AFL Rd 19 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

[Lods]

Played on Jesse Hogan 2 weeks ago.

He did...Hogan kicked 5 and had 15 touches.

[madbluboy]

He did...Hogan kicked 5 and had 15 touches.

He would kick 10 on Newman.

[Lods]

He would kick 10 on Newman.

...and Hogan got 10 coach's votes.

[pinot]

Kemp has stalled in his development. Try him forward.

He has?

His intercept game has improved. Made some blunders against the Dogs - needs to improve his disposal efficiency in the back half and contested posession wins. Marchy has him covered here but very harsh on Kempy... but needs to clean up that disposal in the back half 66% efficiency and having the ball 15-20 times per game is hurting us. Developing nicely imo.

[madbluboy]

Marchbank will be injured before the season ends, we shouldn't be wasting our time. Back the players who got us to where we are not feel good stories from the past.

[kruddler]

Same mistake we made for the prelim. Dropped kemp in favour of Marchbank.

I like Marchbank, but he is not the future. Kemp has more upside and can play on a wider variety of players compared to Marchbank.

From the extended bench, i'd go this way with it.
[37] Jordan Boyd,
[29] George Hewett,
[44] Matthew Owies,
[28] David Cuningham,
Sub...
[46] Matthew Cottrell,

Emergencies
[16] Jack Carroll,
[38] Sam Durdin,
[27] Marc Pittonet

[crashlander]

Durdin will play. He'll be matched up against Teakle.
Pitto may well play as well, as North have 2 rucks.

I wouldn't be playing Cottrell: he needs to find some form and confidence in the VFL.

[Lods]

He has?

His intercept game has improved. Made some blunders against the Dogs - needs to improve his disposal efficiency in the back half and contested posession wins. Marchy has him covered here but very harsh on Kempy... but needs to clean up that disposal in the back half 66% efficiency and having the ball 15-20 times per game is hurting us. Developing nicely imo.

Don't see the word 'stalled' as a huge criticism.
It's not meant that way.
It simply means that he is not playing much better, if at all better, than he was last year.
Now for a 23 year old you would expect a level of improvement.
There hasn't been that breakthrough...yet.
And one way to make it happen is to give him some opportunities elsewhere in the side.
Don't drop him, try another spot.

I actually rate Kemp.
I see in him the potential to play a number of positions.
Have a look at his draft profile and one of the features of it was his versatility...

https://central.rookieme.com/afl/player/brodie-kemp/

Yet we seem to have determined he is a defender (maybe through necessity) and that's where he stays...
but the fact is he's now out of the side.
It will be interesting to see where and how he is used in the VFL.

[northernblue]

I’ve had a feeling with Kemp that he’s not killing the ball when he’s 3rd man up, I suspect that’s why they’ve gone with Marchbank

[LP]

I’ve had a feeling with Kemp that he’s not killing the ball when he’s 3rd man up, I suspect that’s why they’ve gone with Marchbank

Possibly correct, but after I watched the replay I thought he might come under a bit of scrutiny for ball use decisions, in that he failed to pull the trigger a couple of times and dropped his head.

Sometimes it's just one or two events that can trigger an MC, and last game Kemp had a couple of moments which I thought just looked awful.