Preview 2024 Rd 11 Carlton vs Gold Coast Saturday 25th May 1:45PM AEST @ Marvel Stadium

[Aphrodite]

Team is in …


IN: A.Saad, L.Cowan, L.Fogarty

OUT: C.Durdin (Omitted), M.Pittonet (Finger), C.Marchbank (Managed)

AFL team selection: Crucial Blues return

Adam Saad returns as one of three changes for the Blues.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Backs:	Adam Saad	Jacob Weitering	Lachie Cowan
Half-backs:	Brodie Kemp	Mitch McGovern	Nic Newman
Centreline:	Ollie Hollands	Patrick Cripps	Blake Acres
Half-forwards:	Zac Williams	Harry McKay	Elijah Hollands
Forwards:	Orazio Fantasia	Charlie Curnow	Matthew Owies
Followers:	Tom De Koning	Sam Walsh	Matthew Kennedy
Interchange:	Jordan Boyd	Jack Carroll	Alex Cincotta
	Lachie Fogarty	George Hewett
Emergencies:	Jaxon Binns	Corey Durdin	Lewis Young

 

[T2B_]

Rowell is only 178?!

 

[Arr0w]

If something was to happen to TDK Young would be our ruck lol.

Did okay last year against Darcy and Jackson

 

[bigm386]

Did okay last year against Darcy and Jackson

Yeah and basically the only option so had to be emergency.

 

[LemmingMaster]

Cowan for Marchbank makes sense with Holman for Day

Wondering which defender apart from Willams plays a different role

Cincotta midfield? Boyd further up the ground?

Intriguing

I would not mind unlocking Boyd a little, it would be interesting to see where he could take his game.

 

[Rustica]

If we are serious

Gold Coast wont have a sniff

Blues by 36

 

[LemmingMaster]

If we are serious

Gold Coast wont have a sniff

Blues by 36

They did just smash Geelong, it's not like they're push overs.

 

[The Blue Weirdo]

I wouldn't be surprised if it was Carroll or Hewett. Cincotta can take an Ainsworth/Humphrey type perhaps

Carroll sub, or else too many slow mids again.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

We are older, more experienced and in front of our home crowd. If we drop this, we have serious problems.

We have at least our best 6 players in Curnow, Weitering, Cripps, Walsh, McKay and Saad. Missing Docherty and Cerra, then maybe Newman, McGovern and Acres, so 9 of our best 11 players are in the team.

We have no excuses.

 

[branedotorg]

Rowell is only 178?!

Mini-cripps tbh I would have thought shorter

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

Much stronger side than last week. Love the changes, especially (belatedly) backing Cowan over Marchbank.

Yes please Williams half-forward, hope he lines up as named.

 

[agro]

Managed.

 

[Just Kreuzing]

Managed.

Joke surely…

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Managed.

It's ridiculous. Nobody is managed after one game back. He's either in need of a fitness block, injured or dropped.

If Durdin is named as omitted, surely Marchbank is a big enough boy to cop the same label. If he's injured, say so.

If he's just unfit, the proof will be in the VFL side. No substitute for match fitness.

 

[katmanblue]

Saad, Fog and Cowan in for Pitto, Durdin and Kemp put


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[Soapy V]

Left field option considering extra defenders

Could Cincotta tag Rowell?

 

[Just Kreuzing]

Left field option considering extra defenders

Could Cincotta tag Rowell?

Rowell is a hard type to tag, think he could go to Anderson though or perhaps Cowan could be an option for a midfield run with role.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Missing player is Matt Owies

It was an easy mistake to make. Owies is effectively our third tall forward.

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

I wouldn't be surprised if it was Carroll or Hewett. Cincotta can take an Ainsworth/Humphrey type perhaps

I don’t think we will take in 8 defenders and we have played 5 midfielders plenty in the past.

 

[Soapy V]

Looking forward to One ruck again
Expect a big game from McKay
I like Williams up forward and he, Elijah Fogarty & Cowan helping through the midfield would be interesting

Saad back is huge. He, along with Boyd make us better

If Marchbank needs to be managed after just one game he is done

 

[Soapy V]

I don’t think we will take in 8 defenders and we have played 5 midfielders plenty in the past.

One could easily play defensive HF on Flanders or part of midfield rotation

 

[Kernafides]

They've beaten West Coast, north and an undermanned Geelong in the tropics in the last 5 weeks..no excuse to drop this if we're serious

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

One could easily play defensive HF on Flanders or part of midfield rotation

Not when we have named 7 forwards inc. Williams

I would be pleasantly surprised if they used Cincotta in the midfield over Carroll but it goes against this whole next man up mantra.

I think Carroll gets a full game. If not I’d actually prefer a late change and for him to get one in the 2s.

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

Rowell is only 178?!

that's pretty old. Does eating dirt slow physical aging or something

 

[TENACIOUS]

Cowan for Marchbank makes sense with Holman for Day

Wondering which defender apart from Willams plays a different role

Cincotta midfield? Boyd further up the ground?

Intriguing

I’d love to see Cincotta and Cowan get an opportunity through the midfield

 

[AndyLucimitis]

It's ridiculous. Nobody is managed after one game back. He's either in need of a fitness block, injured or dropped.

If Durdin is named as omitted, surely Marchbank is a big enough boy to cop the same label. If he's injured, say so.

If he's just unfit, the proof will be in the VFL side. No substitute for match fitness.

I would read into it that he was brought in prematurely last week because we were worried about a match up and perhaps the plan was for him to play 2-3 VFL games ??