Preview 2025 Rd 7 Carlton vs Geelong Sunday 27th April 3:30PM AEST @ MCG

[Aphrodite]

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[Moon]

Not sure any team in the history of the game can or have ever played 120 mins of error free football vs anyone!! let alone a well disciplined side……..

Sure ... only due to Geelong being a well oiled Professional team ... and *Carlton with poor skills, errors and turnovers ... the Carlton lads have to work 20% harder than Geelong players in order to keep up.

This means that if Carlton are not 20% fitter than their opposition, which they are clearly not (think our 2nd halves) ... my guess is that our players will run out of gas in the 4th. Of course - love to be wrong ... only let's see how it pans out...?

Go Blues!

*A team that is sitting 13th aren't very good.

 

[Just Kreuzing]

Sure ... only due to Geelong being a well oiled Professional team ... and *Carlton with poor skills, errors and turnovers ... the Carlton lads have to work 20% harder than Geelong players in order to keep up.

This means that if Carlton are not 20% fitter than their opposition, which they are clearly not (think our 2nd halves) ... my guess is that our players will run out of gas in the 4th. Of course - love to be wrong ... only let's see how it pans out...?

Go Blues!

*A team that is sitting 13th aren't very good.

Extra 3 days recovery hopefully helps & counts for something.

We just gotta bring the heat for extended periods and go from there.

 

[Red_man2008]

Extra 3 days recovery hopefully helps & counts for something.

We just gotta bring the heat for extended periods and go from there.

Geelong on back to back to back 6 day breaks also.

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

Sure ... only due to Geelong being a well oiled Professional team ... and *Carlton with poor skills, errors and turnovers ... the Carlton lads have to work 20% harder than Geelong players in order to keep up.

This means that if Carlton are not 20% fitter than their opposition, which they are clearly not (think our 2nd halves) ... my guess is that our players will run out of gas in the 4th. Of course - love to be wrong ... only let's see how it pans out...?

Go Blues!

*A team that is sitting 13th aren't very good.

And yet... the last time we played them - we pantsed them - 63 odd points?

They're not that good - and we can play at a higher level....

 

[Accidental genius]

Massive game tomorrow........

I am all over the place. Gather round in Adelaide (bloody brilliant again) then Easter and good Friday(also rather brilliant ) and then Anzac Day yesterday. I keep losing track of what day/ holiday I am actually enjoying (and when the bottle shops are open or not ).......


Would cap off a great few weeks if we can knock over those bloody Pussies and wipe the smile from Danger's face and rip that head band off that other one as well..... more headbands in the Geelong team than any on record I reckon but you know who I mean in particular.


That little round the corner kicker Miers being out for them is big......He has hurt us badly in the past. Good player!

TDK will have a BIRTHDAY and could destroy a couple of them IMO . They may even have to resort to little Bro.
Tom would love this I reckon.

Little Durds blasting back into form now finally fully fit is also having a huge impact.

What a difference when you have a damaging small forward.

Gov to shut down Cameron and JSOS to Danger would be my preferred and what match ups they could be.

Gonna be a HUGE GAME

WE WIN......GO BLUES.

8 point game?

 

[Accidental genius]

And yet... the last time we played them - we pantsed them - 63 odd points?

They're not that good - and we can play at a higher level....

Cats are good.

We absolutely have to perform at our best to win.

Have we gotten over our 2nd half fade outs (putting aside weagles/roos) ?

 

[Dooky]

Anyone know who is special guest(s) at captains club function tomorrow?

 

[reg_lower91]

Call me crazy....

But we've been playing like utter do-do this year and have:
Lost to Richmond = no excuse
Lost by 3 Goals to Hawks = one of the premiership faves
Lost by a kick to Bulldogs = in some great form
Lost by 3 Goals to Pies = premiership fave

Again, whilst playing nothing near our best.

We've started slow but I really feel like thing have turned. We've only won against WC and North, I know, I know. This is more of a gut feel than anything else.

Tomorrow will truly tell, but I really feel like we could surprise a few with our performance tomorrow.

Let's see - go Blues!

 

[Sweet Seventeen]

Sure ... only due to Geelong being a well oiled Professional team ... and *Carlton with poor skills, errors and turnovers ... the Carlton lads have to work 20% harder than Geelong players in order to keep up.

This means that if Carlton are not 20% fitter than their opposition, which they are clearly not (think our 2nd halves) ... my guess is that our players will run out of gas in the 4th. Of course - love to be wrong ... only let's see how it pans out...?

Go Blues!

*A team that is sitting 13th aren't very good.

You will be absolutely stoked, to be very wrong imo.

 

[Blue_Fusion]

There's nothing crazy about us beating Geelong...

 

[Jimmae]

Last week against North, possibly the weakest defence in the league, he managed a modest 11 pressure acts for the game, 57% DE the worst in the team, and kicked 1 point.

In contrast Motlop had 29 PA, White 18, Durdin 13 and Williams 12 with all kicking multiple goals. Acknowledge they are closer to goal and would get better scoring opportunities.

But even Lord who played less than a quarter and further out had 6 pressure acts and hit the scoreboard.

If Fog’s role is to mainly bring forward pressure he was down last week as he was in the first round.

North is the weakest defence in the league precisely because their offensive and defensive pressure tends to fall away, so that's not something that will drive up pressure acts for their opposition unless stoppages are being forced.

Motlop has had a major stoppage role for 3 weeks, which is why his pressure stats are up from otherwise being at the same level as the other forwards, and you can clearly see this from the other leaders in the category. White was also fairly involved in F50 stoppages, so that explains his numbers a bit too.

Lord's numbers mean nothing other than he got in on the end of a flogging with fresh legs. He snuck forward a bit and made the most of the opportunity.

I'm happy with Fog's pressure numbers (particularly inside 50), which are solid for all but the most elite outside runners in the competition. What's improved since the first 3 games is his marking and contested work, handling and ball use, and his ability to spread offensively. He's scored a goal or directly assisted in each game since then after going 0 and 0 prior.

 

[BlueTang]

Greiers probably on avg kick 1.5 goals a week and set up 3 more at least. Big out for them, just like H is a big in for us. My vibe from watching the past few weeks is the boys are up and about again and I think will turn up and play tomorrow. Blues by 15 points, but we will look comfortably the better team the whole game

 

[GoBlues!]

Greiers probably on avg kick 1.5 goals a week and set up 3 more at least. Big out for them, just like H is a big in for us. My vibe from watching the past few weeks is the boys are up and about again and I think will turn up and play tomorrow. Blues by 15 points, but we will look comfortably the better team the whole game

Pretty sure they’ll turn up today BT..

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Bounce the ball FFS!

 

[Franc de Borges]

Got a good feeling about today.

 

[Skull Face]

If we have found our mojo we beat Geelong and get our season almost back on track, if the season is the complete write off we thought it was after round 1 we lose.

The fact the players never dropped their heads during the 4 losses has me thinking now they have found form against celler dwellers they are ready to win this one.

 

[Just Kreuzing]

If we have found our mojo we beat Geelong and get our season almost back on track, if the season is the complete write off we thought it was after round 1 we lose.

The fact the players never dropped their heads during the 4 losses has me thinking now they have found form against celler dwellers they are ready to win this one.

I think we will be there to challenge, got to take our moments today and a fully fit & firing Weitering is a must.

 

[Accidental genius]

I think we will be there to challenge, got to take our moments today and a fully fit & firing Weitering is a must.

Last couple wins have been encouraging but they were against cellar dwellers.

I doubt we’ll beat cats today due to our propensity to fade out in 2nd halves so far this season against better/running oppo.

It seems Something wasnt right right with our preseason training.

We will learn today if we have corrected this problem.

 

[katmanblue]

Is anything going on for the reunion pre-game?

 

[athensblue]

Just flipping win

 

[Sweet Seventeen]

Last couple wins have been encouraging but they were against cellar dwellers.

I doubt we’ll beat cats today due to our propensity to fade out in 2nd halves so far this season against better/running oppo.

It seems Something wasnt right right with our preseason training.

We will learn today if we have corrected this problem.

Way we finished of norf in the last quarter, suggests to me that the boys are now fully fit. Looking forward to a 4 quarter

performance and a strong showing from Charlie and H. Harry to show that he loves the game still and really wants to be

apart of resurgence this season. Carroll, White and Lord to keep bringing the run and taking those kicks to open up the

game through the corridor, (especially Carroll). Lij to be better and kick a couple of snags.

Will be at the G today, first game for the season for me. I doubt cats get anywhere near us today, Blues by 27 points.

 

[Accidental genius]

Way we finished of norf in the last quarter, suggests to me that the boys are now fully fit. Looking forward to a 4 quarter

performance and a strong showing from Charlie and H. Harry to show that he loves the game still and really wants to be

apart of resurgence this season. Carroll, White and Lord to keep bringing the run and taking those kicks to open up the

game through the corridor, (especially Carroll). Lij to be better and kick a couple of snags.

Will be at the G today, first game for the season for me. I doubt cats get anywhere near us today, Blues by 27 points.

Agreed…it’s looking very promising.

Building on our last two wins, Today could be a significant turning point for our 2025 season.

 

[Rustica]

 

[Prem17]

Well yesterday I woke up way too sore to do my intended gardening, so I did something that had been on my gonna list for 30 years - watch the 1995 Preliminary Final.
I can't remember why I missed such an important game. I was probably helping out with my parent's business.
We all remember what happened in the next game.
Go Blues!

 

[Aphrodite]

Good morning all