2017 Rd 7: pre game protestations Carlton vs Collingwood

[townsendcalling]

Collingwood, please, please select Mason Cox.  It is always handy to play against 21 players rather than 22. 

[Thryleon]

Them winning today was much better for our chances next week than them losing.

They have actually played ok for most of the year, just have missed too many opportunities and then fallen over.

There is less pressure,  but the expectation will be that they can and will likely account for us easily enough.

Which is exactly what we need for them to underestimate our chances.

[LP]

I don't want to say it... and I don't really care of the repercussions of reports an fines but if there was a line in sand game - this is it...I mean harrassment, brawls... require this game to be a fight more than football. This teams needs to draw a line in the sand that will not accept bruise free footy

I think ACoS made the backline stand taller, a lot of the performance we saw from Docherty and Simpson came of the back of the lift they got knowing someone's got their back. They had confidence to attack the footy, and confidence to leave their opponent.

It's amazing the difference just one extra experienced player makes!

The whole team benefited from that!

[Jeffy38]

Reckon jones for sos as the only chance this week. If he is used in similar capacity to the bullants I think he will give kruezer a better chop out than meat and will give grundy something to think about as both he and kruezer can hit the scoreboard when resting forward.

Reckon casboult will be given license to jump at everything up forward which is what we need. When he is rucking we lack the get out kick so if he stays in and around the fed 50 we are far more dangerous

[BluePhantom]

I think ACoS made the backline stand taller, a lot of the performance we saw from Docherty and Simpson came of the back of the lift they got knowing someone's got their back. They had confidence to attack the footy, and confidence to leave their opponent.

It's amazing the difference just one extra experienced player makes!

The whole team benefited from that!

Like ....thumbs up emo

[BluePhantom]

Reckon jones for sos as the only chance this week. If he is used in similar capacity to the bullants I think he will give kruezer a better chop out than meat and will give grundy something to think about as both he and kruezer can hit the scoreboard when resting forward.

Reckon casboult will be given license to jump at everything up forward which is what we need. When he is rucking we lack the get out kick so if he stays in and around the fed 50 we are far more dangerous

Nice... I feel Levi has alot of confidence at the moment and is enjoying his footy. Keep going please Cas.

[crashlander]

There are some things we do need to address:
[1] Grundy usually plays well against us, which gives their mids a huge advantage.
One of the reasons we won against Sydney was because Kreuzer dominated in the ruck, Sinclair got more ball around the ground, but Kreuzer did the things that really made a difference.
Kreuzer has often been below his best against Collingwood, usually because of injury. Thankfully Kreuzer is now playing some of his best football, but I see this as something we need to address.

[2] Collingwood's small forwards get their goals and often play reasonably well against us. We need to make the right match-ups, as the Collingwood small forwards are the guys we need to shut down. They kick inspirational goals when they kick them at all. We want to squash that.

[3] We need to smother their mids like we did Sydney's. It was one of the best defensive efforts our mids have produced and we need to see it again.

Fisher has a hamstring injury. Silvagni will probably miss with a shoulder injury. Weitering has a number of niggles. We cannot guarantee that any of these 3 will come up.
Jones has probably done enough for a go, as he now has some new strings to his bow.

[PaulP]

Collingwood, like the Swans, are one of those teams where the whole is distinctly less than the sum of the parts.

Pendles and Sidebottom are still their best players and best playmakers. Both need to be tagged. Curnow E and Kerridge ?.

Greenwood is in the mould of Ling - a very good tagger who can also find the ball and be creative. Will go to Cripps, at least for part of the game. Underrated is Greenwood IMO.

I wonder if Howe will get the job on Cas ? Both very good in the air, but Howe might be a bit too nimble for Cas.

Treloar and Adams ore ok in the midfield, but not up to the level of Pendles and SS. Treloar in particular, has not yet hit full stride, and whilst he covers a lot of ground, his disposal and decision making let him down a little more than they should. I feel we could cover both.

Elliott is still regaining match fitness, so nowhere near his pre-injury form. Ditto Wells, although he looked a little sharper on the weekend.

Moore is their best forward, and dragging him away from the F50 would be a win IMO. Fasolo has the big time yips, and I'd be happy for him to be having the majority of the shots on goal. Overrated, and most of our back line can cover him easily.

Will Varcoe recover in time ? He works hard, and gives them some spark and zip they don't really have elsewhere.

Cox has gone backwards after a promising start. Looks uncoordinated, and makes some dopey decisions. Not worried about him at all.

Barring injuries, and maybe the inclusion of someone like Kerridge to cover their midfield depth, I'd like the same team that played on the weekend, both position and personnel.

[Jeffy38]

Don't think kerridge will come in, not from what I saw anyway.

For balance it's out of jones and Kerr to replace sos. Hard to not put daisy in to replace fisher if he has done a hammy.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Collingwood, like the Swans, are one of those teams where the whole is distinctly less than the sum of the parts.

Pendles and Sidebottom are still their best players and best playmakers. Both need to be tagged. Curnow E and Kerridge ?.

Greenwood is in the mould of Ling - a very good tagger who can also find the ball and be creative. Will go to Cripps, at least for part of the game. Underrated is Greenwood IMO.

I wonder if Howe will get the job on Cas ? Both very good in the air, but Howe might be a bit too nimble for Cas.

Treloar and Adams ore ok in the midfield, but not up to the level of Pendles and SS. Treloar in particular, has not yet hit full stride, and whilst he covers a lot of ground, his disposal and decision making let him down a little more than they should. I feel we could cover both.

Elliott is still regaining match fitness, so nowhere near his pre-injury form. Ditto Wells, although he looked a little sharper on the weekend.

Moore is their best forward, and dragging him away from the F50 would be a win IMO. Fasolo has the big time yips, and I'd be happy for him to be having the majority of the shots on goal. Overrated, and most of our back line can cover him easily.

Will Varcoe recover in time ? He works hard, and gives them some spark and zip they don't really have elsewhere.

Cox has gone backwards after a promising start. Looks uncoordinated, and makes some dopey decisions. Not worried about him at all.

Barring injuries, and maybe the inclusion of someone like Kerridge to cover their midfield depth, I'd like the same team that played on the weekend, both position and personnel.

Pies bat deep in the midfield....dont think we have the players to tag all their better players and will need to back some of our blokes in to match them...
Pendlebury was allowed to run free last season and destroyed us, cant let him play on Cripps and hope for the best like last time, he is just too dangerous, agree on Sidebottom but I'd be tagging Treloar also....
All their taggers work both ways...Greenwood, Adams and Crisp so Gibbs, Murphy  will have to be mindful.....Adams had 27 possies playing on Selwood thats way too many for my liking and he uses the ball well.

I'd play Williamson on Wells who never picks his man up....