AFL Rd 22 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Hawthorn

[tonyo]

We are much better than this, have an extra day break and whilst the Hawks have been good freo and gws down in tassie is their only really solid wins in the last couple of months. 

Beating Brisbane at marvel when they did wasn't a good win.

Brisbane hadn't started rolling yet.

I'm not so pessimistic about this match but I'm starting to think our flag chance is slipping away and I can only blame the MC for flirting with form, selecting unfit players and then causing a roll on.

MC screwed up so bad when they left Hewitt out for two weeks while playing Cottrell and Cerra who were both underdone (and are both now cooked).

And now we get to the pointy end of the year without blooding any new talent and the cupboard is looking bare.

Having said that, I don't think any team in the 8 is all that convincing at the moment.  Someone could easily come from the clouds and win it.  We are far from done in 2024.

[Professer E]

Good old MC stabbing us from within, awesome job fellas.  Stick ya hand out for a rise champs

[Professer E]

Meek is close to AA ruck with a very hard unit at his feet....he'll flog Pitto and Cripps will have his hands full with three blokes hanging off him.  Game will be won and lost right there.

[Professer E]

Maybe try Cowan across half forward as a quicker marking option to keep Jiath and Sicily occupied

[kruddler]

By my count we have 11 on the injury list. (Silvagni, Docherty, TDK, Williams, Cuningham, Cerra, Cottrell, S. Durdin, C. Durdin, O'keefe, M.Carroll)
There are 7 on our list who are yet to debut/not ready to debut (Lemmey, Wilson, Lord, Akuei, Moir, Mirkov, Monahan)

There is also another 4 with question marks over them (Acres, Charlie, McGovern, Marchbank)
Lets assume none of them play for this exercise.

That means we have 23 players left to choose from.
From those who did not play in the 1's this week we are left with additions of....
Cowan, Fantasia, J. Carroll, Young and Binns.


Doesn't leave us with a lot of chess pieces to play with if our 4 don't get up (noting Marchbank wasn't in the team, but appeared to get injured in the 2's.)

[shawny]

Meek is close to AA ruck with a very hard unit at his feet....he'll flog Pitto and Cripps will have his hands full with three blokes hanging off him.  Game will be won and lost right there.

Yep pit was a non event last night. And while i hate blaming injuries losing TDK probably means year is done.

He is another midfielder and as we are so one paced in there he is faster then the opposition ruck so he tends to balance us up better. Pit is a trier decent if he gets he's hands to it in a ruck contest but after that we play one man short. 

[kruddler]

Yep pit was a non event last night. And while i hate blaming injuries losing TDK probably means year is done.

He is another midfielder and as we are so one paced in there he is faster then the opposition ruck so he tends to balance us up better. Pit is a trier decent if he gets he's hands to it in a ruck contest but after that we play one man short.

Excuses excuses excuses.

Or doesn't that work if you are the one giving them?

Pittonet is no the reason we lost last night.
TDK played against Giants and dogs and we had the same results there.

There are 22 blokes who are underperforming as one right now.

[crashlander]

Well, Hawthorn gave up a big lead at 3/4 time, so they are beatable. But will we show up?

[Gointocarlton]

Another L I reckon.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Another L I reckon.

I got it wrong with the Pies game expecting us to rise to the occasion so Im not brave enough to call this one, Im just hoping the Hawks think its over for them as far as finals go and take the foot off the gas and we can take advantage even though we look like losing a few players. I wouldnt be playing half fit players this week and if Charlie in particular is borderline I would rest him and play someone like Kennedy at FF and alter the game plan to suit.