Preview 2024 Rd 8 Carlton v Collingwood Friday 3 May 7.40PM AEST @ MCG

[Aphrodite]

Team is in …

Welcome back Cez

4 changes

IN: Adam Cerra, Alex Cincotta, David Cuningham

28

David Cuningham

Age

27

Ht

183cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.3

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.3

5star

G

0.5

3star

D

12.1

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

5.6

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.1

3star

G

0.4

3star

D

11.8

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

5.6

5star

G

0.4

3star

, Orazio Fantasia

14

Orazio Fantasia

Age

28

Ht

180cm

Wt

73kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

3.1

5star

G

1.4

5star

D

9.8

2star

K

5.4

2star

HB

4.4

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.2

2star

G

0.2

3star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

7.4

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.0

1star

OUT: Jaxon Binns, Jack Carroll, Ollie Hollands, Brodie Kemp

AFL team news: Four changes for Friday night

Adam Cerra returns as one of four changes to the Carlton line-up for Round 8.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Round 8 team v Collingwood
Backs:	Zac Williams	Lewis Young	Lachie Cowan
Half-backs:	Alex Cincotta	Jacob Weitering	Nic Newman
Centreline:	David Cuningham	Patrick Cripps	Blake Acres
Half-forwards:	Matthew Cottrell	Harry McKay	Elijah Hollands
Forwards:	Matthew Owies	Charlie Curnow	Tom De Koning
Followers:	Marc Pittonet	Sam Walsh	George Hewett
Interchange:	Jordan Boyd	Adam Cerra	Corey Durdin
	Orazio Fantasia	Matthew Kennedy
Emergencies:	Jack Carroll	Ollie Hollands	Brodie Kemp

 

[Arr0w]

He is player with X factor that has been doing his job (and others jobs) this year.

Coaches love him and has the ability to do freakish things. If he’s fit, he plays. Full Stop…

Why are soooo many people hung up on the Kemp call??? If we just look at the old ‘horses for courses’ line, the Pies have deadly smalls so why would you play him?? He is also prone to huge brain lapses which always turn into goals against.

Kemp is a depth player until he sorts out the above.

No passengers this year thank you very much…

 

[Crippa#9]

It's interesting Pies fans listing Murphy as a missing player like he's one of the injured.

Erm he's retired, never to come back.

Yeah we're missing Liam Jones this week so we're just as vulnerable

 

[Blue_Fusion]

That's an insane stat. Next week we play Melbourne, and I wouldn't be surprised if we get another 80k plus for that.

The only thing that will prevent it is, Thurs night + weather.

 

[CCurnow3votes]

But they have 2 disposal grand final hero Billy Frampton to cover.

Sleeping giant just biding his time

 

[BigFrizz36]

Sleeping giant just biding his time

Maybe the might play him as the dummy full forward to tag Weitering tonight. At least he would have the dummy part covered.

 

[Aphrodite]

Tonight's menu Stig O'Hara

 

[T2B_]

See the thing is, they know. And it hurts so bad. The pain is coming and it just ain’t going to end for years. To every Collingwood supporter reading this page: keep telling yourself “but we won the flag”. You hope that works. Don’t you? You hope we get jealous.

But footy is about hope. And we are full of hope. For wonderful reasons named Patrick, Sam, Jacob, Tom, Charlie, Harry, Adam and many more.

And you’re out of hope. And out of time. And misery awaits. And last year is a distant memory. And will be cold comfort when the inevitable happens tonight and we show you up for the frauds you are.

Now * off.

 

[ESKIE]

Tonight's menu Stig O'Hara

Sticks cap on the 3KZ is a given

 

[Aphrodite]

Sticks cap on the 3KZ is a given

Artsy fartsy a given as well

 

[BigFrizz36]

Apparently according to the H/S Jacob Weitering

23

Jacob Weitering

Age

26

Ht

195cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.8

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

4.7

3star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.3

3star

MG

189.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

16.8

4star

K

10.8

4star

HB

6.0

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

0.8

3star

MG

263.4

4star

has that horrible moment in 2022 against the Pies permanently on his phone to spur him on to be better (although it had nothing to do with him).

This tells me 2 things 1) We will win tonight and 2) He is never playing anywhere apart from with us.

Just how I read it.

 

[Jatz]

Feels like this is the first time in forever that we go in as genuine favourites (not 50/50).

We owe this mob a good beat down.

Let's get it Baggers. Would love to see us give them a good tune up tonight.

 

[Arr0w]

Smash em

 

[Zlatan]

Accuracy in front of goal = winners

 

[myblueroan]

Artsy fartsy a given as well

Gonna need a few extra 'r's on Norway's Grrr tonite.

 

[Juddernaut08]

Another benefit of having the players returning from injury is our reserves team experience.

Can't imagine getting thumped by 100pts is good for developing the kids.

With the sudden injection of Carroll, Binns and Hollands we suddenly have a much classier midfield.

 

[Blue Pulse]

He is player with X factor that has been doing his job (and others jobs) this year.

Coaches love him and has the ability to do freakish things. If he’s fit, he plays. Full Stop…

Why are soooo many people hung up on the Kemp call??? If we just look at the old ‘horses for courses’ line, the Pies have deadly smalls so why would you play him?? He is also prone to huge brain lapses which always turn into goals against.

Kemp is a depth player until he sorts out the above.

No passengers this year thank you very much…

You can't be serious, if you had left your argument "horses for courses' I would agree, but brain lapses is harsh, too harsh.

Yes he is young and has made mistakes which have cost us goals, what about the basic kicking errors some of our senior players have made out of defence and turned attack into a goal? Or our forwards who have trouble kicking a basic set shot from 30-40 out? Or our small forwards playing at the moment that average half of what DC and Fog do and the later 2 have been injured.

We have a few passengers every week and probably always will, hopefully this will change. If Kemp goes back to the VFL to work on his deficiencies, you know he will bust a nut doing it.

 

[macky99]

He is player with X factor that has been doing his job (and others jobs) this year.

Coaches love him and has the ability to do freakish things. If he’s fit, he plays. Full Stop…

Why are soooo many people hung up on the Kemp call??? If we just look at the old ‘horses for courses’ line, the Pies have deadly smalls so why would you play him?? He is also prone to huge brain lapses which always turn into goals against.

Kemp is a depth player until he sorts out the above.

No passengers this year thank you very much…

Pretty sure Cowan & Williams and Young were not great last week.
We also have some ageing defenders, Kemp whilst he has some areas to work on, he was excellent the week prior and has upside & talent.
Personally would have ahead of Cowan who also has some areas to work on.

 

[Juddernaut08]

You can't be serious, if you had left your argument "horses for courses' I would agree, but brain lapses is harsh, too harsh.

Yes he is young and has made mistakes which have cost us goals, what about the basic kicking errors some of our senior players have made out of defence and turned attack into a goal? Or our forwards who have trouble kicking a basic set shot from 30-40 out? Or our small forwards playing at the moment that average half of what DC and Fog do and the later 2 have been injured.

We have a few passengers every week and probably always will, hopefully this will change. If Kemp goes back to the VFL to work on his deficiencies, you know he will bust a nut doing it.

Re: Kemp - this is spot on IMO.

He's a high impact player. Has confidence and takes risks. Often these pay off in terms of intercept marks and attacking ball movement.

Much rather this than he become overly conservative and unsure of himself like Young tends to be.

 

[Opium]

Anyone else feeling a Curnow bag tonight?

6 goals I reckon

H

 

[BrianSetzer]

So nervous but I have a good feeling about this one

 

[jj1978]

H

I concur I think H will be leading the Coleman by tonight. Moore and co will sit on Charlie, though Moore should really go to H as he'd be only one that can probably counter him atm from their line up.

 

[Jimmyonesix]

I heard Hoyne go on about our defensive problems last three weeks -- personally I thought Nth was our worst defensive game we give up a lot of easy goals against them even with saad McGovern weitering in side only really missing Walsh ..

We still need to sort out our press as we did after Ed's camp last year -- proved we can do it last year but still very clunky this season.. we had kept Richmond Brisbane score low even though didn't dominate contest pointing to me we not set up properly behind unless we on the back foot already ..

 

[branedotorg]

Accuracy in front of goal = winners

we'd be unbeaten, geelong and adelaide losses both down to not taking the opportunity while the opposition kicked at an incredibly high accuracy

 

[Sam The Doc]

7 hours of madness to go.

 

[Robertio]

Pretty sure Cowan & Williams and Young were not great last week.
We also have some ageing defenders, Kemp whilst he has some areas to work on, he was excellent the week prior and has upside & talent.
Personally would have ahead of Cowan who also has some areas to work on.

I don't think it was between Kemp and Cowan seems matchups had a big say in why Kemp was dropped, also need Youngs height against Cox.