Pre Game Perambulations: AFL 2020 R11 Carlton vs West Coast

[cookie2]

I'm not expecting too much against an in form WCE, but you never know with us.

[LP]

I'm not expecting too much against an in form WCE, but you never know with us.

Most interesting thing for me is how our defence handles Kennedy and Darling, I hope for some real improvement against A-Grade power forwards.

The rest I'm not expecting too much.

[laj]

we beat geelong ,footy gods were on our side that night ,2 players down and in 7/8 min of football almost won game we just hanged on

Yes, we thrashed them unmercifully for 3 qtrs then $hit the bed in the last but held on.

Our best is good enough but....................

[Baggers]

we beat geelong ,footy gods were on our side that night ,2 players down and in 7/8 min of football almost won game we just hanged on

Yep. Sadly, the word is that the Pussycats were over-confident, thought they had it in the bag. Supported by playing a chubby Jack Steven (who gifted us a goal with a misdirected hand ball... among other stuff ups from him, a brilliant but sadly underdone player).

But that doesn't alter the fact that we came to play and took advantage of their lethargy / few % drop in focus which you cannot do against any side these days... well, maybe against the Crows you'd get away with it!

[PaulP]

Yep. Sadly, the word is that the Pussycats were over-confident, thought they had it in the bag. Supported by playing a chubby Jack Steven (who gifted us a goal with a misdirected hand ball... among other stuff ups from him, a brilliant but sadly underdone player).

But that doesn't alter the fact that we came to play and took advantage of their lethargy / few % drop in focus which you cannot do against any side these days... well, maybe against the Crows you'd get away with it!

They almost got away with it. They were coming like an avalanche. I'm quite certain that with another 3 or 4 minutes they would have rolled us.

[Baggers]

Mate just thinking about it, apart from the last 5 losses in row, prior to that was always 50-50 against them whether it was in here or there. If they really care about how they lost yesterday and really want to redeem themselves, we are a sneaky chance. Last 20 games are as follows:
LWLLLLWWWWLLLWWLLLLL

We've just about always matched up well on the Weagles. And we've played plenty of good footy in the West. And in a season like this one there is seldom a lay down misere.

I just hope we coach the midfield this week to take control of the game, if the opposition kick two in a row, by slowing the game down to prevent our usual gifting opposition sides 4-7 consecutive goals... then get our bearings and go nuts again.

I also hope we rest Murphy and give a kid a go.

I also hope we drop Moore.

I also hope we give Gibbons, Cuningham, Martin, SPS & even Edwardo more/some midfield time. And, conversely, give Kennedy, Cripps and Setterfield more time up forward.

I also hope we make changes within a game when needed.

I also hope SPS gets some midfield/forward time and we consign the backman experiment to the rubbish bin.

I hope the Weagles (like the Pussy Cats) are so over-confident that they rest Nic Nat.

I also hope we send the coaching group and players more of the Jekyll & Hyde formula that we obviously sip on in games, but this time increase the dose so that everyone gets more sustained mongrel/ferocity! More Hyde, less Jekyll thank you.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Unlike Hawthorn who view us at their bunnies we usually do ok vs WC and make a good game of it even in Perth.
I expect a close game and give us a chance.....Jones, Weitering can look after Kennedy and the WC backline without the good McGovern isnt that brilliant IMO.
Its all about the midfield and can we lock down on Shuey, Kelly, Gaff, Yeo etc.....the latter will probably get Cripps and he usually does well so we need a lift from Kennedy, Setterfield,  etc...

[kruddler]

All this we do well against the Eagles stuff is setting us up for failure.

When was the last time we played the eagles.....and did they have some bloke called Tim Kelly playing for them?

Kelly vs Cripps both on current form, is a huge win for Kelly.
Do i need to continue down the midfield chain from there?  :-*

[Baggers]

All this we do well against the Eagles stuff is setting us up for failure.

How so? Pretty sure the players and coaches don't read this and say... 'hey, GTC, EB1, Baggers (and so on) reckon we'll do all right against the Weagles... you beauty!'

Nuh. And I'm pretty damn sure the players aren't thinking, 'We match up well on the Weagles... nothing to worry about...' Nuh. They'll know the huge task in front of them.

[kruddler]

How so? Pretty sure the players and coaches don't read this and say... 'hey, GTC, EB1, Baggers (and so on) reckon we'll do all right against the Weagles... you beauty!'

Nuh. And I'm pretty damn sure the players aren't thinking, 'We match up well on the Weagles... nothing to worry about...' Nuh. They'll know the huge task in front of them.

Us = the supporters