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Re: 2017 Round 5 : Pre Game thread - Port Adelaide V Carlton - sandsmere - 04-20-2017
Kreuse and Daisy out with " soreness ".
I wonder how long Cripps can keep going without some extra help. Him and Murph are carrying a huge load right now.
Pre-draft there was a lot of talk on here about getting some hard bodies in to help him. didn't happen.
I'm all for playing the kids, but half a dozen of them at once?????
An article on the AFL website is saying Cripps isn't playing like he has in the last couple of seasons.
No wonder. he needs some bloody help or he'll go down.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong, but Port by around 10 goals would not surprise me.
Re: 2017 Round 5 : Pre Game thread - Port Adelaide V Carlton - BluePhantom - 04-20-2017
I hope it keeps raining. Might even things up.
Re: 2017 Round 5 : Pre Game thread - Port Adelaide V Carlton - sandsmere - 04-20-2017
(04-20-2017, 09:23 PM)BluePhantom link Wrote:I hope it keeps raining. Might even things up.
Now that would be a plus.
We are a 50-50 chance if that happens.
Re: 2017 Round 5 : Pre Game thread - Port Adelaide V Carlton - LP - 04-20-2017
(04-20-2017, 09:37 PM)sandsmere link Wrote:Now that would be a plus.
We are a 50-50 chance if that happens.
Yep, the kids are not as precious about getting muddy compared to the seasoned AFL players who develop a penchant for roof covered bowling greens!
Re: 2017 Round 5 : Pre Game thread - Port Adelaide V Carlton - Professer E - 04-20-2017
Don't be surprised if there aren't a few more changes if it keeps raining.
Re: 2017 Round 5 : Pre Game thread - Port Adelaide V Carlton - PaulP - 04-20-2017
Weather forecast for Adelaide says showers only in the morning, and even then only 50% chance.
http://www.bom.gov.au/sa/forecasts/adelaide.shtml
Re: 2017 Round 5 : Pre Game thread - Port Adelaide V Carlton - blue4life - 04-21-2017
(04-20-2017, 08:19 PM)sandsmere link Wrote:.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong, but Port by around 10 goals would not surprise me.
Nor me, Port are no more than an average side but this Carlton team is the most inexperienced I've seen by a long way.
Our young guns in Cripps and Weitering have only just been going, we sadly lack fire-power up front and our only class ruckman is missing, 10 goals won't surprise me at all and it could get worse than that.
Re: 2017 Round 5 : Pre Game thread - Port Adelaide V Carlton - Gointocarlton - 04-21-2017
Have some faith kiddies, PA are not that good.
Re: 2017 Round 5 : Pre Game thread - Port Adelaide V Carlton - LP - 04-21-2017
Cripps will really miss SpecialK, as a duo they make a significant contribution to our clearances due to SpecialK's 2nd efforts. Phillips is someway off making that level of 2nd effort.
SpecialK doesn't stop, there is no hesitation between the hit out and the continuation of play, Kreuzer and Mumford are the two best in the league in this regard and by some margin.
Phillips is OK but not nearly as good as Kreuzer.
Most rucks hesitate momentarily to see who is where and what is happening, just a fraction of a second. Casboult is particularly bad at hesitating, it takes him a second or so to get his bearings and decide what to do next. Jones was about the same but looked better with the NBs in the first game, I won't judge him on last week as that was against kids.
Gorringe is not a ruckmen, he's miles away, he is more like another Rowe in the making.
Korcheck cannot be judged, he's so raw he doesn't know what to do even when he's got his bearings. Which is odd because Ex.Basketballers are usually quite good in traffic. I think Korcheck should really have gone down the Rugby route!
Re: 2017 Round 5 : Pre Game thread - Port Adelaide V Carlton - ElwoodBlues1 - 04-21-2017
(04-20-2017, 08:19 PM)sandsmere link Wrote:Kreuse and Daisy out with " soreness ".
I wonder how long Cripps can keep going without some extra help. Him and Murph are carrying a huge load right now.
Pre-draft there was a lot of talk on here about getting some hard bodies in to help him. didn't happen.
I'm all for playing the kids, but half a dozen of them at once?????
An article on the AFL website is saying Cripps isn't playing like he has in the last couple of seasons.
No wonder. he needs some bloody help or he'll go down.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong, but Port by around 10 goals would not surprise me.
Glad you agree we needed/need to get Cripps another big bodied mid or two to help him out, a few of us said that pre-draft but SOS and crew
didnt think it was a priority....Cripps gets a hard tag every week and I expect Port to do the same, I think we are a chance but I would expect Ryder to do well and give Port first use
especially with Philips playing his first senior game for the year. Port are not that great down back IMO and I think we will be competitive providing we convert our chances....