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Quote:CARLTON captain Marc Murphy and his wife Jessie have revealed they are expecting their first child, taking to social media to announce a baby boy was on the way.

One of our worst failures of the year was Round 1 against Port. Our team may be a lot weaker on paper, but I am hopeful of a positive response. Last week was a real step forward, but one we could no sustain, nor were we able to take advantage of our periods of dominance. Early in the year we could.

Gorringe will probably be back and will probably take on the 1st ruck job. Not sure that is going to help our work at the tap outs, but it will provide a player who has more idea about that game. In his senior appearances, Gorringe has actually played quite well around the ground, below his knees he is excellent. The question is his capability as a ruckman, which we all know is his weakness.
Still, it also means that we can play Korchek in smaller lumps, which helps him.

Silvagni does not look like he will quite be right. However, next week there will be an interesting dilemma: whether to play Alex Silvagni in the 1sts or in the VFL.

SPS will be available as will Williamson. That will also make for some interesting selection decisions.

Choose ONE ONLY Green Shoot you observed from the game.  Can be a player, passage of play and individual effort, any ONE Shoot that put a smile ???? on your face.

Obvious?

Sunday July 9th at 1520.

You know the rules. Hopefully there are plenty of players to vote for.

Enjoy. I'll be on the train coming home....

Oh Eddie. You're on the wrong side!

Already bad news: Phillips is out for the rest of the season. That means the Little Blues will be a huge disadvantage in the ruck. Gorringe MAY be right, but he will probably miss another week, and he is not the ruckman Phillips is.
If we start off with Korchek and Bolger again, we are going to find it very hard to defeat Box Hill, who have lost only once.

Hopefully there will be a few guys coming back, but with the seniors losing Ed Curnow and probably Lamb, there may not be much cavalry arriving.

A Challenge in a Challenging Week!

Choose ONE ONLY Green Shoot you observed from the game.  Can be a player, passage of play and individual effort, any ONE Shoot that put a smile ???? on your face.

We get a 6 day break, while Adelaide get 9 days. Even their 2nds had an extra day.
They were embarrassed last week and will be looking to bounce back.