Preview 2024 Rd 5 Carlton vs Adelaide Saturday April 13 4:35PM (AEST) @ Marvel Stadium

[Aphrodite]

Team is in …


Welcome back Walshy

Only 1 change:-


IN: Sam Walsh

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Sam Walsh

Age

24

Ht

184cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.1

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

5.1

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

3.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

26.2

5star

K

15.4

5star

HB

10.8

5star

M

6.0

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

4.8

5star

OUT: Lachie Fogarty (suspension)

AFL team news: Walsh returns for 100th game

Sam Walsh will return for game No.100 this Saturday.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Round 5 team v Adelaide
Backs:	Brodie Kemp	Jacob Weitering	Nic Newman
Half-backs:	Adam Saad	Mitch McGovern	Zac Williams
Centreline:	Ollie Hollands	Patrick Cripps	Blake Acres
Half-forwards:	Elijah Hollands	Harry McKay	Matthew Kennedy
Forwards:	Orazio Fantasia	Charlie Curnow	Matthew Owies
Followers:	Tom De Koning	Adam Cerra	George Hewett
Interchange:	Jordan Boyd	Jack Carroll	Matthew Cottrell
	Corey Durdin	Sam Walsh
Emergencies:	Jaxon Binns	Lachlan Cowan	Marc Pittonet

#WALSH100

 

[ESKIE]

Yeh go Vossy

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

The issue was always Pitto not being able to do anything but tap work and TDK not being able to hit the scoreboard. If Pitto can take a few grabs around the ground and TDK can get a couple of goals, the 2 ruck setup becomes a viable option.

I reckon TDK has really improved both his marking and his kicking at goal since last year.

Just needs to position himself to take more regulation marks (on the lead or 1 on 1) - rather than trying to crash a pack of 8 flying over the top....

 

[Jimmyonesix]

Pity cerra out he one of only mids that can kick well -
Wonder if Cowan in Williams to half fwd ..

Although pitto does suit O’Brien

 

[Aphrodite]

Pity cerra out he one of only mids that can kick well -
Wonder if Cowan in Williams to half fwd ..

Although pitto does suit O’Brien

Nothing official yet, if any changes.

 

[Benaly28]

Real dang…..

Not going there.


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[katmanblue]

What a bandwagoner

all aboard the T̶e̶a̶g̶u̶e̶ T̶r̶a̶ - ergh...the Vossmobile.

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[marcmurphy3]

I find it hard to believe we would even bother testing Cerra if it was hamstring tightness. With his history you'd think any sign of tightness and he'd be an automatic out?

 

[katmanblue]

These pre game p̶i̶s̶s̶ fitness tests taking a toll.

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[Stig O'Hara]

Very excited, humans.

Not taking this for granted just yet.

Roast Lamb a monty.

Old mate bringing the breads & raunchy dips, & plenty of the brown wet stuff.

A splendid afternoon anticipated.

 

[Opium]

Thursday they thought it was Quad.

Serious question
Would you prefer it being a quad or hammy?
I assume a quad would be longer recovery period?

How can you not tell the difference between a quad or a hammy??

 

[xDQ82x]

How can you not tell the difference between a quad or a hammy??

I dunno, lets go with he is having a test on his leg then?

 

[marcmurphy3]

If he's being tested it feels like the issue would be more around soreness, then tightness, whichever part of the leg it is.

 

[1970crow]

I find it hard to believe we would even bother testing Cerra if it was hamstring tightness. With his history you'd think any sign of tightness and he'd be an automatic out?

Risks must be taken when you're confronted by the dynamism of a Laird/Crouch midfield combo. You blokes better pray for a wet track to slow the game down, we've got speed everywhere, it's not just limited to our league leading midfield. The other option is to just rest everyone with a niggle and still win comfortably, but not that comfortably that my multi gets up. Somehow I'll be getting screwed out of it.

 

[BlueLocke]

Crows seem to be turning every game into a stoppage-fest. It sort of worked for Freo last week, but they have some quick and quality ball-users through the middle. The Crows, aside from Dawson, don’t.

If our stoppage game doesn’t magically turn around today, our half-backs will be the ones we rely on heavily to set up scoring chains. Fortunately they’re all fit and in good form, but I’d rather not be 20 down in clearances again.

If we don’t make their plodding midfield look like the All Stars (still haunted by Gather Round 23) we are probably better by 2 goals a quarter - I’d love at least 6 goals between our small forwards.

 

[Jimmyonesix]

Risks must be taken when you're confronted by the dynamism of a Laird/Crouch midfield combo. You blokes better pray for a wet track to slow the game down, we've got speed everywhere, it's not just limited to our league leading midfield. The other option is to just rest everyone with a niggle and still win comfortably, but not that comfortably that my multi gets up. Somehow I'll be getting screwed out of it.

To be fair they going aswell in clearances as us so far this season -

 

[Aphrodite]

Crows seem to be turning every game into a stoppage-fest. It sort of worked for Freo last week, but they have some quick and quality ball-users through the middle. The Crows, aside from Dawson, don’t.

If our stoppage game doesn’t magically turn around today, our half-backs will be the ones we rely on heavily to set up scoring chains. Fortunately they’re all fit and in good form, but I’d rather not be 20 down in clearances again.

If we don’t make their plodding midfield look like the All Stars (still haunted by Gather Round 23) we are probably better by 2 goals a quarter - I’d love at least 6 goals between our small forwards.

But but we are going to be confronted by the dynamism of a Laird/Crouch midfield combo

 

[1970crow]

To be fair they going aswell in clearances as us so far this season -

We win our share, but they're very rarely damaging, mostly hack kicks forwards or sideways garbage. Whereas our opponent's clearances cut through us and put our guys behind the ball under severe pressure.

 

[Michael Jezz]

Lie back, light up a cigar and enjoy the game, good win coming up!!!!

 

[SurreyBlue]

Lie back, light up a cigar and enjoy the game, good win coming up!!!!

Michael, there is a trend developing……I’m beginning to like.

 

[Aphrodite]

#WALSHY100

 

[F_therest]

Looking for the boys to be switched on, rather than thinking it will just happen

We've lost our last 2 games vs Adelaide, 3 of our wins this year have been by small margins and our injuries/sore players are starting to rack up.

Absolutely no reason our players should go in cocky.

 

[heardofhubris]

Guess who is back again?

Sam Walsh

18

Sam Walsh

Age

24

Ht

184cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.1

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

5.1

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

3.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

26.2

5star

K

15.4

5star

HB

10.8

5star

M

6.0

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

4.8

5star

for the win!

 

[F_therest]

The issue was always Pitto not being able to do anything but tap work and TDK not being able to hit the scoreboard. If Pitto can take a few grabs around the ground and TDK can get a couple of goals, the 2 ruck setup becomes a viable option.

Adding another tall in TDK to our forward line and also missing Fog makes me worry about our forward line pressure.

MC must be thinking if Cez is out replace with Kennedy, then we are very short up front outside Mckay and Curnow, hence TDK forward.

 

[Blue Reaper]

Drove in from Canberra last night with 3 junior BRs for the game. Let’s get this done.

 

[bigm386]

As long as we can avoid making Ben Keays

2

Ben Keays

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.1

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.9

5star

G

0.4

3star

D

13.7

3star

K

8.7

3star

HB

5.0

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.7

4star

G

0.3

3star

D

13.0

4star

K

4.8

2star

HB

8.2

5star

M

1.4

2star

T

4.4

5star

G

0.4

3star

look like Gary Ablett I'm happy