Changes vs Carlton

[ep2018]

This is the key to our season. Win this and we make top 4.

I dont think we can afford one of our bad quarters™ in this game.

 

[jooce8891]

Can’t wait for the Yeo V Cripps match up next week

actually mouth watering, will be brilliant viewing for neutral supporters

 

[avishka5]

**** I'm scared for this week.

 

[avishka5]

Cripps is a ****en gun but lets not overlook the fact that the Crows don't tag and they tried run Rory Sloane on Cripps.

Run Yeo h2h on Crippa. Won't get a ton of possession but Cripps's impact should be way down.

Also i think our whole midfield should just be physical and throw their weight around against him.

 

[Karim Abdul Yeo]

Bring it on!I am sick and tired of fans hoping to play a team in bad form or injured star players. If we are considered to be a flag favourite( which we are), then we bring our A game, If Carlton beats us, then hats off to them. Pretty sure if we bring it, Carlton( and probably 15 other teams) can't go with us. I am excited for this game. Great finals preparation game. Lets see how Yeo goes up against a beast. Let' see how their back line can handle our forwards. Robbie Tarant lost very few 1-1's this year until he met Darling and JK both in form. Let's see how they go against our small forwards, Ryan has a deceptively big engine on him, Rioli is getting into some form. Petch is just an energiser bunny, kid is too fast for his own good. This is gonna be a good game to watch.

 

[Gaffy Duck]

Article on afl site makes me think that’s exactly what is gonna happen. Cripps won’t be given an inch

Hopefully we don’t do a Hinkley special and forget the point of the game

 

[Candiru]

Sounds like Hutchings more likely the week after.

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Interesting interview with Simmo on 7 Hurn a definite in with Duggan and Hutchings possibly available.

 

[FKASC]

Cripps is a fu**en gun but lets not overlook the fact that the Crows don't tag and they tried run Rory Sloane on Cripps.

Run Yeo h2h on Crippa. Won't get a ton of possession but Cripps's impact should be way down.

Also i think our whole midfield should just be physical and throw their weight around against him.

Adelaide are also 100% cooked and as bruise free as they come.

 

[avishka5]

Adelaide are also 100% cooked and as bruise free as they come.

I kinda wish Simmo runs Yeo h2h rather than a soft tag. I loved it when Danger and Fyfe a couple years went h2h.

 

[Obeanie1]

There's just no stopping captain Cripps

Patrick Cripps was enormous in Carlton's win against Adelaide

m.afl.com.au

We definitely need to do something to slow down Cripp.
39 possessions last week!

Yeo head to head. Noone else would get close to containing Cripps. Yeo is very good at looking after someone but still getting the ball himself and attacking.

 

[Godfather32]

Adelaide are also 100% cooked and as bruise free as they come.

And their captain sets the example

 

[squashface]

Yeo vs Cripps is a very sexy matchup.

Good haircuts too

 

[avishka5]

Interesting that this board wants Waterman dropped but AFLPA have nominated him for this weeks unsung hero.. Im torn cause I'm not sure if he was that bad but i don't think he played an underrated role.

 

[F_therest]

Brisbane were like 37 up v Carl.
Melbourne were a good 30 up v Carl.
Doggies were 30+ up v carl.
Freo were 20+ up v carl @ Optus.

They were 2 goals up v Coll with 7 mins to go.

Ess were the last team to get on top of them and stay on top (Ess by 41)

Shows you can score v them but need to make it count as they will fire back.

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The Freo game we were down by 30 as well

 

[F_therest]

Yeo head to head. Noone else would get close to containing Cripps. Yeo is very good at looking after someone but still getting the ball himself and attacking.

I know Yeo is a gun but haven't watched that closely, the things that spring to mind is his pace and agility, and penetrating kick.

I'd be very worried for Cripps about going with Yeo away from any stoppage...he simply wouldn't be able to.
I would have thought Cripps would have the advantage at stoppages though with his nous and size. But i know Yeo is a competitive beast.

 

[jdisc]

jesus i dont know what we are going to do i bet simmo is freaking the **** out right now we have never come across a good midfielder before what do we do guys?!?!?!

 

[Gaffy Duck]

jesus i dont know what we are going to do i bet simmo is freaking the fu** out right now we have never come across a good midfielder before what do we do guys?!?!?!

Fold the ****ing club

 

[shooshka]

I know Yeo is a gun but haven't watched that closely, the things that spring to mind is his pace and agility, and penetrating kick.

I'd be very worried for Cripps about going with Yeo away from any stoppage...he simply wouldn't be able to.
I would have thought Cripps would have the advantage at stoppages though with his nous and size. But i know Yeo is a competitive beast.

It would be interesting to know how Cripps gets his clearances (I haven't watched enough or really any carlton games this year). If he handballs a lot to outside runners we could always tag them instead. I don't think he is the shuey/dangerfield burst out of the stoppage type but may be wrong.

If we can pressure into 50/50 handballs or hack kicks to our interceptors then he can have 40 clearances for all I care. Of course if he is distributing to sps, simpson etc in space then we have issues.

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[EagleEgo]

Interesting that this board wants Waterman dropped but AFLPA have nominated him for this weeks unsung hero.. Im torn cause I'm not sure if he was that bad but i don't think he played an underrated role.

For such a big win, I would assume all 22 players can be praised as hero.
More "sung" heros and some "unsung" heros!
Watching from the stand, he definitely looked exhausted from qtr1 without doing any running and rarely doing any contest.

 

[Ok Boomer]

Interesting that this board wants Waterman dropped but AFLPA have nominated him for this weeks unsung hero.. Im torn cause I'm not sure if he was that bad but i don't think he played an underrated role.

I don't think he is fit enough yet. Whenever you see him out of the play he is gasping for air.

 

[Godfather32]

I don't think he is fit enough yet. Whenever you see him out of the play he is gasping for air.

And yet I've been reliably informed that he gut runs all day

 

[CGilly]

Well that's something to take to the bank! Lions sitting 3rd, clearly they're no easy-beats.
They smashed us rnd 1, but doubt that'll happen again?
Reckon you guys'll be out to whack us with an ambush and hopefully we'll be going there to bring the heat!? What's the weather like?

Weather won't matter, roof will be closed. 80 percent you'll win, because at the end of the day you're a good, experienced footy team and we're not. Etihad is narrower than the G, a lot quicker, and your small forwards will probably dominate. The thing is, I can't rule out anything with this Carlton team at the moment. If you guys are a little bit off and we're just as hungry as we have been recently, we could pinch it from you

 

[DirtySandman]

On the ‘wary of Cripps’ thing.

Reminds me of the prelim last year, when Viney was going to beat up our midfield.

Turned out alright for us

 

[Astro7]

Weather won't matter, roof will be closed. 80 percent you'll win, because at the end of the day you're a good, experienced footy team and we're not. Etihad is narrower than the G, a lot quicker, and your small forwards will probably dominate. The thing is, I can't rule out anything with this Carlton team at the moment. If you guys are a little bit off and we're just as hungry as we have been recently, we could pinch it from you

Yep, already got egg on my face about the weather! Forgot it was a roofed stadium. ((;
I won't rule anything out with your team either, we've certainly been known to be a little bit off or inconsistent, so it depends on the team and mindset that rocks up on the day. We would hope that the mindset is in unwavering 'lock in finals' mode!?