Preview 2025 Rd 1 Carlton vs Richmond Thursday 13th March 7:30PM AEDT @ MCG

[Aphrodite]

Finally 1st Rnd 1 Team for the year

NEW: Haynes, L Camporeale, Evans


Congrats Lucas & Francis on your debut & also Nick for his 1st game in the Navy Blue

AFL team selection: Another debutant in Carlton 23

Carlton will blood a third Club debutant in its team of 23 on Thursday night.

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MAKE it three …

Carlton will blood a third Club debutant on Thursday night, with Francis Evans to run out for the Blues against the Tigers.

With Lucas Camporeale and Nick Haynes also playing their first games for the Club, Evans will pull on the Navy Blue in front of 80,000 people at the MCG for the traditional clash.

 

[Soapy V]

I guess Harry to give a chop out and maybe even Crippa.

Which I prefer. Says to me McKay is fine

 

[Zlatan]

Interesting that we have Walsh on the HF flank, given the rest of the positions/personnel look correct. Potential for Lord to be doing more grunt work and give Walsh a running role to ease him in?

Anyway, looking forward to seeing:
-transition from D50 to F50
-high pressure/intensity from HFs/SF’s
-stoppage dominance

 

[btdg]

Richmond's team has 2010 Gold Coast vibes. Kamdyn McIntosh is one of the three named midfielders and their next rotation is I guess Ross, then maybe Lalor and prayers.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

TDK rucking alone

Would have to expect McKay and Cripps to give him a chop out at stages.

 

[BigFrizz36]

Seems Harry is going to ruck and we are just going to have to go very small up forward for this week when he is in there. Maybe Evans can stand on Motlop's shoulders or something so we can manufacture a tall

To be fair TDK might rest a bit up forward, Crippa might take a few bounces etc.

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Nice side. Interesting emergencies.
I honestly had to look to see who W. White was.
2 extra defenders with Weiters, Gov, Haynes, SOS and Cowan. Are we expecting that one might miss?

 

[Jucman]

Are the 2s playing a practice match on punt rd earlier as has happened in others years ?

 

[BigFrizz36]

Evans sub based on the first four being alphabetical

Except L comes before M

 

[AT97]

Seems Harry is going to ruck and we are just going to have to go very small up forward for this week when he is in there. Maybe Evans can stand on Motlop's shoulders or something so we can manufacture a tall

Cripps move forward if harry heads into the ruck?

 

[xDQ82x]

So the mail is it appears everyone has gotten up.

Only one potential late out but fingers crossed.

So everyone can rest easy.

Go blues.

 

[AndyLucimitis]

Evans playing per Paul Sebastiani (SEN)

Haven't been this excited since Stephen Kenna made his debut !!

 

[myblueroan]

TDK rucking alone

Crippa likes to do a bit?

 

[carlton_99]

Cripps move forward if harry heads into the ruck?

Yeh might come to that. Personally not a massive fan of Cripps starting a centre bounce in the forward line. Find he is much more damaging when he pushes forward from the middle and can exploit his opponent in the air.

 

[Mondyboy]

Richmond's team has 2010 Gold Coast vibes. Kamdyn McIntosh is one of the three named midfielders and their next rotation is I guess Ross, then maybe Lalor and prayers.

Paddy’s brother.

 

[carlton_99]

Richmond's team has 2010 Gold Coast vibes. Kamdyn McIntosh is one of the three named midfielders and their next rotation is I guess Ross, then maybe Lalor and prayers.

I'm assuming McIntosh is there to tag Cripps. Only thing I can think of.

 

[carlton_99]

Five players (Motlop, Lord, O.Hollands, Cowan and L.Camperoeale) named that are 21 years or younger. Some good signs regarding our youth.

 

[ESKIE]

I guess Harry to give a chop out and maybe even Crippa.

Yes helps Crippa shake the tag

 

[Mondyboy]

Who is the Tiggers second ruck? Tom Brown? Lynch? Bauer? They don’t have a genuine second ruck either. I get the impression that Crippa has been training in the ruck, so why not use him if it’s against a non-recognised ruck?

 

[Coona Blues]

I'm assuming McIntosh is there to tag Cripps. Only thing I can think of.

Macintosh has played as a genuine midfielder in their pre season. They are short of mature cattle.

 

[Blue and Blue]

JSOS can ruck from back pocket. Prefer that to Harry.

Its a very strong side imo.

 

[Aphrodite]

Team stickied

 

[katmanblue]

Here's the thing with doc.

His last game was in the final last year six months after an ACL and he had 16 touches and a goal. Probably shouldn't have played but there were plenty who were worse.

His second last game probably shouldn't count as he did his knee. Kept playing after his ACL and was getting bagged on here about his kicking - after doing his ACL. To be fair nobody knew it at the time but can't remembering many coming on here to apologise later.

His third last game was on the wing in the prelim (after dislocating his shoulder the week before) with 19 touches.

His 4th last game was against the Dees on the qualifying semi. Came back on after dislocating his shoulder early and had 19 touches including an extremely pivotal one late.

His 5th last game was 18 months ago in the knock out semi against the Swans. Played head to head on Erroll all night in a contest where we couldn't afford to get blown away. Erroll had 23 and 2 goals and Doc had 21 and one goal and I thought that he did a great job and helped set us up.

Doc has been through the fire for our club and yet all we hear are snide remarks about missing targets and dump kicks. I reckon he deserves better.

Would just love his body to stand up to the rigours for the whole season. Maybe he has to be used a bit sparingly, but when the chips are down he'll come through.

I'd rather he have 10 touches but have them hit the target. It's been an ongoing issue for Doch that he misses easy targets too often.

Sure, he plays under duress and I have great respect for his grit and courage and determination. His leadership is also great.

Doesn't change the fact that he turns the ball over or puts teammates in difficult situations very regularly.

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[Aphrodite]

Them …


B: J.Blight 46 B.Miller 12 N.Broad 35
HB: J.Short 15 N.Vlastuin 1 L.Trainor 31
C: S.Banks 41 K.McIntosh 33 J.Trezise 36
HF: R.Mansell 7 S.Campbell 44 S.Green 48
F: J.Bauer 43 T.Lynch 19 S.Lalor 22
Foll: T.Nankervis - C 25 T.Taranto 14 J.Hopper 2

I/C: T.Brown 30 T.Dow 27 T.Sonsie 40 J.Ross 5 H.Armstrong 34

Emerg: K.Smith 49 M.Rioli 17 S.Ryan 32

Notable absentees: Dion Prestia, Noah Balta, Jacob Koschitzke, Hugo Ralphsmith, Josh Gibcus

 

[katmanblue]

To be fair TDK might rest a bit up forward, Crippa might take a few bounces etc.

I'm hoping there will lots of centre bounces because we're kicking so many goals.

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