Game Day Round 10: Collingwood v Carlton, Sunday 21 May, 3.20pm

[sideswipe]

Vossy won't see out the season. Contracts don't mean much in professional sports.

They do when a club has to pay them out - not only the financial impact, also to the soft cap. But who knows, there might be a termination clause of say 6 months pay?

 

[RAPPA]

Look, I think if the Pies rest JDG, Pendles, Moore, Jaicos, Naicos, Elliott, Adams, McCreary and Sidey, then Carlton May put up a competitive and compelling opening quarter.

 

[sr36]

I think Jen is just pointing out that it's not her decision.

Cameron will definitely come in and some poor bloke is going to be sub that doesn't deserve the "demotion".

Fly basically said the other day that unless there's injuries - he will rotate the sub.
I quite like the idea of a fresh Beau McCreery coming on in the last quarter and a half of a close game - it wouldn't stay close.

 

[nahnah]

Top of the ladder barely lost a game in over a year and so much doubt in the fan base meanwhile the Carlton fans win 1.5 games in a row and have the unearned confidence of a Geelong fan

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

I’d like Cameron to get some miles in the vfl for a week but not sure that will happen

In Cameron
Out Ginnivan ( sub).

Edit…… mccreery also a possibility. Think it would be a forward though.

 

[Scodog10]

Go take a look at their results this season, especially the last 5 rounds. They have been fluckin horrendous.

They are looking down the barrel of a disastrous season.

If Vossy wasn't contracted for 2024, he would be in serious strife in a month or so. He still might be. Mathieson is causing trouble already.

What’s with that? Powerbrokers lobbing grenades isn’t helping anyone. Glad it’s them of course, but it makes zero sense to me to be airing dirty laundry through the media. As Whately said on Crunch Time it sounded like the comments of a disgruntled talkback caller not someone that’s had the ear of many a Carlton board member over the years. If that’s the attitude once he’s frozen out it seems to have been the right call, IMO.

Agree with your assessment of them on field. McKay finding his kicking boots is the only itch I can’t scratch especially without Frampton I think he’ll get some looks.

 

[domus]

I’d like Cameron to get some miles in the vfl for a week but not sure that will happen

In Cameron
Out Ginnivan ( sub).

Edit…… mccreery also a possibility. Think it would be a forward though.

These days players seem to come straight back in which makes sense. Wade really puts them through their paces and you can reinjure a shoulder or knee just as easily in the VFL.

 

[Scodog10]

I’d like Cameron to get some miles in the vfl for a week but not sure that will happen

In Cameron
Out Ginnivan ( sub).

Edit…… mccreery also a possibility. Think it would be a forward though.

The VFL bye always seem to fall at a rough time for us. If he’s passed fit he’ll play senior’s because they won’t hold him back until v WC just to get him some VFL minutes.

 

[Kes1984]

I feel like the sub now needs to be used for player management. Of course, if we get an injury early in the game, the sub comes on early and plays out most of the game. But all going well, you bring them on late in the third and so it's a tool for player management. So I feel like it really could be anyone used as a sub. It's a demotion of sorts, but we can't fit everyone we'd like to see in the side, in the side! So sub is better than going back to the twos. Might find we have some high quality subs as we get a shorter injury list.

Still have memories of Didak as a super sub on a few occasions in the early 2000s. It can be such a weapon.

 

[Pistol Night]

In - The Grim Reaper
Out - Voss

 

[domus]

That's largely because we were abysmal that night. It's hard to see how they wouldn't have run up a score between them.

If we outplay Carlton and don't allow them an endless flow of supply to the two keys they shouldn't really be a large issue. It would be hard to completely nullify them, they'll likely kick a few between them but they should not be the reason we lose, if we were to.

We also had no ruckmen and others missing whereas they are yet to have a blood nose let alone a serious injury to anyone on their list. If one or two of their talls go down they are nothing special. Imagine if we had been injury free all year.

 

[Moore of the Same]

I have a lot of Blues mates. They are all quietly confident that they will roll us on Sunday. Mind you they are confident before every game. Very deluded bunch.

Really? All of mine are terrified. As they should be. Their last few weeks will feel like a pleasure cruise compared to the storm coming on Sunday.

 

[Moore of the Same]

I’d like Cameron to get some miles in the vfl for a week but not sure that will happen

In Cameron
Out Ginnivan ( sub).

Edit…… mccreery also a possibility. Think it would be a forward though.

McReery is undroppable. It's McReery, Daicos and 21 others.

 

[Pistol Night]

I have a lot of Blues mates. They are all quietly confident that they will roll us on Sunday. Mind you they are confident before every game. Very deluded bunch.

I think they're in the denial stage of grieving

 

[PIEWITHSAUCE]

We have a bye this week.

harsh but fair

 

[domus]

I'm always nervous before most games. I've been bitten too often not to be wary. Perhaps the media storm about their slow ball movement will finally have an impact of Voss and they may go for broke and get it in quickly to their two big key forwards. Murphy on Curnow is a worry if isolated.

 

[sideswipe]

We also had no ruckmen and others missing whereas they are yet to have a blood nose let alone a serious injury to anyone on their list. If one or two of their talls go down they are nothing special. Imagine if we had been injury free all year.

They did have Sam Walsh out for the first four rounds, but that's when they were winning/drawing. They have a few other lesser lights as well, like Williams et al.

 

[Pistol Night]

How the hell is Ed Curnow still playing? I thought he retired 5 years ago

 

[sideswipe]

How the hell is Ed Curnow still playing? I thought he retired 5 years ago

Crazy Vossy might try to have him take Nicky D. The Curnows are that thick that Ed would probably go to Josh.

 

[Pistol Night]

Crazy Vossy might try to have him take Nicky D. The Curnows are that thick that Ed would probably go to Josh.

Or sit with Peter in the stands where he should be

 

[Moore of the Same]

I'm always nervous before most games. I've been bitten too often not to be wary. Perhaps the media storm about their slow ball movement will finally have an impact of Voss and they may go for broke and get it in quickly to their two big key forwards. Murphy on Curnow is a worry if isolated.

This is the only minor concern. When they went for it in the two games against us last year, they got on top. Its also their grand final this week. That being said, they have the kind of mental fragility that hasn't been seen since the French armed forces in 1940, and a coach whose playing style is 5 years past its use by date.

 

[MAGP1ES]

Why not make Cameron the sub?

 

[gerryg400]

harsh but fair

Lol. But I actually meant the vfl team.

 

[PIEWITHSAUCE]

Lol. But I actually meant the vfl team.

I know...............just saw the quote and had to use it

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

If Cameron is good to go, the only change I see is maybe AJ gets a rest this week...only because he was getting pretty banged up yesterday. Wouldn't be surprised if Fly named Harrison as sub. He impressed me the most with his quick thinking, pace and footy smarts in yesterday's VFL game.