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(03-07-2023, 12:49 AM)Mav link Wrote:https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/03/06/b...r-round-1/
The VFL practice match against Sydney was cancelled. At best, McGovern would have played in a match sim with the VFL boys.
Whether he plays in round 1 will be down to his form at training ... same with Martin.
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No doubt, but what I didn’t know was that he missed the practice match against the Swans not due to injury but because he attended the birth of his child. Of course, that still leaves him short of match practice but we shouldn’t need to worry that we’re going to have another endless injury watch.
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(03-07-2023, 07:57 AM)Blue Moon link Wrote:Carlton by ten goals.
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(03-07-2023, 07:57 AM)Blue Moon link Wrote:Carlton by ten goals.
There’s no reason why not … and it would set us up for a great season ?
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(03-07-2023, 10:18 AM)DJC link Wrote:There’s no reason why not … and it would set us up for a great season ?
As nice as that would be, its not going to happen, they rarely get beaten by big margins. They have copped 4 10 goal losses since 2017, the last 2 were from Geelong. Defensively they are miserly so you can forget a 10 goal thumping.
I will be happy with just a W in rnd 1 to start the year.
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(03-07-2023, 11:00 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:As nice as that would be, its not going to happen, they rarely get beaten by big margins. They have copped 4 10 goal losses since 2017, the last 2 were from Geelong. Defensively they are miserly so you can forget a 10 goal thumping.
I will be happy with just a W in rnd 1 to start the year.
They’re going in with their weakest defence for quite a while, Lynch will miss, and their midfield is a work in progress.
I’ll be happy with a W, but a 5 goal margin is achievable and a 10 goal margin isn’t out of the question.
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Lynch had restricted time in the practice match given he has had a plantar fascia injury. Chances are he’ll be underdone.
Gibcus is out for sure and Tarrant was expected to be out until Rd 2 with a hip injury. Even if he manages to get up for Rd 1, chances are he won’t be cherry ripe. And he’s not exactly the best defender going around. If Grimes is also underdone after a hamstring injury and he’s in the twilight of his career, their tall defensive stocks are depleted.
Prestia and Short are both battling to get up for Rd 1.
We tend to obsess over our own injuries but we underestimate those that the opposition is facing.
