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Re: 2017 Round 4 : Pre Game thread - Carlton V Gold Coast - deags - 04-11-2017
I don't really understand the lack of like for Lamb. He's no elite, but I thought he did quite well last year, and his kicking for goal is pretty spot on.
Re: 2017 Round 4 : Pre Game thread - Carlton V Gold Coast - Baggers - 04-11-2017
(04-11-2017, 01:35 AM)blue4life link Wrote:No change this week I'm tipping.
Weitering should be OK to play, Kerridge and Palmer were both average but deserve another chance on a dry track.
Pickett is only just going but there aren't any small forwards in the VFL crying out to be picked, and even though he hasn't done much what he's done has shown some polish and flair and he has genuine pace.
Reckon the slower of Kerridge and Palmer will have to step aside for C Curnow to return, and that'd be the only change. The more time SPS and Pickett can play together the better with the conditions under the canopy this week likely to suit both. Nice headache to give opposition coaches, matching up on those two... and then there's that other small forward, Matty Wright, who likes a goal or three!
This will be such a big test for us, firstly, playing in completely different conditions to last week. Reality is that Sunday's conditions slowed cheats.com.au which helped us and there failure to adapt to the conditions was very confusing but worked to our advantage... and secondly, the GC will be a very different proposition with their pace (when the better GC fronts up, rather than the rabble that fronted up a fortnight ago).
Re: 2017 Round 4 : Pre Game thread - Carlton V Gold Coast - Thryleon - 04-11-2017
(04-11-2017, 08:16 AM)blue4life link Wrote:We're barking up the wrong tree if we think that Buckley will get a spot as a running back.
Docherty, Simpson and Byrne to come, and who knows how good Williamson could be?
His only hope is as a small forward IMO and even that's a slim hope.
I've never really had much of an opinion of Boekhorst, or Lamb or Sumner either for that matter, I think Pickett shows more promise than any of them but it would be nice to have a couple.
Armfield is probably done and dusted but he's done well to play 140 games.
Buckley might survive purely by time catching up with Simmo.
Re: 2017 Round 4 : Pre Game thread - Carlton V Gold Coast - cookie2 - 04-11-2017
As Murphy said, our skills were not really a major factor in the attrocious conditions but they will be a much bigger factor v. The Suns. We will have minimise errors because they will punish them.
Re: 2017 Round 4 : Pre Game thread - Carlton V Gold Coast - DJC - 04-11-2017
(04-11-2017, 09:07 AM)deags link Wrote:I don't really understand the lack of like for Lamb. He's no elite, but I thought he did quite well last year, and his kicking for goal is pretty spot on.
Like Sumner, Lamb simply doesn't do enough. We need small forwards who can kick goals, help lock the ball into the forward 50 and do their bit in the midfield rotations.
Re: 2017 Round 4 : Pre Game thread - Carlton V Gold Coast - LoveNavy - 04-11-2017
Any chance Smedts gets a gig?
Re: 2017 Round 4 : Pre Game thread - Carlton V Gold Coast - Professer E - 04-11-2017
Too many smalls on our list who aren't forwards or mids. They'll be thinned at end of season.
Re: 2017 Round 4 : Pre Game thread - Carlton V Gold Coast - jeza - 04-11-2017
Will be interesting to see the effect of a win. Hopefully it has built a bit of confidence.
Re: 2017 Round 4 : Pre Game thread - Carlton V Gold Coast - sandsmere - 04-11-2017
(04-11-2017, 09:28 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:Buckley might survive purely by time catching up with Simmo.
Buckley has been around for 6 or 7 seasons now. Hasn't made the grade.
He won't get any better now.
Gone at the end of this season.
Re: 2017 Round 4 : Pre Game thread - Carlton V Gold Coast - shawny - 04-11-2017
We need to shut down and play a hard tag on the little master. He might not be as damaging as he once was but as a team they seem to grow an extra leg when he is touching the footy. They don't have the same look about them when he is off his game plus he hates not having an influence and his attitude rubs off badly on his team mates when he cracks the sooks.
As he has lost a yard of pace I reckon Curnow can and has to negate his influence to help our chances.
If he gets 30 plus and kicks a few goals i reckon they win. Stopping him is a must to winning.