Preview 2025 Rd 15 Carlton vs North Melbourne Saturday 1:20PM AEST @ MCG

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AFL team news: Make your Marc

Marc Pittonet will return to the AFL side to take on North Melbourne.

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[The Old Dark Navy's]

Since last we played in Round 6, 2025

Carlton
Out: Young, Walsh, Cottrell, E Hollands, White
In: Docherty, Fantasia, Pittonet, Cincotta, Binns

North
Out: Corr, Tucker, Duursma
In: Hardeman, Pink, Hansen

 

[Wickzki]

So we play TDK forward and Pitto busts his absolute gut out for two and a half quarters before TDK is unleashed on a tiring Xerri.

Fantasia as sub to be fresh when the transition happens.

I really wanted Lemmey hut this works.

 

[Stiffler's Dad]

Who else has put money on North to win?
4 to 1 was too good to knock back.
Now watch us win.

 

[sweethoney]

So we play TDK forward and Pitto busts his absolute gut out for two and a half quarters before TDK is unleashed on a tiring Xerri.

Fantasia as sub to be fresh when the transition happens.

I really wanted Lemmey hut this works.

I think they’ve done something similar the last couple of years against Gawn. Haven’t subbed pitto out but, if I recall the worked Gawn over pretty good for the first 3 quarters before Tom jumping all over and running Gawn into the ground in the last quarter

 

[Dramoth]

Who else has put money on North to win?
4 to 1 was too good to knock back.
Now watch us win.

That’s because the club hates you stiff.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Rather conservative selections this week. Straight Pitto for O'Keeffe. We have obviously decided that we couldn't take anything away from the struggle against the Eagles and the Bombers the week before.

Strange for me, since Voss made a point of talking about the VFL and young players in form after the Eagles game. I felt we were sure to see one or two more debutants.

Yes, I do know that we have seen a handful of debutants this season, but the fact remains that only 1 of those debutants has been selected for this match. If Charlie does not come up on Saturday, then it looks like Young will be the replacement. A debutant in Harry O'Farrell is in the emergencies so I'm not sure if there is a question mark over Weitering or Silvagni, or we were waiting to see the North team.

As it stands, we can cover them with our present setup, unless Comben goes forward at times, or Dawson is a late change. But then, we just switch Gov back and leave TDK and Curnow/Young up forward against Logue and Pink.

At any rate, it's a weird emergency bench.

 

[Chamber JJJ]

Who else has put money on North to win?
4 to 1 was too good to knock back.
Now watch us win.

I won't be surprised if they win but they played interstate last 2 games. Essendon came close to winning having a VFL side in.

 

[Just Kreuzing]

Rather conservative selections this week. Straight Pitto for O'Keeffe. We have obviously decided that we couldn't take anything away from the struggle against the Eagles and the Bombers the week before.

Strange for me, since Voss made a point of talking about the VFL and young players in form after the Eagles game. I felt we were sure to see one or two more debutants.

Yes, I do know that we have seen a handful of debutants this season, but the fact remains that only 1 of those debutants has been selected for this match. If Charlie does not come up on Saturday, then it looks like Young will be the replacement. A debutant in Harry O'Farrell is in the emergencies so I'm not sure if there is a question mark over Weitering or Silvagni, or we were waiting to see the North team.

As it stands, we can cover them with our present setup, unless Comben goes forward at times, or Dawson is a late change. But then, we just switch Gov back and leave TDK and Curnow/Young up forward against Logue and Pink.

At any rate, it's a weird emergency bench.

Silvagni would be a watch

 

[Chamber JJJ]

Rather conservative selections this week. Straight Pitto for O'Keeffe. We have obviously decided that we couldn't take anything away from the struggle against the Eagles and the Bombers the week before.

Strange for me, since Voss made a point of talking about the VFL and young players in form after the Eagles game. I felt we were sure to see one or two more debutants.

Yes, I do know that we have seen a handful of debutants this season, but the fact remains that only 1 of those debutants has been selected for this match. If Charlie does not come up on Saturday, then it looks like Young will be the replacement. A debutant in Harry O'Farrell is in the emergencies so I'm not sure if there is a question mark over Weitering or Silvagni, or we were waiting to see the North team.

As it stands, we can cover them with our present setup, unless Comben goes forward at times, or Dawson is a late change. But then, we just switch Gov back and leave TDK and Curnow/Young up forward against Logue and Pink.

At any rate, it's a weird emergency bench.

I believe Voss knows his job on the line took the easy route to be 7 Wins 7 Loss would need to upset good teams to make the 8 and not lose the games at home against Port Adelaide, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Essendon and Brisbane that would give 12 wins. Collingwood, Hawthorn and Fremantle along with Port Adelaide away you need to win 1 or 2.

 

[GoBlues!]

Personally we should start with our best 22 and imo Fantasia footy smarts in the forward half will be needed from the start.

Carroll or Durdin as sub for mine.

 

[DangerousD]

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I dont care about bell curves, or averages not being a true reflection of a sides age, that is enough i need right there, we aren’t a young side, we are one of the oldest

 

[WyntersGame_]

Feel for Lemmey here—not only is he overlooked for selection, but he’s not even named in the emergencies.

Given the quality of the opposition and the strong block of games he’s put together, I really thought he’d earned at least an emergency spot, if not more.

This feels like the kind of game that could come back to bite us. Voss appears to have gone with a conservative selection, likely influenced by the pressure mounting around his coaching career. But with our patchy form and ongoing struggles to finish second halves strongly, this might be exactly the type of match the opposition sees as a real opportunity, a young, energetic side with nothing to lose.

Hope I’m wrong.

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

Time for Billy

dang

 

[Blue Ratts]

Not unhappy with the selections, but if Curnow's iffy, would have liked Lemmy as an emergency.

 

[Jimmae]

The way that is named, Fantasia will have a rotation as sub. Recent weeks last named has been sub. Pitto in means likely to get another look at Flynn Riley in the twos, which I welcome as he is an excellent understudy

Could easily be Carroll as sub also.

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Would have liked to have seen Lemmey blooded against Norf, but I think we're at the point where Vossy and co will play "safer" bets and try to get wins with known quantities. Plus Pitto is deserving on form, sure.

Anyway, whatever, just get the 4 points ffs.

Yeah between the above experience stats - though barely beyond an extra half a season despite being a full 2 years older - and the ladder situation, he's clearly keen to play the best available side for immediate performance, then manage the pace of the game if we have a big first quarter.

Personally I think it's going to cost us late in the season, whether we make the 8 or not.

 

[DirtyLeeds]

Binns wasn't an emergency last week, if Charles is iffy then in comes Lemmey, like for like

 

[Sweet Seventeen]

Who else has put money on North to win?
4 to 1 was too good to knock back.
Now watch us win.

I do like those odds, well done. Roos have shown a good deal of improvement recently. On the other hand, we are going

backwards at the rate of knots. MV and MC continue to put their trust in old hacks , instead of debuting young and

enthusiastic new blood. Lemmey and Wilson will get their chance, sooner rather than later. But, it really should have been

this week, imo.

 

[Markyd]

Two Rucks… how innovative.

 

[DollarsandSense]

We look slow. I think we’ve missed an opportunity here to expose some young talent.
Voss going for a safe win, which may actually backfire. I hope I’m wrong.

 

[Coona Blues]

We look slow. I think we’ve missed an opportunity here to expose some young talent.
Voss going for a safe win, which may actually backfire. I hope I’m wrong.

I get your concerns. Unfortunately Voss does err on the conservative side, opting for experience and grunt. At the moment with Lord, Binns, Carroll and to a lesser extent Ollie adjusting to a new role, we have enough youth playing. We are nit rebuilding, it is more an on the run reset/rejuvenation. O’Keeffe has been a good introduction as well, unfortunately cut short.

I am not a McGovern “lover”, but he has been very effective since moving forward, and is somewhat envigorated. Charlie was “soft” rather than soft tissue last week and he owes us a bit. No great drama bringing Pitto back off dominant form at the lower level to combine with Tom who absolutely needs some more exposure as a forward.

Hoping/expecting the likes of Wilson, Lemmey and perhaps Ben C. get some exposure to the top level, with some more for HOF in particular and the return of Cowan and maybe Boyd. White likely gets some more games and we may see Flynn Young over the back end of the season.

Hoping it is a club focus to blood the youngsters and we don’t get the Voss conservatism in the back end of the season. Having said that, players need to earn promotion rather than being for the sake of it.

 

[CCurnow3picks]

Much like the last time we played, North will hang around for a while & the Baggers will kick away, to win by 63.



Will this North Legend play his part again?

 

[JustaBattler]

Vioss is a hopeless coach if he cant play first year draftees and rookies and beat Norfs.

sAcK!!

 

[JJBagger]

Do we want to play kids? Or do we want to win? Can’t have it both ways

 

[JustaBattler]

Do we want to play kids? Or do we want to win? Can’t have it both ways

If voss cant play kids AND win - then that is further proof that just having the second most number of players playing in the competition AND the second most debutants IS JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH - also he doesnt teach them how to kick as good as Crippa who is now an elite kick off both foots!

PS also mafematics is BS.

MCGA #MakeCarltonGreatAgain sAcK everyone!

 

[Bluechip66]

So Cinc is playing back pocket & binns forward pocket…

Voss is so experimental!