Graffy4242]

Martin back in and playing decent footy is critical.

As we saw last year his intensity, not to mention skill, lifts everyone!

And he tackles HARD.

 

[ctwenty1]

Havent had a “home game” funnily enough

It gets said every week and cant really use it as an excuse but this team needs the home crowd factor.

Otherwise known as the MCG

 

[Opium]

Changes this week.

Hewett,McGovern, Motlop, Cuningham in
Williams, Pittonet, Marchbank, Cotrell out

 

[jimsta10]

Bringing Martin in after one meh VFL game is suicidal. Praying that Williams is a "Test"

 

[T2B_]

Danger game if we don't get our act together

 

[kreuze_missile]

Hewett & Kennedy into the middle. Cerra to the wing.

Hollands & Pittonet to the VFL.

All makes sense to me.

 

[Stamos]

Hewett & Kennedy into the middle.

This isn't fixing the problem of pace and spread around the contest.

 

[skadoosh]

This isn't fixing the problem of pace and spread around the contest.

I think a big part of the issue is our mids getting forwards of the ball - trying to attack too quickly.

If the mids play defensively first, check the opposition mids and stay closer body on body it should decrease the chances of letting the opposition simply run the ball out of the middle.

 

[BluStreak]

OUT: Cottrell, Pitto, O Hollands, Williams
IN: Motlop, S Durdin, Hewitt, Martin

 

[Blue Reaper]

Cinc has been excellent in the new role, but I wonder whether there’ll be a temptation to return him to the back half - or even midfield- as a defensive stoppage player.

Definitely a part of our game that needs bolstering.

 

[Benaly28]

OUT: Cottrell, Pitto, O Hollands, Williams
IN: Motlop, S Durdin, Hewitt, Martin

I’d say you’re very close but there’s no way Marchbank should be playing anymore period.


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[BluStreak]

I’d say you’re very close but there’s no way Marchbank should be playing anymore period.


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Your right 110%, I simply forgot that he played. He was a no show, like Cotts.

 

[kreuze_missile]

This isn't fixing the problem of pace and spread around the contest.

If Walsh & Cerra aren't part of this solution then our whole list is cooked.

 

[Blue since 72]

This isn't fixing the problem of pace and spread around the contest.

It could fix control of the contest though. It is what it is at the moment, we don't have a lot of pacey players but if we're winning more stoppage/centre bounce contests the concern about oppo spread and speed is obviously nullified.

 

[Accidental genius]

This isn't fixing the problem of pace and spread around the contest.

Not having them in isn’t working either this season. Pace will need to be sorted by bringing new players in.

 

[Opium]

OUT: Cottrell, Pitto, O Hollands, Williams
IN: Motlop, S Durdin, Hewitt, Martin

You want to play, Durdin, Marchbank, Weitering all in defence?? Kangaroos only have Larkey as a tall forward.

 

[Sweet Seventeen]

You want to play, Durdin, Marchbank, Weitering all in defence?? Kangaroos only have Larkey as a tall forward.

He has stated that he forgot about Marchy.