AFL Rd 10 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood

[ElwoodBlues1]

Let's be brutally honest with ourselves here ...... if we offer up the same woeful first half to the Pies like we did against the Dogs, it will well & truly be over at half-time.

They will make us pay for any lack of pressure, onfield indiscretions, skill errors & inaccurate kicking for goal.

Once they get a good lead, they pressure the opposition hard and never give them any opportunity of clawing their way back into the game.

The only way to beat them is attack, attack and then keep attacking. No lead is insurmountable in their eyes, when an opposition team tries to run the clock down or play safe, they smell the blood in the water and come at them even harder.

We have defenders coming out of our ying-yang so its time to rethink our options. Saad & Walsh to the wings all match gives us some serious running & clearance power that may be the edge we need to topple them. Whilst I never thought I'd say it but McGovern to the forwardline makes us less predictable too.

I like the Saad to the wing idea  so he is in the play more and being used as a weapon. Boyd can come in and play in his spot down back.Dont mind Walsh on the wing either, would give Sidebottom and J Daicos something to think about and change how Collingwood operate. Id use Kennedy down forward in a leadup role and try and leave Harry one out....presuming Moore will get Charlie and Id let let Charlie work up the ground more like Cameron of Geelong does.

[pinot]

Half their players are soft and the lads need to expose them in a tough brutal brand of footy where the pressure gauge is at its peak four quarter.

[Gointocarlton]

Half their players are soft and the lads need to expose them in a tough brutal brand of footy where the pressure gauge is at its peak four quarter.

Soft? What nonsense, they are the best team in the comp in just about every facet and they get their no 1 ruck back this week. Our blokes need to be at their very best (and then some) to beat them.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Half their players are soft and the lads need to expose them in a tough brutal brand of footy where the pressure gauge is at its peak four quarter.

Nick Daicos has really got the treatment of late and surprised me with how he just picks himself up and carries on playing the game. Thought he would sook it up a bit but he seems to absorb the physical stuff well and I seem to remember his father was a bit the same.

[rocky]

Would like us to try something radical, especially if Darcy is coming back. I would have Pittonet ruck himself into the ground. Just go for as long as he can and not give himself a rest. I honestly believe JSOS' game suffers as a result of him supplying a chop-out and think was the reason Young had such a poor game the week before. Hopefully Pitt can get to 3qtr time and then we bring on TDK for the last. Hawks used to sub McEvoy out in this way.
Just a thought

[pinot]

Nick Daicos has really got the treatment of late and surprised me with how he just picks himself up and carries on playing the game. Thought he would sook it up a bit but he seems to absorb the physical stuff well and I seem to remember his father was a bit the same.

I think they're soft and havent been exposed enough with unsocial footy.
Nick and Josh are soft recievers
Pendles, Sidebottom and Mitchell are soft
Hill, Markov, WHE, Ginnivan are all soft

But they play well as a unit and need to be disrupted.

Our lads need to be completely brutal

[ElwoodBlues1]

I think they're soft and havent been exposed enough with unsocial footy.
Nick and Josh are soft recievers
Pendles, Sidebottom and Mitchell are soft
Hill, Markov, WHE, Ginnivan are all soft

But they play well as a unit and need to be disrupted.

Our lads need to be completely brutal

We are not exactly the hardest team in the comp either...not sure it's our game style to be over physical.

[laj]

We are not exactly the hardest team in the comp either...not sure it's our game style to be over physical.

We were very hard for much of last year, brutal at contests. Need to return to that.

[ElwoodBlues1]

We were very hard for much of last year, brutal at contests. Need to return to that.

Hard at the contest for sure at our best but I wouldnt call us unsocial or nasty.

[Gointocarlton]

Hard at the contest for sure at our best but I wouldnt call us unsocial or nasty.

Jordan Lewis commented about us in one game last year, cant remember which one, said we added a brutal and ruthless edge to our game. He'd know as he was a kent when he played.