2017 Round 6: Pre game premonitions: Carlton vs Sydney

[Gointocarlton]

No doubt young tyros Cunningham, McKay and now Polson and Pickett, are being asked to put in a big VFL game this week. Fair enough.

Think Jones may sneak in at the expense of a tall that doesn't come up. I'm thinking they may rest Weitering. Not sure. Maybe Kreuzer doesn't' come up. We'll see.

I wouldn't mind Jones on Franklin as a left field one. Or in the ruck even to play that role he did in the VFL against Willi last weekend.

As l've mentioned previously, I'm not against trialing a bloke like Lachie Plowman or Caleb Marchbank forward.

Sorry but I'm not a fan of the notion of playing blokes like Weitering, Marchbank, Plowman, Rowe etc fwd. They are defenders, darn good ones to boot. They must IMO play back as a unit and grow stronger together with every game. They will develop a 6th sense playing together, this is what makes gun back lines. People talk about playing kids and destroying their confidence with beltings, personally I reckon throwing them around fwd and back all around the place is worse. The fwd line problem is a different kettle of fish and needs addressed separately. That is, when Harry is ready, he will come in and be given a go. When Kerr is ready, he will come in and be given a go. We can play small fwd lines rotating mids and HFs. We will target a gun fwd in this years draft, trading period. It takes time and we need to be patient. Robbing Peter to pay Paul is nonsense IMO.