Pre-Game Potential: AFL 2019 Rd 8: Carlton vs. Collingwood

[crazyjoedevolamk11]

Kreuzer, McGovern & Setterfield come in, Phillips, O'Brien and Jones out, Casboult holds his place while Kennedy is emergency, don't like this unless Levi is back up for Kreuzer who may not make it over the line??

[townsendcalling]

McGovern, Kreuzer and Setterfield in for Phillips, Jones and O'Brien.

Pies lose Beams and Addams and bring in Mayne and Wills. And still no Cox.

I can see McGovern filling a hole down back at times during the game? With Cox out they don't have any real big talls other than Reid so hopefully Weitering can mind him. Not sure who gets Mihocek thought? He's a reasonably hard bloke to match up on and will have Marchbank struggling. But with no Beams or Adams it brings their midfield back a peg which is a bonus.

Wouldn't have said it a year ago, but Cox is a handy out. Can mark, can kick goals and is bloody tall....too tall for our backline.

[PaulP]

Apart from Jones, our ins improve the team, the Pies ins worsen theirs. Still miles apart unfortunately.

Samo's 50th. Well done and best of luck.

[laj]

Got the bloody 4 tall forwards in. Hopefully they plan on playing Charlie on the wing.

[shawny]

Hawks dropped a favorite son in Roughead - wish our MC had the balls to do the same with Murphy.

[Gointocarlton]

Wouldn't have said it a year ago, but Cox is a handy out. Can mark, can kick goals and is bloody tall....too tall for our backline.

Agree but I would have backed the Jones boy against him. If you create chaos around him, Cox gets a little rattled and we all know Jones can do chaos very well.

[Barbs]

Got the bloody 4 tall forwards in. Hopefully they plan on playing Charlie on the wing.

We're going to struggle to run with the Pies in this one.

Both through the midfield and in the backline.

Our beloved zone will be useless without some major improvements this week.

[crashlander]

CARLTON
B: Dale Thomas, Caleb Marchbank, Tom Williamson
HB: Lachie Plowman, Jacob Weitering, Marc Murphy
C: Zac Fisher, Patrick Cripps, Sam Walsh
HF: Jack Silvagni, Charlie Curnow, David Cuningham
F: Michael Gibbons, Harry McKay, Ed Curnow
R: Matthew Kreuzer, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Paddy Dow
Int: Liam Stocker, Will Setterfield, Mitch McGovern, Levi Casboult

Emg: Matthew Kennedy, Andrew Phillips, Hugh Goddard, Lochie O'Brien

IN: Matthew Kreuzer, Will Setterfield, Mitch McGovern

OUT: Lochie O'Brien (Omitted), Andrew Phillips (Omitted), Liam Jones (Injured)

I look at the team and I still scratch my head. I can't see Marchbank at FB on Reid. Having Special K back is a plus, but dropping Phillips after last week? Not sure of that. O'Brien probably needed to go back: he has to get harder. No choice in that.

COLLINGWOOD
B: Brayden Maynard, Jordan Roughead, Jeremy Howe
HB: Jack Crisp, Darcy Moore, Tom Langdon
C: Steele Sidebottom, Scott Pendlebury, Tom Phillips
HF: Josh Thomas, Ben Reid, Jamie Elliott
F: Jaidyn Stephenson, Brody Mihocek, Jordan De Goey
R: Brodie Grundy, Rupert Wills, Adam Treloar
Int: Chris Mayne, Callum L. Brown, Levi Greenwood, Will Hoskin-Elliott
EMG: Travis Varcoe, Isaac Quaynor, Ben Crocker, Max Lynch
IN Rupert Wills, Chris Mayne
OUT Dayne Beams (Injured), Taylor Adams (Injured)

[WASurfer]

And the job on De Goey....who's the unfortunate bloke in our backline to get that? If it's Plowman we're in BIG trouble.

[Gointocarlton]

And the job on De Goey....who's the unfortunate bloke in our backline to get that? If it's Plowman we're in BIG trouble.

The answer is a defender who knows how to defend a leading fwd and has some toe.