AFL Rd 6 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

[tonyo]

Hate to say it, but can't see how we can win this.  We struggle with fast-running sides, and GWS have that in buckets.  

The one glint of optimism is Harry and Charlie with no Sam Taylor.   But then again, I thought they would kick big bags against Freo and Adelaide for similar reasons......

[Slowhand]

14 players out, playing the top team which hasn't lost all season, no worries. Carlton by five goals.

Cannot believe we have players who RE-INJURE hamstrings whilst trying to recover from a Hamstring..... WTF is going on with our Re-Hab.

We have our 3 frequent Flyers in the redhab group, Martin, Marcy and Cunners. Motlolp must be enjoying their company as he is trying to force his way in.

We will not win a flag with soft players who are more out than in.  Its time to stick a fork in and show them the door....

The only good thing about our 14 on the  injured list is that we have banked 4 wins and there is a long way to go. If we win 2 out of our next 4 it will be a miricle.

[pertz]

I know we are all probably sick to death of talking about it but...Daniel Hoyne from Champion Data was on SEN last night talking about the decision to play Pitto. Rattled off the amount of times we have won "turnover game" playing only TDK. Was 60% from memory compared to I think it was 25% when we played both. Also TDK played forward for 30 mins on Saturday and was targeted only once. Further to this, H doesn't get to ruck which affects his game and the team because he impacts when he plays ruck.
Hopefully the MC listen to SEN...

[Gointocarlton]

Hate to say it, but can't see how we can win this.  We struggle with fast-running sides, and GWS have that in buckets. 

The one glint of optimism is Harry and Charlie with no Sam Taylor.  But then again, I thought they would kick big bags against Freo and Adelaide for similar reasons......

I too cant see how we can beat GWS but guess what, our recent history shows we dont give and we find a way.
Blues in a nail biter
Go Blues!

[ElwoodBlues1]

I know we are all probably sick to death of talking about it but...Daniel Hoyne from Champion Data was on SEN last night talking about the decision to play Pitto. Rattled off the amount of times we have won "turnover game" playing only TDK. Was 60% from memory compared to I think it was 25% when we played both. Also TDK played forward for 30 mins on Saturday and was targeted only once. Further to this, H doesn't get to ruck which affects his game and the team because he impacts when he plays ruck.
Hopefully the MC listen to SEN...

Yep its a much talked about topic but its hard to argue against that in the modern game its hard to carry two genuine rucks who are of little value elsewhere and the allrounder ruck who can play either KP or somewhere else on the ground has to be the priority and that it was odd vs a pacy team who have troubled us previously who only carry one genuine ruck themselves why Pittonet was selected. It was a MC blunder that didnt help but hindered our efforts...
I'll also add that TDK is nothing special when played forward either and I dont consider him a qualified forward and id rather rest him for 5 mins each quarter on the bench than send him forward to congest our forward line.

[Lods]

It will be interesting to see what the selection folk do with the rucks this week.
It will tell a bit of a story as to how committed they are to the "Two ruck solution"

[Gointocarlton]

It will be interesting to see what the selection folk do with the rucks this week.
It will tell a bit of a story as to how committed they are to the "Two ruck solution"

Surely not

[kruddler]

Yep its a much talked about topic but its hard to argue against that....

Can't be that hard to argue against it. I've been arguing with 90% of the people on here about it for a couple years.

[Lods]

Surely not

It will depend on what they decide and I don't think they'll be taking advice from us  

One factor that may come into play is the number of changes they want to make.
With the forced changes, will they be concerned about too many changes
On the other hand, with McGovern and Saad out of the game the drive from the backline will need bolstering


GWS usually only relies on the one ruck, Briggs.
It really makes sense for us to only play one.
If that's not the case, and we play both, then there may be some 'alternate' thinking taking place.
(or they may just be stubborn  )

[pinot]

run , run and more run.
We looked out of sorts changing up formation - alot of players looked lost including Weitering expecting players to do a job up the field to play his natural game but our runners were too gassed. 2 minutes of sprinting is alot of work for a player. Pitto taking up half a game over works our runners

so run, run and more run.