Preview Round 3, 2022: Blues v Hawks, 1:10pm Sunday 3rd April, MCG

[Ned Ryerson]

Howe, Long, Day

About 24 hours.

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

Will Day

12

Will Day

Age

23

Ht

191cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

7.5

5star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.5

2star

D

17.5

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

7.5

4star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.0

2star

CL

0.5

3star

D

17.5

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

7.5

5star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.5

3star

, Changkuoth Jiath

9

Changkuoth Jiath

Age

25

Ht

185cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.5

4star

K

5.0

2star

HB

9.5

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.5

4star

MG

91.0

1star

No current season stats available

D

14.5

4star

K

5.0

2star

HB

9.5

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.5

4star

MG

91.0

2star

, Conor Nash

11

Conor Nash

Age

26

Ht

198cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.7

2star

K

3.9

2star

HB

4.8

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.1

5star

CL

0.3

2star

No current season stats available

D

8.4

3star

K

4.2

2star

HB

4.2

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.0

5star

CL

0.2

2star

, Ned Reeves are my Inter picks. Howe, med sub.

 

[chopflop]

Day, Jiath, Nash, Reeves as the bench with Maginness as the sub I;d imagine, harsh on Philips not even being named.

Reckon they are rotating the sub to give him a full game in the twos.

Maginness sub for me also. But, I won't be surprised if he isn't.

 

[hawkman]

No McGovern or McDonald for them. One area we can really take advantage of

 

[threesixpio]

It’s Day or Howe for Finn probably

 

[threesixpio]

About 24 hours.

 

[Slainte]

Carlton looking a bit undersized in the back half. Lewis, Gunston and McEvoy could really stretch them if they get reasonable service.

 

[Pessimistic]

Reckon they are rotating the sub to give him a full game in the twos.

Maginness sub for me also. But, I won't be surprised if he isn't.

The standard will be a runner as sub. And rotated because…they need to run

 

[Flukey!]

Carlton looking a bit undersized in the back half. Lewis, Gunston and McEvoy could really stretch them if they get reasonable service.

And I wonder if that is why Kosi is being considered to stretch them further again..

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Safe to say that Liam Shiels

14

Liam Shiels

Age

33

Ht

184cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.2

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

8.5

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.9

5star

CL

3.4

5star

D

17.4

4star

K

10.4

4star

HB

7.0

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.1

5star

CL

1.9

4star

D

12.2

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.8

5star

’ omission last week wasn’t purely due to his impending fatherhood?

 

[threesixpio]

And I wonder if that is why Kosi is being considered to stretch them further again..

Would be interesting to see how horses for courses we will be.

But maybe the deficit in clearances is where change will come from.

 

[TylerDurden]

Weitering one out against Lewis.
Who takes Gunston and McEvoy??
Plowman.
Good luck.

 

[madhawksfan]

Still doubtful Chad will be risked given his history of soft tissue issues. Can smell the old mate out card being pulled.

Reckon it’ll end up Chad and Phillips out with Day and Howe in. Either Finn or Howe to be sub.

 

[H00t]

And I wonder if that is why Kosi is being considered to stretch them further again..

Maybe, but one of the advantages we’ve had the last 2 games has been our mobile forward line. Constantly getting up and down the field. Going tall would negate this.

Having an open forward line also favours smarter forwards. I’m not sure Kosi has the forward craft yet. I could see him getting in the dangerous space.

 

[WWSD]

Long won’t be too far off from a debut. He showed some good signs playing for Box Hill last week.

 

[chopflop]

Weitering to Lewis
Young to big boy
Plowman to Gunston

Only way they can structure up. They have no logical third man up or interceptors.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Weitering to Lewis
Young to big boy
Plowman to Gunston

Only way they can structure up. They have no logical third man up or interceptors.

Is McGovern not playing?

 

[Pessimistic]

Safe to say that Liam Shiels’ omission last week wasn’t purely due to his impending fatherhood?

Wasn’t named for box hill either?

 

[TylerDurden]

Is McGovern not playing?

Hammy.
Oscar out too.

 

[killerspud]

I'm not sure that's the best match up. I think Duke would be better.

You are both right - rotate them on him and force him to play his absolute best for them to win. Now is a good time for the unsociable hawks to surface.

Cripps is 9 cm taller than Newcombe. Would make it easy for him to be a regular marking target between the arcs (which he's very good at). Nash at 197cm is the logical choice, or Howe (191cm) if he comes in. Both can compete with Cripps in the air. That's our main weakness in the midfield. Too many chunky short people

About 24 hours.

You win the internet today

 

[marklar]

Safe to say that Liam Shiels’ omission last week wasn’t purely due to his impending fatherhood?

Purely depth now, we have lots of young mids that need game time this year even if it costs us some close ones.

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

Long won’t be too far off from a debut. He showed some good signs playing for Box Hill last week.

Serong, Howe and Callow were better.
Serong looked really good.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Maybe, but one of the advantages we’ve had the last 2 games has been our mobile forward line. Constantly getting up and down the field. Going tall would negate this.

Having an open forward line also favours smarter forwards. I’m not sure Kosi has the forward craft yet. I could see him getting in the dangerous space.

Would be a very big call indeed to bring another tall forward into a side that has just kicked 120 points!

Also I am not really sure you can carry two 199cm players in a forward line these days.

Seems a better mix is one big key forward (Lewis) then one medium/tall forward (Gunston) with the rest small forwards/high half forward types. If you need another big marking target Big Boy can always rotate from the ruck to the forward pocket.

I suppose the Blues are currently playing with two big units in Curnow and McKay but Curnow is very agile and covers a lot of ground for man his size.

 

[rei154]

I'd imagine it'll be:
in: Day, Howe (sub)
out: Chad, Philips

What I'd like:
In: Day, Long
out: Chad, Philips
Finn sub

Long has a massive tank and has the ability to rest forward (and play with the frame of a kpp) and could be a big boost to our rotational strength.
Don't like Finn being the sub and would rather him on the ground, but this makes the most sense positionally for me. Finn or JOM or Worps to sub would be what I'd like.

 

[threesixpio]

Chad? Chad ain’t going nowhere surely