AFL Rd 7 2022 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

[ElwoodBlues1]

Some good ins, the outs fairly predictable, Agree with Cap ,Setterfield been lucky to play as many as he has imo.Dow unlucky and hard to fathom why he is on the outer, worth trying on the wing where we are struggling to find consistent players.

[cookie2]

Happy with the ins and outs (apart from Pitt) but I have great concerns re our ruck division.  Hopefully Jack won't be called upon again to play too much of his game filling in there?? I would think he'd provide much better value up fwd.

[cookie2]

Some good ins, the outs fairly predictable, Agree with Cap ,Setterfield been lucky to play as many as he has imo.Dow unlucky and hard to fathom why he is on the outer, worth trying on the wing where we are struggling to find consistent players.

Agree,  the Dow situation is mysterious. Wonder if he's after joining his bro at the Tiggers?

[Mav]

NM's 2 forced changes will help us too. Ben McKay is out thru suspension and no tall defender has replaced him. And Xerri is out injured and he's replaced by Colman-Jones who might be a 200cm Forward/Ruck but he has hardly set the world on fire. He's their 4th best ruckman behind Xerri, Goldstein and Edwards. This year, he has only played the 1st game against Hawthorn when he had an amazing 4 disposals, 1 mark and 2 hit outs (with Xerri & Goldstein shouldering the bulk of the ruck duties).

[northernblue]

Happy with the ins and outs (apart from Pitt) but I have great concerns re our ruck division.  Hopefully Jack won't be called upon again to play too much of his game filling in there?? I would think he'd provide much better value up fwd.

SOS will need to ruck because we dropped our ruck from last week… Setterfield.
Has anyone ever seen the two McKays in the same room ?

[LoveNavy]

Our defence is unsettled and at times too reactive/loose. Like others, I think McG’s composure and skill is sorely missed. IMO that’s contributing to Weiters ultra defensiveness. Until Young and McG have some runs on the board, this is our Achilles heel. Even against NM. How quickly our strength becomes our weakness. I’m looking forward to see how Stocker goes. Hopefully he’ll hit the ground running and stiffen up the defence.

That said. I have some confidence our mids will win the battle and minimise the pressure on the backs.

Go Blues

[Lods]

Docherty on the Dow situation.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/04/28/d...l-in-2022/

With no opening in sight to break into the talented on-ball mix, Docherty admitted the club had looked at other roles for Dow.

However, Carlton are wary of playing too many players out of position.

“There are bits and pieces around of (Dow) potentially having to play other roles that he’s going to work on and whatnot,” Docherty continued.

“But when it comes down to it, Dowy (Dow) is an inside midfielder and that’s where he plays his best footy and unfortunately there are only 18 players on the field, 22 that play, you can’t just keep throwing in inside midfielders.”

[JonDorotich]

Docherty on the Dow situation.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/04/28/d...l-in-2022/

Load of nonsense
Nothing anybody says will convince me that it makes more sense playing Newnes on the wing in priority to Dow

[northernblue]

Load of nonsense
Nothing anybody says will convince me that it makes more sense playing Newnes on the wing in priority to Dow

Different running patterns.
Not the same gig being at the rucks feet V out on the wing.

[JonDorotich]

Different running patterns.
Not the same gig being at the rucks feet V out on the wing.

Yes but surely he’s better than Newnes on the wing?