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AFL Rd 6 2022 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Fremantle

This looks to be a tough game for us, as we only play one half of football.
On the other hand, we do match up fairly well against Freo.

Cripps may return. We need him.
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They are still without fyfe...and cerra has changed jumpers. Surely that was their best area against us in the past, and now it's non existent and we are much improved.

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- Silvagni is an excellent contributor against non-ruckman opponents - however, I think we need a better back up ruckman unless the Duckers are similarly limited.
- Newnes performed admirably (especially early) and seemed more dangerous in attack (although he missed some opportunities) than LOB has been - deserves to hold his spot.
- Cottrell was good enough and deserves to hold his spot.
- Parks was passable as our 3rd tall defender but might struggle to hold his spot if a better option is available.

- Martin and Fisher showed up at stages - Durdin and Owies had limited opportunities but consistently delivered pressure when the ball went forward (not so often in the 2nd half) - one of them might get a rest (for team balance) if we need to play a back up ruckman.
- Kennedy has gone off the ball the past 2 weeks but probably has enough credits in the bank to hold his place.

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If Cripps is fit he should come in - also want to add seasoned hardened pros like Plow into the team.

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From what I’ve seen, Freo are in some good form. This will be a challenge against a side that’s in a similar position to us in terms of the rebuild thing.
Coming together is the beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
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Will not be an easy game. A win here would be a great result. None of our next four or five games are easy. It with probably come down to on field leadership.
This digital world is too much for us insects to understand.

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Will be one tough assignment.  Here's hoping

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Quote from: Mantis on
Will not be an easy game. A win here would be a great result. None of our next four or five games are easy. It with probably come down to on field leadership.
After Freo, we play North and then the Crows over here. That's pretty easy.

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MAV. We haven’t had great games against the Crows or North when we expected wins in recent seasons. We find a way to mess up the games we need to lock away. I hope North and the Crows are easy games. Better still. Let’s just hope we beat Freo and take it one game at a time.
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Quote from: Mav on
After Freo, we play North and then the Crows over here. That's pretty easy.
No such thing these days.  North was supposed to be easy last year, too.......
This is now the longest premiership drought in the history of the Carlton Football Club - more evidence of climate change?

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But doesn't that just mean there are never any easy games? Doesn't that mean there's no point taking into account who we play in the next month because they're all danger games? The fact is that North and Adelaide were bottom sides last year and popular picks for the bottom of the ladder this year (and now the Crows have lost Rory Sloane). I'll go out on a limb and say that playing North & the Crows would be easier than playing Melbourne & Brisbane (or Sydney, or Geelong or St Kilda etc).    

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Against Freo, how do we deal with their twin towers? Rory Lobb at 207/106 & Matt Taberner 198/98 will be a handful and that probably means Lewis Young is a selection certainty.

On Footy Classified last night, Kane Cornes did a spot on how Taberner has improved his goals per game steadily over a decade to become a very good KPF. He did this in part by a bit of statistical legerdemain: he noted Taberner has so far this season kicked an average of 3.8 goals per game. The reason why that's probably a bit misleading is that he kicked 7 of them against Essendon on the weekend, meaning he's only kicked 4 goals in the other 2 games he's played. Maybe kicking 7 against an imploding Essendon is an outlier whose influence over the average may fade as the season goes on. Still, he's a big enough threat to draw Weitering as an opponent, especially as my impression of Lobb is that he prefers to play as the leading forward which would drag Weitering out of position.

Freo also have a natural defender to put on Harry: Alex Pearce stands at 201/99. Sean Darcy at 203/112 in the ruck might be a grind for Pittonet who might need a bit of help.

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There are no 'easy' games. Take any opponent with less than 100% preparation and focus and you'll be in trouble.

This Saturday night's game will likely be our toughest test of the season. We're meeting a very good side in very good form on their dung heap. Probably the most in-form side we'll have played this season, delivering our biggest test, thus far. 2 good quarters is highly unlikely to cut the mustard.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17

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I think the chance of us winning this week is very slim, but not without hope.

 - We've given up about 15 goals in two consecutive second halves.
 - Because of that we played to the death in 28° C heat in the middle of the day, from which we get to have a 6 day break.
 - Freo had a cool of the evening bruise free cruise fest against the AFL's most piss-weak opponent.
 - We've looked rattled and lethargic despite getting off to fierce starts.

For me if we win on the Perth road trip six days after a 28° C full time death struggle, it will be like buying the cheapest Tatts Quick Pick and winning the mega jackpot, it's not impossible but it's very very unlikely.
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Quote from: Baggers on
There are no 'easy' games. Take any opponent with less than 100% preparation and focus and you'll be in trouble.
Do you think we're more likely to beat North or Melbourne? Where do you think the bookies would fix the line in those 2 games?