Preview 2025 Round 21 Carlton vs Fremantle Sunday 3rd August 5:10PM AEST @ Optus Stadium

[Aphrodite]

Final Team is in …

AFL team selection: Pair of Youngs return

Three changes ahead of our trip West.

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3 changes:-

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Ladder
Blues 7-11 93.3% - 13th
Dockers 13-6 111.7 - 7th

Form
Blues LLLWL
Dockers WLWWW

Recent Clashes
Rd 4 2024 - Blues by 10
Rd 17 2023 - Blues by 53
Rd 15 2022 - Blues by 31
Rd 6 2022 - Dockers by 35
Rd 16 2021 - Blues by 16

Possible Match-Ups

McKay vs McDonald
De Koning vs Jackson
Pittonet vs Darcy
Cripps vs Serong
Hewett vs Brayshaw
Saad vs Bolton
O'Farrell vs Amiss
Weitering vs Voss
L Young vs Treacy

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[The Old Dark Navy's]

Out: Docherty (retired), Saad, Fogarty, De Koning
In: Wilson, F Young, Boyd, O'Keeffe

 

[SolGoodman]

I know I've said this about 10 times this season, but surely, sureeeeely we play the kids now, right?

 

[ctwenty1]

Out: Docherty (retired), Saad, Fogarty, O'Keeffe
In: Wilson, F Young, Boyd, De Koning

Assume you have HoK and TDK mixed around

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Out: Docherty (retired), Saad, Fogarty, De Koning
In: Wilson, F Young, Boyd, O'Keeffe

De Koning could be a big in.

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

Out anyone who's too injured to run (Saad), too injured to use their arms (acres), overworked (cripps, fogarty) and is a squib/ doesn't care (tdk, Cerra) and the legend (doch)

Ins doesn't ****ing matter. Just let people who can move, play.

 

[Jimmae]

OUT: Pittonet, Docherty (ret.), Lord, Fogarty
IN: Wilson, Charleson, L.Camporeale, F.Young

SUB: L.Camporeale

Wilson and Ollie in the wing rotation, Cowan and Moir into the middle more.

 

[Gointocarlton]

Out: Docherty (retired), Saad, Fogarty, De Koning
In: Wilson, F Young, Boyd, O'Keeffe

Out: Docherty (retired), Saad, Fogarty, De Koning Acres
In: Wilson, F Young, Boyd, O'Keeffe Anyone

 

[james Dean]

Either play TDK in the ruck or don’t play him at all.

I understand he’s gone but he is a liability outside of the ruck and Pittonet is VFL level.

Jackson will tea bag Pittonet

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

Jordan Boyd. Come on Vossy, you can do it, it's okay to play the one guy on the entire list who can kick the ball.

 

[Pablito]

Either play TDK in the ruck or don’t play him at all.

I understand he’s gone but he is a liability outside of the ruck and Pittonet is VFL level.

Jackson will tea bag Pittonet

Maybe the club is trying to get him to 100? I dunno

 

[agro]

Fremantle are going to swallow up all the recent heartbreaking losses against us and spew them up all over us - it will be ugly.

 

[Soapy V]

Out: Docherty (ret) Cripps Saad (inj) Fogarty Pittonet Acres

Lord into middle
TDK rucking with McKay


Not much else really. Hard to be excited

 

[swuzzlebubble]

VFL have a bye. Wonder if HOK plays after being held out last week?

 

[Coona Blues]

Sooooo, went to VFL fixtures to heck our game so I can assess for changes. Nada, another bye apparently. These fixtures are so bloody amateurish.

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Out: Doc, Saad, Pitto, Fog, Acres... maybe Cerra.
In: Boyd, Binns, Campo, Wilson, Charleson... whoever is left.

Slim pickings. A lot of defenders.
Play Boyd in the Fog role as a defensive forward.

Let's see what the kids can do.

 

[morningbrown]

I don't care if TDK has a son who's better than GAJ and Buddy combined, drop him and don't nurse him to 100 games. Sends a horrendous message, the bloke is clearly in self-preservation mode.

If they don't give Boyd a run this week his papers are stamped. And what a poor list decision that is.

 

[jj1978]

We can't have Pitto as head ruck next year, since his contract extension he's getting worse every game. TDK gone, get some game time into our young rucks if they're fit.

I'd say Cripps should be dropped/rested but since it's in WA he probably plays to go visit family.

Fog keeps getting games being useless, we got 1-2 little cameos from Durdin, Motlop and Fog last night and as usual not good enough. Charlie gone back to playing only 1 quarters as well.

At least Acres sort of started getting his sheet together as the game wore on, but he's really grinding my gears this season.

out: Doc, Fogarty, Pitto, TDK
in: Boyd, whoever.... just don't care but better be some kids.

 

[Pinnell]

OUT: Pittonet, Docherty (ret.), Lord, Fogarty
IN: Wilson, Charleson, L.Camporeale, F.Young

SUB: L.Camporeale

Wilson and Ollie in the wing rotation, Cowan and Moir into the middle more.

100% behind this (except the Lord dropping). Cowan in the middle especially. I think he can make the transition and be a star

PS it won’t happen, but for the sake of our future, give Cripps and extended rest to allow others to flourish - he can come back in Brownlow form again next year, with a couple of new mids to go shotgun

 

[JJBagger]

I had zero confidence against north, pies, lions, power, hawks. Marginal confidence against the dees. But I reckon we get it done here. Freo are one of very few teams as mentally weak as us. They crumble when expectation is put on them. Midfield pressure and early scoreboard pressure, we can absolutely beat them

 

[morningbrown]

I had zero confidence against north, pies, lions, power, hawks. Marginal confidence against the dees. But I reckon we get it done here. Freo are one of very few teams as mentally weak as us. They crumble when expectation is put on them. Midfield pressure and early scoreboard pressure, we can absolutely beat them

You do realise they just beat the Pies at the G in a thriller last week?

How do people keep going in with this ridiculous confidence and putting down of the opposition? WE ARE THE WORST TEAM IN THE COMP RIGHT NOW.

 

[JJBagger]

You do realise they just beat the Pies at the G in a thriller last week?

we beat the cats earlier in the year. A team that beat Freo by 15 goals early in the year. Stand by that they are a mentally fragile team

 

[morningbrown]

we beat the cats earlier in the year. A team that beat Freo by 15 goals early in the year. Stand by that they are a mentally fragile team

If a team pushing for top 4 is mentally fragile, god knows what that makes us.

 

[JJBagger]

If a team pushing for top 4 is mentally fragile, god knows what that makes us.

We were top 4 with 4 rounds to go last year. And we were still proven to be mentally weak

 

[Opium]

Out: Docherty (ret) Cripps Saad (inj) Fogarty Pittonet Acres

Lord into middle
TDK rucking with McKay


Not much else really. Hard to be excited

Wilson needs to get a run. Play him until end of season now. Nothing to lose.