AFL Rd 14 2022 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond

[ElwoodBlues1]

Yes, both McGovern and McDonald played well in Round 1.

The thing is that the better teams can cover injured players and I think that we have more than adequately covered those two. 

We have fudged a solution to Pitto’s absence that has worked in part and particularly when our opponent doesn’t have a strong ruck combination.

Weitering’s injury unsettled our defence against Collingwood and Young’s performance suffered as a consequence.  The addition of Marchbank and, presumably, Hamill’s tweaking of our defensive roles, resulted in a better performance against admittedly mediocre opponents last round.

Richmond’s forwards, with Lynch back and if Dusty plays, are a different kettle of potatoes and Young and Durdin will have their hands full.  They should break even, if we can limit Richmond’s forward 50 entries.

It will depend on whether our midfield can counter Richmond’s likely ruck dominance and whether we can control possession.  A positive for us is that Harry and Charlie are in much better form than they were in Round 1.

I think Collingwood have a weird forward line with a lot of non standard type players who are difficult matchups and its a bit like playing the Adams family TV show characters. They can hurt you if they get decent supply and thats where we lost the game and while I appreciate Weitering was missing I still think we would have lost but as the Pies have shown even the other good teams are struggling what to make of them. Richmond are a lot more traditional and I expect a more standard game style with less surprises.
There is talk Soldo might not play because of the conditions and us only playing one ruckman and that Balta would be their 2nd ruckman. dont see Dusty playing and Lambert will probably replace him.