03-21-2018, 10:35 PM
The team for Rd 1, 2017:
CARLTON
B Lachie Plowman, Jacob Weitering, Kade Simpson
HB Harrison Macreadie, Sam Rowe, Caleb Marchbank
C Sam Docherty, Bryce Gibbs, Jarrod Pickett
HF Dennis Armfield, Levi Casboult, Matthew Wright
F Ed Curnow, Jack Silvagni, Dale Thomas
FOL Matthew Kreuzer, Patrick Cripps, Marc Murphy
I/C Sam Petrevski-Seton, Billie Smedts, Charlie Curnow, Simon White
To me, the team for tonight is better.
No army, Smedts or White, no Pickett (who this time last year was pretty unfit) and the young blokes eg SPS, Charlie, Weiters are all that extra year more experienced, fitter etc.
Moreover Kennedy, Garlett, Mullett are all experienced at senior AFL level. Indeed Mullett has played a finals match.
Thomas too, looks in good nick and in form.
Our backline looks formidable, our midfield deeper and better balanced.
The Tigers will be short favourites - and rightly so.
Doesn't mean they'll win though.
CARLTON
B Lachie Plowman, Jacob Weitering, Kade Simpson
HB Harrison Macreadie, Sam Rowe, Caleb Marchbank
C Sam Docherty, Bryce Gibbs, Jarrod Pickett
HF Dennis Armfield, Levi Casboult, Matthew Wright
F Ed Curnow, Jack Silvagni, Dale Thomas
FOL Matthew Kreuzer, Patrick Cripps, Marc Murphy
I/C Sam Petrevski-Seton, Billie Smedts, Charlie Curnow, Simon White
To me, the team for tonight is better.
No army, Smedts or White, no Pickett (who this time last year was pretty unfit) and the young blokes eg SPS, Charlie, Weiters are all that extra year more experienced, fitter etc.
Moreover Kennedy, Garlett, Mullett are all experienced at senior AFL level. Indeed Mullett has played a finals match.
Thomas too, looks in good nick and in form.
Our backline looks formidable, our midfield deeper and better balanced.
The Tigers will be short favourites - and rightly so.
Doesn't mean they'll win though.
Finals, then 4 in a row!