Pre-Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 3: Carlton vs Sydney

[cookie2]

Setterfield was used to sit on Rockliff in the 2nd half of the Port game and I reckon he might get another role like that....Kennedy should be in the team IMO anyway.....

If Kennedy is fit and firing then I am puzzled as to why he is not being selected, I thought we got him to give Cripps a chop out??

[LP]

Setterfield was used to sit on Rockliff in the 2nd half of the Port game and I reckon he might get another role like that....Kennedy should be in the team IMO anyway.....

I too thought Setterfield did a good job on Rockliff, but I think Setterfield was even better value before we turned him into a tagger.

I have to question our tactics EB1. Why waste Setterfield tagging, a player who wins inside football and distributes it well, yet leave Ed Curnow floundering in the F50 as an ineffective distributer or F50 target?

It didn't make sense to me, have I missed something?

[ElwoodBlues1]

If Kennedy is fit and firing then I am puzzled as to why he is not being selected, I thought we got him to give Cripps a chop out??

Agree....Kennedy has been unfit since arriving and that game for the NB's last week is about the best he has moved and played since coming across
from GWS. We know how Sydney play and we were ordinary last week around the ball even though Port had Wines out and Wingard now at Hawthorn.
No brainer IMO that this game would suit Kennedy and I'd be playing him while he is fit and firing...

[LP]

No brainer IMO that this game would suit Kennedy and I'd be playing him while he is fit and firing...

History suggests we'll wait until his VFL form bottoms out then give him a trial run against Collingwood! :o

[townsendcalling]

If Kennedy is fit and firing then I am puzzled as to why he is not being selected, I thought we got him to give Cripps a chop out??

I assume that Bolton would have picked Kennedy if he was available. However, the other assumption is that the guru, Andrew Russell has deemed him NQR to be promoted. If we believe that Russell is the fitness real deal, then it makes sense that we support his recommendation. 

[cookie2]

I assume that Bolton would have picked Kennedy if he was available. However, the other assumption is that the guru, Andrew Russell has deemed him NQR to be promoted. If we believe that Russell is the fitness real deal, then it makes sense that we support his recommendation.

Well if that is all true TC then fair enough.

[ElwoodBlues1]

I too thought Setterfield did a good job on Rockliff, but I think Setterfield was even better value before we turned him into a tagger.

I have to question our tactics EB1. Why waste Setterfield tagging, a player who wins inside football and distributes it well, yet leave Ed Curnow floundering in the F50 as an ineffective distributer or F50 target?

It didn't make sense to me, have I missed something?

LP...Setterfield has impressed me too, bit of a quiet achiever, no frills type who gets the job done, agree I wouldnt waste him on tagging and would have him as the rotation for Cripps when he goes off the ball so we can use Cripps forward more to win games. Floundering is a good word for Ed, its not his fault in many ways as he isnt the creative slick ball user type and apart from retaining the ball in the forward 50 he doesnt add much in terms of delivery or forward nous. Ed's forte is tagging but he had some bad games last season where he got towelled up and its almost like we are having to find a spot for him each week because he is a senior role model type player.
Then we have Kennedy on the comeback trail, probably a bit smoother player than Ed who deserves a chance to cement a spot if he can stay on the park....Is Ed playing down forward part of a good game plan for the future or another bandaid on the fly fix??...think we need to progress and pick the players who are going to take us forward and not keep us in a holding pattern.

[ElwoodBlues1]

History suggests we'll wait until his VFL form bottoms out then give him a trial run against Collingwood! :o

Yep...Probably get injured this week in some innocuous fashion wasting his time in the NB's.....

[WASurfer]

If we're backing the fitness guy in then I hope like hell that Marchbank gets through the game unscathed....if we're talking about "history suggesting", then it's almost a lock that he'll be injured again within a fortnight. From memory Marchbank hasn't played any pre-season or VFL practice matches? For a bloke who's missed a lot of footy in his time at Carlton it's a big call to bring him straight back in.

[Gointocarlton]

If we're backing the fitness guy in then I hope like hell that Marchbank gets through the game unscathed....if we're talking about "history suggesting", then it's almost a lock that he'll be injured again within a fortnight. From memory Marchbank hasn't played any pre-season or VFL practice matches? For a bloke who's missed a lot of footy in his time at Carlton it's a big call to bring him straight back in.

They must rate Marchy extremely important (vital in fact) to our set up/structure to name him straight in. I still think he wont line up in the 1s personally. Good luck to him if he does, he's gonna need it.