So we both have come off pretty bad results, Carlton may be looking at a lot of changes due to form and injury. History of the two sides has North slightly ahead 32-31. So this could be an instance where we level the ledger. We have only won 1 of the last five. In Round 8 2020 where we led at every change, However, it nearly didn’t happen with Murphy being outmarked late in the 3rd and was pushed after the mark was paid (falling quite easily mind you) and the reversal gave us the lead at the siren. Heavy rain in the last quarter and some wonderful big moments. Aaron hall kicked a goal with 3 minutes to go got it to 7 points. Plowman was excellent in the last quarter in the wet playing on Zurhaar. Will he get the reprieve to play again this time. 1:40 to go the long maligned SPS got a wonderful free kick for HTB and did his customary dinky kick to keep possession. Carlton the week previous lost to a goal after the siren thanks to Robbie Gray. Carlton held on.
In the most recent game carlton lost by 39 points to a very accurate north. Carton stayed with them up to half time and even took the lead a few minutes in the second quarter. North kicked the next 7 goals to take the result. Our third quarter that day was reminiscent of our current approach in 2022. North had the four highest disposal getters on the ground that day which will unlikely repeat with our usage in 2022. They were Simpkin (who is not as dominant as last year where he won his first Syd Barker BnF award), LDU (is also having a below average year), Cunnington (Sadly is out) and Dumont (no longer on the North list). Our best that day was Sam Walsh which isn’t surprising.
Change since last game:
Carlton - out: Jones, Newnes, Williamson, Ed, Betts, SPS, Dow
In: Durdin, Owies, Cerra, young, McKay, Hewett, Docherty
North - out: Dumont, atley, hall, Cunnington, Phillips
In: Corr, young, Perez, JHF, greenwood
Looking at round 6 potential lineups
K.Turner B.Mckay A.Corr
Owies Mckay Durdin
Young Walker Scott
Martin Curnow Silvagni
McDonald LDU Perez
Obrien Cripps Cottrell
Ziebell Larkey JHF
Docherty Young Saad
Curtis Zurhaar Xerri
Williams Weitering Stocker
Goldstein Simpkin Thomas
TDK Walsh Cerra
Bosenavulagi Taylor Stephenson Greenwood
Hewett Newman Plowman Kennedy
Key Matchups:
The McDonald Defensive wing. Whoever we put on this side need to be accountable. I’ve elected for Obrien at this stage which will really test him in the air but if he can get some support from Martin and Docherty/Williams he might get a chance to use his weapons going inside 50. Mcdonald is arguably Norths best player currently and if he could be stopped it makes them even worse than what they are currently. Which is saying something. He drives them inside 50 and uses the ball so well. Maybe a Jack Silvagni or Plowman matchup.
Who goes to Mckay and Curnow. They’ve got Walker and a McKay of their own. We might truly get to see if they truly are twins. There is a scientific term called a Chimera. Where an individual fuses with their genetic twin embryonically and become two individuals in one. Can you imagine how good Harry or Ben may have been if they combined their left and right foots (being genetic opposites). An attacking and defensive weapon. Lets hope we get the chance to see both playing on each other if Harry gets over whatever ‘Gribble’ he has going. What the hell is a gribble? Just reading the match report form the North v Geelong game and it looks like Ben has hurt his leg in the last quarter so maybe we might be missing them both. Surely having them both with opposite leg strapping would add to the effect of them both being genetic opposites. Did you know they bye two pairs of boots differing slightly in size and they swap one shoe each as they have a foot a little larger than the other BUT obviously on their opposite foots.
Weitering on Larkey. Hopefully Weits gets to repay the favour from last season when he kicked 7. Most likely costing him the All Australian defensive post. At the moment I have Young on him but these two position are interchangeable. The 7 goals was not weiterings fault but our effort late in the season (in fact all season) up the ground. You could say that the game against fremantle was an improvement with countless tackle stops in the middle when they tried to go fast. Can we value add to this against north allowing Weitering more time to spoil. If he kicks another bag I’ll be pissed. as it will be an indicator of carlton losing once again to the bottom of the ladder and a sign that our early form in 2022 was a fluke.
Form:
As I’m writing this were coming off a pretty poor performance against Fremantle in perth and after losing significant pieces to our structure and game plan. Lets hope Mckay and Pittonets’ injuries aren’t too serious. I have planned for McKay to play as he played out the game. Carlton were +23 in disposals but allowed freo to go at 80% disposal efficiency which is atrocious manning up. Freo have adopted the Collingwood game plan of kick to kick. Despite losing hitouts by -32 (WOW) carlton had +3 in clearances (we were also 9 worse off for turnovers).
North has just finished being belted by geelong in Tasmania (which usually a bit of a fortress for them and they play much better there than Melbourne). 16 scoring shots to 36 is a bit of a flogging. They lost all the key statistics but surprisingly were +11 in clearances and +8 in inside 50 tackles). The most damaging players once again for North were McDonald and Simpkin.
Carlton W W L W L
North W L L L L
Carlton by 47 points
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