AFL Rd 24 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

[pinot]

How are we going to fit everyone!

We are going to flirt with form I reckon and presser going to be "lessons to learn"

Fascinating week coming.

[madbluboy]

When you're a good team, good players will miss. Remember Troy Bond, Matthew Allan, Barry Mitchell, Adrian Gleeson all played a part in 1995.

[pinot]

Well I think the Fabric players are Cripps, Docherty, Weitering, Charlie and Walsh
Important players - McKay, Cerra, Hewett, Saad, Newman, Martin
High Quality Young talent - Kemp, Motlop, TDK, Hollands
Regular starters - Silvagni, Pittonet, McGovern, Owies, Kennedy, Acres
Squad players - Fogarty, Fisher, Cincotta, Dow, Cottrell, Marchbank, Young, Boyd, Cunningham
Exciting Young Talent - remainder of under 23s
The rest - surplus to requirements.

Good luck to the leaders of the club to get the selections right - you will need it.

[kruddler]

My changes would be this.

1. McGovern <-> Marchbank. Tough call to leave marchbank out, but McGovern and he play the same position and Gov has more upside.
2. Cerra <-> Dow. Same as above. Dow can be called upon in times of injury, but he is not first picked.
3. Walsh <-> Fisher. Docherty goes back to defense, Walsh takes up the midfield role at Fishers expense.
4. Fogarty <-> Cuningham <-> E. Curnow (sub). Fogarty plays the whole game, Cuners comes on as an impact player in Eds place.

If all goes well, sub off Hollands and let Cunners loose to carve them up late.

[madbluboy]

My changes would be this.

1. McGovern <-> Marchbank. Tough call to leave marchbank out, but McGovern and he play the same position and Gov has more upside.
2. Cerra <-> Dow. Same as above. Dow can be called upon in times of injury, but he is not first picked.
3. Walsh <-> Fisher. Docherty goes back to defense, Walsh takes up the midfield role at Fishers expense.
4. Fogarty <-> Cuningham <-> E. Curnow (sub). Fogarty plays the whole game, Cuners comes on as an impact player in Eds place.

If all goes well, sub off Hollands and let Cunners loose to carve them up late.

This.

[madbluboy]

But not a tough call on marchbank for me lol.

[laj]

Who would you drop?

Doc won't play in the middle when Walsh and Cerra come back in.

I'm happy to drop no-one, bring the others back and just play 26. That'll stuff the opposition...lol.

[laj]

Could be a dead rubber by the time our game comes along. We might play GWS 2 weeks in a row.

[Mantis]

I still have a small thought that giving Cripps a rest in this last game might keep him fresh and ready for the finals. I could see the Giants going hard at some of our players to make them sore for the first final.

[Thryleon]

I can see the bulldogs knocking off Geelong.

Geelong have the sort of team, where they can put some older players on ice for this game and get them ready for next year, whilst improving their draft hand.  They wont be motivated to beat the bulldogs, but the bulldogs will go out guns blazing to make finals.

From what I can see, either everything turns on its head this week, or the status quo will largely remain.  Will all depend on the Brisbane vs Saints game.  If that follows the script everything is normal.