AFL Rd 14 2022 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Richmond

[LoveNavy]

I also forgot parks......who is also injured.

At a pinch, we have 10 players capable of impersonating a key back.
Of those 10, 8 of them are injured!

Young is one, who's the second kruddler?

[laj]

.....and he was literally the only one from the entire list....and he's been very much out of form.

Alternatively our Key defender depth chart looks like this....
Starters....
Weitering
McDonald
McGovern - all 3 were our first picked in R1, all 3 injured now.

Backups...
Young
Marchbank
Parks
Durdin

In case of emergency....
Williamson
Kemp
Akieu ?
? ? ?

....and of course we lost Liam Jones last year.


...but yes, they were missing Dusty.

Yes, lost Jones, and even Levi would be most useful. Could have rucked after losing Pitto, forward after we lost McKay, or back after we lost nearly everyone.

[kruddler]

Young is one, who's the second kruddler?

Go back a few posts.
Kemp is all we have left.

[LoveNavy]

Go back a few posts.
Kemp is all we have left.

I saw him in the list but didn't realise he's a tall defender. Much less a KPP.

[Lods]

From the VFL game??

Yep
Akuei - Concussion off early in the game.

[LoveNavy]

Who would have guessed that a team that has had 3 senior coaches in the last 5 years looks a bit inconsisent?

Not to mention wholesale changes to the list and every department of the club. Including the foundations. Literally.

[kruddler]

I saw him in the list but didn't realise he's a tall defender. Much less a KPP.

Basically he's not, and neither is Williamson, but that's basically how desperate we are.

If I added plowman to the list he'd be our next tallest defender at 190cm. He basically plays on smalls, but is our next best bet

[madbluboy]

.....and he was literally the only one from the entire list....and he's been very much out of form.

Alternatively our Key defender depth chart looks like this....
Starters....
Weitering
McDonald
McGovern - all 3 were our first picked in R1, all 3 injured now.

Backups...
Young
Marchbank
Parks
Durdin

In case of emergency....
Williamson
Kemp
Akieu ?
? ? ?

....and of course we lost Liam Jones last year.


...but yes, they were missing Dusty.

I'm well aware of our injuries. Imagine our 95 side without Silvagni, Sexton and Dean.

[Gointocarlton]

I'm well aware of our injuries. Imagine our 95 side without Silvagni, Sexton and Dean.

Sigh!

[tonyo]

I have to say, although we didn't get the 4 points on Thursday night, we managed to get off the floor twice with a seriously undermanned side.  IMO, if Newnes' snap wasn't touched, we would have won - had all the momentum.

It does seem there is significant belief among this group, something that hasn't been in Navy Blue for a long time.  If we hang in there for a win or two over the next month, and then get some troops back, anything could happen.