AFL Rd 14 2022 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond

[kruddler]

My team this week

I picked my team without looking at yours.
Only difference was Stocker for Kemp.

It appears neither are in the team, but Boyd is.

[Gointocarlton]

Cottrell and Durdin in..... makes sense.
Dusty and Soldo out for them. Makes JSOS's life a bit easier!

I reckon Soldo will come back in some how. That evens it right up with both teams going in with one ruckman. The running power and fwd line is still a worry.
Go Blues

[ElwoodBlues1]

Happy to see Dusty out but probably preferred the lumbering Soldo in rather than Lambert in what will probably be damp conditions. Balta playing as 2nd ruckman might be a nuisance given his athletic abilities and size......

[pinot]

Cottrell and Durdin in..... makes sense.
Dusty and Soldo out for them. Makes JSOS's life a bit easier!

I like the line up I think Cotts has been very good when called upon and Good Luck to Sam Durdin - go well big man.

P.S no injuries first 10 minutes PLEASE.

[Gointocarlton]

Happy to see Dusty out but probably preferred the lumbering Soldo in rather than Lambert in what will probably be damp conditions. Balta playing as 2nd ruckman might be a nuisance given his athletic abilities and size......

Balta - SOS will be a good match up to watch I reckon. Same height, Balta has a few extra kegs, our bloke is a Silvagni though so be prepared for "war" Noah.

[DJC]

Balta - SOS will be a good match up to watch I reckon. Same height, Balta has a few extra kegs, our bloke is a Silvagni though so be prepared for "war" Noah.

Jack has Balta covered and the latter will be missed in defence.

I'm a lot more confident now that Dusty and Soldo are out.  I think we'll get the job done but I would be more confident if we had Kemp or Stocker in the 22 in place of Boyd ... who will probably play a blinder now  :

Sam Durdin reminds of that other Sam; Rowe, who did a great job even if most supporters had their hearts in their mouths every time he got near the pill  :o 

[Mav]

A few Tigers supporters I’ve talked to aren’t much impressed by Tarrant. They feel he just minds a man rather than helping out fellow defenders and at 33 years of age he’s in the twilight of his career.

[WASurfer]

Balta second ruck might be a worry too...especially if he drifts or plays forward while Nankervis is rucking....we won't be able to combat that height. That said, if they go with Gibcus on Curnow he might have his work cut out. They have enough bigger blokes down back in Grimes, Gibcus and Tarrant to let Balta play ruck/forward.

If it's wet, as some of you are saying, reckon it's a dead set 50/50 toss of the coin. They probably have slightly more class in the small/medium forward options than us. But we've found a way most weeks despite the mounting injury toll. A win tomorrow and we're a lock for finals.

[LP]

As Dodo's crew referred to him on draft day, Pat "The Fat Kid" Cripps, 150th game this week so go Crippa!

[dodge]

Last week our defence held Essendon to 7 goals,  with the ball spending quite a bit of time down there in the second half.

This week will be tougher for the defence.  It will also be harder for rest of the ground.

From what we've seen this year,  we won't give up and we can  be very damaging in bursts - makes me cautiously optimistic.