Blues Quick Small Fwds...

[TradeDraft]

I think like the cats today, We have not Defenders who can play on smalls accept for Harry.


With Yarren,Betts and Gartlett I think we could struggle to Contain them.

Your Thoughts

 

[jayceontaylor]

Toovey will go to one of them

 

[collingwood1992]

Toovey, Harry, Heater, Jhonno, Lockyer, Maxwell (can take Yarren maybe)

 

[Copeland]

Just make sure the ball doesn't go down there:->

Probably wont need both Brown and Reid.

 

[The Magnificent Seven]

They have to get their hands on the ball for any of them to be effective.

Geelong are allowing them to have an open forward line, their smalls just run into space or at contents to crumb.

Watch all this dry up when the Collingwood mids push back and stop their run. Suddenly kicks turn to handballs, into turnovers and then into tears for their small forwards

Toovey -> Garlett
Harry O -> Betts
Maxy -> Setanta
Heater -> Yarran
Brown -> Houlihan/Kruezer
Reid -> Henderson/Warnock

Not sure if we'll run Swan or Pendles on Judd - that will be a very interesting match-up...

 

[didaka]

Don't read too much into this. Even though they destroyed Port, Geelong have been flat all year and are starting to fall back to the pack.

They're no longer that unbeatable force and we're in much better form.

 

[MagpieJoel]

collingwood1992 summed it up pretty well.

 

[smiddaz123]

More worried about the midfield. Their smalls will always get some arsey goals when their midfield is on top. That's the area we need to focus on.

 

[robertg22]

I would think that our ability to handle their smalls would be better than THEIR ability to handle our smalls.
Harry > Betts
Toovey > Garlett
Heater > Yarran

If we're really that worried about it we could just bring in Goldy.

 

[The Magnificent Seven]

Actually, have changed my mind.

I'd like Leigh Brown to come back in and man up on Setanta all day. Just to watch him lose his lolly when The Anvil starts repeating Potato-based insults at him all day.

To be honest, we could play a small desk lamp on Setanta and he'd still give away 2 free kicks and only kick 1.4.

 

[Michael_knoth]

I reckon goldy for one of brown or Reid. No other reason then match ups.

I wanna know who Carlton are gonna play on out small forwards! Didak, Thomas, Davis, medhurst, then each of the midfield floating through. I'm a lot more comforatable against Carlton rather then essendon. I think
our midfield is as good as there's. I think our ruck is better. I think our forwards better and I know our backs are better

 

[didaka]

Henderson, O'hAilpin and Kreuzer float through that forward line. They're pretty ****'n tall looking to me.

 

[mattys123]

Geelong have been shit house today.

Only real player I have been impressed with is Walker, and the poor buggers' done his shoulder again.

He is their version of Heath Shaw, has run off half back all day.

All Carlton has is a midfield and some small forwards.

We win if we "come to play".

One thing, if you don't have a ticket, get one now, General Admission will sell out for this game too.

 

[OniAu]

shaw
harry
toovey for the smalls

as someone said bring in goldy even if its that big of a problem, which couldnt hurt. Maybe one of brown or reid make way for goldy.

Be a cracker game

 

[robertg22]

I'm not opposed to bringing in Goldy for Caff..

 

[Ron]

More confident about next week than i was this week, and i was very confident this week.

Our midfield is streets ahead of the Blues, especially when it comes to defensive pressure.

 

[DWil6]

Damn, I was listening to the game on MMM and i heard about half of their song! Cringeworthy. Nearly put me off my monday arvo bourbon. Nearly!

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Doesn't matter. Carlton match up well on Geelong, they beat them last year too.

With our shit-down defence, and the sheer quantity of shit coming out of the Carlton backline, their small forwards will have to get on the bike in their dugouts to keep warm.

 

[Copeland]

We'll get some sort of a comparison with Dawes v Hawkins, with Dawes coming up against the same defense next week.

 

[SpaceCow]

Actually, have changed my mind.

I'd like Leigh Brown to come back in and man up on Setanta all day. Just to watch him lose his lolly when The Anvil starts repeating Potato-based insults at him all day.

To be honest, we could play a small desk lamp on Setanta and he'd still give away 2 free kicks and only kick 1.4.

Haha, probably true too!

Will be a good close game.

Midfield battle will be very interesting.

 

[SpaceCow]

More confident about next week than i was this week, and i was very confident this week.

Our midfield is streets ahead of the Blues, especially when it comes to defensive pressure.

Surely you don't actually believe this?

I mean surely a biased view would lead you to the conclusion that you have a better midfield but streets ahead?

 

[Heater39]

I would think that our ability to handle their smalls would be better than THEIR ability to handle our smalls.
Harry > Betts
Toovey > Garlett
Heater > Yarran

If we're really that worried about it we could just bring in Goldy.

Agree with these matchups.

 

[TradeDraft]

Surely you don't actually believe this?

I mean surely a biased view would lead you to the conclusion that you have a better midfield but streets ahead?

Yeah streets ahead is over the top. We have a little bit better Midfield but You Guys have Chris Judd and the Influence he has over the Blues

 

[mdc]

Will be a good close game.

Nah.

We'll get some sort of a comparison with Dawes v Hawkins, with Dawes coming up against the same defense next week.

Is Hawkins really what we want to use as a measuring stick? If Hawkins was getting games ahead of JA in our team, I'd be bloody furious.

 

[Big Red is back]

I think like the cats today, We have not Defenders who can play on smalls accept for Harry.


With Yarren,Betts and Gartlett I think we could struggle to Contain them.

Your Thoughts

My focus would be Judd, Gibbs, Murphy,Simmo, scotland, carratos etc etc.

We bat deep real real deep.