AFL Rd 21 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda

[townsendcalling]

One of the real strengths of our team at the moment is a rock solid defence where EVERY player has confidence in their, and their team mates ablility to get the job done. Maybe there wasn't the same faith 6 weeks ago before Kemp came in. In fact you can become preoccupied in trying to cover the weak link. Weitering is better because he trusts Kemp. I don't think it was the same with Young. This group wants to play together.

[LoveNavy]

Caminitti free to play ?

[DJC]

Caminitti free to play ?

It was pretty soft, but there's no way that it wasn't intentional.

[LoveNavy]

It was pretty soft, but there's no way that it wasn't intentional.

He says it wasn't intentional and it's downgraded. Go figure. Integrity v reliable assessment criteria. It's anyone's guess and may vary week by week.

[pertz]

The even spread of contributors was the standout for me against the Pies. Nearly everyone played their role and brought genuine heat. Repeat that and we win comfortably.

[Mantis]

I just don’t want to hear we were complacent and caught napping from the first bounce. We are still going to be missing some key players. This is the game that could set us up for a proper finals assault. You don’t beat the top 2 sides and the lose to St Kilda.

[Gointocarlton]

I just don’t want to hear we were complacent and caught napping from the first bounce. We are still going to be missing some key players. This is the game that could set us up for a proper finals assault. You don’t beat the top 2 sides and the lose to St Kilda.

I'd like to think the methods adopted for our planning and preparation over the last 6 or so weeks would mean the players will be ready to go at the first bounce. Unfortunately, "We Are Carlton" and a lot of us supporters (me at least) are not at the same level yet so there is always that bit of doubt. Even with our injuries, on paper we should cane this mob.

[LP]

So the big question, after a few rounds of success, "Is silence golden?"

A lot think this forum and others like it need winning games to thrive, yet it seems there is far more debate in pain than in joy!

[shawny]

I just don’t want to hear we were complacent and caught napping from the first bounce. We are still going to be missing some key players. This is the game that could set us up for a proper finals assault. You don’t beat the top 2 sides and the lose to St Kilda.

Agree but this week will be very different to the game style we were able to play to get the points against the top 2 sides. We were the hunter in those wins so we could plan against them without the same extent of planning being done on us as both Port and Pies would have been more concerned about their own gameplan as they would have been confident if they play well they win. This week that wont be the case as Lyon will choke and strangle the game to negate us and bring us down to their level where they stand a much better chance of winning.

Dont think this week will be as easy as many think - we will need to win ugly and be patient and prepared that we may struggle to plan our style for the full 120 mins. They will be flooding our F50 so our forwards wont get the space they had in the last 2 wins. Be a good test to see how we strong we are when an opposition team brings a plan to completely negate our style.

[LP]

Dont think this week will be as easy as many think - 

Excluding fans and outsiders, does anybody on the inside really think games will be "easy!"

Looking at the AFL, all games are hard, the difference between the top and the bottom is not even 5%, we should know that better than most!