Rd 2: Carlton vs Sydney Pre Game Postulations

[Brettie]

Gonna be one ugly afternoon for us.....not looking to this game one little bit.

[Juddkreuzer]

Gonna be one ugly afternoon for us.....not looking to this game one little bit.

Thought the same last week. The Pies headed into the season as a top 4 challenger.

Footy is a funny game.

[Amers]

I'll be happy if we lose by less than the Pies did !!

This will be a real character test for us this week, here's hoping that the Blue boys put up a good fight and show some pride in the jumper.

[Jean-Claude]

Swans will be backing up off an easy game, and us the opposite. So we aren't without a chance but you would think Sydney would have too much class and experience in the end.

Hate to say I called it, but I would persist with Buckley as the forward pressure player. We need his pace trying to lock down the ball in our forward end.

[flyboy77]

Thought the same last week. The Pies headed into the season as a top 4 challenger.

Footy is a funny game.

Who said they were top 4 other than some media nuff-nuffs no doubt trying to pander to Eddie Everywhere?

Poor forward line, ordinary back line and a lot of the mids are still kids......just a big beat up.

[Jofo]

Swans are weaker in the ruck department. I recall Kreuzer playing a blinder against Sydney at a Etihad. We had a good look at them 3 weeks ago. We will push them. Don't be surprised if we squeek home.

[Gointocarlton]

Gonna be one ugly afternoon for us.....not looking to this game one little bit.

I am. I saw nothing but positives (mostly) from Thus night. BB said look for sprouts and there were plenty. The weeds he will pull out, that I am certain of. I really rate Sydney, to be the best you have to beat the best. Given we are at, I doubt we will beat them but if we are going to be beaten, I want to see that we are very hard to beat at the very least. I am confident under BB we wont dish up what the Filth did the other night. I know it was only NAB Challenge but we did more than ok against them minus Murphy who was very good vs the Tiggers despite being short of a gallop. Especially in the midfield. Buddy and Tippet will be handfuls for us, and ES is not a happy hunting ground for us but I am looking fwd to the challenge.
Go Blues.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Gonna be one ugly afternoon for us.....not looking to this game one little bit.

Look forward to your team rating.....I reckon a C- would probably do for a ugly loss..

[laj]

Going to be a much harder fought game than many think but class will prevail in the end you'd imagine.

[MilkIt]

We have an extra two days rest so we should run out the game just as well as they do. I'm predicting that Franklin will cause too many problems in the forward line (not too worried about Tippett).

IN: Gorringe, Thomas
OUT: Casboult, Buckley

Byrne unlucky.
Casboult's kicking is a liability. It'd be different if he was getting 5 or 6 shots on goal and kicking 2 each game. But he's not kicking any as a permanent forward.