Carlton Supporters Club

According to the club site:
Voss had set that as the condition for staying in the team. It looks as though he’ll be playing. Now we just have to see if he wears a protective glove. What the above statement doesn’t say is whether he trained with one or not. I’m guessing a fair amount of preparation goes into gaining an exemption for such protective equipment. You just can’t fit a metal plate to the back of a glove as it could end up being a weapon. Presumably, the AFL would have to sign off on it as is the case with arm guards.

I always have a little chuckle when I see 'danger game'.  Who was the poster who used to fire up whenever anyone mentioned 'danger game'?  I think that the competition is so close now that an easybeat team one week can defeat a top four team the next week.  All it takes for an unexpected loss is for a team to be a little off in their preparation.  Who would have tipped the Doggies to beat Brisbane and keep them to just seven goals?  Did the racism directed at Jamarra Ugle-Hagan fire up the Doggies?  "Maar paneeyt" Jamarra!

The first two rounds suggest that we should have GWS's measure.  They've regained Whitfield and Kelly while we've basically swapped Hewett for Kennedy.  We're a tad undermanned in the midfield - by our standards - but should be able to match GWS without too many problems.

The ruck contests should be interesting.  Flynn has got off to a flyer, dominating the hitouts and getting a fair bit of the ball around the ground, and he's basically going it alone.  I imagine that De Koning and Pitto will try to run him ragged and exploit any of the part-timers GWS may throw into the ruck.  I'd like to see De Koning and Pitto drifting forward and back to create a bit of doubt in the minds of the GWS defenders and forwards.

Vossy said that Greene will have different opponents depending on where he's playing.  I'd like to see Saad spend some time on Greene and run off him at every opportunity.  Greene will probably still get his 3 or 4 goals, regardless of his opponent but there's not much else to worry about among the GWS forwards.  I can't really see their defenders holding our forwards, we just have too much firepower ... provided that our transition and stoppage work is at its best.

I think that we'll win comfortably, but not be a huge margin.

Go Blues!

I think it was Tribey72 who didn't like the term "danger game".
You didn't dare use it when he was around.  
But it's a real thing and it usually occurs when a club goes in thinking they will win.
They've already played the game in their head and had an easy win.
It takes just a couple of minutes of intense pressure at the start of the game by the opposition to show that it won't be such an easy day.
The shock of that unexpected attack is enough to put a side on the back foot and once that happens the day may turn into a struggle.
We lose this one if the 'minds' don't come to play.

I expect this to be fairly close. Hopefully not 1-8pts close though.

Some confidence is due to our tall towers up forward. My caution relates to how we get it to them in the first place. No Walsh, no Kennedy, and George nursing a hand injury.

Perhaps we'll see some creative midfield rotations to combat this. IIRC our cp and ground ball record to date suggests we'll need to improve in the contest. Win there and we'll come away with the 4pts.

Hopefully our ruck duo will cause a headache for the Giants.

Go Blues.

I expect this to be fairly close. Hopefully not 1-8pts close though.

Some confidence is due to our tall towers up forward. My caution relates to how we get it to them in the first place. No Walsh, no Kennedy, and George nursing a hand injury.

Perhaps we'll see some creative midfield rotations to combat this. IIRC our cp and ground ball record to date suggests we'll need to improve in the contest. Win there and we'll come away with the 4pts.

Hopefully our ruck duo will cause a headache for the Giants.

Go Blues.