AFL Rd 19 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

[ElwoodBlues1]

Need a steady settled defense to win a premiership, dropping Kemp isnt a sign of that imho, we have moved on from Young, now we have moved on from Kemp. Marchbank isnt a true KP defender imo and I cant see him holding down CHB in the finals and thats if he can even stay on the park till finals.
Kemp gets the two tough gigs vs GWS and the Dogs but gets dropped vs Nth who have been playing the less challenging defender Toby Pink at CHF, not sure how that is developing Kemp?

[northernblue]

I doubt Kemps been written off, though sometimes I wonder who Weiters feels more comfortable with, who he thinks he can rely on to do what needs to be done.

[DJC]

I’ve had a feeling with Kemp that he’s not killing the ball when he’s 3rd man up, I suspect that’s why they’ve gone with Marchbank

I suspect that it's more because of Kemp completely losing his opponents on several occasions in our last two games.  In one case he gave Hogan a couple of metres, then took a detour around the goal post that allowed Hogan an uncontested mark about 15 metres out.  Kemp needs to work on his positioning in the VFL to win his spot back.

Like Crash, I have a feeling that Nige will come in to the 22 and we'll have a very a different defensive set up.

[Gointocarlton]

I think the back 6 is at its most solid when it includes Weiters, Gov and Kemp as the three main pillars. When ones goes out, it seems to fall apart. Just my opinion.

[Thryleon]

I think we are getting the squad ready for the real stuff and I think we are currently boosting players stocks for next season.

[madbluboy]

I understand bringing Durdin in as we have the 4th worst defense in the comp. Only the bottom 3 teams have conceded more goals than us.

[northernblue]

We also need a look at Nige, has he debuted yet ?
In the past when needed he was suspended or injured, we need to see if he can work in the back six

[Lods]

I doubt Kemps been written off, though sometimes I wonder who Weiters feels more comfortable with, who he thinks he can rely on to do what needs to be done.

I actually think Weitering probably has a big influence in that selection process...and I suspect it's not Young.
How many games has Young played in defence (and not in the ruck) with Weitering also in the side.

[Baggers]

From the extended bench, i'd go this way with it.
[37] Jordan Boyd,
[29] George Hewett,
[44] Matthew Owies,
[28] David Cuningham,
Sub...
[46] Matthew Cottrell,

Emergencies
[16] Jack Carroll,
[38] Sam Durdin,
[27] Marc Pittonet

Same here. So... we can be assured it won't end up that way! :

[DJC]

We also need a look at Nige, has he debuted yet ?
In the past when needed he was suspended or injured, we need to see if he can work in the back six

Nige has played one game for us - I think he got injured ? - and 22 for North.

As Fog said, we’ve given up more goals in the last two games than we have in quite a while.  McGovern struggling with injury, then missing hasn’t helped but it’s not entirely the back seven’s fault.  Our team defence needs to improve!