Pre Game Premonitions: AFL 2021 Rd 6: Carlton vs Brisbane

[shawny]

Hopefully Brisbane lose a few players at training etc and even up the contest a bit...

I thought that this week and it didn’t help.

There midfield will crush ours like all the better teams will. Neale is getting his form back too so unless Ed can do a big job on him it could get ugly.

See them as harder then port was as port had a few of outs and had a few injuries during the game and we still never looked likely after quarter time.

Heart says maybe we can pull a upset off but head says no they are too strong on all lines for us.

Amazing when you look at this list to ours we started out rebuild before them. Thanks sos. 

[townsendcalling]

Out: Williamson,  SPS
In:    Stocker, Ramsay

Plowman      Jones            Dougherty
Saad            Weitering      McGovern
Newnes        Cripps          Ramsay
Fogarty        Kennedy        Williams
Betts            McKay          Casboult
Pittonet        Curnow        Walsh         

Stocker, Cottrell, Gibbons, Murphy.

Cover the 3 talls from Brisbane....Daniher, McStay and Hipwood with Weitering, Jones and McGovern
Leave Plowman to pick up a smaller player
Assign Fogarty the job on Rich. Mow him down every time he goes near the pill.
Play Kennedy as our third tall up forward (he can mark overhead and he can kick straight!)
Sit Curnow on Neale all day. (If he doesn't tag and negate, there is no place for him.)
Rotate Cottrell off half back, Stocker and Gibbons on ball and Murphy relieves Williams to go on the ball.

[Professer E]

Tag/sit on Rich or look for a new job Monday - Memo to all coaching staff. All.

[WASurfer]

Jack Carroll injured a thumb a couple of weeks back and is expected to be sidelined for 2-3 weeks.

Newnes has his limitations but IMHO, has been pretty consistent and plays a role....and has been since Round 1 last year really.

With still seemingly no depth after all these years, it's hard to see too many changes. Stocker will definitely play and hopefully at the expense of SPS who has been stinking it up all season. It's been a massive failure on successive coaches to try and turn him into a defender...play him in the midfield and if he can't cut it there, trade him out.

If Weitering misses with concussion, Daniher or Hipwood (or both) will have a field day.

Injuries have cruelled us but after all these years, we have 2 legitimate ruckman on our list....TDK who is injured and Pitto who was recruited as backup anyway. Not having a go at him as he's not the issue. We've got two legitimate key defenders and Jones is into his 30's. And a plethora of small/mids and young kids who we either haven't seen much or anything of and the ones who we have seen, aren't up to it.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Out: Williamson,  SPS
In:    Stocker, Ramsay

Plowman      Jones            Dougherty
Saad            Weitering      McGovern
Newnes        Cripps          Ramsay
Fogarty        Kennedy        Williams
Betts            McKay          Casboult
Pittonet        Curnow        Walsh         

Stocker, Cottrell, Gibbons, Murphy.

Cover the 3 talls from Brisbane....Daniher, McStay and Hipwood with Weitering, Jones and McGovern
Leave Plowman to pick up a smaller player
Assign Fogarty the job on Rich. Mow him down every time he goes near the pill.
Play Kennedy as our third tall up forward (he can mark overhead and he can kick straight!)
Sit Curnow on Neale all day. (If he doesn't tag and negate, there is no place for him.)
Rotate Cottrell off half back, Stocker and Gibbons on ball and Murphy relieves Williams to go on the ball.

Ramsay in is a good call....nice leftie and we have to start looking at different setups with different players.

[Gointocarlton]

Ramsay in is a good call....nice leftie and we have to start looking at different setups with different players.

x 1000

[WASurfer]

Has Durdin featured in VFL games this year yet?

[ElwoodBlues1]

Has Durdin featured in VFL games this year yet?

Think I heard he had 9 possies and a goal from our Youtube mate who did a nice review on the game.
Looks like he needs a body of work in the VFL to get used to the different style of game in the VFL/AFL.
I'm a fan, the kid has Caleb Daniel type skills and can make it with opportunity IMHO, the SANFL is slower and less physical
so he may take a bit more time before we see him at senior level.

[WASurfer]

Cheers EB....there's not much left really....Cunningham and Stocker probably the only two up to it at the moment.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Cheers EB....there's not much left really....Cunningham and Stocker probably the only two up to it at the moment.

Surfie, I'll go with Stocker , Cuningham will probably get picked this week too but I dont have much faith in him.
Probably play a blinder vs Brisbane or Essendon then disappear for the season...I'd be making plans to make him disappear in the trade period if that trend continues.