Game Day Round 8 vs. Carlton, MCG, 7:40pm Fri 03/05

[TheGreatGrundy]

There are overreactions and there are overreactions.

I was just wondering if it was possible for a team's entire midfield to be totally possessionless at game's end.

 

[Jen2310]

Look at Daniel Gorringe

Daniel Gorringe

Age

31

Ht

200cm

Wt

97kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.6

3star

K

4.7

2star

HB

5.9

4star

M

2.3

2star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

8.2

2star

K

3.8

2star

HB

4.4

4star

M

1.6

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.4

3star

...

 

[brysie]

All players that take the field deserve time and respect given to them. However, if we're worrying too much about Matty Cottrell then we may as well throw the towel in now.

We'll get them the same way Geelong did and that's by exposing their fragile defence.

Of course. Close-minding though isn't necessarily worrying too much about a player; it's more about getting the right match ups on the right players in order to take something away from the opposition.

Cottrell to me is someone who has featured in some big moments for Carlton already in his career. He's not likely to win them the game off his own boot (like a Cripps, Curnow, Walsh or McKay might), but he's someone worthy of putting some extra time into.

 

[thommo_legend]

Anyone else struggling to be optimistic about this game?

We are missing 3 best 22 players and they're missing around 8. We have to take our chances in front of goal.

 

[stormskye]

We are missing 3 best 22 players and they're missing around 8. Surely that's enough to be optimistic about. We have to take our chances in front of goal.

It’s not just how many but where. I mean, if you are missing a spread of different players it’s easier to cover. Our two biggest bull mids missing at the same time is not ideal. Was going to be a tough game made a lot tougher

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

How so?

Do you truly believe it's as simple as "We haven't lost for a month and they've lost 2 of their last 3"?

Because I personally don't think it's that straight forward

 

[Bianconeri]

Okay..make out as if you're the only one not surprised that we'd be selecting a guy who hasn't even played a single VFL game all year...

I didn’t say I’m not surprised but I understand why the selection is happening if it goes through.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

We are missing 3 best 22 players and they're missing around 8. We have to take our chances in front of goal.

Carlton's injury is slightly overblown

Why?

Cripps, Curnow, Weitering, Walsh, McKay all still there.

Cripps in particular holds their fate in his hands almost single handedly. As long as that core is there, any other injuries are kinda meh honestly.

We're missing a pillar up forward in McStay
We've lost a pillar down back in Murph
We're now going to be missing literally the core nucleus of the midfield

Their pillars are still there and so is their midfield. Even Cerra will be back this week

 

[Big Bryza]

In - Leggy, Sully
Out - Titch, JDG

Sub - Sidey

Crisp to pull his finger out and go onball, Naics to put in a blinder and have 38 and kick 3. Moore to have his way with the Umpires pet Chaz. Leggy, JFN and IQ to mob up the crumbs all night and get that ball pinging from HB. Our small forwards to run them off their legs all night. Bobby and Shoota to kick 4 each.

LFG.

 

[Jen2310]

My guess:

In: Fin, Markov
Out: Mitchell, Jordy
Sub: Markov
HH into the 22

 

[Kappa]

his disposal efficiency is 66 percent ..quite reasonable ..he's higher than cox Elliott Mihocek ..2022/2023

His kicking efficiency is below average... like what are you arguing against? That he is good at handballing so he's a good kick?

 

[unplugged]

I really hope if we roll them we can listen back to Blues Radio on SEN afterwards...

 

[memoryofmchale]

It will be interesting to see who’s named as an emergency for the game. It might give us some clues about where players stand.

Prediction: Sullivan, Bytel and Carmichael?

If Carmichael isn’t named, then his chance for being cut increases.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

I didn’t say I’m not surprised but I understand why the selection is happening if it goes through.

Thankfully it's not happening. He's playing his first game in the VFL, which makes much more sense.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

F-ed up my backside! He knew precisely what he was doing! Clickbait generator of the highest order!

Probably hoping all the Pie supporters would try to sell their tix to the game on mass so more Blues supporters could attend.

I almost thought about it.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

we have Elliot, Sarge, McCreey, Bobby partenering

Our mosquito fleet has served us pretty well so far.

 

[Magpie Since 1986]

I'm not a huge Fin Macrae fan but if he isn't selected when Titch and JDG are out at this point you may as well say it's curtains on his AFL career

 

[memoryofmchale]

I'm not a huge Fin Macrae fan but if he isn't selected when Titch and JDG are out at this point you may as well say it's curtains on his AFL career

He’ll be selected. Lock that in.

 

[manicpie]

He’ll be selected. Lock that in.

Do you have inside knowledge because I need to know for my supercoach team

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

I'm not a huge Fin Macrae fan but if he isn't selected when Titch and JDG are out at this point you may as well say it's curtains on his AFL career

He has to be selected. He got the coaches votes in the last VFL match & the only player from the VFL group who's been getting selected more than any other.

 

[cfc19902010]

His kicking efficiency is below average... like what are you arguing against? That he is good at handballing so he's a good kick?

no its not ... his disposal efficiency is average at 66 percent last two years not below average so go and educate yourself with afl statistics .His goal kicking is 55 percent also

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Fin Macrae to be selected and named as the sub?

 

[peter9789]

My guess:

In: Fin, Markov
Out: Mitchell, Jordy
Sub: Markov
HH into the 22

Spot on. Don’t think Sullivan will be considered.

Markov as the sub makes sense. Sidey can consider himself very lucky


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[Jen2310]

Spot on. Don’t think Sullivan will be considered.

Markov as the sub makes sense. Sidey can consider himself very lucky


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They may think it would be too inexperienced if we had both fin and sullivan.
And they tend to make a fuss out of debuts at training and there was nothing.

 

[thommo_legend]

They may think it would be too inexperienced if we had both fin and sullivan.
And they tend to make a fuss out of debuts at training and there was nothing.

Unless they did something inside.