Unofficial Preview Changes and pre match discussion vs Carlton

[Rod Stroker]

Powell out?

Mods, ban him please.

Phillips in? Permaban

Will's papers are stamped. Some here can't see it.

 

[Rod Stroker]

First crack just said Curnow is 50/50 at best.

 

[Ura]

And McKay as well...could the footy gods finally be smiling on us...

The amount of times we have played them without our 1 and 2 backmen recently is disturbing. Bonar played on McKay twice at least

 

[Ura]

If we are making a change I agree KD is the obvious out but would replace with Whitlock.
Will Dawson needs time as a forward as that’s what we have been playing him as. I honestly don’t think anyone let us down that much outside of that. System for short periods was the issue.
Other watch is Bull. Looking sore and if he got a game off to recover on a short return flight Harvey or Duurs likely to be the one to come in

 

[Skarrz]

Reckon

In: W Dawson Duursma
Out: K Dawson, Zurhaar (inj)

 

[7577969923]

Out: K.Dawson, Konstanty
In: Whitlock, Phillips

 

[big_e]

Not a particularly tough call to sub off one of your best players when you are giving the bottom side a flogging.

 

[koshari]

Honestly, I expect us to win this weekend. It’s time.

P.S. Actually, it’s way past time.

Factually speaking what do you base this on? I see charley kicking a bag myself.

 

[Horizons_00]

Honestly, I expect us to win this weekend. It’s time.

P.S. Actually, it’s way past time

We hate expectations

 

[Chadwiko]

Carlton beat us by 82 points on Good Friday, which was only two months ago.

Not exactly certain why anyone would go into this game "expecting" a win.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Whitlock in for dawson
Duursma in for fisher/RHJ with the other being sub

The week after archer and chom in for Whitlock and pink

 

[Caracas]

Factually speaking what do you base this on? I see charley kicking a bag myself.

Watching over the past few weeks, little by little, we have been structuring up better. This has kept us in games for longer and longer. That, plus a healthy dose of wishful thinking, K.

 

[Briedis]

Carlton are still 1.5 quarters of genuine effort followed by 2.5 of horror show.

We should seriously be hunting them. Hunt. Hunt. Hunt.

Exactly what happened in their game against WCE ... 59 points up midway through the second ... 10 goals to 1. Then were rubbish for the rest of the game.

They were very good in the first, their ball movement looked elite. If we can withstand their burst and minimise the damage we might be a chance to win.

 

[Briedis]

Interesting analysis on how the Blues took us apart in the middle last time ... also highlighted a few areas Xerri could improve

 

[DocSholl]

From memory they sat someone at the back of the stoppage and exited through him repeatedly

 

[Chadwiko]

From memory they sat someone at the back of the stoppage and exited through him repeatedly

Sounds like the perfect job for a hard-nut defensively-minded midfielder to counter-act!

 

[DocSholl]

Sounds like the perfect job for a hard-nut defensively-minded midfielder to counter-act!

The one you erroneously thought played a sweeper role?

 

[Chadwiko]

The one you erroneously thought played a sweeper role?

Powell?

Because I've never claimed Phillips plays a sweeper role.

 

[DocSholl]

Powell?

Because I've never claimed Phillips plays a sweeper role.

You thought Phillips played a defensive role at stoppages and it was pointed out that he actually plays the hit to role

 

[hilly]

Exactly what happened in their game against WCE ... 59 points up midway through the second ... 10 goals to 1. Then were rubbish for the rest of the game.

They were very good in the first, their ball movement looked elite. If we can withstand their burst and minimise the damage we might be a chance to win.

So apart from when they got ten goals ahead they were ordinary.

 

[Ura]

We have drastically improved our defensive game since then. I’m really hopeful we can compete hard with them. I feel if we stay with them early we can put serious doubt into them.
As always we need to win contested as they will beat us on the outside. They smashed us in that area on good friday

 

[ferball]

Interesting analysis on how the Blues took us apart in the middle last time ... also highlighted a few areas Xerri could improve

They were right up for that game. If you compare that to the last game last year they really worked on beating us in the middle and TDK really worked on beating X.

Wonder how it will go on the weekend.

 

[Only Forwards]

They took our contested game away from us last time.

Good test to see where we’re at.

Highly doubt we win.

Inside 4 goals would be good.

 

[shinboner magic]

Exactly what happened in their game against WCE ... 59 points up midway through the second ... 10 goals to 1. Then were rubbish for the rest of the game.

They were very good in the first, their ball movement looked elite. If we can withstand their burst and minimise the damage we might be a chance to win.

Stick with them in the first half and we’ll be in it big time

 

[Briedis]

So apart from when they got ten goals ahead they were ordinary.

Hence the term "elite"