Skip to main content ↑ ↓
Recent Posts
2
Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 19 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Collingwood at MCG
Last post by crashlander -
Our line-up:

B:   H. Dean, N. Haynes, W. Derksen
HB:   B. Wilson, O. Florent, L. Cowan
C:   A. Cerra, P. Cripps – C, B. Acres
HF:   W. Hayward, F. Evans, T. Byrne
F:   B. Kemp, H. McKay, M. McGovern
R:   L. Reidy, S. Walsh, J. Smith
Int:   N. Newman, G. Hewett, M. Cottrell, B. Ainsworth, C. Lord
Em:   J. Boyd, F. Riley, F. Young

[1] I might have been tempted to play 2 rucks with Collingwood's defence. I know that Collingwood only really has Cameron, who hasn't been in great form, but he usually plays well against us. I like having options when there is a good reason. Last week, for example, was a point source error, something we simply didn't have the structure to change.
Reidy did play well last week.

[2] Lord is probably insurance for Hewett, who must remain doubtful. Who would come in would be an interesting conundrum. Young was in good goalkicking form. Boyd probably deserves a shot to show if he is worth keeping. I find it unlikely that he would succeed, but you never know.

[3] The only problem with Ison going out this week is that the 2's have a bye. He has no chance to impress. So, he will probably miss next week as well.

[4] The weather: it is not supposed to be that wet, maybe showers early in the day. The less of them, the more I prefer it.

[5] I still don't know who we would play on Nick Daicos. We really need someone to sit on him: no Daicos, no Collingwood. We only lost last time because Steene got on top and Daicos went berserk. But who? That is one of our real structural issue which our next coach MUST address.

[6] Who is going to kick our goals? Our forwards were ordinary last week. Not one of them is kicking all that well. But Collingwood's defence looks vulnerable, if we're good enough to do something about it.