2017 Round 6: Pre game premonitions: Carlton vs Sydney

[crashlander]

Carlton

B: Alex Silvagni, Caleb Marchbank, Simon White.
HB: Kade Simpson, Sam Rowe, Lachie Plowman.
C: Sam Petrevski-Seton, Patrick Cripps, Sam Docherty.
HF: Billie Smedts, Charlie Curnow, Ed Curnow.
F: Nick Graham, Levi Casboult, Jacob Weitering.
R: Matthew Kreuzer, Bryce Gibbs, Marc Murphy.
Int: Matthew Wright, Zac Fisher, Tom Williamson, Jack Silvagni.

Emg: David Cuningham, Dennis Armfield, Liam Jones.

In: Alex Silvagni, Billie Smedts, Nick Graham, Matthew Kreuzer.

Out: Harrison Macreadie (Managed), Andrew Phillips (Omitted), Jarrod Pickett (Omitted), Cameron Polson (Omitted).

New: Alex Silvagni

These guys probably deserve a go, even if it does slow us down a bit. Jones and Cuningham must also be close after their games last week.

Sydney Swans

B: Nick Smith, Heath Grundy, Zak Jones.
HB: Callum Mills, Lewis Melican, Jeremy Laidler.
C: Isaac Heeney, Josh P. Kennedy, Jake Lloyd.
HF: George Hewett, Lance Franklin, Gary Rohan.
F: Will Hayward, Sam Reid, Tom Papley.
R: Kurt Tippett, Luke Parker, Dan Hannebery.
Int: Harry Cunningham, Brandon Jack, Nic Newman, Callum Sinclair.

Emg: Jordan Foote, James Rose, Michael Talia.

In: Jeremy Laidler, Brandon Jack, Nic Newman.

Out: Jordan Foote (Omitted), Kieren Jack (Hip), Harry Marsh (Hamstring)

Franklin is the boogey man. Sydney usually kill us in the ruck and around the middle.

[Professer E]

The Midfield (as a collective) need to pull  their finger out and put some pressure on the ball carriers and make life easier for the defence. Kruezer will add a lot around the ball as well, an area in which we were whipped versus Port.

I would have played Cunners, wins his own ball and can spread, Graham doesn't add much run.  Will be watching his ball use with great interest.

I can see what they are doing with these ins but that doesn't mean I like them... if Alex S.  hasn't been  picked for a  specific role I don't know why we bothered - the best way to defend against Buddy is to choke his supply and force him higher up the ground to get the ball.  The 'G is big enough that the swannies' md will need more than three steps and a decent kick to find Buddy; Tippet and or Reid and the "connector" players will have a role to play and they need to be covered as well.

[LP]

Looking at that list I expect Weitering to go back besides Silvagni, the opportunity to play next to a seasoned AFL defender is too good to miss.

Marchbank or Plowman should go forward.

[sandsmere]

I'm happy to see Alex in. Not a star, but a damn good foot soldier.

Kreuser is an automatic selection, and Billy Smedts should never have been dropped.

Nick Graham, well, why not.
Has been burning in the twos.

Some good decisions there.

[Thryleon]

I think we'll see some late changes.

I'm expecting Murphy not to come up, and perhaps Kreuzer.

Jones will play IMHO.

He's an ideal matchup for buddy and can swap ends with weitering if required whilst pinch hitting in the ruck.

[RiverRat]

Good to see the better performers from the VFL being rewarded.

[LP]

A problem for Carlton is how to stay in the game while we wait for the pace of the game to come off to a level that blokes like Graham and Kerridge can compete.

We basically need a strategy that runs the Swans off their feet  for the first half but keeps us in the game.

We know if the pace of the game is such that Graham can keep up he's a star, and Kerridge works as hard as anybody.

I agree about Murphy and Kreuzer being possible late changes.

[Bear]

Looking at that list I expect Weitering to go back besides Silvagni, the opportunity to play next to a seasoned AFL defender is too good to miss.

Marchbank or Plowman should go forward.

Looking at the emergencies, I think Weitering might miss (for Jones) ....Murphy also has to be in doubt.

[LP]

Looking at the emergencies, I think Weitering might miss (for Jones) ....Murphy also has to be in doubt.

I agree that looking at the team as selected it looks unbalanced, I'm sure they won't line up like that unless Carlton is about to unveil it's radically new and innovative game plan!

But, I can't read much into the emergencies, to me they are mostly meaningless.

Take Armfield for example, I love Army but by AFL standards he had a shocker against Williamstown, nobody would accept his reinstatement to the AFL team is based on form yet he is named as an emergency. If Army gets a game we must have a club crippled by injury!

[Pratty]

Huge game for Nick Graham.