Preview 2024 Rd 9 Carlton vs Melbourne Thursday 9th May 7:30PM @ MCG

[Aphrodite]

Team is in …


IN: Ollie Hollands, Brodie Kemp, Jack Martin

21

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

, Mitch McGovern

11

Mitch Mcgovern

Age

30

Ht

190cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.1

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

2.9

3star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.2

4star

MG

189.8

3star

D

7.6

2star

K

6.5

3star

HB

1.1

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.9

3star

MG

179.6

3star

D

10.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.0

5star

MG

218.0

4star

OUT: Zac Williams (glute soreness), David Cuningham

28

David Cuningham

Age

27

Ht

183cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.3

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.3

5star

G

0.5

3star

D

12.1

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

5.6

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.1

3star

G

0.4

3star

D

11.8

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

5.6

5star

G

0.4

3star

, Orazio Fantasia

14

Orazio Fantasia

Age

29

Ht

180cm

Wt

73kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

3.1

5star

G

1.4

5star

D

9.8

2star

K

5.4

2star

HB

4.4

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.2

2star

G

0.2

3star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

7.4

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.0

1star

, Lewis Young

33

Lewis Young

Age

25

Ht

202cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.6

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

197.9

3star

D

4.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

1.0

1star

M

3.0

3star

T

0.0

1star

MG

26.0

1star

D

14.4

4star

K

8.2

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

2.0

4star

MG

181.6

3star

AFL team selection: Blues recall four

Carlton's Round 9 team is in.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Round 9 team v Melbourne
Backs:	Brodie Kemp	Jacob Weitering	Lachie Cowan
Half-backs:	Alex Cincotta	Mitch McGovern	Nic Newman
Centreline:	Ollie Hollands	Patrick Cripps	Blake Acres
Half-forwards:	Jack Martin	Harry McKay	Elijah Hollands
Forwards:	Matthew Owies	Charlie Curnow	Tom De Koning
Followers:	Marc Pittonet	Sam Walsh	Matthew Kennedy
Interchange:	Jordan Boyd	Adam Cerra	Matthew Cottrell
	Corey Durdin	George Hewett
Emergencies:	David Cuningham	Orazio Fantasia	Lewis Young

 

[Blue Reaper]

Coming down for my 3rd game of the year. Giddy up. Get it done boys.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

But how many chains ?

Steady on, not that old!

 

[BigFrizz36]

Grew up a Blues fan that will help us keep him

At worst the AFL will be throwing out great compo picks to entice Tasmanians to go home. We'll go o.k. out of it whether he stays or goes. Prefer him to stay though (unless he nets us a ridiculously high pick)

 

[BigFrizz36]

Steady on, not that old!

Should be o.k. I'm not going down having been to the crows and pies games.

 

[Pater44]

That's right, they all hate us. It's why we're number 1 in the free kick differential table.

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There is a major difference between free kicks to advantage or detrement... We get free kicks paid when we already have marked the ball, or to bring us back behind the mark. Were trying to play on but called back to kick over the mark just because

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[Fabab]

Who are we going to tag #22 Williamson with,he is brutal in our games .

 

[teagueyubeauty]

Didn't he win the reserves B&F?
So what's the next level?
Surely that gets him a starting guernsey for a game. Can't be worse than fantasia.

B n F and VFL team of the year, in his first season playing against men…


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[teagueyubeauty]

Reckon the umpire thing is way overblown. Every time #22 gets mentioned I watch for him during the game and he's never meaningfully different to any of the others. Must have been one or two bad games a while back and now the narrative is set in concrete.

He’s been serviceable recently, deadset cheat in many games against us though.

Freo fans also think he’s a cheat, so not just Carlton

Stevic is a good umpire though, so evens itself out I suppose


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[Jimmae]

No points for guessing that we're going to play compact and largely through the corridor...

Wonder if we'll go 5 forwards with with a tall continuously presenting on the wing when we don't have the ball? Wing setup continues to be concerning, doubly so if Hollands doesn't come back fresh.

Guessing they had to pick one of Martin and Cuningham.

 

[no fate]

Pretty happy with our ins and outs, the outs are all well justified.

Glute soreness comes from having your butt kicked doesn't it? No wonder.

 

[The Fantom]

Pretty happy with our ins and outs, the outs are all well justified.

Glute soreness comes from having your butt kicked doesn't it? No wonder.

Not really liking all the hate on here for Williams. We should support our players not bag them, he’s had a rough 12 months.

 

[Blue1980]

Imagine come last game of the year both Charlie and Harry fighting for the coleman…….not completely out of the question.


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While also trying to win to get a spot in the 8.

 

[Blue1980]

Not really liking all the hate on here for Williams. We should support our players not bag them, he’s had a rough 12 months.

I think he was going well until he got injured v GWS.

Then he has a couple of bad games and people are making out he’s been shit the whole time, and linking it to their frustration with his injuries.

He also played well in the games he played 2022 as well, and was fine later in 2021 after we stopped trying to pretend he was a full time midfielder.

 

[JustOneTime]

Looking for the defence to up their game this weekend and stop the down the wings movement.

They need to take the game on a bit more with overlap run which will help the midfielders use the corridor. Right now most of our defenders are in self preservation mode.

Really hasnt helped those injuries and resorting to second choice.

 

[Red_man2008]

Kingy on afl360 showed heaps of vision of us being unclean below our knees. If we clean that up we can get heaps more territory compared to the last two weeks. Glaringly obvious issues at ground level.

 

[OnceWeWereKings]

Kingy on afl360 showed heaps of vision of us being unclean below our knees. If we clean that up we can get heaps more territory compared to the last two weeks. Glaringly obvious issues at ground level.

Against the Pies? Whilst no excuse, the dew at the ‘G for night games over the last couple of weeks has made the ball like a cake of soap.
The Geelong Melbourne match was very similar.
From my perspective “expert analysis” for the most part is goldfish inspired TV filler.
In saying that you could see Vossy’s frustration around over possessing the football and not getting it forward last week.
Makes easier to be clean if your handballs hit a chest or hands rather than the ground or ankles like they did last week. Couldn’t believe how poor we were by hand.

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Reckon they've thrown a challenge to him going head to head with Windsor

That’ll be interesting if it happens - good match up for Ollie.

 

[GapInIkonPark]

Expecting Durdin as sub.
Don’t want any of the other 4 (Hewitt, Cerra, Cottrell, Boyd) as subs.
Thought we missed a trick in having Kennedy as sub last week.

Martin gives us an option where defenders are drawn away or when our players lower their eyes.

McGovern improves our defence and transition out of defence.

Like that we are getting games into Cowan.

Dropping players to VFL for a week and then back in … Kemp and Ollie H … not ideal.

Do we all think the pecking order for small forwards is:
Motlop, Fogarty, Owies, Durdin, Fantasia ?

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Lose this and we tumble out of the 8

And not getting any easier with swannies next up

Start of the season I was thinking we’ll make top 4….

Now I’m hoping we just make the 8

An amazingly positive & inspirational post - thanks for sharing.

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Durds needs a fire lit underneath him. He lacks urgency. I believe he has the goods to make it (speed and skill) and doesn't appear to shirk contests but just doesn't get to enough of them. Show us what you're capable of Durds. Please.

Give him a tackle commission target…

Not paid unless he gets 5 tackles per qtr!

Every tackle above 5 he gets $1000 bonus

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Who do we send to Petracca?

Oliver?

Win/win.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Bounce the ball FFS!!!

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

Major defensive lapses and not going when he had the chance on several occasions not to mention simple turnovers

durdin was far far worse. Cunners at least gets into position to make plays. Even if he didn't end up making them first game back. Durds sits next to security until the balls in deep F50 chatting and drinking tea

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

Yep.
He's got the athleticism to blow May up, if he opts to engage in the wrestle again, it's just dumb footy & given a decent amount of our entries go in his direction, allows them to set their defence up to counter us.

He hasn't been able to run properly for weeks

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

Kingy on afl360 showed heaps of vision of us being unclean below our knees. If we clean that up we can get heaps more territory compared to the last two weeks. Glaringly obvious issues at ground level.

Playing with tension causes fumbles and bad decision making. They gotta just 'play' and not try too hard