Pre-Game Pressure: AFL 2019 Rd 12: Carlton vs Brisbane

[Baggers]

Not sure why Stocker was dropped at least he has some gonads and if the club want Kennedy to show something they need to give him some continuity by playing him.

LOB?....based on his NB's form?

SOS needs to do his job and find some decent mature players as both Fasalo and Lang are finished....

Equally surprised with LOB getting a call up.

Yep, SOS is going to have to work overtime to get some legitimate performers in the 23-27 age bracket.

No more non-hackers please SOS.

No more broken ones please SOS.

No more 'slower than a wet week' ones please SOS.

No more runts please SOS.

[WASurfer]

Lang is about as durable as Phillips.....should be shown the door at the end of the season.

Agree on O'Brien....not sure what he brings to the table but I'm guessing there wasn't much else left in the VFL?

[Baggers]

Read somewhere else we may have been  overcoachef but we'll see.

That was one of the knocks on BB, too much complex instruction and too many meetings (did he just like the sound of his own voice  - don't tell Pauly I said that ssshhhh).

[ElwoodBlues1]

Stocker shown as injured.

Fair enough, makes sense then as he at least gives effort.....
Lang injured too?....maybe it was the heavy rain....

[laj]

...and this you know, how? As Pauline would blurt, "Please explain."

Must admit, I laughed too.

[cookie2]

Fair enough, makes sense then as he at least gives effort.....
Lang injured too?....maybe it was the heavy rain....

Probably a problem with his backbone?

[crashlander]

Here we go again. Not at all sure I like the team, but ...

CARLTON
B: Nic Newman, Jacob Weitering, Lachie Plowman
HB: Caleb Marchbank, Levi Casboult, Dale Thomas
C: Will Setterfield, Patrick Cripps, David Cuningham
HF: Michael Gibbons, Charlie Curnow, Lochie O'Brien
F: Mitch McGovern, Harry McKay, Ed Curnow
R: Matthew Kreuzer, Sam Walsh, Zac Fisher
Int: Kade Simpson, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Paddy Dow, Jack Silvagni

EMG: Angus Schumacher, Matthew Lobbe, Matthew Kennedy, Cameron Polson

IN: Dale Thomas, Lochie O'Brien, Mitch McGovern, Kade Simpson

OUT: Alex Fasolo (Omitted), Liam Stocker (Injured), Matthew Kennedy (Omitted), Darcy Lang (Injured)

Lang lucky to be injured this time; saves him from being dropped.
I would not have brought in O'Brien; his form hasn't deserved it.

BRISBANE LIONS
B: Luke Hodge, Harris Andrews, Daniel Rich
HB: Alex Witherden, Darcy Gardiner, Noah Answerth
C: Hugh McCluggage, Lachie Neale, Mitch Robinson
HF: Cam Rayner, Eric Hipwood, Lincoln McCarthy
F: Charles Cameron, Daniel McStay, Lewis Taylor
R: Stefan Martin, Dayne Zorko, Jarryd Lyons
Int: Nick Robertson, Jacob Allison, Rhys Mathieson, Archie Smith

EMG: Ben Keays, Allen Christensen, Josh Walker, Oscar McInerney

IN: Jacob Allison

OUT: Ben Keays (Omitted)

Martin, Robinson and Zorko usually have great games against us.

[WASurfer]

Those three behinds he kicked from 8 possessions EB must've really taken it out of him

[PaulP]

The Docherty interview re Teague on the CFC makes for very interesting listening. Less meetings, less strategies, simple messages.  Maybe we’ve been ‘overtaught!’

It's certainly one possibility. I'd be very curious to know where Bolton's coaching sits compared to other coaches on the "over coaching" spectrum. This could be one of those urban myths that arise to explain a poor W/L. I suspect he learned a fair bit from the Hawks and if there was over coaching, then maybe it's because of the number of kids on the list. Bolton did say he was wary of over coaching someone like Walsh, so I suspect this is getting legs without too much reason.

In my view, the emphasis on strategy and meetings is to equip the kids to think for themselves. Which is much better than just giving them rote instructions. It's the difference between a university education, which is knowledge based, and a TAFE education, which is skills based.

It's basically a "better in the long term" approach, which is what I thought the club wanted.

[Professer E]

Watched the tape again and Setterfield was much better than I originally thought.  At least kicks the ball into positions from which we can score. I wonder if his knee is really 100 percent.  I reckon he is worth persisting with but of the outs, Stocker was due a break but the others won't be missed