Preview 2025 Rd 3 Carlton vs Western Bulldogs Friday 28th March 7:40PM AEDT @ Marvel Stadium

[Aphrodite]

Team is in …

AFL team news: Blues recall two

The Blues have made two changes for the Round 3 clash with the Western Bulldogs.

www.carltonfc.com.au

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[Beyond Blue]

I’m not sure it matters who we pick. For years we have played to the level of the opposition week in week out. Be it Richmond one week or Hawthorn the next. The players get comfortable with the flow of the game especially when they get in front but there is is no killer instinct to drive harder when things get easier or harder. They’ve been mollycoddled all their careers and it shows in the standard they seek to achieve which is mediocrity. Outside of beating up the Eagles who have been VFL team standard we’ve rarely thrashed sides. Bont/no Bont it doesn’t matter. We will play to the level and never aspire to go up a gear. I expect we’ll be in the game for periods only for another 3-4 goal loss.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Get him in and give him the kickouts please Vossy.

 

[Rustica]

Get him in and give him the kickouts please Vossy.

Elite

 

[teknodeejay]

Imagine Boyd is straight in. For whom is the question.

Everyone knows who should be dropped.

They’ll probably pick on Cowan or Camporeale or Lord.

 

[Accidental genius]

Get him in and give him the kickouts please Vossy.

Yeah he's needed alright...

He takes possession, he looks ahead and assesses his options and then executes accordingly

and other players run into space to provide options for the ball carrier

so simple....

 

[GoBlues!]

Imagine Boyd is straight in. For whom is the question.

Everyone knows who should be dropped.

They’ll probably pick on Cowan or Camporeale or Lord.

We don’t have great depth of players who are great kicks and can be effectively involved in transition plays without it breaking down.

Players like Boyd, Elijah and even Fantasia are the better kicks. Unfortunately all out atm for various reasons is hurting us. They will be very welcome inclusions in the coming weeks and could easily replace the likes of Haynes, Fogarty, Lucas or Cottrell.

 

[Lukeblueboy]

Get him in and give him the kickouts please Vossy.

And let him play his natural bloody game and run and create

 

[bmaurizio]

This game will be another tough, rough and fast game. Dogs are no pushovers, got my fingers crossed no further injuries.

 

[Accidental genius]

This game will be another tough, rough and fast game. Dogs are no pushovers, got my fingers crossed no further injuries.

Bont is still out for them but I agree it won’t be an easy game for us (we lost to tiggies draftees )

 

[MPH78]

IF we are to salvage this season, we simply must win this game.

Going to be all sorts of ugly if we don’t.

 

[Jimmyonesix]

Message for the coaches-- In this game the fwds kick goals and the defenders try to stop them-- Not the fwds constantly defend the defenders then run that far out of there zone they defend the opposition fwds aswell ..

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Unfortunately, we don't have anyone that can cover the loss of Newman at the moment

You might be right. I'd at least like to try our AA HBF back in his best position, rather than giving up on him completely.

 

[Arr0w]

You might be right. I'd at least like to try our AA HBF back in his best position, rather than giving up on him completely.

I'd hope no one would be giving up on Doc, or any of our players for that matter

 

[The Blue Weirdo]

Voss, assistants and Charlie need to embrace 1 of 2 concepts

Either he roams the 50, push up the ground and doubles back, etc

Or

Starts from the square, lead hard at the drop of the ball

I'm over the wrestling

Charlie always seems to be given permanent injury or fitness excuses.

 

[The Blue Weirdo]

Gotta come down to game style pushed by the coach.
Crash and bash, rinse repeat.
Would wear anyone out.

...and nobody in position to receive and create an outlet.
This gameplan would weaken the fittest teams.

 

[Lukeblueboy]

Just wanna get that first win on the board.
And who knows, that little bit of confidence we gain from it could spring us into life

 

[CaptainCharisma]

Boyd in for Haynes
McKay in for Young

Kemp back. Silvagni forward.

I'd like to see some more changes (Docherty, Fogarty) but they just won't happen under the current match committee until the door is bashed down in the 2s.
They are more likely to drop Cowan and L. Campo.

From the injury list we should get a handful more back in to the 2s (Durdin, Monahan, O'Farrell and O'Keefe due back) and more game time into the kids that played last week to hopefully put some pressure on the 1s.

I am hoping it is just form and confidence stifling our game play but I have a feeling we aren't going to be coached to use the overlapping run and handball chains through the middle that most teams are going for this season.

Charlie will be better for the run last week.
It is a debacle we are sitting at 0-2 right now but the crap I'm seeing about him here and on socials is moronic.
He had 2 separate pre-season surgeries after finishing last year on one leg... If you thought he'd come in and dominate Barrass, Battle and Sicily on a wet night with our delivery to the forwards then I don't know what to tell you.

This is simply must win with the Dogs injury list.
Lose this going into the Collingwood game 0-3 and it has all the markers of a season implosion.

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

I'd hope no one would be giving up on Doc, or any of our players for that matter

Unfortunately there's been calls of immediate retirement and such.
He's obviously struggling, but I don't think he's ever been anywhere near as good in the middle as he was in the backline.
I'm honestly surprised we persisted with it for so long.
I love Doc, but I'm also happy to move past him if that's where the list is at. I'm also happy to give him a chance to prove himself again back in his old role.
We have to be ruthless, but we also have to give our players the best chance to succeed.

 

[TwiggleyFanClub]

We need to double team Darcy and badly. Kid’s a freak and I’m expecting him to do very bad things to us.
Someone’s gonna cop a beating trying to cut him off.

 

[Michael Jezz]

Are you new to our Board

So what is the win/loss ratio to legitimise the reaction?
When do you acknowledge the austin/voss/sayers/lloyd era a failure?

 

[DollarsandSense]

I’d love to see Charlie on the ball for a qtr or 2.
But we know how Voss coaches. Nothing creative.

 

[Michael Jezz]

We need to base selection on fitness, speed and conversion
Boyd weiters cowan
Ohollands jsos Saad
Campo cripps walsh
Cottrel mckay motlop
Kemp curnow williams
Tdk cerra hewitt

Fogarty , lord, white, acres
Sub moir
In white, boyd, moir, curnow,
Out haynes, mcgovern, young, doc

 

[Blue_Fusion]

Unfortunately there's been calls of immediate retirement and such.
He's obviously struggling, but I don't think he's ever been anywhere near as good in the middle as he was in the backline.
I'm honestly surprised we persisted with it for so long.
I love Doc, but I'm also happy to move past him if that's where the list is at. I'm also happy to give him a chance to prove himself again back in his old role.
We have to be ruthless, but we also have to give our players the best chance to succeed.

He's too fumbly to trust him in the back line now...

That missed hb in the last quarter against the Tigers, case in point...

We'd all love for his footy story to end with a fairy tale but we have to face the facts... he's had too many injuries to recover his form at almost age 32... it's unfortunate, but he's a liability out there (and not on his own btw... plenty of others too)

 

[GoBlues!]

We need to base selection on fitness, speed and conversion
Boyd weiters cowan
Ohollands jsos Saad
Campo cripps walsh
Cottrel mckay motlop
Kemp curnow williams
Tdk cerra hewitt

Fogarty , lord, white, acres
Sub moir
In white, boyd, moir, curnow,
Out haynes, mcgovern, young, doc

In: Boyd, Harry, White
Out: Haynes, Young, Fogarty

 

[Aphrodite]

So what is the win/loss ratio to legitimise the reaction?
When do you acknowledge the austin/voss/sayers/lloyd era a failure?

This is a Preview thread - Carlton v Western Bulldogs.

Stick to the topic Michael!