Preview 2023 Round 7 Carlton vs West Coast Saturday 29th April 7.30PM AEST @ Optus Stadium

[Aphrodite]

Team is in …



IN: Sam Docherty, Brodie Kemp, Adam Saad

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Adam Saad

Age

29

Ht

178cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

7.5

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.7

4star

MG

349.1

5star

D

20.7

5star

K

12.0

5star

HB

8.7

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.4

3star

MG

388.3

5star

D

17.6

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.2

3star

OUT: Lachie Cowan (managed), Jesse Motlop (suspension), Matthew Kennedy, Lochie O’Brien

AFL team selection: Docherty returns

Two All-Australian defenders are back for Round 7.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Backs:	Nic Newman	Jacob Weitering	Brodie Kemp
Half-backs:	Sam Docherty	Mitch McGovern	Adam Saad
Centreline:	Sam Walsh	Patrick Cripps	Ollie Hollands
Half-forwards:	Ed Curnow	Charlie Curnow	Jack Silvagni
Forwards:	Corey Durdin	Harry McKay	Zac Fisher
Followers:	Marc Pittonet	George Hewett	Adam Cerra
Interchange:	Blake Acres	Alex Cincotta	Josh Honey
	Lewis Young
Emergencies:	Lachie Cowan	Tom De Koning	Lachie Fogarty
	Matthew Kennedy

 

[BlueTang]

I did the same in chapel street .. was actually looking for speakers at the time as I was interested in djing .. still have them lol

I hope yours were at least okay quality, mine were absolute junk. But the packaging looked good

 

[Show_Me_The_Money]

I suspect the form of Cerra has also indirectly resulted in the dropping of Kennedy.

Cripps, Cerra, Walsh now clearly our 3 best mids. Playing Hewett and Kennedy as mids 4-5, neither of whom has a 2nd position forces us to rotate Cerra and Walsh (who are more versatile) off the ball more then we'd like to accommodate them.

We can't really afford to be doing that. Would be the same with Dow which is why we never bring him in.

Doch as 5th mid can play the majority of the game at halfback and go onball when we need him to cover rotations. We don't have to move other players out of position to accommodate him.

Makes perfect sense but you're talking about the centre bounce obviously. At least one HFF will join the mids once the ball is in general play. So there's room for all of them when you take rotations into account.

 

[Catfish blue]

So I assume Dow is never getting a game ? Haven’t seen a lot of the seconds.. but gets the pill .



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Still gets the pill. Still a clearance beast. Still a poor kick and 2-way runner. Still deserves another chance to play in the middle if selection integrity means anything.

 

[Blue since 72]

Slow ball movement can be ok, but not when there is no option to go faster.
It was infuriating how we would take a mark and just stand there, rather than take a few steps back to give the option to kick forward. All it did was give St Kilda more time to set up their defense.

No team is going to kick at 100%, so the Saints just had to wait for us to fluff a kick. Even if we went at 95%, we were still going to turn it over before we could get a decent shot at goal.

I’ve put myself through watching Pies Bombers and the Saints Port game and outside of the contest we are missing so much run from behind the ball.

We are also missing any semblance of taking the game on. All four of those teams will try the riskier kick time after time and as soon as that kick is taken numbers swarm to where the ball is going, receiver often has multiple options via handball then it’s off to the races.

Yes they * it up but not as often as they don’t, our players are playing such safe football it’s destroying our ability to get transition going, any overlap and quick entries.

Saad and Doc should help with this but also hoping Boyd gets a go and why Williams was so important structurally.

Any team will look slow when they don’t move the ball quickly.

We now know Weiters has had other things on his mind (entire life savings for someone who strikes me as prudent was probably a hellva lot of money and would be extremely hard to put behind you) but I think the entire team has put so much mental pressure on themselves to make finals that they‘ve become s**t scared of the * up.

Along with some important personal not playing and form issues for others It has compounded into slow, safe footy
and we’ve seen the game is not being played that way.

Hopefully they get their mojo back.

 

[Jimmyonesix]

We now know Weiters has had other things on his mind (entire life savings for someone who strikes me as prudent was probably a hellva lot of money and would be extremely hard to put behind you) but I think the entire team has put so much mental pressure on themselves to make finals that they‘ve become s**t scared of the * up.

This is probably a factor -- I said before something he said on SEN about not wanting to go back to that losing feeling etc etc worries me l.. A lot of our player would be emotionally challenged a bulk of them have been through multiple coaching regimes in a short period to be constantly flogged -- you see it in our captain during a game he often seems to be going through that emotional rollercoaster - a lot of our players have baggage maybe why when we get in front to a winning position we choke a bit not wanting to lose and old habits creep in - I don't think the coaches instruct players to go backwards sidewards when there are options open which happened a lot last week I think certain players under pressure choose to take the safe option instead of pulling the trigger potentially causing error making it someone else problem ..
if can blood Binns bring have players like Boyd cincotta even cotterell in side this year, we bring in capable fresh blood next year will totally change the balance and energy of the side ..

 

[Arr0w]

Bounce the ball ffs

 

[CCurnow3votes]

So I assume Dow is never getting a game ? Haven’t seen a lot of the seconds.. but gets the pill .



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Gets it yes.

Then the problem starts …

 

[WalshYouLegend]

Looking forward to watching Carlton hit the ton margin tonight. Go Blues!

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

Just get the job done today Blues.

And properly, not a pissant 10 point win....

 

[Juddernaut08]

is kennedy sub?

 

[Aphrodite]

is kennedy sub?

Yes (Vossy's presser yesterday)

 

[Aphrodite]

Game. Day. Bitches.


% booster, a 4qtr effort and no injuries.


Thanks!

 

[Juddernaut08]

Yes (Vossy's presser yesterday)

cheers , good result

 

[Blue Reaper]

Game. Day. Bitches.


% booster, a 4qtr effort, Kemp to make a statement, driving runs from the halfback and no injuries.


Thanks!

 

[Stig O'Hara]

We’ve got a huge Carlton support base over there, what sort of crowd they expecting.

40k+ ???

 

[WalshYouLegend]

Game. Day. Bitches.


% booster, a 4qtr effort, Kemp to make a statement, driving runs from the halfback, Voss to coach a masterful display, inside 50s to be bullet passes not pack bombs in hope, and no injuries.
Thanks!

 

[Show_Me_The_Money]

I’ve put myself through watching Pies Bombers and the Saints Port game and outside of the contest we are missing so much run from behind the ball.

We are also missing any semblance of taking the game on. All four of those teams will try the riskier kick time after time and as soon as that kick is taken numbers swarm to where the ball is going, receiver often has multiple options via handball then it’s off to the races.

Yes they * it up but not as often as they don’t, our players are playing such safe football it’s destroying our ability to get transition going, any overlap and quick entries.

Saad and Doc should help with this but also hoping Boyd gets a go and why Williams was so important structurally.

Any team will look slow when they don’t move the ball quickly.

We now know Weiters has had other things on his mind (entire life savings for someone who strikes me as prudent was probably a hellva lot of money and would be extremely hard to put behind you) but I think the entire team has put so much mental pressure on themselves to make finals that they‘ve become s**t scared of the * up.

Along with some important personal not playing and form issues for others It has compounded into slow, safe footy
and we’ve seen the game is not being played that way.

Hopefully they get their mojo back.

In other words we are mental lightweights.

 

[myblueroan]

This is probably a factor -- I said before something he said on SEN about not wanting to go back to that losing feeling etc etc worries me l.. A lot of our player would be emotionally challenged a bulk of them have been through multiple coaching regimes in a short period to be constantly flogged -- you see it in our captain during a game he often seems to be going through that emotional rollercoaster - a lot of our players have baggage maybe why when we get in front to a winning position we choke a bit not wanting to lose and old habits creep in - I don't think the coaches instruct players to go backwards sidewards when there are options open which happened a lot last week I think certain players under pressure choose to take the safe option instead of pulling the trigger potentially causing error making it someone else problem ..
if can blood Binns bring have players like Boyd cincotta even cotterell in side this year, we bring in capable fresh blood next year will totally change the balance and energy of the side ..

I think Voss does coach this.
I hope I'm wrong or that he chucks that out.

 

[rp84]

You blokes should rest Curnow and McKay to make this a fair game

McKay appears to be resting himself, as do about 18 other players.

 

[Aphrodite]

AFL match preview: Round 7 v West Coast

The Blues head to Perth for their Round 7 clash with the Eagles.

www.carltonfc.com.au

 

[Healer]

Throw up the ball, for goodness sake

 

[AndyWalkersGirl]

Fully expecting a four goal win for us.

 

[Elmer_Judd]

No Channel 7 commentary for a change

 

[Aphrodite]

Fully expecting a 10 goal win for us.

 

[Aphrodite]

Bonesaw