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:-

 

[carlton_99]

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.

The 4 day break going into the senior's game yesterday is astonishingly bad

 

[ctwenty1]

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.

and most importantly crap for development

 

[Jimmae]

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

Lord has to go back and work on his game. He's not a winger and he's getting bullied at stoppages. Let's get some minutes into Wilson and Lucas.

10 day break, if Cripps can't come up well in this game then it's fair to call time on his season.

 

[DamoESP]

Going to be at the game, but at this point literally only going to catch up with other WA Blues folks like blue gunslinger , have zero interest in seeing if our team even bothers to turn up, they have finally broken me

 

[Lukeblueboy]

Lord has to go back and work on his game. He's not a winger and he's getting bullied at stoppages. Let's get some minutes into Wilson and Lucas.

10 day break, if Cripps can't come up well in this game then it's fair to call time on his season.

I’d love to get more games into Wilson.
And also give charleson a chance

 

[SolGoodman]

Reckon if Vossy knows he's done at seasons end, then he's going down with his men, don't expect to see the likes of Fog, Saad, TDK, Mots etc getting dropped.

Nothing much will change this season, but the exciting part is there's likely to be a lot of change very soon.

 

[Sector 7G]

I’d love to get more games into Wilson.
And also give charleson a chance

Wilson's pace and great disposal is exactly what we need out of our backline. As much as I love(d) Saad being so one sided stops him from being able to change angles and even when he is taking ground he can only really go one way. Players know this and staying on his left limits his ability. Billy is quick, super agile and can go both ways. Not sure what is up with Saady as he was still the equal quickest player on the ground last night despite some of his efforts

I was really not keen on Charleson's selection last year as we were stacked with Hb options and then redrafted Carrol compounding the issue, but watching him in the reserves he is super impressive. So calm and measured. Has a developed body and uses it well. Deserves a crack

Edit -Didn't realise he was 6th in the 2km with a time of 6.21

 

[mochacinolatte]

We might win this one. For some reason we play better at Optus.

 

[The Blue Weirdo]

I’d love to get more games into Wilson.
And also give charleson a chance

We've got a surplus of young half backs...Carroll, Cow, Wilson, Charleson, Mona, Duffy, Ollie, Boyd.
It's time to rest Saad and work out which one's are keepers.

 

[Lukeblueboy]

We've got a surplus of young half backs...Carroll, Cow, Wilson, Charleson, Mona, Duffy, Ollie, Boyd.
It's time to rest Saad and work out which one's are keepers.

Yep. And maybe we can turn a couple of them into mids? As they all have attributes we need through the midfield

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

Wet weekend atm, Saturday rain all day, up to 28m rain predicted, Sunday rain through to approx 6pm with 8m rain predicted…

OUT: Fogarty Acres Saad Pittonet Doc

INS: Wilson Binns Charleston O’Keefe Boyd

Boyd Weitering Haynes
Carroll O’Farrell Cowan
Hollands Cripps Binns
Williams Curnow Moir
Motlop McKay White

DeKoning Hewett Lord

O’Keefe Cerra Wilson Durdin

SUB: Charleston

 

[Aphrodite]

 

[jj1978]

There will be one Voss that’ll come out a winner.

 

[bluesDeluxe]

Like others have said, need to give wilson the last 4 games. I would also give L campo, charleson and f young the last 4

L campo fir doesn't really warrant it, but there is no point in playing acres now. Rest him, surgery, whatever is needed to start '26

Out - acres, Saad, Fogarty, Pittonet , Docherty

In - wilson, f young if fit, L campo, Charelson, boyd

Wilson for Saad.

F Young for fogarty

L campo for acres

Charleson for pitto

Boyd for docherty

If they want to keep Saad, wouldn't be totally against playing him in the forward line. Maybe he can find a rile there.

Moir and cripps to swap 50/50 mid / forward

HOK needs a couple more weeks in the VFL. He should play the last 2 rounds.

I would give B campo last round against bombers

 

[Gointocarlton]

FB Cowan Weitering Charleson
HB Haynes OFarrell Hollands
C Carroll Cripps L Camporeale
HF Cerra Curnow Moir
FF Motlop McKay Williams
R OKeeffe Hewett Cincotta
int White Durdin Lord Wilson Boyd (sub)

In OKeeffe Charleson Camporeale Cincotta Wilson Boyd
Out Doc (ret) Fogarty De Koning Acres Saad Pittonet (all omit)

 

[Revenant1995]

I'd like to see Lemmey in at some time this year... not sure if this is the game for it, though...

 

[Coona Blues]

I'd like to see Lemmey in at some time this year... not sure if this is the game for it, though...

With Harry back, that ship has sailed.

 

[djholmes]

B: Boyd------------------Weitering----------------Cowan

H: Williams--------------O'Farrell------------------Saad

C: Acres------------------Cripps-------------------Hollands

H: L.Camporeale---------Curnow-------------------Moir

F: Motlop-----------------McKay-------------------Fogarty

Foll: De Koning, Cerra, Hewett

Bench: Haynes, Carroll, Lord, White

Sub: F.Young

 

[agro]

With Harry back, that ship has sailed.

Was he back though

 

[passmark]

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

They will be absolutely primed for this one.

Not sure if it’s clear in Victoria just how much Freo dislike us.

 

[passmark]

We might win this one. For some reason we play better at Optus.

It’s going to be as bad as the Adelaide game.

 

[morningbrown]

We’re due to really be thumped by a team, even the Collingwood and Port games they took the foot off the throat. Think this might be the one, we can’t handle Treacy and Voss up forward.

 

[David Sylvian]

We’re due to really be thumped by a team, even the Collingwood and Port games they took the foot off the throat. Think this might be the one, we can’t handle Treacy and Voss up forward.

Sorry MB but you may be selling Haynes and the Bot a little short.
It’s all about general skill execution and our I50s
We are beating ourselves.

 

[blue gunslinger]

Going to be at the game, but at this point literally only going to catch up with other WA Blues folks like blue gunslinger , have zero interest in seeing if our team even bothers to turn up, they have finally broken me

looking forward to it!

 

[swuzzlebubble]

We’re due to really be thumped by a team

Also due to win one unexpectedly