Preview Round 19: Carlton v Geelong, Saturday 29 July 7.25pm @ Etihad Stadium - Team post #247

[thylacine60]

late tank?

 

[Jabba73]

Those are some very disrespectful outs from geelong

Dropped the players we towelled up last time, and a couple of fringe players.

At least they are still trying.

 

[Wickzki]

Those are some very disrespectful outs from geelong

All legitimately carrying injuries. Motlop's "managed" is kind, however. A lot of Geelong fans have been calling for his head for weeks.

 

[BlueRenaissance]

We are Crippless until season's end. He is too important for our weak midfield. At the start of the season the AFL website had us ranked 18th for midfield strength. Take out Cripps and it looks very grim. We can bring in ball winning players, but those players are butchers of the ball killing the chain of delivery.

I can only see us winning one more game...against a team that completely switches off - a fraud win.

Hope i'm wrong.

 

[Gethelred]

It hurts to say, but the result of this match hinges completely on their mindset over our gameplan or players, purely because we're missing Cripps and Curnow. If we were missing just one of them, with the return of Caleb, we'd almost be able to cover for it; Cripps either gets all the contested ball, sharking their taps as well as Kruez, or Ed takes Selwood/Danger/Duncan and gets his own ball, too; that, and they both tackle like monsters. Right now, more even than their ability to find the ball, we're missing their tackling around the stoppages; their lack informs our opponents early that most of our mids, with the exception of Gibbs and Kruezer, are too young to have much other than good technique to tackle with - lacking in both strength and match fitness, as well as physical size - or Murphy, who's not a big tackler.

If they show up with the intent to put us to the sword, full of hunger, this will be a more than six goal loss; we're still too good defensively for the result to blow out, and I don't think we'll back up such a terrible performance with another, but make no mistake if they show up ready to play it's a comfortable win for them.

If they show up the way they did last year - full of confidence, thinking we'd be a pushover - then we have our chance. We need to kick straight, and to win enough ball that we can threaten them on the scoreboard outside of turnovers; not too much, but enough. It should go without saying that we simply cannot afford to be giving them the ball, the way we've done over the past two weeks (despite our ball retention being one of our strengths under Bolton).

Bear in mind, though, that last year we were the reigning wooden spooners, with a new coach and a new gameplan; this time around, we're 'hard to play against', and the Geelong coaches have had two years of tapes to review, as complacency didn't serve them well last time around. I can't see us winning this, but I'd love us to take it right up to them.

If we win, I'll be ecstatic.

 

[Metalcrusher]

All the bullshit aside ... I am not looking forward to this game.

 

[Benaly28]

Must say team looks much better with Caleb at CHB also really looking forward to jones on Hawkins just to see how strong he is actually is.Theyll definitely start well you can bet on that but will get over run.

 

[LanceRomance]

Must say team looks much better with Caleb at CHB also really looking forward to jones on Hawkins just to see how strong he is actually is.Theyll definitely start well you can bet on that but will get over run.

If Jones can keep Hawkins down this week and Kennedy down when we play Eagles he will enter AA discussions

 

[GoBlues!]

If Jones can keep Hawkins down this week and Kennedy down when we play Eagles he will enter AA discussions

Imagine if Dangerfield plays full forward and Jones shuts him down. I mean it would be like.....

 

[ShanDog]

If Jones can keep Hawkins down this week and Kennedy down when we play Eagles he will enter AA discussions

Reckon he'll be overlooked for only playing half a season. But lock him in for the next few years

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Just hope the meows don't pull out one of their patented pranks.

They've been totally zany lately.

 

[Mezzoculo]

White for Graham feels like...

In: Bower
Out: Sporn

In isolation, perhaps.

I think even the most narrow sighted supporter would be hard pressed to mount a convincing argument that the team - and the club itself - is in the same depressing situation as it was back then.

 

[HBF]

Can't believe Geelong are second on the ladder

#handbags

Do call in SEN as Mario from Doncaster?

 

[fpm84]

All legitimately carrying injuries. Motlop's "managed" is kind, however. A lot of Geelong fans have been calling for his head for weeks.

Yeah, that's right.

Scott intimated yesterday that Motlop was struggling with something (not sure if physical/personal) that has impacted his form, but he was atrocious last week and deserved to be dropped on form regardless.

 

[pumped]

Good to see Marchbank back.

Macreadie out (managed), but named as an emergency.

Doesn't say much for the guys left in the magoos.

Wonder why Smedts is not even emergency. He was emergency last week and I think was best in the 2's.

 

[FRUMPY]

Dare say this missus will get her way and she wont have to watch all of the game, this one will be well and truly over by half time. I can handle losses but not the way we have played the last few weeks, and the trend will continue

 

[Blue Pulse]

If Jones can keep Hawkins down this week and Kennedy down when we play Eagles he will enter AA discussions

Not a chance for AA selection, unless he changes clubs.

 

[Blue Pulse]

Just hope the meows don't pull out one of their patented pranks.

They've been totally zany lately.

Henderson forward as per last years prelim?

 

[gbatman]

Not fussed with the result. Just want us to be in with a sniff going into the last quarter. Want to see the young players do well, particularly McKay. Another rising star nomination would be bloody fantastic too. Williamson and McKay could easily pull it off and Fisher is capable though not sure he's quite there yet. McKay will grow as he gets reward for hard running and leading which he doesn't get in the VFL and that's probably why he wasn't running.

Team isn't too bad but the midfield is looking pretty ordinary. Can't allow the opposition stars to just utterly destroy us like last week as Zorko did. Dangerfield seems like someone who could have a day out, must get a hard tag. Selwood you wouldn't tag, just go head to head with another good ball winner (do we have any? Kerridge, Gibbs or Docherty).

Some of our players are in form, Murphy, Docherty and Gibbs are doing the heavy lifting as usual. Curnow, Casboult, Lamb, Jones and Wright are all going well.

I was thinking that Weitering needs to play forward because he's looking tired and his form is down but I think he needs to play on Harry Taylor. Jones goes to Hawkins. Wouldn't mind seeing McKay and Curnow swap between full forward and the wing. Casboult just has to play center half forward, he's been good this year. Marchbank has been a really big out for us. I think without sufficient midfield pressure our defence will struggle at times.

 

[ESKIE]

Do call in SEN as Mario from Doncaster?

He's nuts

 

[bmaurizio]

Let's save the consternation, it will be another belting more or less and I don't expect to win another game this season.
I'm looking forward to the trade period, possibile acquisitions are tantilising, we need at least two more good trade periods , drafts & footy seasons for it to begin to come together.
In Slivagni & Brodie we trust.

 

[T2B_]

Green shoots..

 

[HBF]

He's nuts

Very funny though.
Not sure he gets the same response when he calls into the breakfast team.

 

[Azul]

Very strange team selection by Geelong. They have 14 players listed 189cm or taller. (We have 10 named)

So our lack of a midfield mightn't be a factor if we're prepared to play for 4 quarters and Jonesy does a number on Tomahack.

 

[Benaly28]

If Jones can keep Hawkins down this week and Kennedy down when we play Eagles he will enter AA discussions

Big call.