AFL Rd 16 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond

[Gointocarlton]

This was posted on the CFC twitter account a few minutes ago :

Matthew Kennedy (knee)
• Experienced knee soreness out of the game on Sunday however scans have cleared him of damage to his knee
• Will aim to train later this week in order to be available to play
• Availability: Test

Half Man-Half Machine

[pinot]

Dont disagree he lacks pace but he isnt alone there and our midfield as a whole can exposed by pace as we saw vs the Swans and likewise they dont get back to help on the rebound either apart from Acres but thats the risk you take when your one wood is bigger contested mids.
Id have Kennedy competing with Hewett as the last mid picked and some may argue vs a team like the Swans only one of them can play. I see Kennedy as having more variety in his game in roles he can play making him a bit more valuable but thats just my opinion. In terms of rucking Im not a real fan of the 3rd tall type ruck at that 190cm height and prefer to see Harry or Cripps contesting when its not Pittonet or TDK available. Kosi is 196cm or 198cm/96kg depending on which website you read and thats too big for Kennedy imo and while he wasnt injured in that ruck contest directly  he shouldnt have been competing in the first place imo..

Sydney have natural wingers trying to play in the midfield. They got us in Sydney - they were in red hot foprm and we were missing some troops. But they still got us.. but imo playing wings in the midfield they will get crunched to the point of being afraid of their own shadow. I am not sure they have improved much since last year - Collingwood, Brisbane and Melbourne have gone backwards.
Sydney has improved but not that much. Can still put the fear of god in their wings -come-breakaway mids.

[Thryleon]

Sydney have natural wingers trying to play in the midfield. They got us in Sydney - they were in red hot foprm and we were missing some troops. But they still got us.. but imo playing wings in the midfield they will get crunched to the point of being afraid of their own shadow. I am not sure they have improved much since last year - Collingwood, Brisbane and Melbourne have gone backwards.
Sydney has improved but not that much. Can still put the fear of god in their wings -come-breakaway mids.

nah their forwards are kicking on this year.  Amartey in particular has gone up a level.  The other one is stagnating a bit but they've got some terrific young players coming on.

[pertz]

Sydney have natural wingers trying to play in the midfield. They got us in Sydney - they were in red hot foprm and we were missing some troops. But they still got us.. but imo playing wings in the midfield they will get crunched to the point of being afraid of their own shadow. I am not sure they have improved much since last year - Collingwood, Brisbane and Melbourne have gone backwards.
Sydney has improved but not that much. Can still put the fear of god in their wings -come-breakaway mids.

The pace of the Sydney midfielder on a fast MCG track in September worries me.
I saw glimpses last year in the finals and they have improved significantly since then.

[PaulP]

The pace of the Sydney midfielder on a fast MCG track in September worries me.
I saw glimpses last year in the finals and they have improved significantly since then.

I reckon if there's one advantage we may have over the Swans, it's the MCG. If, if, if it's a Swans Blues GF, the ground if nothing else is in our favour. The Swans last 20 games at the MCG (according to AFL Tables) is 9W-11L, and the last 5 of those 20 are LLWLW. Our last 20 at the G is 12W-1D-7L, and the last 5 of those 20 are LWWWW. The roar of a majority CFC crowd, plus those records........I dunno.

https://afltables.com/afl/teams/swans/last20.html#v2

https://afltables.com/afl/teams/carlton/last20.html#v2