AFL Round 10: Geelong v Carlton Saturday 7:25pm AEST @GMHBA

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SUMMARY
Just when you thought it couldn't get tougher for Carlton, the Blues meet Geelong. On the rebound. In Geelong. And with the Cats' biggest name vowing for redemption. Gary Ablett's match last week was his least effective in his return to the Cats, but when you hear that he's promised Chris Scott something special in his first game back at GMHBA Stadium in blue and white hoops, you stand up and take notice. The Cats were clinical in their performance against Greater Western Sydney at home in round seven after being made to look second-rate against Sydney the week prior, so last week's insipid display against Essendon will have Carlton nervous. As the Blues travel down the highway for the first time since 1997, the memories of a 109-point loss to Melbourne six days prior will be ringing in the back of their minds. Brendon Bolton questioned his team's effort against the Demons. If the players leave it at home, this could get ugly.

WHERE AND WHEN: GMHBA Stadium, Saturday May 26, 7.25pm


LAST FIVE TIMES
R19, 2017: Geelong 18.15 (123) d Carlton 8.10 (58) at Etihad Stadium
R10, 2016: Carlton 16.8 (104) d Geelong 12.13 (85) at Etihad Stadium
R8, 2015: Geelong 22.8 (140) d Carlton 9.9 (63) at Etihad Stadium
R12, 2014: Geelong 16.11 (107) d Carlton 15.12 (102) at Etihad Stadium
R21, 2014: Geelong 11.16 (82) d Carlton 11.10 (76) at Etihad Stadium

THE SIX POINTS
1. After Tom Hawkins' best on ground performance at GMHBA Stadium in round seven, he will be buoyed by his 2017 performance against the Blues. He booted six goals from 12 marks and 27 disposals in the 65-point win.

2. Gary Ablett's last two games for Geelong at GMHBA Stadium will fill Cats fans with optimism, in round 22, 2010 he had 33 touches and four goals, five weeks earlier bagging five goals from 26 disposals.

3. Carlton has scored 100 points just twice from their previous 63 matches – one including Geelong in round 10, 2016. It was their only win against the Cats from their past nine meetings.

4. Carlton sits last for total disposals, inside 50s and 17th for marks inside 50 and total scoring this season after being heavily beaten in all four departments last weekend against Melbourne.

5. The Cats have had recent struggles of their own. The worst-performed clearance team this season, they've averaged just 58 points per game in the past fortnight.

6. Patrick Cripps (19th) and Matthew Kreuzer (70th) sit well ahead of all Carlton teammates in the official Schick AFL Player Ratings after impressive starts to 2018.

IT'S A BIG WEEK FOR …

Geelong's No.1 ruck position is still up for grabs as Zac Smith goes up against Kreuzer in a battle that could decide his fortunes for the remainder of the year.

PREDICTION: Geelong by 52 points.

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catscratchfever

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Carlton will run Geelong closely for most of the match, maybe a bit of a late blow-out, 36 points to the Cats. Chris Scott will say, "The boys executed well today," or something like that :shoutyoldman:

P.S. A loss in this game would be the end of the world :fire:
 

Teagueeee15

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Definite potential for this result to eclipse Geelong vs Melbourne Rd 19, 2011.
Should be good for a laugh.

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I’ve been getting vibes of that sort of result happening or what Geelong did to Richmond in 2007.

Hopefully we play hard and keep it a contest at least. I would be happy with a loss in the range of what the Geelong supporters above think.
 

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Geelong are a bad clearance team and don't kick big scores.

Carlton are a good clearance team, who need to keep games low scoring to have a chance.

Last week Carlton struggled to keep up on a big ground. This week's game is on a much smaller ground where we can clog things up.

Ah, who am I kidding. There's no way of talking this one down. This has all the hallmarks of Geelong breaking the shackles loose, Ablett racking up 36 and 4 goals on the HFF and it just being an ugly, 50 point game at half time, with a scoreline of 58-7 or similar. I just hope we can play a solid second half this week and keep it to 10 goals, after last week's debaclem
 

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If Geelong don't flog them by over 50 they officially aren't a finals threat....
 

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donkeypunchd

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Carlton going out to cop a real hiding here. If I were in Bolton’s shoes I’d through out the zoning trend and play an old fashioned one on one game with an extra 1-2 players behind the ball, might be their only chance of balancing the ledger and evening up the contest. Hope Weitering has a good game and if Oscar McDonald can do well on Hawkins Weitering certainly has the nous to.
 

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