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Re: 2018 Rd 2: Pre game Palaver; Carlton vs. Gold Coast - townsendcalling - 03-26-2018
Herald Sun:
"ON THE BLOCK: The Blues have two major injury worries. Matthew Kennedy hurt his ankle early in the loss to Richmond and missed the second half. Expect him to miss the Suns game. Ruckman Matthew Kreuzer is also in doubt after hurting his groin."
Look ominous
Re: 2018 Rd 2: Pre game Palaver; Carlton vs. Gold Coast - LP - 03-26-2018
(03-26-2018, 03:10 AM)Navy Maven link Wrote:Wouldn’t mind seeing one of Plowman or Weitering moved up to the wing and through the middle and bring in someone like O’Shea for Kennedy. Maybe even move Mullett into the middle for a bit.
Yes, it seems a reshuffle is the best option given a lack of in form ready-made replacements.
btw., lots of not too good SpecialK rumors floating around, hopefully they are just rubbish, but there's a lot of them and it's often a bad sign because the rumor mills often get the result right but the reason wrong!
Re: 2018 Rd 2: Pre game Palaver; Carlton vs. Gold Coast - flyboy77 - 03-26-2018
(03-26-2018, 03:11 AM)townsendcalling link Wrote:Herald Sun:
"ON THE BLOCK: The Blues have two major injury worries. Matthew Kennedy hurt his ankle early in the loss to Richmond and missed the second half. Expect him to miss the Suns game. Ruckman Matthew Kreuzer is also in doubt after hurting his groin."
Look ominous
Chances are the Hun knows no more than you or I.
And Kennedy did the ankle in Q1; when he came back on in Q2 he lasted 5 seconds....
9 days rest before the GC, a lot can happen - and change - in that period.
So bad rumours on Matt K? What are they?
Re: 2018 Rd 2: Pre game Palaver; Carlton vs. Gold Coast - blue4life - 03-26-2018
Cunningham and McKay should both play this week, they've been on the list long enough and it's time we found out if they're good enough.
Re: 2018 Rd 2: Pre game Palaver; Carlton vs. Gold Coast - Bear - 03-26-2018
(03-25-2018, 01:29 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:I spotted Kreuzer at the local woollies. He had a chat to one of the staff in fresh produce and was asked how it's going and he said ok. The staff member asked him if he'd be up and about next week and his answer was affirmative.
Whilst I can appreciate he isn't going to come out and say no, he didn't have to be definitive.
It wasn’t Cliff from Clematis by any chance?
Re: 2018 Rd 2: Pre game Palaver; Carlton vs. Gold Coast - shawny - 03-27-2018
Very early test in a new season to gauge where we are at particularly our new game style. Its been reported Dew has got GC to adopt a very defensive game plan so interested how our new attacking style stacks up. Yes I know its just one game but reckon the fallout of a loss is not what we want early into this season.
Reckon the next 4 weeks is the most important block of games since Bolts took over IMO.
Re: 2018 Rd 2: Pre game Palaver; Carlton vs. Gold Coast - LP - 03-27-2018
(03-27-2018, 02:10 AM)shawny link Wrote:Reckon the next 4 weeks is the most important block of games since Bolts took over IMO.
No doubt about that.
If we get off to a slow start some chains will be rattling for BB, not matter what sort of goodwill some fans are hoping for!
Re: 2018 Rd 2: Pre game Palaver; Carlton vs. Gold Coast - madbluboy - 03-27-2018
If we want to move up the ladder we have to beat the likes of Gold Coast, Collingwood and North Melbourne.
We play all 3 next.
Win them all = Good Job
Win 2 = Pass
Win 1 = Fail
Lose them all = Bolton in trouble
Re: 2018 Rd 2: Pre game Palaver; Carlton vs. Gold Coast - cookie2 - 03-27-2018
It will be a tough gig this week but I will be mightily disappointed if we don't win. We need to show we can beat these kind of teams and our performance against a much stronger Tigers outfit was encouraging. We desperately need to go on with it now.
Re: 2018 Rd 2: Pre game Palaver; Carlton vs. Gold Coast - LP - 03-27-2018
(03-27-2018, 02:24 AM)madbluboy link Wrote:Lose them all = Bolton in trouble
MBB, a hypothetical.
Historically for Ratten, he'd lost a bunch of our better players the year he got the chop, but fans said injuries were no excuse before MM took over and Ratten got the chop. Ratten himself sat at his presser and said he accepted AFL and Carlton was ruthless and that is just the way it is.
A few years later, MM offered injuries as an excuse for poor performances, and then he got the chop although I'm not sure the results being different would have saved him.
If BB lost Kreuzer and Kennedy, or any of the other key players, then finds himself on the bad end of some results, will he get a leave pass or will he get the chop?