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Brownlow Medallist
Back again this week ..
Also known as "The Battle of the last two teams that lost to Melbourne"
Last time
That is all.
Last Week
An inspirational comeback from the Dogs who had to play on a surface that was somewhere between a golden beach and the surface of the moon, with big games to Macrae, Boyd, Crameri and Jones
Carlton lost to Melbourne. No sledging needed, that sentence in itself has enough impact.
Key Players
Liam Jones
After missing out on Round 1 selection, Liam Jones has come back strong kicking three in each of the last two weeks, and even more impressively, has stood up in the last quarter of each of the games with key marks and goals. If James Frawley can be BOG against Carlton, no reason why Jones can't give Fannings' record a run for it's money
Dale Thomas
Dale Thomas, who cost the Blues 700k to recruit last year (that's 300k more than Stewart Crameri by the way, which some people here were claiming 400k was too much), has done crap-all and is honestly showing the distinctly average player he is and always was. Actually, going back to the Stewart Crameri vs Dale Thomas comparison, Crameri has averaged 81.5 Champion Data points this season, or in other words a tad under $5000 a point, and comparatively Thomas is double that, making Crameri twice an effective recruitment as Thomas! Anyway, getting back to Thomas, he finally needs to show to stand up, not only for Carlton's sake, but also for my Supercoach, because I haven't been able to trade him out for Macrae because of bloody injuries.
Tactics
Bulldogs showed a lot more run and carry in their last two weeks and will look to use the pace of players like Jason Tutt and Lin Jong more effectively.
Malthouse has declared that Carlton will abandon taggers and look to "run-and-gun" which means that in the first time in history a team, in this case the Dogs, could have double digits amount of players who exceed 40 disposals.
Selectors Table
The Dogs will have to make one forced change with Morris suspended, which is karma because he's injured anyway and a one week ban is ridiculous for Wellingham and Riewoldt getting free for even worse tripping. Talia is most likely to come in for Morris, whilst the Dogs will have to look for somebody to make way for Dahlhaus, who is likely to come back after missing last week with calf soreness.
Carlton will look to players to return after their showing against Melbourne, with Waite and Garlett likely to come back in. The same Garlett that got smashed by Daniel Pearce in a VFL game last year.
Prediction
Despite still missing Jarrad Grant to a pre-season injury, the Dogs should run out comfortable winners.
Dogs by 32
Also known as "The Battle of the last two teams that lost to Melbourne"
Last time
That is all.
Last Week
An inspirational comeback from the Dogs who had to play on a surface that was somewhere between a golden beach and the surface of the moon, with big games to Macrae, Boyd, Crameri and Jones
Carlton lost to Melbourne. No sledging needed, that sentence in itself has enough impact.
Key Players
Liam Jones
After missing out on Round 1 selection, Liam Jones has come back strong kicking three in each of the last two weeks, and even more impressively, has stood up in the last quarter of each of the games with key marks and goals. If James Frawley can be BOG against Carlton, no reason why Jones can't give Fannings' record a run for it's money
Dale Thomas
Dale Thomas, who cost the Blues 700k to recruit last year (that's 300k more than Stewart Crameri by the way, which some people here were claiming 400k was too much), has done crap-all and is honestly showing the distinctly average player he is and always was. Actually, going back to the Stewart Crameri vs Dale Thomas comparison, Crameri has averaged 81.5 Champion Data points this season, or in other words a tad under $5000 a point, and comparatively Thomas is double that, making Crameri twice an effective recruitment as Thomas! Anyway, getting back to Thomas, he finally needs to show to stand up, not only for Carlton's sake, but also for my Supercoach, because I haven't been able to trade him out for Macrae because of bloody injuries.
Tactics
Bulldogs showed a lot more run and carry in their last two weeks and will look to use the pace of players like Jason Tutt and Lin Jong more effectively.
Malthouse has declared that Carlton will abandon taggers and look to "run-and-gun" which means that in the first time in history a team, in this case the Dogs, could have double digits amount of players who exceed 40 disposals.
Selectors Table
The Dogs will have to make one forced change with Morris suspended, which is karma because he's injured anyway and a one week ban is ridiculous for Wellingham and Riewoldt getting free for even worse tripping. Talia is most likely to come in for Morris, whilst the Dogs will have to look for somebody to make way for Dahlhaus, who is likely to come back after missing last week with calf soreness.
Carlton will look to players to return after their showing against Melbourne, with Waite and Garlett likely to come back in. The same Garlett that got smashed by Daniel Pearce in a VFL game last year.
Prediction
Despite still missing Jarrad Grant to a pre-season injury, the Dogs should run out comfortable winners.
Dogs by 32