AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel

Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel

Reply #60 – July 23, 2026, 08:48:06 pm

I worry we're getting back to being a bit one paced across the ground especially at Marvel. The Suns have pace and we don't.

Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel

Reply #61 – July 23, 2026, 09:28:00 pm

Our line-up:

B:   2 Lachlan Cowan   35 Harry Dean   14 Oliver Florent
HB:   24 Nic Newman   11 Mitch McGovern   15 Billy Wilson
C:   46 Matthew Cottrell   9 Patrick Cripps   5 Adam Cerra
HF:   12 Ben Ainsworth   19 Will Hayward   44 Francis Evans
F:   39 Talor Byrne   17 Brodie Kemp   36 Cooper Lord
R:   27 Marc Pittonet   7 Jagga Smith   18 Sam Walsh
Int:   47 Wade Derksen   29 George Hewett   33 Lewis Young   26 Nick Haynes   13 Blake Acres
Em:   25 Liam Reidy   45 Flynn Young   6 Zac Williams

[1] I hope Pitto is really fit, as dropping Reidy leaves us very short.
If Pitto was 100% and playing well, I wouldn't be worrying so much, but with his coming in as he has, it is a huge risk to have only 1 ruck option.
Having 1 ruck hasn't worked the last 2 weeks; in fact has been a large factor in our losing. I didn't think we needed to take the risk of repeating it again.

[2] Mattie Cottrell had better but a tattslotto ticket, as he was pretty ineffective last week. For that matter, so was Blake Acres, who was also retained.

[3] Speaking of taking a risk, Adam Cerra had better be good to go this week. Considering how one-paced we are, he needs to be getting the pill.

[4] Who is going to play forward?
Kemp has been awful lately, one week being unable to get the ball at all, the other week being unable to score from any distance. We really need goals.
McGovern has been our best key forward, but that isn't saying much. His kicking has also been dubious.
Derksen? Maybe. Lewis Young: another big question.

Alas, with the injuries we've had in recent weeks and our inbuilt structural issues, we've really struggled lately. I hope we can change that around, but I'm not confident. Not even against a team that has no idea how to win.