AFL Rd 12 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

[Lods]

As a wise man once said, you can’t polish a third (spoken with an Irish accent).

Dow wanted to stay at the club because he was contracted and no-one else wanted him.  Sadly, he’s one of far too many players on our list that are marginal AFL players at best. 

I don’t think that you can put that down to player development, it’s a list management failing.

I wonder whether anyone will want him this year.
I'd say he's a fair chance to be picked up.
Maybe by a list manager who has a point to prove.

[Lods]

We may not have our 'best' side this week, but hopefully we'll see a good 'team'.

[ElwoodBlues1]

We may not have our 'best' side this week, but hopefully we'll see a good 'team'.

Reckon we can win, Dees team isn't it's strongest and they look vulnerable imo.

[blues deluxe]

Bugger me ...... what does Dow have to do to get a game ???

There is something seriously wrong here right now.

I've watched most of the reserves games via live streaming this year, and dows kicking is deplorable.  Last week against Sydney there was a passage of play where he was all by himself 60 metres from  goal, and managed to kick the ball in between 2 targets, and the ball dribbled out of bounds .

[LordLucifer]

I've watched most of the reserves games via live streaming this year, and dows kicking is deplorable.  Last week against Sydney there was a passage of play where he was all by himself 60 metres from  goal, and managed to kick the ball in between 2 targets, and the ball dribbled out of bounds .

If that is his stock standard ability, it beggars belief as to why we drafted him in the first place !!

[LP]

I've watched most of the reserves games via live streaming this year, and dows kicking is deplorable.  Last week against Sydney there was a passage of play where he was all by himself 60 metres from  goal, and managed to kick the ball in between 2 targets, and the ball dribbled out of bounds .

This is my concern, as a inside stoppage player he wins heaps of footy and gets involved in chains of play, but he burns a huge percentage of the ball he uses.

It's an area of the game we are already deplorable at, which makes me question whether or not Dow can ever be selected as an upgrade on what we already have! He won't win more inside footy than Cripps, Walsh, Hewett, Cerra or Kennedy, and at his best Dow balls use is no more than equal the worst of them.

Maybe I'm being unfair, but that is what I see.

Fwiw, to be fair to Dow, SoJ got a lot of footy in his VFL appearance and burned just as much of it.

The bodgy ball use is a plague cutting through the club like case of the clap!

[townsendcalling]

Glass half full. In our team tonight, we have our 5 AA reps from the last 2 years, 2 nominations (Weitering and Docherty) plus Cerra who is in the conversation. We lose Hollands an Durdin (not in our best dozen) and bring in a couple of likes.  Notwithstanding form, there is still plenty of talent in the side!! (and the Ds aren't setting the world  on fire!)

If the stars all align!!!!

[Gointocarlton]

Need to show some grit (or grinta as the Italians call it).
Need to just find a bloody way to win.
Need to get the ball in Harry's hands early so he can nail one and blow off the cobwebs.
Go Blues

[WASurfer]

Can't help but thing we've gone a bit tall down back given that Melbourne really only have Van Rooyen and one of the ruckmen as tall forwards....unless Young is in the side to purely ruck and then push back onto the resting ruckman.

I thought Binns was a tad unlucky yet we've gone back to the well with O'Brien.

We can't continue with Ed, even as sub. When he came on early last week he absolutely slaughtered the footy every time he kicked it.

[pertz]

Gerard Healy was saying on SEN the other night that the problem with Dow when he came to Carlton was that he didn't find the ball enough. He's clearly fixed that, but what's the point if your disposal is sh1t? Better to have quality rather than quantity...