2018 Rd 4: Carlton vs North Melbourne in Hobart

[kruddler]

Thought exactly the same thing... many opposition coaches will attempt to exploit our 'too many talls down back' and Weitering's indifferent form.

Now every man and his dog can see it.

When i first brought it up though.... :

[DJC]

Thought exactly the same thing... many opposition coaches will attempt to exploit our 'too many talls down back' and Weitering's indifferent form.

Hmmm!

Atley 189  -  O'Shea 193
Waite 194  -  Weitering 195
Anderson 179  -  Simpson 181
Ziebell 188  -  Plowman 191
Brown 200  -  Jones 198
Simpkin 182  -  Cuningham 183

I wouldn't want to go much shorter!  Not that we will match up like that too often during the game.

[LoveNavy]

Congratulations to O'Brein on debut for the mighty Blues.
All the best to OShea and Jack for fighting their way back.
I hope all 3 have a ripper game and press the selectors to play r5.

[sandsmere]

Congratulations L O'B.


It appears to me that the club have decided 2018 will be development year more than a push up the ladder year.
Not playing Kerridge and Graham in conditions that would suit hard scrappy football says that we are not necessary chasing a win.

I'm OK with that, but am looking forward to 2020 when hopefully we can be in finals contention.

[flyboy77]

Now every man and his dog can see it.

When i first brought it up though.... :

What would the world do without your insight....

[malo]

There are a couple or lucky guys named this week. With the weather expected to be poor, windy and wet, I would have played Kerridge and Graham. I think they would be physically better capable of dealing with the conditions, even though their disposal can be suspect. Dow and O'Brien may not be the best options, but ... Weitering is very lucky to be there. Had any of the other defenders put their hands up, you would have expected them to push for spots.
It will also be interesting to see how Mullett goes against his old side: my expectations are low in the conditions.

I'm thinking back to our first win last year against the bombers......similar conditions to those forecast !  Hopefully the boys can pull out another hard win if it is wet. 

I certainly wouldn't be going too tall that's for sure !  I like the ins, but yes, a couple more hard bodies would be handy.  Although, if I remember from that win last year, it was SPS who had a great game in the wet. 

[Professer E]

Higgins cuts us up every time.  Ed is a trier,  but at the end of the day he is a very limited footballer.

[cookie2]

Congratulations L O'B.


It appears to me that the club have decided 2018 will be development year more than a push up the ladder year.
Not playing Kerridge and Graham in conditions that would suit hard scrappy football says that we are not necessary chasing a win.

I'm OK with that, but am looking forward to 2020 when hopefully we can be in finals contention.

Dead right imo. We may select for wins for morale purposes a bit later in the year but for now its all about development. Match results will be disappointing so I will try to distract myself by seeing how individual players come along.

[madbluboy]

Hopefully Kreuzer and Kennedy are closer to 100% this week.

[LP]

Hmmm!

Atley 189  -  O'Shea 193
Waite 194  -  Weitering 195
Anderson 179  -  Simpson 181
Ziebell 188  -  Plowman 191
Brown 200  -  Jones 198
Simpkin 182  -  Cuningham 183

I wouldn't want to go much shorter!  Not that we will match up like that too often during the game.

I don't understand what the posters here are on about, Norp look bigger and heavier than us on paper, and a centimeter or two means diddly squat!

They way Kruddler carries on you'd think that a 2cm difference is like swimming across the Atlantic!

The bigger problem for us is we are carrying too many slows players rotating through our midfield and forward line that cannot hit a target. They miss targets by hand and foot then get run off by the opposition on the turnover. This creates havoc for our defense as that have to deal with unmarked and unhindered opposition players streaming into 50m.

Banging on about our defense is basically complaining about the symptom and ignoring the cause!

Hit some freaking targets, create some clean football, and 90% of the problems disappear!

I'm dramatically losing faith on our MC, the feedback I got from some who suffered through the VFL humiliation suggested SoJ was miles away from selection. So we either have a bunch of injuries nobody knows about or this is nepotism's evil tendrils entering our AFL team selection.

Another week or two of this apparently baseless selection, if it is in conjunction with further loses which appear likely, and the tanking accusations will start to appear and justifiably so!