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Re: Last Practice Match v Sydney - Gointocarlton - 03-03-2023
So based on tonight, the following won't be playing rnd 1:
Ed C
Honey
LOB
Plow
Dow
Owies
The following are on shaky ground
Durdin or Young will fight of the second tall roll. Young was ordinary
Both rucks didn't impress me which is a worry
Jesse Motlop needs to do a truckload more than that, for a bloke who supposedly had a massive preseason, dunno. Is he struggling with the training load? What will save Motlop is Owies very ordinary performance and C Durdin's injury.
The rest be there about at selection but they'd wanna be better than that as a collective.
Its a preseason hit out at the end of the day, plenty to work on and time to correct it. Ball use better be way better than that v Rich.
No injuries which is a great thing.
Moo and Dutchy will be in very strong contention rnd 1.
Re: Last Practice Match v Sydney - DJC - 03-03-2023
I have to laugh at the Plowman comments.
It was a practice match and it was evident that Vossy was trying some different combinations. In that context, Plow did OK and it was unfortunate that he was pinged for the deliberate out of bounds. Apart from that, Plow was his usual reliable defender and won a couple of contests against Buddy.
Re: Last Practice Match v Sydney - Thryleon - 03-03-2023
(03-03-2023, 10:56 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:So based on tonight, the following won't be playing rnd 1:
Ed C
Honey
LOB
Plow
Dow
Owies
The following are on shaky ground
Durdin or Young will fight of the second tall roll. Young was ordinary
Both rucks didn't impress me which is a worry
Jesse Motlop needs to do a truckload more than that, for a bloke who supposedly had a massive preseason, dunno. Is he struggling with the training load? What will save Motlop is Owies very ordinary performance and C Durdin's injury.
The rest be there about at selection but they'd wanna be better than that as a collective.
Its a preseason hit out at the end of the day, plenty to work on and time to correct it. Ball use better be way better than that v Rich.
No injuries which is a great thing.
Moo and Dutchy will be in very strong contention rnd 1.
Motlop wouldn't be the first player to suffer from second year blues
Re: Last Practice Match v Sydney - Gointocarlton - 03-03-2023
(03-03-2023, 11:04 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:Motlop wouldn't be the first player to suffer from second year bluesWasnt his buzzing self, could be training loads, looks thicker than last year.
Re: Last Practice Match v Sydney - DJC - 03-03-2023
(03-03-2023, 11:04 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:Motlop wouldn't be the first player to suffer from second year blues
Motlop will play every game this season. Yes, there's still room for improvement, but his form in the practice matches indicates that he's lifted his intensity considerably. Two huge tackles on Ladhams shows just how gutsy he is.
Re: Last Practice Match v Sydney - pinot - 03-03-2023
VFL will have a very good side round 1 based on tonights performance and players to come back in..
Re: Last Practice Match v Sydney - ElwoodBlues1 - 03-03-2023
(03-03-2023, 10:56 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:So based on tonight, the following won't be playing rnd 1:Think you would still go with Young over S. Durdin...agree though that Young was poor tonight.
Ed C
Honey
LOB
Plow
Dow
Owies
The following are on shaky ground
Durdin or Young will fight of the second tall roll. Young was ordinary
Both rucks didn't impress me which is a worry
Jesse Motlop needs to do a truckload more than that, for a bloke who supposedly had a massive preseason, dunno. Is he struggling with the training load? What will save Motlop is Owies very ordinary performance and C Durdin's injury.
The rest be there about at selection but they'd wanna be better than that as a collective.
Its a preseason hit out at the end of the day, plenty to work on and time to correct it. Ball use better be way better than that v Rich.
No injuries which is a great thing.
Moo and Dutchy will be in very strong contention rnd 1.
Reckon the rucks will be TDK as No 1 and Pittonet off the bench, both were average tonight and Ladhams was the most effective big bloke on the park.
Motlop always looks like he is cruising and could go up a gear, hoping round 1 he gets a bit more hungry...
McGovern will come in for Plowman I would expect..
Hollands and Cowan have probably played themselves into the round 1 team although playing raw newbies vs that hard experienced Richmond lineup concerns me a bit but I guess its about the future and both look good long term players in the making.
Re: Last Practice Match v Sydney - Gointocarlton - 03-03-2023
(03-03-2023, 11:33 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Think you would still go with Young over S. Durdin...agree though that Young was poor tonight.Sydney are as hard a unit as any, Moo didn't take a backward step once, in fact seemed to thrive on it. I started watching mid first qtr and he was running with Heeney. He seemed to have the 9m horse lead on Heeney who did want he wanted, Moo will learn from that and will tighten up next time I'm sure. Heeney is a machine thought and can make an experienced campaigner look tardy.
Reckon the rucks will be TDK as No 1 and Pittonet off the bench, both were average tonight and Ladhams was the most effective big bloke on the park.
Motlop always looks like he is cruising and could go up a gear, hoping round 1 he gets a bit more hungry...
McGovern will come in for Plowman I would expect..
Hollands and Cowan have probably played themselves into the round 1 team although playing raw newbies vs that hard experienced Richmond lineup concerns me a bit but I guess its about the future and both look good long term players in the making.
For his size, Hollands did not look out of place for the most part, can't tell whether he is a left or right footer as he is equally proficient on both side, like that a lot.
I'm sure the MC will make the right calls come round one.
Re: Last Practice Match v Sydney - Gointocarlton - 03-03-2023
This from the HS, fair analysis of all our players I reckon:
1. Jack Silvagni - Competed well floating through half-forward. Far from Carlton’s worst.
2. Paddy Dow - Pretty quiet game which ended early with an upper body knock.
3. Jesse Motlop - Kicked a goal but wasn’t a major threat.
4. Lochie O’Brien - Has fallen behind Hollands and Acres and had negligible impact.
5. Adam Cerra - Needed to do more when the heat was on early but found a bit of the ball.
7. Matt Kennedy - Overawed in the first quarter storm before working his way into the game.
12. Tom De Koning - On a tough night for talls he was beaten in the first half but took a couple of excellent second half marks.
13. Blake Acres - Will play round one, clearly. Did his bit including kicking a long-range major.
14. Ollie Hollands - Held down a wing again and looks well in the round one mix.
15. Sam Docherty - Rotated through half-back and the midfield and was typically prolific.
16. Jack Carroll - Played less than a quarter but found the footy.
20. Lachie Plowman - Was a liability at times down back, didn’t look comfortable.
23. Jacob Weitering - One of his side’s best, stopping Franklin for the most part and holding up against the tide.
25. Zac Fisher - Ran hard and kicked a goal but not a massive night.
26. Lachie Cowan - Only the 10 disposals but one excellent contested mark and generally composed.
27. Marc Pittonet - De Koning got the first go in the middle although Pittonet had a crack when given the chance.
29. George Hewett - Finished with 26 disposals but really didn’t do enough to stop the damage early given his defensive importance.
30. Charlie Curnow - Weather didn’t help but the superstar held up his end of the bargain in the absence of Harry McKay.
33. Lewis Young - Outgunned in the air by the Swans, needs more help.
35. Ed Curnow. - Looked a bit off the pace after so little footy in recent times.
36. Josh Honey - Played less than half the game and barely sighted.
38. Sam Durdin - Came on for a quarter and performed solidly.
40. Alex Cincotta - Not as impressive as seven days earlier against the Pies but doesn’t look out of place.
42. Adam Saad - Off the pace, especially given how much ball was coming into the Blues’ defensive 50.
44. Matt Owies - Created chances but couldn’t take them. On the fringes.
Re: Last Practice Match v Sydney - Thryleon - 03-03-2023
We all would like to see the boys and team playing well but whenever I get worried about these things I always consider the year we won the pre-season cup then delivered back to back wooden spoons.
No injuries to key personnel is all im interested in.
The real stuff starts in 2 weeks.