AFL Rd 6 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda

[ElwoodBlues1]

Five good games in a row now for Stocker. Very reliable cog in the Saints defence.
Setters was grossly mis managed.

The club is under valuing our players and giving them away for nothing.

Stocker played on Jamie Elliott who is a very decent player as we all know and had the better of him.
Elliott had the one goal and 11 possies to Stockers 17 possies ....Elliott was restricted after Stocker tackled and slammed him into the turf.

[ElwoodBlues1]

We'll go into this game with no illusions.
It will be tough.
That works to our advantage because there will be no complacency.

Stkilda came home well after looking like they were going to be buried, I never like playing teams who finish well in last quarters as in my experience they tend to take that form into next week.

[pew2]

Stock looks better at saints because of there system,he has 10 teammates that comeback and defend . Who cares . We need to beat saints and it starts with not letting wilke taking intercept marks so Harry stop F....k slipping over and use that body

[pinot]

We are going into this match as favourites at $1.70 Saints at $2.16.

Go Figure.

[Mav]

Stocker played on Jamie Elliott who is a very decent player as we all know and had the better of him.
Elliott had the one goal and 11 possies to Stockers 17 possies ....Elliott was restricted after Stocker tackled and slammed him into the turf.

All true and yet he cost them the game. Why he chose to go all in on a marking duel with Ginnivan, I don’t know. Sure, the kick to him was poor but surely he realised he couldn’t allow Ginnivan to trail the ball forward when Jamie Elliott was free in F50. He needed to focus on bringing the ball to ground to his or St Kilda’s advantage. That’s the job of a defender - keep the opposition from getting the ball even if you’re under the pump.

Once he allowed Ginnivan to run onto the loose ball, he had to tackle but instead he allowed him to step him. And Jamie Elliott then kicks the winning goal. It felt like the winning goal at the time and the dramatic finish confirmed that it was the decisive moment in the match.

I don’t see a defence-first coach like Lyon being impressed. And I reckon if Plowman made a similar error to kill a comeback for us, Carlton fans would be baying for his blood.

[Mav]

Will Caminetti be suspended over an off-the-ball hit on Murphy? Probably doesn’t matter if Membrey is ready to return. Steele is expected back too but it wouldn’t be a total surprise if he didn’t.

[madbluboy]

The kick was a shocker, no one could or would blame anyone for that. Even Plowman.

[Gointocarlton]

So we have dropped to 4th, depending on results next week, we can go as low as 9th or as high as 2nd If we win. Very important game.

[madbluboy]

Saints have good defence but I don't think that will bother us much. It's the high scoring sides that seem to give us trouble. Last year Ryder destroyed us and we were missing Weitering. Think we win by 3 goals in a low scoring affair.

[Mav]

The kick was a shocker, no one could or would blame anyone for that. Even Plowman.

He should have reacted as a defender and gone the fist rather than trying to win a marking contest. He was effectively making a last-ditch defensive stand notwithstanding he was on the wing. He had to know that his team was forked if he let the ball get past him.