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Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #75 –
Quote from: madbluboy on
Carroll, Fantasia and Durdin have been just rotating the bottom 2 spots.

Fantasia has footy smarts and experience over the other two, but it would be nice if he troubled the scorers. 

Carroll (hopefully) and Durdin have time on their side to gain experience and develop their game but I think that the MC values what Fantasia brings in terms of his ability to perform a role.

The fact those three are fighting for the last two spots is encouraging, particularly as we have some arguably best 23 contenders to come back.

“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?”  Oddball

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #76 –
Interesting out for Geelong...Stanley is out injured yet named as an emergency.. Im calling that dropped. Blicavs to ruck alone unless they make a last minute change. Maybe they have just conceded the ruck and want a mobile group of ball winners in the middle to rove to TDK.

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #77 –
Our line-up:

B: [37] Jordan Boyd,  [23] Jacob Weitering,  [17] Brodie Kemp
HB:  [24] Nic Newman,  [11] Mitch McGovern,  [42] Adam Saad
C:  [4] Oliver Hollands,  [9] Patrick Cripps,  [13] Blake Acres
HF:  [8] Lachie Fogarty,  [10] Harry McKay,  [6] Zac Williams
F:  [44] Matthew Owies,  [30] Charlie Curnow,  [39] Alex Cincotta
R:  [12] Tom De Koning,  [18] Sam Walsh,  [29] George Hewett
Int:  [2] Lachlan Cowan,  [7] Matthew Kennedy,  [20] Elijah Hollands,  [19] Corey Durdin,  [14] Orazio Fantasia

Em:  [3] Jesse Motlop,  [22] Caleb Marchbank,  [27] Marc Pittonet

I'd rather have Pitto play, but ...
I'm glad Marchbank didn't get the gig: he couldn't keep up with Cameron.
Cameron is the one we have to squash. He's kicked too many goals against us recently.
Live Long and Prosper!

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #78 –
Motlop an in next week, probably. MC might have thought he needs another week to get fresh.

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #79 –
Geelong are massively undersized in the ruck. Blicavs and the 2nd ruck will have a long night ahead of them, Tom and Harry should be fine. Tom especially could be in for a best in his career performance.

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #80 –
EB....I wouldn't be surprised if there's a late change and Stanley comes back in...or the other ruckman. Hard to see them just going with Blicsav....who would their backup ruckman be for 5-8 minutes each quarter? Blicsav can run all day but doing it while rucking would be a huge effort.

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #81 –
We smashed them in the ruck and in the centre last time. It did not matter, we couldn't stop their rebound.
2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #82 –
Yep so this time around we will break even in the ruck, but they have a new clearance beast to worry about in De Koning.  I reckon they will counter punch us again.  Lets hope our players dont become too reactive like last time and go closing down the ball carrier between the arcs leaving outnumbers in defensive fifty.  There were at least 6 to 8 goals that could have been prevented just by holding position last time.

"everything you know is wrong"

Paul Hewson

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #83 –
Last time we played them we didn't have Saad or McGovern, relying on Young, and Stengle got off the hook multiple times.

Also at the other end of the ground they cleaned up pretty everything at ground level inside our F50, we had four lightweight SF players in Carroll, Owies, Ollie and Binns who barely touched it out bodied by the heavier Handbagger defence. It won't be so easy with Williams in our F50, but they have Stewart back to compliment Guthrie and Tuohy.

TDK will have a much tougher gig this week, TDK will probably win the taps but find it much harder to follow up against Blicsavs. But at least if Blicsavs is focussed on TDK he can't be also guarding Cripps. As long as the umpires don't change the ruck rules half way through the game like they did last time, hopefully Scott's complaints have no impact.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #84 –
Still not getting the hostility towards Fantasia. Has played 10 games this year, and as per the club's official statement, missed the R13 Essendon game with a shoulder injury.  And back in tonight.

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #85 –
Just have to trust the MC.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #86 –
We are a different team than when we played them last, we now have a fit team playing well and they are on the slide.
2024... Moir of the same to come

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #87 –
Quote from: PaulP on
Still not getting the hostility towards Fantasia. Has played 10 games this year, and as per the club's official statement, missed the R13 Essendon game with a shoulder injury.  And back in tonight.

He's just no good , simple. He's off the pace, fumbly under pressure, doesn't hit the scoreboard- need I go on?

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #88 –
Quote from: BluePhantom on
We are a different team than when we played them last, we now have a fit team playing well and they are on the slide.
Fogarty was out back in Rnd 7 as well, someone I forgot to mention.

Could we, should we take someone like Stewart, Tuohy or Guthrie out of the game by having Cincotta tag them?
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"

Re: AFL Rd 15 2024 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #89 –
Stewart was missing last time IIRC, he is a huge in for them