Carlton Supporters Club

Still no weitering

Quote from: deepbluesee – on August 04, 2026, 06:22:51 pm

Q for you all.
If Weitering is fit and is to be picked, who goes out.
Derkson is the obvious like for like but (like the whole team) played well and doesn't deserve to be dropped.
Would they swap Weitering for a smaller player (not a like for like)?

Everyone will say Young, but Young has proven to be able to play def, ruck and fwd. Cottrell?
Left field approaches:
Lowest Fantasy points scorer = Gov
Least ToG = Haynes
Least Disposal = Evans
There is also a fair argument to say that "No Change" and Weiters can have a run in the 2s if he is over his injury

Take it to the coach thread please.
This is for the pre-match.

Quote from: Sexybronco – on August 03, 2026, 07:56:01 pm

I’m ambivalent to be honest but I don’t buy your comment about quality of opposition given we have beaten Geelong and Brisbane.

I've just been breaking the ladder down week by week. Previous to our efforts this week (and geelongs to rise up the ladder) we hadn't beaten a team inside the top 6. Hadn't lost to a team in the bottom 5, and had split the difference between the teams in the middle.
That was based on nothing other than the ladder positions for about a month straight.
You don't have to buy it, that was the facts.

As mentioned, this was before last weekends games.

Quote from: Sexybronco – on August 03, 2026, 07:09:26 pm

based on that Vossy wasn’t given enough time, just when that debate was beginning to subside🙄. Also far from an ringing endorsement for Fraser as our next senior coach.

Which has been the argument all along.

I've never said Voss is a supercoach. Just give him some time to do what he needs to do. Fraser is riding on his coattails, and not doing a thing wrong, and doing plenty right. But people attributing all the success to Fraser and none to Voss is a recipe for disaster.
Look at the bigger picture as to what has changed since Vossys departure.

2 things....quality of opposition has been poorer.
Improvement from our captain (and its not just him, but obvious when looking at him) has made a huge difference.

I don't want to restart the debate. The article is nothing new to me, and some others, however all the voss haters/fraser boosters continue to ignore that and argue against it. Its dishonest and/or naive.

we lose we complain, we win, i am seeing some complaints / concerns. We won so lets just be happy and by the way we don't need a coach we just need caretaker of this side. Once we get a coach we seem to go backwards. Go Blues

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2026/08/03/afl-2026-carlton-win-versus-brisbane-the-perfect-game-adam-simpson-lauds-blues-dominance-after-15-year-first

While he doesn’t believe the win was a lesson in coaching from interim Fraser, Simpson did concede that everything the Blues have been working on – even prior to Fraser’s tenure – was on show in full effect on Saturday night.

“I’m not sure it’s a masterclass, but everything they tried worked,” he said.

“Sometimes it’s just playing your way. A lot of the things Carlton have done really well in the last 10 weeks; they were working on in November and December.

“That’s the beauty of the transition that Josh made. He didn’t tweak a lot of things, but they evolved really quickly.

I wouldn't be flirting with form. I don't think Weitering should be an automatic in.

Quote from: tonyo – on August 03, 2026, 12:41:47 pm

When Weiters is fit, he slots straight back into full back and we should be trying Derksen forward.  Played several games there for GWS in the VFL for a pretty solid goalkicking return.  And he has very good hands as we have seen.  He also kicked 5 against Casey Demons earlier this year.

Probably right there.

I have just one question ............... where the hell did that come from ??

While I'm not a Kemp fan at the moment, there are a hell of a lot more ahead of him who should be let go at season's end.

Quote from: tex – on July 25, 2026, 09:18:01 pm

Young has been my whipping boy but he played very well today.

If Young could kick and make quicker, better decisions, he could have b been anything,

Next Saturday night at Marvel at 19:40.
Maybe H will be back, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Nic Newman will be out. Saad in? He's playing a little better if late.. Harry Charleson? He had 20 possessions today and has pace. Boyd? He is still getting good numbers. Zac Williams? He is also doing reasonably of late.
Nobody stands out, but a lot of guys have been reasonable.

At the other end, we still look small. Lewis Young probably did enough: his ruck work was better this week, and he took some good marks. Pity about his kicking for goal.
Our next level rucks are not looking that good, but Witts has destroyed players a lot better than they are in this stage of their development. Reidy didn't play much after half time. Injured?
We probably can't bring Moir in; he is injured. Not sure how badly or for how long, but we've really collected a lot of injuries in recent weeks.