AFL Rd 24 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda

[pertz]

Curnow and Saad named in the side, so will play if fit.

Fantasia named on the extended bench, so even if fit is not guaranteed a game.
Williams is named on the ground., durdin named on the bench. McGovern named on the ground. Questions over all 3.

Moir, Fantasia, Durdin (and Kennedy), all small forwards, all on the bench. Owies, Motlop, Williams (and E. Hollands) all named on the ground in the forward line.
Not sure what the record is for small forwards, but we might break it this week.

Just heard Matty Kenedy on SEN.  Did not sound confident at all when asked about Charlie playing..

[DJC]

Curnow and Saad named in the side, so will play if fit.

Fantasia named on the extended bench, so even if fit is not guaranteed a game.
Williams is named on the ground., durdin named on the bench. McGovern named on the ground. Questions over all 3.

Moir, Fantasia, Durdin (and Kennedy), all small forwards, all on the bench. Owies, Motlop, Williams (and E. Hollands) all named on the ground in the forward line.
Not sure what the record is for small forwards, but we might break it this week.

Durdin (173cm), Motlop (179cm), Fantasia and Owies (both 180cm) are small forwards.  Williams (185cm), Moir (188cm), Hollands, E (189cm) and Kennedy (190cm) are medium forwards and play very different roles.  I would expect us to go with Charlie (if fit), Kemp, three small forwards, Williams and Hollands, E with Kennedy back in the midfield rotations but probably spending some time forward and in the ruck.

[DJC]

I'm listening to that SEN podcast now - interesting to hear Hoyne say McKay to CHB.

Clever; because he will never be proved wrong.

Hoyne should stick to playing with facts and figures.

[Professer E]

Last week we had unpredictabilty, 100% commitment and focus and finally, some pace.  Let's not piss those hard won advantages away with craptastic MC decisions.

No unfit players
No passengers

[ElwoodBlues1]

Last week we had unpredictabilty, 100% commitment and focus and finally, some pace.  Let's not piss those hard won advantages away with craptastic MC decisions.

No unfit players
No passengers

Some of the Indians stepped up with some of our Chiefs missing, need them to do it again. Good wins are the ones where you get the collective contributing rather than a few individual brilliant players carrying the load and I'm hoping we see that vs the Saints and the likes of Cripps don't have to be BOG.

[Professer E]

Reward the blokes who got it done, don't go with "names".  Fantasia hasnt done it all year, why go back to that well now?  Heck, I'd rather play a kid with one arm in that role from what I saw last week (admitting that could be a massive risk and over in the first minute).

[DJC]

Reward the blokes who got it done, don't go with "names".  Fantasia hasnt done it all year, why go back to that well now?  Heck, I'd rather play a kid with one arm in that role from what I saw last week (admitting that could be a massive risk and over in the first minute).

Our last game was small Durdin’s best game for quite a while and I’d like to see him get another crack … and maybe knock the stuffing out of Stocker again.  It is a huge risk though, particularly with the prevalence of chicken wing tackles.

I don’t mind Fantasia getting a run, but only as a last resort.  I’d prefer to go with a taller forward line and play Moir.  He can take a mark and his bag of tricks is like Fantasia’s at his prime.  I don’t think he’d be overawed by the occasion.

[Professer E]

I think Moir is a real wildcard.  Fantasia is run and done, why should he get a run ahead of a fizzed up kid?  Reap the whirlwind.

[crashlander]

Our line-up:
B:  [33] Lewis Young  [23] Jacob Weitering  [2] Lachlan Cowan
HB:  [42] Adam Saad  [11] Mitch McGovern  [24] Nic Newman
C: [4] Oliver Hollands  [9] Patrick Cripps  [13] Blake Acres
HF:  [6] Zac Williams  [17] Brodie Kemp  [20] Elijah Hollands
F:  [44] Matthew Owies  [30] Charlie Curnow  [3] Jesse Motlop
R:  [27] Marc Pittonet  [18] Sam Walsh  [29] George Hewett
Int:  [39] Alex Cincotta  [7] Matthew Kennedy  [16] Jack Carroll  [19] Corey Durdin  [36] Cooper Lord  [43] Ashton Moir  [14] Orazio Fantasia  [25] Jaxon Binns

I look at our line-up and I wonder just how fictional it is. How many do we NOT have under an injury cloud?

[Gointocarlton]

Our line-up:
B:  [33] Lewis Young  [23] Jacob Weitering  [2] Lachlan Cowan
HB:  [42] Adam Saad  [11] Mitch McGovern  [24] Nic Newman
C: [4] Oliver Hollands  [9] Patrick Cripps  [13] Blake Acres
HF:  [6] Zac Williams  [17] Brodie Kemp  [20] Elijah Hollands
F:  [44] Matthew Owies  [30] Charlie Curnow  [3] Jesse Motlop
R:  [27] Marc Pittonet  [18] Sam Walsh  [29] George Hewett
Int:  [39] Alex Cincotta  [7] Matthew Kennedy  [16] Jack Carroll  [19] Corey Durdin  [36] Cooper Lord  [43] Ashton Moir  [14] Orazio Fantasia  [25] Jaxon Binns

I look at our line-up and I wonder just how fictional it is. How many do we NOT have under an injury cloud?

I look at last weeks makeshift fwd line who played like rabid dogs and I cant help but think that this weeks fwd line is going back to what hasn't worked for the previous 6 weeks. I hope and pray I'm wrong because the thought of StK ending our season makes me feel physically ill.