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The 2 ruck plan won't work every game, prepared to watch it's evolvement with how it affects TDK and Harry's games for awhile.(thought they looked patchy in the first half but it clicked after half time against GWS) Last week was Pitto's best game for Carlton, obviously needs to be fit, play...

Played in a practice game(VFL bye for Sandy) today returning from a knee injury. Played well apparently.

Sam Durdin is still unavailable, serving the last game of a suspension accrued in a VFL practice match. Quote from Carlton media.

Sounds like Sdurdin's left the premises. No club communication is strange... even mental health issues are sensitively reported. Is he in strife with the law? That type of thing must be carefully disclosed? Soapy V ?

Is there any video of that driving tackle into the Giants interchange bench in the last or 3rd quarter? I think Acres was the enforcer?

I've been sitting on the fence about trading in Fanta and Eli, now it's only Fanta.

Great game, it had everything. The 2 ruck plan was a master stroke today:nose:, the whole team struggled a little, but fought it out in the first half against a class outfit... clinical in the second half. After this team performance, who's being dropped next week?

I can't see Carlton cutting Doc, Cripps, George and Kennedy for at least 2 more years, which won't make our midfield any faster for a while. A brutal/but unpopular list manager might think about tapping at least one of them on the shoulder sooner, rather than later. Reckon SOS would do it if he...

Lemmey's now being used in defence, Youngs contracted to end of 2026. Draft another young KPD and things will be apples. (Duffy might be the one?)

Nup. Pitto has to be fit enough to last longer than that, it'd be another 50% contribution. Can't think of any other players we'd be happy about this arrangement, increases everyone else's load.

I've been told(on numerous occasions) all teams have only 1 plan.

Looking forward to seeing Weiters and Lewy become besty's again, it would really solve the constantly missing Marchy conundrum.

I think a couple have to be sacrificed(not sure who) just to reduce the chronically injured list, we are carrying too many. Even Pitto could be included in this mix, due to rarely reaching a standard of fitness.(but he's another 3 years to go on his contract)

I agree, despite Cunners medical history, and he may not even be best 22, but his skill set is exactly what we need. I'm not sure about Eli(too soon to judge), maybe Monahan??? I'd move Sdurden and Marchy on and wait on Martins second half of the season. Use our first pick on a good young KPD...

Yep, we should have moved on at least 2 of the 4 you mention. Depending on their salaries, you can take your chances with a couple of injury prone ones. Dow, we obviously should have made space for.

Except for the the top 4 or 5 in the entire competition, rucks are overated in the modern/faster game. If both ruckmen aren't capable of pack marking or scoring goals, it's becoming more and more obvious to compromise with selecting a primary ruck, with a chop-out one, then add a extra...

Plus Mots. And it's not the injury prone group's fault that their contracts are renewed. I'm not blaming any individuals, but the club has to be held accountable for the good decisions and the bad ones.

Cunners does have leg-speed and good delivery. Still needs to string together a reasonable sequence of games this year to survive. I'd keep him over Marchy.

The next block of games(fast ball moving units like Giants, Pies, Melb. Swans, Suns and Port) will really test our resources. No Gov, Saad and Cunners, Walsh the lone hard running mid and possibly behomoth's like Pitto and Young included. I'm looking forward to the challenge, our...

What is it that detectives say..."I don't believe in coincidences"

Fanta does have a more decorated football history than Cunners, but that doesn't mean much when comparing their 'futures'. I'm not confident with either of them, though I think Cunners has more potential(I know, 'famous last words') Owies, despite his limitations is one of the smalls(with Fog)...

I don't think the 2 rucks plan is going to work. If the benefits of selecting Pitto is as conclusive as some believe, then lets 'rest' TDK for a game or 2(cause the 3 big forwards don't gel) and see how the contested game improvement compares with the negatives of a 1 dimensional...

Probably being too generous towards Cunners, but he's still younger, has a similar injury history and has more impact than the bloke with a 2 year contract he was compared to. I don't like to right anyone off this early in the season, but I'm getting bad vibes from the Fanta inclusion decision.

Desperately in need of a gun handballer or two amongst our current crop of mids, think other teams are working us out in the slowness of handballs and short-kicking game.

A smidgeon unfair to defend Weiters and his defensive buddy's efforts for this loss, and lay all blame on Owies and a couple of other missed scoring opportunities. The injuries didn't help, but lets face it, we should have towelled this mob up in Viccy. Crows looked like a less skilled version...

1 Cunners is worth 2 Fanta's. He is still a work in progress, but until we've got some other mid/small options, we are going to struggle to select a potent forward line. I'd prefer to see only Fog and Motlop (if form warrents it) as the only smalls. Then Martin, Cotts, maybe Eli(even though I...

How many good overall games has TDK played supporting Pitto in the ruck? The benefit to the teams structure playing 2 rucks that can't play Key Forward is near zero. And it also manages f**k up Harry's input.

Fanta's good fortune(no decent mid/small forwards available)can't continue for much longer. Time to polish his skills in the VFL.