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AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday

Got the result we wanted. Now its a short week so we quickly move on to next week.

Couple forced changes likely with McKay (likely concussion) and Kemp (likely achilles) outs.

3 options to replace from what i can tell.
Young - AFL conditioned, can play back/forward/ruck.....albeit none very well on recent form.
Pittonet - AFL conditioned, is he fit? Just come back from injury but VFL has a bye this week so hasn't played a game. Bring him straight back and allow TDK to rest forward?
Lemmey - NOT AFL conditioned. Perhaps the biggest upside. Do we give him a crack while we can or do we leave him in the 2's until he demands a spot.....or he is the last one standing.

What to do?

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Quote from: kruddler – on
Got the result we wanted. Now its a short week so we quickly move on to next week.

Couple forced changes likely with McKay (likely concussion) and Kemp (likely achilles) outs.

3 options to replace from what i can tell.
Young - AFL conditioned, can play back/forward/ruck.....albeit none very well on recent form.
Pittonet - AFL conditioned, is he fit? Just come back from injury but VFL has a bye this week so hasn't played a game. Bring him straight back and allow TDK to rest forward?
Lemmey - NOT AFL conditioned. Perhaps the biggest upside. Do we give him a crack while we can or do we leave him in the 2's until he demands a spot.....or he is the last one standing.

What to do?

I really wouldn't mind any of those options.
But all come with a bit of a risk.

Young will give us pretty much what he's given so far this year. He showed a few good bits when he played forward for a bit in his last game but there was also the usual hesitancy.

Pittonet's match fitness would be the thing that would worry me most, but that's probably my favoured option. Tom looks like he could do with some help...and he'd probably spend a lot of the game forward to cover for Harry and Kemp being unavailable

Lemmey had the best game I've seen him play in the VFL last week. He should be given a chance at some stage...whether that's next week we'll have to wait and see.

At the moment I'd go Pittonet, Lemmey then Young.
Yet Young's probably the safest option in that we'll know what we'll get.

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They like Young as the 2nd ruck with no Harry.

Whoops.  Forgot the Pitto option.

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But worried without Kemp and Harry that they’ll outdo us. Charlie ain’t in good enough shape yet to pull us over the line

NM look good odds here at $3.0

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Hope we play Lemmey need to find out what he's got at AFL level. Just want him to bring the ball to ground and he's a good kick and can draw free kicks - if not then stamp his papers and bring in Liam McMahon mid season draft.

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Anyone spot Lord in a Moon boot after the game. Hope its just something minor. We all know our luck with injuries....

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Anyone spot Lord in a Moon boot after the game. Hope its just something minor. We all know our luck with injuries....
I think you'll find it was actually Kemp wearing Lord's warm-up top
 

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Hope we play Lemmey need to find out what he's got at AFL level. Just want him to bring the ball to ground and he's a good kick and can draw free kicks - if not then stamp his papers and bring in Liam McMahon mid season draft.
Agree but with the coaching staff under pressure Im not sure we will see too many more experimental selections unless the injury toll is massive. Id expect Young to get more games now with Kemp out and both he and Jack Silvagni spending time at each end of the ground depending on in game scenarios.
Charlie looked more comfortable and Im expecting him to target the goals a bit better vs Nth  but Harry is a bit of a unknown quantity each week and Im not sure we can count on him like we could in the past.
I would have given Lemmey a run vs WC but I dont see Voss having the confidence in him at this stage...

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Quote from: rocky – on
Quote from: Slowhand – on
Anyone spot Lord in a Moon boot after the game. Hope its just something minor. We all know our luck with injuries....
I think you'll find it was actually Kemp wearing Lord's warm-up top
Cheers Rocky...

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Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Quote from: pinot – on
Hope we play Lemmey need to find out what he's got at AFL level. Just want him to bring the ball to ground and he's a good kick and can draw free kicks - if not then stamp his papers and bring in Liam McMahon mid season draft.
Agree but with the coaching staff under pressure Im not sure we will see too many more experimental selections unless the injury toll is massive. Id expect Young to get more games now with Kemp out and both he and Jack Silvagni spending time at each end of the ground depending on in game scenarios.
Charlie looked more comfortable and Im expecting him to target the goals a bit better vs Nth  but Harry is a bit of a unknown quantity each week and Im not sure we can count on him like we could in the past.
I would have given Lemmey a run vs WC but I dont see Voss having the confidence in him at this stage...
SOS MUST NOT MOVE FROM THE BACKLINE EVERY AGAIN. He and Weiters look a formidable combo there.
Lemmey surely must get a run this week although I suspect it will be Young who comes in for Harry.

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SOS MUST NOT MOVE FROM THE BACKLINE EVERY AGAIN. He and Weiters look a formidable combo there.
Lemmey surely must get a run this week although I suspect it will be Young who comes in for Harry.

Jack is getting better with every game he plays in defence ... and it just seems right to have a Silvagni in the backline  :)

I wouldn't have a problem with him going forward during a game, if circumstances require it, but he's a defender first and foremost now and that's where he should play.

We could bring Pitto back and play De Koning as a forward and second ruck but that's not worked well in the past.  Lemmey is as ready to debut as he'll ever be but I suspect that it will be Young as replacement key forward and second ruck,

Then there's Kemp's replacement  :-\

Moir would seem to be the obvious choice but he's nowhere near ready at this stage.  Will we play a slightly underdone Lij Hollands?
It's still the Gulf of Mexico, Don Old!

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Will we play a slightly underdone Lij Hollands?
He won't be really all that underdone, blokes miss more time with minor injuries, he hasn't stopped training completely.

I suspect it'll be more about headspace than fitness.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Will we play a slightly underdone Lij Hollands?
He won't be really all that underdone, blokes miss more time with minor injuries, he hasn't stopped training completely.

I suspect it'll be more about headspace than fitness.
Certainly Elijah's disposal will be appreciated. He hits targets that few of ours can.
Live Long and Prosper!

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Quote from: LP – on
Quote from: DJC – on
Will we play a slightly underdone Lij Hollands?
He won't be really all that underdone, blokes miss more time with minor injuries, he hasn't stopped training completely.

I suspect it'll be more about headspace than fitness.

Lij looked underdone and flat-footed in the VFL game last week.  He only played limited minutes in the two pre-season games and has one VFL game under his belt.  It's pretty obvious that he's a way off match fitness.
It's still the Gulf of Mexico, Don Old!

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Fair bet our ins will be Blake acres and probably young. 

Hopefully pittonet is closer. 
"everything you know is wrong"

Paul Hewson