AFL Rd 6 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda

[LP]

Here is where that drawn game really plays havoc with the way the draw pans out, because dependant on what happens to other technically this week we are one good week away from 2nd, but only one bad week away from 10th!

Could be a tough week this week, Vossies first Carlton coaching game against Ross the Boss, Ross the Boss has inside info from SOS and Stocker. Add to that Ross the Boss will be fuming after yesterday's loss, he'll be intent on making a statement.

[Professer E]

Perfect storm against us per usual.  If Saad misses we're truly jeffed.  Don't have the structural personnel fit and playing well.

[BluePhantom]

Perfect storm against us per usual.  If Saad misses we're truly jeffed.  Don't have the structural personnel fit and playing well.

We should be used to this perfect storm by now! :

[Baggers]

Here is where that drawn game really plays havoc with the way the draw pans out, because dependant on what happens to other technically this week we are one good week away from 2nd, but only one bad week away from 10th!

Could be a tough week this week, Vossies first Carlton coaching game against Ross the Boss, Ross the Boss has inside info from SOS and Stocker. Add to that Ross the Boss will be fuming after yesterday's loss, he'll be intent on making a statement.

Personally, I'm far more concerned about how good the Aints look. A sustained 4 qtr effort/intensity... sustained and 4 qtr efforts are not our strong suits. You could easily see us playing well for our usual 2 1/2 qtrs or 3 and let them off the leash for a qtr or so to establish, say, a 4 goal lead and that ends up being the final margin. Far from optimistic about this one.

[Lods]

Personally, I'm far more concerned about how good the Aints look. A sustained 4 qtr effort/intensity... sustained and 4 qtr efforts are not our strong suits. You could easily see us playing well for our usual 2 1/2 qtrs or 3 and let them off the leash for a qtr or so to establish, say, a 4 goal lead and that ends up being the final margin. Far from optimistic about this one.

I think it's actually set up for us to know how good we really are.
We wont come with any expectation other than this will be a hard slog.
We need to apply pressure from the start.
Another performance like Thursday night and this will be looking like a very long and frustrating year.

[Thryleon]

Given this is the case, Voss can give himself some insurance by choosing this week to rotate the players in the team a bit.

This is the week to:  Bring in Kemp and Dow, drop the ones in so-so form or with questions over injury, and debut Cincotta and potentially Mirkov.

Will cause selection headaches for the aints as they wont really know how to match up on us, and it gives Voss an out because our team is labouring (everyone can see it) and it will also absolve the Adelaide loss a little because people will infer that players are playing under duress and arent quite fit.

Its a win win for him, and it might be a strategy that sees us pinch a win because only a heavy loss will be bad, and the Saints havent really been obliterating teams, more just making it a slug fest.

[Baggers]

... and the Saints havent really been obliterating teams, more just making it a slug fest.

...in typical Ross style...

[PaulP]

AFL football is a hard, injury riddled game as it is. I don't want to see our boys specifically target a player returning from injury. Jack Steele is class act and a fair player to boot.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Caminiti looks like he will miss after whacking Murphy from Collingwood.
Saints forward line will be looking very small...

[ElwoodBlues1]

Steele is to Cripps what Nadal is to Federer...hopefully he is lacking match fitness and runs out of gas early.