Preview 2025 Round 22 Carlton vs Gold Coast Saturday 9th August 7:35PM AEST @ Marvel Stadium

[Aphrodite]

Team is in …

AFL team news: Young blood returns

Carlton has turned to a pair of youngsters for the Round 22 clash with Gold Coast.

www.carltonfc.com.au

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Ladder
Blues 7-12 93.3% - 14th
Suns 13-6 125.1% - 7th

Form
Blues LLWL?
Suns WWLWW

Recent Clashes
Rd 11 2024 - Blues by 29
Rd 23 2023 - Blues by 4
Rd 14 2023 - Blues by 59
Rd 4 2022 - Suns by 30
Rd 21 2021 - Suns by 19

Possible Match-Ups
McKay vs Collins
De Koning vs Andrew
Pittonet vs Witts
Cripps vs Rowell
Hewett vs Anderson
Weitering vs King
Cowan vs Long





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[swuzzlebubble]

What is there to say?

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Out: O'Farrell (ACL), Pittonet
In: McGovern, O'Keeffe

 

[kreuze_missile]

Thank **** the season is almost over.

In: More kids
Out: Whoever won't be here in 2026

 

[jj1978]

Who’s next off the rank to blood in this game?

 

[Jimmae]

OUT: O'Farrell, Pittonet, Lord, Evans
IN: McGovern, O'Keeffe, Cerra, Wilson

SUB: Motlop

 

[Benaly28]

OUT: O'Farrell, Pittonet, Lord, Evans
IN: McGovern, O'Keeffe, Cerra, Wilson

SUB: Motlop

Umm am I missing something with the outs besides HOF?

 

[Jimmae]

Umm am I missing something with the outs besides HOF?

We need to get quicker, Lord basically replaced Cerra this week with great structural success but petered out in the 3rd quarter. Cerra is set to return, so might as well be a straight swap.

McGovern is listed as an R22 return, so he can be a straight swap for O'Farrell.

Evans for Wilson is me hoping we'll deploy him at wing & HB, giving Hollands the odd spell from midfield and speeding up our forward group by giving Williams and Flynn Young more minutes there. Motlop can come on in the third or as needed.

 

[David Sylvian]

Lord Fog HOF out Lord especially looked almost comical trying to chase and or break a tackle. Not sure what he adds to the midfield. Especially when you have Moir freezing his ass off in the forward line or on the pine.
Fog just doesnt do enough, continually too slow to man up, cover off a zone or rove any potential pack.
Really tempted to throw mots under the bus but at least he has leg speed, just mentally too slow to get the ball to either hand or foot at times.
Pitto is lucky. How many ruck infringements before he adapts. HOK potential in.
Give me Wilson and give him the defensive forward role, Cerra back in?!
No idea who will cover HOF.
And could we please put the ball in the hands of Moo Moir Carroll and ZW after half time as well as the first half.

 

[Red_man2008]

Out: HOF
In: Wilson

 

[T2B_]

Time for the mercy rule?

 

[morningbrown]

This will be ugly, Suns are a completely different beast this year.

Out: HOF, Fogarty(continues to offer absolutely nothing), Motlop(won't happen but should)
In: McGovern, Wilson, Charleson

Ollie to stay on a wing, Wilson takes the half back spot and push Cow further up the field with Charleson slotting in.

 

[ctwenty1]

This will be ugly, Suns are a completely different beast this year.

Out: HOF, Fogarty(continues to offer absolutely nothing), Motlop(won't happen but should)
In: McGovern, Wilson, Charleson

Ollie to stay on a wing, Wilson takes the half back spot and push Cow further up the field with Charleson slotting in.

People were saying the same for freo, didnt happen

 

[AB_Blue]

Saad concussion or just a broken nose ?

Given his recent head injuries I wouldn’t be shocked to see him rested

HOF knee obviously

I would look at dropping a small forward for Cerra and I’d love to give HOK a run in place of Pitto (who been good)

I would only bring Gov into to play forward…not back. Young, Wieters and Haynes is tall enough…

Out: Saad, HOF, Motts, Pitto
In: Gov, Wilson, Cerra, HOK

Wilson - Wieters - Carroll
Cowan - L.Young - Haynes
TKD - Lord - Hewitt
Ollie - Cripps - Acres
Williams - McKay - Moir
Durds - HOK - White

Evans, Fog, Cerra, Gov, F Young

 

[gbatman]

I have a feeling this could get ugly. They are one of the teams who has done a great job at creating a modern team with plenty of pace to burn. I think they will do to us what Adelaide usually do to us and just burn us with pace.


Saad Weitering McGovern
Wilson Haynes Hollands
Cowan Cripps Carroll
Young McKay White
Moir DeKoning Motlop
O'Keefe Lord Hewett
Williams Cerra Acres Evans
Fogarty
Durdin Charleson Young

We are going to have to rotate more through the middle. Been saying it for years, won't happen. Need to see Cripps, Lord, Cerra, Hewett, Fogarty, Acres and even Evans in there at times but forget it.

It is a quicker side than we are used to but I think we will get burnt for pace in a big way, it's still far from the better/quicker sides in the comp, which GCS are one. The forward line is bare bones for talent. Neiter of those rucks are forwards. Young, Fogarty and white are more back up level AFL/VFL players who compete hard. Motlop threatens to do something but doesn't do a great deal. Moir has talent and they will know that and keep him quiet. McKay is a lone man and not in form.

I'd like to see Cowan and Carroll on wings. Both have pace, footy smarts, win contests and can kick. It just makes sence. But we will get Hollands and Acres who don't have those traits in a strong way.

I think Hollands looks more natural in defence than wing. He just does not get it playing wing. Wilson and Saad can run. Cown and Carroll will drop back and do well playing this way. McGovern can obviously play and Haynes is in really good form.

Durdin I could not fit in, as I said last week, should be playing on the ball to try give us more pace and agility in there. Charleson should debut before season ends but not this week. He and Ben Camporeale I would debut next week. Would consider Lemmy to debut then as well if fit.

Lewis Young

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Lewis Young

Age

26

Ht

202cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.6

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

197.9

3star

D

4.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

1.0

1star

M

3.0

3star

T

0.0

1star

MG

26.0

1star

D

14.4

4star

K

8.2

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

2.0

4star

MG

181.6

3star

is just a low level AFL player. Pittonet and DeKoning doesn't work. O'Keefe needs games so there is an opportunity there to get more footy into him.

It will be a big test, playing a seriously good and big up and coming side who have fully embraced pace and modern football. Get them on the right day and we will be competative, get them on the wrong day and they will roll us by around 100 points. We will have to win a lot of contested ball and find a way to slow them down.

 

[Jatz]

Almost wouldn't bother with Cerra for the rest of the season. There's very little to be gained by playing him.

 

[jj1978]

I don't think Dimma will be grumbling about Marvel post this game.

 

[Rustica]

Out: O'Farrell (ACL), Pittonet
In: McGovern, O'Keeffe

We dont want McGovern triggering his contract extension

 

[kreuze_missile]

This will be ugly, Suns are a completely different beast this year.

When at home, sure, but on the road they are shithouse.

Their biggest scalp outside of Queensland is Melbourne.

This is the exact sort of game that Gold Coast are renowned for losing.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

We dont want McGovern triggering his contract extension

Is he on the cusp, and is it expensive?

 

[Sector 7G]

Is he on the cusp, and is it expensive?

Cost with out TDK and JSOS is not really an issue and without JSOS and HOF we are going to needs talls

 

[Jimmae]

Almost wouldn't bother with Cerra for the rest of the season. There's very little to be gained by playing him.

We seem to have 31 players available at the moment, so your wishes can wait.

We dont want McGovern triggering his contract extension

Surely if it's such an issue, we can renegotiate it to a 2-year contract at reduced wages. We are flogging him, like a few others, it's not all on him and I'm tired of this rhetoric.

 

[Gointocarlton]

This will be ugly, Suns are a completely different beast this year.

Out: HOF, Fogarty(continues to offer absolutely nothing), Motlop(won't happen but should)
In: McGovern, Wilson, Charleson

Ollie to stay on a wing, Wilson takes the half back spot and push Cow further up the field with Charleson slotting in.

Put 2 Freo first halves together (4 qtrs) and I still reckon we could beat anyone (even though we are missing 1 5 11 17 18 20 24 30 46 to injury).

 

[blue gunslinger]

Out Hof Saad
In Hok Billy Wilson
Wilson has a future - play the kid

 

[Jatz]

We seem to have 31 players available at the moment, so your wishes can wait.

Surely if it's such an issue, we can renegotiate it to a 2-year contract at reduced wages. We are flogging him, like a few others, it's not all on him and I'm tired of this rhetoric.

Great, pick 23 others then.

Losing Cerra to an ACL in a pointless late season game would be diabolical for next year.