Preview 2023 Round 5 Carlton vs Adelaide Thursday April 13 7:40PM AEST @ Adelaide Oval

[Aphrodite]

Team is in …


Welcome back Walshy





IN: Blake Acres, Matthew Kennedy, Sam Walsh

18

Sam Walsh

Age

23

Ht

184cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.1

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

5.1

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

3.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

26.2

5star

K

15.4

5star

HB

10.8

5star

M

6.0

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

4.8

5star

OUT: Sam Docherty (knee), Jack Carroll, Josh Honey, Lochie O'Brien

4

Lochie O'brien

Age

24

Ht

185cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.2

3star

K

9.3

4star

HB

3.9

3star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.3

3star

CL

0.7

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

3.2

3star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.4

4star

CL

1.0

3star

Backs:	Lewis Young	Jacob Weitering	Adam Saad
Half-backs:	Nic Newman	Mitch McGovern	Lachie Cowan
Centreline:	Adam Cerra	Patrick Cripps	Ollie Hollands
Half-forwards:	Zac Fisher	Harry McKay	Jack Silvagni
Forwards:	Ed Curnow	Charlie Curnow	Jesse Motlop
Followers:	Tom De Koning	George Hewett	Sam Walsh
Interchange:	Blake Acres	Corey Durdin	Matthew Kennedy
	Marc Pittonet
Emergencies:	Jack Carroll	Josh Honey	Lochie O'Brien
	Lachie Plowman

 

[JoeyPBLUES]

Heading off to pre match function. Getting excited

Get into it Neese enjoy it

 

[SolGoodman]

Odd feeling this game, reckon this is the most nervous I’ve been before a game so far this season.

Would say it’s probably cause of the scars from round 20 last year and their improvement so far this season, but, this really does feel like an early 8 point game purely from a mental aspect for our mob.

Getting over the Adelaide Oval hurdle while also writing the wrongs of Round 20 last season would do absolute wonders to the psyche of the boys going forward.

Hoping our midfield dominates, as that’s the easiest way to curtail the likes of Dawson, Rachele and Rankine’s impact on the game.

Blues by 19, Charlie to kick 3 and Crippa + Worpa to combine for 65 touches and 2 goals.

 

[marcmurphy3]

Sen reckons Charlie might had a nick in his quad from training yesterday. Hope not!

What does a nick in his quad even mean? A cork?

Hopefully it's nothing. Though our record for having players injured between matches is one of the most impressive in the league lol.

 

[teagueyubeauty]

All we have to do is play 4 quarters of footy for the first time this season. Each game so far we've probably played 1-1.5 decent quarter's worth of footy throughout the game, we get that up to 3-4 and we win!

Attacking footy seems to be your area of decent, I suspect that’s the same for a lot of others.

I know we can play an exciting brand of footy, we did it a lot last year and it got us 9th, but what’s really impressed me is how we’ve defended when the game is not on our terms.

I may be boring, I get just as excited with how we are defending than kicking 8 goals in a q like we did in the 3rd quarter against the filth last game last year. If we had the defensive fortitude last year like this year we would have finished top 4

Defending is not boring and also decent footy, I’d say 3 out of 4 quarters on average I’m happy with this year


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[SammaGilberto]

Sen reckons Charlie might had a nick in his quad from training yesterday. Hope not!

Andy said he heard it from Fitzy (Ryan Fitzgerald) that he said "Crows have intel", Andy then went on to say that it was probably Fitzy just taking the piss.

 

[Doro]

What does a nick in his quad even mean? A cork?

Hopefully it's nothing. Though our record for having players injured between matches is one of the most impressive in the league lol.

It means a small tear. Hopefully b.s.

 

[bradfisher14]

Really appreciate your insight. Do you think Carroll is better than Dow? I don’t. Surely they are competing for the same role?

Personally, I see Dow as a pure inside mid (competing with Crippa, Kennedy and Hewett) and Carroll as a balanced inside/outside mid (competing with Cerra and Walsh).

At this point I would say that Carroll has more strings to his bow that helps our team whereas Dow is probably the better overall footballer, if that makes sense.

 

[Revenant1965]

Strangely, this is the most calm I have been before a game in a long time. I reckon we will smash them...

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Odd feeling this game, reckon this is the most nervous I’ve been before a game so far this season.

Would say it’s probably cause of the scars from round 20 last year and their improvement so far this season, but, this really does feel like an early 8 point game purely from a mental aspect for our mob.

Getting over the Adelaide Oval hurdle while also writing the wrongs of Round 20 last season would do absolute wonders to the psyche of the boys going forward.

Hoping our midfield dominates, as that’s the easiest way to curtail the likes of Dawson, Rachele and Rankine’s impact on the game.

Blues by 19, Charlie to kick 3 and Crippa + Worpa to combine for 65 touches and 2 goals.

Scars from R23 grew over R20 for me - like looking into the sun, everything else invisible

 

[Osc1]

Strangely, this is the most calm I have been before a game in a long time. I reckon we will smash them...

Exactly. I don’t know what all the fuss is about.

 

[Blue__Balls]

Attacking footy seems to be your area of decent, I suspect that’s the same for a lot of others.

I know we can play an exciting brand of footy, we did it a lot last year and it got us 9th, but what’s really impressed me is how we’ve defended when the game is not on our terms.

I may be boring, I get just as excited with how we are defending than kicking 8 goals in a q like we did in the 3rd quarter against the filth last game last year. If we had the defensive fortitude last year like this year we would have finished top 4

Defending is not boring and also decent footy, I’d say 3 out of 4 quarters on average I’m happy with this year


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I will say that, while I agree with your point in essence, I would like our defensive footy to still see a net gain on the scoreboard. For example, the first half against NM - if we'd played slow, controlling footy and gone into the QT break 8 points up, then built on the lead and gone into the HT break 14 points up, and then blitzed them in the 3rd - that would have been much more reassuring than playing slow and conservative and going into half time behind on the scoreboard.

Can't win every quarter, of course. Would just be nice to see the boys implement the slow build up without that allowing the opposition to get ahead.

 

[T2B_]

Exactly. I don’t know what all the fuss is about.

Some of us have blue tinted trust issues...

 

[Sinjin Smith]

Fired up, will be watching with Sinjin Jnr who is still riding high after witnessing his first win live last week.

What to expect of Walsh?? We know he's an out and out gun but he has missed a fair bit of footy and its his first game back. The other half of me thinks that Vossy and the medical team would have managed his preparation so well (i.e. not rushing him back, ensuring he hits training milestones and kpi's) that he could have an instant impact.

Anticipation is killing me, C'mon Blue Boys!!

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Fired up, will be watching with Sinjin Jnr who is still riding high after witnessing his first win live last week.

What to expect of Walsh?? We know he's an out and out gun but he has missed a fair bit of footy and its his first game back. The other half of me thinks that Vossy and the medical team would have managed his preparation so well (i.e. not rushing him back, ensuring he hits training milestones and kpi's) that he could have an instant impact.

Anticipation is killing me, C'mon Blue Boys!!

He’s been beating the door down by all reports - let the beast loose - 30+ for SW tonight

 

[Revenant1965]

Some of us have blue tinted trust issues...

Trust is...



... plus more...

 

[myblueroan]

Strangely, this is the most calm I have been before a game in a long time. I reckon we will smash them...

Me too

Calm
Expecting a great game.
Confident we CAN win.
Not so much about a smashing.
But I'm prepared to say anything over 1 goal is indeed a smashing.

 

[Sinjin Smith]

Some of you Carlton parents are fantastic

But that's not me. Oh, no!

I just had my boy do my BigFooty tips

Every other game he had on what I thought the result was going to be except he had WCE over Geelong..

Adelaide Vs Carlton?

Adelaide.

How much by?

50.

FIFTY? Say what?

No. I'm sorry. I mean one hundred.

Please send help!

Meh, you got it easy. On April 1st, first thing in the morning my son said he is sick of going for Carlton and is switching to the Bombers, without realising it was in fact April the 1st I told him to pack his things and get out of the house.

Still haven't forgiven him for that prank.

 

[myblueroan]

Fired up, will be watching with Sinjin Jnr who is still riding high after witnessing his first win live last week.

What to expect of Walsh?? We know he's an out and out gun but he has missed a fair bit of footy and its his first game back. The other half of me thinks that Vossy and the medical team would have managed his preparation so well (i.e. not rushing him back, ensuring he hits training milestones and kpi's) that he could have an instant impact.

Anticipation is killing me, C'mon Blue Boys!!

In other words,
You're saying,
Bounce the Ball?

 

[moses]

For all of the Blues fans who have travelled over - thank you and enjoy the game! I'm married to a mad blues supporter, so whatever the result is both of us won't be happy!

 

[Revenant1965]

For all of the Blues fans who have travelled over - thank you and enjoy the game! I'm married to a mad blues supporter, so whatever the result is both of us won't be happy!

If you want to be happy after the game, you'd want a Blues win...

 

[katmanblue]

Tix still available if anyone interested

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[Revenant1965]

Tix still available if anyone interested

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I'm interested... unfortunately I am still in Qld... all the best to those at the game, and to those unable to attend for whatever reason...

 

[Aphrodite]

Tix still available if anyone interested

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If you have Twitter, mention it on there.

 

[CCurnow3votes]

For all of the Blues fans who have travelled over - thank you and enjoy the game! I'm married to a mad blues supporter, so whatever the result is both of us won't be happy!

I hope you have a good book to read

 

[moses]

I hope you have a good book to read

Reading a series about Genghis Khan - they are epic!