Preview Changes: R8 vs Essendon

[huludicidal]

Gotta keep playing Brad even if only to get those contract $$$'s from other clubs up

Look I agree with this in principle, but if anyone else sees him play like he played tonight, he’ll be earning about as much as Josh Jenkins next year.

 

[97-98]

A ruckman.

 

[dogs105]

No way. We play those two in the same team and it's a guaranteed ten goal loss

ROB continues to be good around the ground, but gives us nothing in ruck contests. Surely ROB spending some time in defence couldn't be worse than Tex in the ruck, or Frampton.

 

[Crows I Am]

Out - 1 Crouch, don't care which one. Hartigan, Mackay

In - Schoenberg, Scholl and Frampton. Think we desperately need a forward who can bring the ball to ground.

 

[Doctor B]

Out: Nicks
In: Neeld

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Out: Matt Crouch, Hartigan, Kelly, Mackay

In: Kids

Couldn't have said it better.

Schoenberg, Worrell, Davis, Sholl

 

[hey shorty]

I reckon we take a couple kids out with some senior guys. They can't be expected to do the heavy lifting every week. Plus we should rotate them through the upcoming schedule.

Ned for Schoenberg
Harto for Worrall
McAsey for Butts
Mackay for Sholl
Matt for Poholke
Strachan for Kelly.

 

[Golumless]

Three for me this week:

Out: M.Crouch, Mackay, Hartigan

In: Shoenburg, Sholl, Butts/Worrell.

Matt is really just a handbrake at the moment. Really struggling to do anything positive. I mean to have a game where you go 8 kicks, 18 handballs and still have 5 turnovers is just bad. Even if we're terrible, give him a month in the reserves to see if he can sort it out because he looks like an absolute shell of a player he was 3 years ago. Rebuild him, because boy does he need to be rebuilt.

Mackay is obvious. Just offers nothing at all.

Hartigan is also obvious. Only good for leadership in the twos.

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

Not sold on the Kelly hate. Not our best but not our worst and it looks like he actually cares. Let's at least start with Hartigan who was diabolical.

Out: Mackay, Fartigan, M Crouch
In: Schoenberg, Sholl, Poholke

 

[Redleg Crow]

Brad played like a guy wishing he was still in the Gold Coast...

 

[pext]

Jones attended more centre bounces than Brad and Matt and finished with a grand total of 6 disposals and 2 clearances, but sure, Matt and Brad are the problem, not the coaching which is making them fight each bounce effectively a man down.

 

[1990crow]

ROB continues to be good around the ground, but gives us nothing in ruck contests. Surely ROB spending some time in defence couldn't be worse than Tex in the ruck, or Frampton.

Trouble with the idea is that you have to play a player not suited to defence there and then add to the two key defender and Doedee slow defence structure we currently have.

Only room for one. ROB is our best option right now. Ideally Thilthorpe becomes our Brodie Grundy in time.

 

[dogs105]

Trouble with the idea is that you have to play a player not suited to defence there and then add to the two key defender and Doedee slow defence structure we currently have.

Only room for one. ROB is our best option right now. Ideally Thilthorpe becomes our Brodie Grundy in time.

We drafted him as a key defender.

 

[hey shorty]

Trouble with the idea is that you have to play a player not suited to defence there and then add to the two key defender and Doedee slow defence structure we currently have.

Only room for one. ROB is our best option right now. Ideally Thilthorpe becomes our Brodie Grundy in time.

ROB was a KPD in his draft year, he reads the play perfectly for one too.

 

[SellarStardom]

I'm not a fan of Nicks just yet but is he slowly shifting the team? Laird is no longer playing the HB role and is now in a HF/bench role with Macca and Hamill now in those spots. It's probably hope more than anything.

Out: M Crouch - go and learn to be effective with ball and defensively run. He's a f***in liability these days
In: Schoenberg - we need some zip but he has to play midfield

Out: Laird - garbage and lost his position
In: Wilson - we need a tall strong body in centre

Out: Mackay/Seedsman - prefer Mackay
In: Strachan - he and ROB rotate through FF or CHF

Out: Kelly/Hartigan
In: Worrell - can play either end but ideally moves forward and McAsey goes back

Out: McHenry
In: Davis

Likely no changes as the "boys performed and we'll back them in"

 

[Kezza86]

Played on the bench and wasn't played in a position at stoppages to win the ball. Don't feel like it was all Brads doing tonight. Coaching was bizarre.

Seemed to play less midfield tonight

 

[1990crow]

ROB was a KPD in his draft year, he reads the play perfectly for one too.

We drafted him as a key defender.

I'm aware of this. Still we would have to with ROB, Talia and Doedee and leave out Butts.
Would rather play Butts than strachan

 

[hey shorty]

I'm not a fan of Nicks just yet but is he slowly shifting the team? Laird is no longer playing the HB role and is now in a HF/bench role with Macca and Hamill now in those spots. It's probably hope more than anything.

Out: M Crouch - go and learn to be effective with ball and defensively run. He's a f***in liability these days
In: Schoenberg - we need some zip but he has to play midfield

Out: Laird - garbage and lost his position
In: Wilson - we need a tall strong body in centre

Out: Mackay/Seedsman - prefer Mackay
In: Strachan - he and ROB rotate through FF or CHF

Out: Kelly/Hartigan
In: Worrell - can play either end but ideally moves forward and McAsey goes back

Out: McHenry
In: Davis

Likely no changes as the "boys performed and we'll back them in"

This.

Was our least worst performance for the year so the unchanged sign goes up.

 

[1970crow]

Hartigan almost certainly out given he was banished to the forward line. Gut feel McAsey goes back and 2nd ruck comes in. That might be it given that we had control of the game more this week than the rest of the season combined. Can see both Fog and Rat having a loosener upperer in the 2s when fit, so I'm excluding them for now.

 

[hey shorty]

I'm aware of this. Still we would have to with ROB, Talia and Doedee and leave out Butts.
Would rather play Butts than strachan

We need someone who can tap a ball.

 

[Murray2503]

Feeling pretty disheartened about where we are at. No fun being a Carlton supporter pretty much.

Nicks. Over to you. You cant keep dishing up this team. Please for the love of god get some of our cooked players out for good.

Will do my team when I'm more positive about t the club.

 

[1990crow]

We need someone who can tap a ball.

This is a rebuild. Play blokes who are our future. I don't see an AFL standard ruck in Strachan

 

[dogs105]

I'm aware of this. Still we would have to with ROB, Talia and Doedee and leave out Butts.
Would rather play Butts than strachan

Me too. But think we need a new ruck. I'd leave out Butts if we had to.
Maybe we need our dream scenario of Doedee in the midfield?

 

[hey shorty]

This is a rebuild. Play blokes who are our future. I don't see an AFL standard suck in Strachan

I don't see one in ROB either.

But he is very very old around the ground. You could almost give him a licence to do everything bar ruck.

 

[DJ75]

You forgot Brad Crouch. He was our worst by an absolute street tonight. Worst game of his entire career. Disinterested and completely uncompetitive.

Not for the first time, his direct opponent was best on ground...