AFL Rd 3 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

[DJC]

Kemp's omission is a strange one for me.
If he's not considered part of the best defensive group try him somwhere else.

17 possessions at 82% and 10 marks (our best) against Richmond

And Young had 17 disposals at 94% and nine marks!

Marchbank will have to play a blinder, as will Weitering ?

[Baggers]

Great changes.
Not surprised both Young and Kemp got the flick, as I mentioned previously, they have been adequate, but not excellent.
I feel for Kempy, he's nearly there - but he's gotta stop trying to take the spekky in defense. It's like we're not entirely sure where to put him. His quality will shine soon enough.
The lack of authority in Young's game is of concern - stopper, spoiler, safe... we need more than that, but as a fill-in - great.
I would have been surprised if Fantasia was dropped, and if Motlop was fit I think he would have been, but his smarts and leadership contribute plenty - but he needs to do more.

[DJC]

Great changes.
Not surprised both Young and Kemp got the flick, as I mentioned previously, they have been adequate, but not excellent.
I feel for Kempy, he's nearly there - but he's gotta stop trying to take the spekky in defense. It's like we're not entirely sure where to put him. His quality will shine soon enough.
The lack of authority in Young's game is of concern - stopper, spoiler, safe... we need more than that, but as a fill-in - great.
I would have been surprised if Fantasia was dropped, and if Motlop was fit I think he would have been, but his smarts and leadership contribute plenty - but he needs to do more.

I will be very surprised if Marchbank produces anywhere near the output of Kemp or Young.  When Marchy’s on, he’s a decent defender but he hasn’t played since last season and should have run out with the twos this week.

Larkey will be too good for him and, although Coleman-Jones is a bit of a spud, he’s a tall spud and could well be far too big for Marchy.

I hope we’re not getting ahead of ourselves, rushing Cola Hollands into the team after mediocre performances in our practice matches  suggests that we are.

[crashlander]

Our line-up:
Backs:  Caleb Marchbank  Jacob Weitering  Zac Williams
Half-backs:  Adam Saad  Mitch McGovern  Nic Newman
Centreline:  Ollie Hollands  Patrick Cripps  Blake Acres
Half-forwards:  Matthew Owies  Harry McKay  Matthew Kennedy
Forwards:  Elijah Hollands  Charlie Curnow  Lachie Fogarty
Followers:  Tom De Koning  Adam Cerra  George Hewett
Interchange:  Jordan Boyd  Jack Carroll  Matthew Cottrell  Corey Durdin  Orazio Fantasia

Emergencies:  Jaxon Binns  Marc Pittonet  Lewis Young

My 2 cents on our selections:
[1] I can't imagine why Marchbank isn't coming back via the VFL. I know he was very good last start, but ... Kemp, in particular, is unlucky. I thought he played pretty well last week and took some important marks when it was necessary. Young also did little wrong; Lynch's goals were very suspect. Having 2 underdone key defenders does not seem to be smart to me.
[2] Corey Durdin and Orazio Fantasia are very lucky to be there. Neither has done much so far. To be honest, I was hoping that Fantasia could get some form and match fitness in the VFL. Durdin worked quite well last week, but he only had 2 possessions.
[3] I'm interested to see Pitto as an emergency. If Goldstein were still playing for North, I'd have liked to have him in the ruck. Xerri is a bull, but I'm hoping Tom can out-jump him. Having the extra tall forward (Tom resting) could really stretch their backline.
[4] Binns can't be far away, nor Cincotta.,Binns didn't impress so much in the VFL last week, but Cincotta did.
[5] North have a very attacking pair of HBF's, but neither of them defend so much. Playing through their opponents might be a smart idea.

[spf]

....rushing Coke Hollands into the team..

Classy stuff.

[crashlander]

Elijah was reasonably successful in the pre-season. If we hadn't had the bye, he probably would have played last week. But he is a risk.

[Gointocarlton]

Elijah was reasonably successful in the pre-season. If we hadn't had the bye, he probably would have played last week. But he is a risk.

Got to give the lad a go, ready made player, very classy, too good for VFL.

[DJC]

Elijah was reasonably successful in the pre-season. If we hadn't had the bye, he probably would have played last week. But he is a risk.

He will probably surprise me and do OK but I saw nothing from him in the practice matches that made him an automatic in.  And he hardly set the world on fire at Gold Coast.

[pinot]

VFL will be interesting to see if Kemp will play as a forward. He will be a very good High half forward/third tall imo

[DJC]

Classy stuff.

I’ve changed it ?