Carlton Supporters Club

Awesome night last night. Just me and 92000 of my closest friends....maybe 90k were carlton fans.
Weather behaved itself and although it rained it was mild. Was windy, but not terribly so.
No excuse for Harry missing those goals anyway.

Martin is starting to prove the doubters wrong. If he has any left, then they don't know much about footy. He was huge all over the ground.
Cottrell took some strong marks, was good in front of goals and is made for finals.
Acres...love what this bloke has brought to the club tough as nails, but might miss with his shoulder which was hanging for the last 5 minutes of the game. Thankfully the weekly out on the full happened very late in the game and didn't hurt us too much.

Harry....oh dear....i suggested we keep him out of the side previously and didn't get much support. After last nights debacle, he is probably lucky he got himself concussed as it may have saved himself the embarrassment of being dropped. How do you miss 2 goals basically from the goal square in the same match?! Confidence is shot.

Changes for next week....

Out: Harry (conc), Martin (susp), Acres (shoulder)
IN: Silvagni, Motlop, Hollands
Sub: Kennedy

If Pitto was fit, i'd ruck him alone.....but he's not (or at least wasn't - hopefully he is now)
I really don't like rucking Harry.

Honestly, i'd choose the extra mid Kennedy over Pittonet and have Cripps nominate for ruckwork around the ground when TDK is unavailable, and Harry when forward. Cripps wouldn't have to do any extra legwork as he is would be at the ruck contests anyway....he just gets to push and shove a ruck rather than a tagger.

We'd be able to use Kennedy as an extra big body at the stoppages to give him a chopout in the middle.
Would also rest Kennedy forward playing the Jack Silvagni 3rd tall / hit up forward role. Gives us an option should Harry have to cover TDK in the ruck.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/09/05/very-very-simple-game-to-analyse-the-key-factors-that-will-swing-carlton/

Hoyne is a one-ruck guy but he's changed his mind as to which ruckman offers more.

I had a few nervous moments when 10am ticked over, had the recurring 10 second refresh with no action for a couple of minutes. Then got through and it was plain sailing from there. Cat 1 level 2, happy days. All up about 5 or 6 mins.

Cuningham would be lucky to keep his spot

Think you need to drop another one there mate. You've dropped our sub (marchbank). Are you including the injured Acres in the outs?

? Concussion

Yes, that's right now,
Confident about either side.

Going pretty much to script.
I think we've shown enough that we'd have their measure in two weeks time.

Expect them to lift their effort in the second half though.
They have everything to play for.