AFL Rd 19 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs West Coast at marvel

[kruddler]

Fun fact.
Going into this game, we are 6th favourites for the flag!

We are currently 10th on the ladder......and haven't even been in the 8 for 10 weeks now.

They know we're coming....

[Baggers]

Unfortunately we'll likely lose Boyd. We might get it reduced to 2 weeks. Cowan the obvious replacement.

[laj]

If we win by 50pts we'll be the 3rd side in history to win 5 successive games by that margin. Could argue the 2nd side given Geelong did it the other two times, in 1989 and 2008.

[Thryleon]

I've seen the Boyd incident.  Not sure it's a two motion tackle.  Unlike some of the others his positioning is one where he cannot see that his opponent disposed of the footy and simply completes a tackle.

The one argument against him is the outcome.  If there is concussion it shouldn't automatically mean suspension and the referral to the tribunal is a tell that the MRO don't really know what to do with tackles these days. 

[Blue Moon]

Boyd, McKay and Cerra out. Young and Cowan in, Dow to play a full game.  Might be time to give Binns a go as the sub.

[rocky]

Not sure how he's been going in the 2's but wouldn't mind bringing back Hollands if we have a spot. Cowan for Boyd seems a no-brainer but the MC have pulled off some strange selections over time.

[bmaurizio]

Gov and Saad may be a little sore and weary too, we may well end up with 4 or more forced changes.

[tonyo]

Percentage is pretty important.  There are 3 other sides with a draw - our current percentage is higher than Richmond, similar to Sydney, and lower than Geelong's.  

This is a great opportunity to bank another 4 or 5% which is generally pretty hard to do at this time of the year.  If Brisbane can touch up Geelong at the Gabba, we might close that gap a long way, and put some distance on the other two.

Foot to the pedal!

[bmaurizio]

Eagles have a better balance of youth and experience and probably feed up with thrashings , did ok against a rampaging Tigers team.
Yeo may be another inclusion,  more experience to come in  , we need to be alert no time for complacency. Definitely a danger game.

[Gointocarlton]

I can see outs being:
H
Saad
Cerra
Boyd (sup)