AFL Rd 2 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

[Baggers]

Confused. Vossy talked of Pitto needing more game time fitness, yet small Durds, without any game time, comes straight in (which I am wrapped with, but...). I can only assume that leaving out Pitto is based on our best ruck combo being TDK & JSOS and this excludes Pitto (based on opposition rucks?).

[ElwoodBlues1]

Just watching the morning news and melbourne looks like it's about to get slammed by a huge storm. Hopefully that weather is gone by tonight.

Been and gone...

[crashlander]

I commented on that in a post that disappeared into cyberspace las night. I cannot believe that Corey Durdin is ready and Pitto is not.
Besides, if we are to beat Geelong, we need to get first use of the ball. Without Pitto, that becomes less likely.

[DJC]

He was...but where and when did you first hear that Hewett had a hand injury that might force him out.
I'm not being critical of the club. I'm one who doesn't care if they're a bit vague about injuries. But there was a time when the media broke the injury news. The point I was making is that while BF and Facebook are often (rightly) rubbished for some of the drivel. They often have the breaking stories first. Such information though should always be treated with a bit of caution until it's confirmed.

Hewett’s injury was discussed on ABC radio in the rooms after the game.

It wasn’t mentioned in the weekly injury update (21 March) but the severity of the injury wasn’t established until training yesterday.

I think that the club should provide an injury update, as it has done in the recent past, early in the week.  Including George as “test” would have been appropriate.  The only problem is that Jack Martin would be a “test” every week ?

[DJC]

Confused. Vossy talked of Pitto needing more game time fitness, yet small Durds, without any game time, comes straight in (which I am wrapped with, but...). I can only assume that leaving out Pitto is based on our best ruck combo being TDK & JSOS and this excludes Pitto (based on opposition rucks?).

I guess we don’t see what players are or aren’t doing at training.

I was a tad surprised at small Durd’s inclusion.  Presumably Ed will take George’s midfield role and Corey will take Ed’s half forward spot.

[madbluboy]

Been and gone...

Another one is coming

[LP]

Should be clear by tonight, but I wonder what it means for the fragmented playing surface?

We might as well get use to the MCG being less than ideal, no matter what they do with a little bit of artificial light here and there, the timing of Ed Sheeran's concert probably means that the surface won't fully recover until after the AFL season.

I heard a disturbing report/rumor, that the MCG are doing a bit of an Augusta to make things look perfect. That is the very late relaying of the surface and  immediate use means that this has caused some patchy degradation, and they have been using a green dye to make it look more uniform. I hope that is not true!

[Baggers]

Should be clear by tonight, but I wonder what it means for the fragmented playing surface?

We might as well get use to the MCG being less than ideal, no matter what they do with a little bit of artificial light here and there, the timing of Ed Sherran's concert probably means that the surface won't be fully recover until after spring.

The joins will be the issue.

[LP]

The joins will be the issue.

Yes, sorry you got me still editing my post.

[DJC]

It should have been Sherrin, not Sheeran ?