Preview RND 5 - Carlton v West Coast - 4:35PM Saturday 21st April @ MCG

[ferrisb]

Got a horrible feeling wet toast by 200 and Kennedy to kick 18

Everybody is overreacting.

Stop Fanning the flames

 

[footyfan1978]

My comments Monday.

If Kruezer is out this week, medical and fitness type staff need to be sacked.

Having said that, Bolton did say Kruezer was just rested to look after him when game was done so I am assuming he is playing next week. If not I will be seriously pissed off the mis-information going on from our club to our own fans.

Whilst I am in a ranting mood, my ******* pet hate has come up again. Our VFL team has another untimely bye coming up. This is just bullshit. The sooner we get our own stand-alone team and proper reserves league so seconds fixtures aligned with seniors the better. We want to get games in Harry McKay for be fit to play seniors but then a bloody bye comes up. I really hate this shit. Same deal with Lang. If he ready to come back next week you almost forced to pick straight in seniors just to get some footy into his legs.
Our club should be lobbying for reserves grade in league asap. I hate the present situation with a passion of our VFL team is so removed from schedule of our senior team.

Dylan Buckley used to finish games, look like a stuffed ankle earlier in game and then week or two later, same bloody shit. I remember Yarran have similar issues. I will be convinced Kennedy is ok when he plays 3 weeks straight without seeing an issue with his ankle. Concerned!!!

OUT

• Jacob Weitering (Injured),
• David Cuningham (Omitted),
• Nick Graham (Omitted),
• Matthew Kennedy (Injured),
• Matthew Kreuzer (Injured)

Who the **** is our conditioning coach? Is it just bad luck we're getting all these injuries or is it something we can do better to actually avoid?

It would be nice to hit a side as injury hit as us for once. Redden, Shuey and Josh Kennedy out would give our kids a fighting chance. With our luck of recent two decades they will all get up and we have a late out like Simpson or a Curnow on weekend.

http://www.watoday.com.au/afl/west-...-eagle-with-ankle-injury-20180417-p4za1f.html

Venables, Shepperd and Shuey all look like missing.

Shuey, Kennedy and Nick Nat all playing. We cannot take a trick in timing.

This is the kind of game we may just win. Then what would happen?

Some of us would celebrate it like it our best win since 1995 grand final given how every ****ing thing you can find is against us winning this week.

 

[bluedabadee]

Crowd estimate?

1/4 time 23500
1/2 time 23500
3/4 time 23500
1/2 way thru the last quarter scoreboard says 23500

seen by 1725

 

[ferrisb]

The big news is that this is the first team with Fish, Cripps and Sauce.

Plus a Plowman's lunch with some Lamb, Mullett and a few spuds....

 

[ferrisb]

which post the team ffs?

Just search for 'Cuningham', '****', 'WTF?!?!?!?!' or '****ity **** ****!'

It'll be the post immediately before those....

 

[bigm386]

Would be surprised if they get 25k at the game

 

[ferrisb]

Cuningham is not in the kid category anymore. 3rd year mid.

Unless you're a Chris Judd/Joel Selwood, I think the start of your 3rd season is still pretty early days for a mid.

Since when is a 20yo (or a 21yo) an experienced player and expected to be fully developed?

 

[footyfan1978]

Would be surprised if they get 25k at the game

If ever you are going to be a supporter and really support young players in their league infancy when times are tough, this week is one any self-respecting Carlton supporter that understands what the word supports means go out of their way to get along to if at all possible. Having said that, think you are right as every club here seems to have about 20,000 types that stick with their club through thick and thin. This is a thin period. Those the follow a club , rather than support, will find other things to do and look to go in better times.
If we get 30K would be impressed in circumstances.

 

[ferrisb]

So, Cunners is out.

Does Bolts understand how ****ing uncool that is?

 

[JustaBattler]

The thing that has stood out for me has been his clean ball use. That is highlighted by his 82% efficiency.
Whilst he hasn’t set the world alight I think he deserve a longer crack. He’s a legitimate part of our future, mullet is not.
Playing Cunners over Mullet now won’t cost us games now, as there aren’t many we are a live hope in at the moment with this injury list.
But playing him over Mullet now might help change the results of games in 12-24 months time.

No doubt Bolton is making some point to Cuningham - and maybe a few other younger players.

 

[Soapy V]

Still disappointed Cuningham not playing. Side decimated with injuries and No VFL game. Like to know reasoning

Our injury list though. Bloody Hell. That would cruel any side let alone one rebuilding

 

[Just Kreuzing]

No doubt Bolton is making some point to Cuningham - and maybe a few other younger players.

Thought the same, and hopefully he learns and grows from it if that is the case, its called coaching/development.

 

[bigm386]

If ever you are going to be a supporter and really support young players in their league infancy when times are tough, this week is one any self-respecting Carlton supporter that understands what the word supports means go out of their way to get along to if at all possible. Having said that, think you are right as every club here seems to have about 20,000 types that stick with their club through thick and thin. This is a thin period. Those the follow a club , rather than support, will find other things to do and look to go in better times.
If we get 30K would be impressed in circumstances.

I just base it on we had 28kish at the GCS game when we had a bit more hope

 

[PrinceCharles]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned or not but you can get $16 on Sportsbet for Josh Kennedy to outscore us for those like myself who are thinking the worst about Saturday.

Can't get away from these bloody sportsbetting ads.

 

[Just Kreuzing]

Everybody is overreacting.

Stop Fanning the flames

And flaming the fans....

 

[footyfan1978]

I just base it on we had 28kish at the GCS game when we had a bit more hope

You will be around the mark but most of us hate Docklands so ground figures there compared to the G not always going to be best indicator for a twilight game at G.

 

[footyfan1978]

Thought the same, and hopefully he learns and grows from it if that is the case, its called coaching/development.

Yes, my wild guess is it would be something like running patterns they were not happy with and need him to work on. Needs to get ball more and they want him with ball but if not getting it enough as running player, got to wonder if was running in right places to get more of the ball. Not being at game, impossible to know just seeing on tv.

 

[Just Kreuzing]

Can't get away from these bloody sportsbetting ads.

Think you're a $1.45 to get a like for this....

 

[thylacine60]

Unless you're a Chris Judd/Joel Selwood, I think the start of your 3rd season is still pretty early days for a mid.

Since when is a 20yo (or a 21yo) an experienced player and expected to be fully developed?

since BigFooty

 

[Abyss]

Stop Fanning

That rings a bell

 

[Navara79]

Bolts usually fronts the media before training on Fridays. Looking forward to what he has to say.

 

[HBF]

So, Cunners is out.

Does Bolts understand how ****ing uncool that is?

He'd have to consider himself bloody unlucky.

 

[CJMB]

Docherty. Kreuzer. Murphy. Marchbank. Kennedy. Lang. Pickett. Williamson. A Silvagni. Weitering. Cuningham. Byrne. Macreadie.

Going to be good watching some of those names make their way back onto the team sheet over the next 12 months.

But for now... this is going to be painful.

Pretty crazy to think that 13 players who are best 22 or thereabouts are missing for whatever reasons.

By the end of this season our team will be just about unrecognisable compared to this week.

Not expecting a win or even a close loss. Just want to see effort, endeavour, and signs of improvement.

Go Blues.


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[HARKER]

Docherty. Kreuzer. Murphy. Marchbank. Kennedy. Lang. Pickett. Williamson. A Silvagni. Weitering. Cuningham. Byrne. Macreadie.
Pretty crazy to think that 14 players who are best 22 or thereabouts are missing for whatever reasons.

By the end of this season our team will be just about unrecognisable compared to this week.

Not expecting a win or even a close loss. Just want to see effort, endeavour, and signs of improvement.

Go Blues.


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I blame Soapy.
He said we'd be playing the likes of Schumacher, De Koning and LeBois through the course of the year and at this rate......he'll be right.

I'd say we have the better half of our best team out, than we have in.
Not even GWS through their terrible injury runs in the past couple of years had those sorts of numbers fronting up.

 

[LanceRomance]

Last time we had a 22 this week would have been in 2013 when MM put bootsma on riewoldt.

Hilariously, we won that game.