2017 Round 6: Pre game premonitions: Carlton vs Sydney

[shawny]

Big word on social media Gibbs has a suspected broken thumb and Murphy had a torn meniscus in his knee.

Murphy was a no show at a post match function.

Geez imagine fronting up next week against the Swans without those 2..... 

[laj]

Welcome to AFL son, its a brutal game. Why is it our kids all need a rest and kids from other sides just soldier on? They will rest older blokes to preserve their longevity (ie Daisy and Kruze) but the kids will be asked to dig deep and endure and I believe they will respond.

As we are playing alot of kids, unlike other sides, so they are taking more responsibility. To give them a let up every so often means they are both fresher, able to play better footy and as well they get to round 23 in good shape rather than round 15. It's being proactive.

[shawny]

Social media saying Murphy seen in a knee brace and hobbling. 

Not good.

[townsendcalling]

Social media saying Murphy seen in a knee brace and hobbling. 

Not good.

Can't tackle if you can't catch!

[Gointocarlton]

Social media saying Murphy seen in a knee brace and hobbling. 

Not good.

I could see it when he was running last night, he was favouring a leg badly and couldnt catch nor breakaway from anyone. He wasnt right for alot of the game.

[ElwoodBlues1]

As others have said, simply too many young blokes on the park at once.....6 first years players someone said - and another batch of 2nd year players.

Smedts and Palmer should be in the 22 week in, week out and the young players rotated through with some sort of system.

Polson. Had he really been tearing it up in the 2s? Not from the reports I've read. Whereas Kerridge gets 40 possies and gets overlooked - what message does that send?

Even Boekhurst (on recent form) should have played before Polson....

All that aside, i can't fathom why we became some wary about moving the ball forward and taking the game on....our ball movement was simply abysmal - and that's not a function of youth.

Phillips looked unready and quite uncoordinated - not surprising given his lack of game time since returning from injury...

Agree...I'm all for playing kids and giving them preference but there has to be balance.....Smedts, Palmer, Kerridge, Jones, and Jaksch etc all have to play their part and fill some gaps...
Cripps and Weitering also need a chop out, we forget they are still kids allbeit mature ones.....

[laj]

Agree...I'm all for playing kids and giving them preference but there has to be balance.....Smedts, Palmer, Kerridge, Jones, and Jaksch etc all have to play their part and fill some gaps...
Cripps and Weitering also need a chop out, we forget they are still kids allbeit mature ones.....

Good to give them all a run but we need a couple of bigger bodies to take the heat. It's was the practical example of the need to have experience about as you rebuild.

[Thryleon]

This is why some of us were saying don't go too youthful.

They end up being lambs to the slaughter.

Port hit hard last night.

[townsendcalling]

Silvagni for McCreadie: give him a rest and have another mature body on standby if Buddy gets off the lease. 
Jones for Weitering: give him a rest,  he's getting beaten up. Jones can be the ruck pinch hitter.
Cunningham for Murphy if unfit
Graham for Pickett: deserves a recall.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Silvagni for McCreadie: give him a rest and have another mature body on standby if Buddy gets off the lease. 
Jones for Weitering: give him a rest,  he's getting beaten up. Jones can be the ruck pinch hitter.
Cunningham for Murphy if unfit
Graham for Pickett: deserves a recall.

Silvagni would need promoting but its not a bad call...McCreadie looked a bit lost vs GC and Port..
Cuningham for Murphy seems fair enough..
I thought Smedts was better than most but Murphy and Pickett are not players he would replace in terms of being like for like......
Not convinced about Graham especially on the bigger grounds but he probably has consistent form in the NB's to justify being picked...
Jones for Weitering...maybe, but I dont see Bolton resting him..
Daisy will probably come back so that might stuff it up for Graham or Cuningham being recalled...