2018 Rd 15: Pre Game Prattle: Carlton vs Brisbane

[spf]

I have been watching Liam Jones recently, and, thinking to myself; how can this guy not play forward?

Could he not play as a backman in the forward zone? What does he do now, he reads the ball, backs himself, and, zones off to contest.

Perhaps, an option for Liam, may be that he is instructed to play forward, and, stop his man marking it.  If he contests the way he does down back, the smaller crumbing players may come into their own; Jones may also take a few marks, and, start to believe he can play forward.

Brisbane may present the ideal opportunity to trial this.

[LP]

McKay's averaging 2 goals a game, don't care how he gets them.

No team wants 200cm types competing with their own smalls for the ground ball or for Joe-the-Goose goals, they want the 200cm types creating those opportunities for the smalls.

McKay playing small will kick goals, but he will kick them instead of our smalls not as well as them, that won't get us to many winning scores!

Kerr looks 1000% better at this point of time.

[LP]

I have been watching Liam Jones recently, and, thinking to myself; how can this guy not play forward?

Could he not play as a backman in the forward zone? What does he do now, he reads the ball, backs himself, and, zones off to contest.

Yep, it seems everybody can see this except our MC.

[Lods]

I have been watching Liam Jones recently, and, thinking to myself; how can this guy not play forward?

Could he not play as a backman in the forward zone? What does he do now, he reads the ball, backs himself, and, zones off to contest.

Perhaps, an option for Liam, may be that he is instructed to play forward, and, stop his man marking it.  If he contests the way he does down back, the smaller crumbing players may come into their own; Jones may also take a few marks, and, start to believe he can play forward.

Brisbane may present the ideal opportunity to trial this.

I'm really surprised we haven't tried it.
I think it would work extra well.
It would be chaos balls all over the place for our small forwards to work with.

I guessing we haven't done it because we may be a bit gun-shy given that he didn't succeed there before.
But the last games of this season give us some great opportunities for experimentation without consequence.

[laj]

No team wants 200cm types competing with their own smalls for the ground ball or for Joe-the-Goose goals, they want the 200cm types creating those opportunities for the smalls.

McKay playing small will kick goals, but he will kick them instead of our smalls not as well as them, that won't get us to many winning scores!

Kerr looks 1000% better at this point of time.

They won't be competing. I'll take anyone that hits the scoreboard, especially now.

Think you'll find he's not too bad in the contested situation. Don't see too many Joe the Goose type goals.

Hasn't been bad at crashing packs in the VFL in the past. Sometimes things come with confidence. Can't do too much better than average two goals a games in you're early career AFL games.

[deags]

No Kreuzer ProfE? :o

I think it will be Kreuzer and Kerr in.

I do not expect Casboult to be dropped.

I think SoJ or Weitering will be an out.

Mullett might be out for Lang or Byrne.

I reckon Jack had an ok game on the weekend playing back, and was mentioned as a small win after the game by Bolton. Unless that ankle doesnt come I'd expect him to play.

[blue4life]

Polson, Mullet and Casboult should be dropped, Thomas, McKay and anyone eligible with two arms and two legs in.
Lang or Shaw seeing as O'Brien didn't play in the VFL and Byrne probably needs another week.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Jones is playing well down back and will be ideal to play on the " Eel" this week......down forward he hasnt a clue.....
Liam needs more time to learn his craft down back as he is still a novice, why mess with one of our few players that is going ok?

[LP]

I reckon Jack had an ok game on the weekend playing back, and was mentioned as a small win after the game by Bolton. Unless that ankle doesnt come I'd expect him to play.

They both, SoJ and Weitering, had periods off the ground getting soft tissue injuries sorted.

[DJC]

I reckon Jack had an ok game on the weekend playing back, and was mentioned as a small win after the game by Bolton. Unless that ankle doesnt come I'd expect him to play.

I thought Jack did OK as a defender and certainly wasn’t the non-contributor that some folk seem to think.  He was favouring his ankle when he came back on though and may be in doubt.