Pre game postulations: AFL 2021 Rd 2: Carlton vs Collingwood

[flyboy77]

I just can't see Collingwood getting within 5 goals. We are better than them all over the ground.

Agreed.

As I said, we'll have to try hard (to f... it up).

Martin and Williams huge ins. Levi will be better for the run.....

Time we pumped a team good and proper.

Blues by 44.

[townsendcalling]

Tonight is an incredible springboard into the next two games. Get across the line tonight and we then face a very wounded Fremantle in Melbourne and an emerging Gold Coast the next week.  Shoulda, woulda, coulda, I know but we have a great opportunity in the coming weeks.

[Blue Moon]

I think this is a really big game for us. There are a lot of doubters on this site. Lose this one and I think the doubters are right.

[flyboy77]

Tonight is an incredible springboard into the next two games. Get across the line tonight and we then face a very wounded Fremantle in Melbourne and an emerging Gold Coast the next week.  Shoulda, woulda, coulda, I know but we have a great opportunity in the coming weeks.

At least Gold Coast will be (more) easy thanks to Rowell's latest injury (poor kid).

[ElwoodBlues1]

We should win easily, Collingwood have lost talent over the summer, have their best most influential player out of form (Grundy) and are not stable in the coaching box with Buckley looking to exit to the media. Only lack of effort and appetite for the contest will prevent us winning imo..

[LP]

We should win easily, Collingwood have lost talent over the summer, have their best most influential player out of form (Grundy) and are not stable in the coaching box with Buckley looking to exit to the media. Only lack of effort and appetite for the contest will prevent us winning imo..

You are only as good as your last game, but it's Grundy's next game I worry about.

Pittonet doesn't strike me as the ruck best suited to deal with Grundy if Grundy gets on his bike!

Wasn't it De Koning that did the job on Grundy last year? If I recall Martin had a shocker, Simmo and Plowman not much better, and they stitched us up even without Sidebottom and Treloar, but Adams and Daicos had a field day! Did we even score after 1/2-time?

PS: After leading by 2 goals at 1/2-time, we kicked 0-4 and they kicked 5-6 to beat us by 4 goals.

[ElwoodBlues1]

You are only as good as your last game, but it's Grundy's next game I worry about.

Pittonet doesn't strike me as the ruck best suited to deal with Grundy if Grundy gets on his bike!

Wasn't it De Koning that did the job on Grundy last year? If I recall Martin had a shocker, Simmo and Plowman not much better, and they stitched us up even without Sidebottom and Treloar, but Adams and Daicos had a field day! Did we even score after 1/2-time?

PS: After leading by 2 goals at 1/2-time, we kicked 0-4 and they kicked 5-6 to beat us by 4 goals.

Pittonet isn't ideal but the cumbersome Martin assisted by the kid English did the job on him last week.
Problem I see is Pitto not being able to run out the game and having to rely on Casboult for the last quarter if the game was close. I'd expect Collingwood to be physical this week and look to tag Cripps at the stoppages with Sier and Pendlebury.
Be interesting how they approach Walsh... I'm thinking Adams will take him.
Hopefully with Martin and Williams in they will deliver well and we don't end up bombing the ball to our forwards.

[PaulP]

Both Grundy and Pendlebury were down last week. I can't remember the last time I saw Pendles play at that level.

Grundy doesn't strike me as the arrogant, super confident type. He seems more cerebral and more likely to go into his shell. It's just speculation on my part, but I'm wondering if his early 2020 mega new deal was at least partly responsible for the need to offload players in the off season, and maybe his form is due to some kind of guilt / responsibility for what happened to Treloar et al.

[LP]

maybe his form is due to some kind of guilt / responsibility for what happened to Treloar et al.

[member=64]PaulP[/member]‍  Feeling the pressure of those expectations?

[PaulP]

[member=64]PaulP[/member]‍  Feeling the pressure of those expectations?

Perhaps. No doubt he'll have a blinder just to spite me lol.