Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #30 – April 14, 2025, 10:16:37 am No to Pitto for mine - drops too many easy marks and doesnt tackle enough. Has good grunt but hasnt played a game for a very long time. Quote Selected
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #31 – April 14, 2025, 10:25:15 am Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on April 14, 2025, 10:00:56 amDon't want to be top heavy vs Nth imo, bring in Pittonet and we will look very slow. They have been poor this season but enjoy playing us and we need to get selection right and have options vs their problem players. I'm expecting a physical game and close scoreboard.I wouldn’t rule out Pitto but the MC would have to have their thinking caps on to ensure that we don’t field a slow squad. Quote Selected
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #32 – April 14, 2025, 10:36:12 am Quote from: LordLucifer – on April 14, 2025, 08:54:47 amYoung has to come in and play at full-back, he isn't much chop anywhere else.Yes, Pittonet should be recalled to lighten the load around the ground and in the ball-ups.As for Lemmey, how much longer can he remain on the list if he hasn't looked like gracing the seniors ?? We all need to know what we have with him so it's time to give him a chance because he will certainly stretch the young Kangaroo defence. I can see another change with a small coming in somewhere. IN : Young, Lemmey, Pittonet, BoydOUT : McKay (inj), Kemp (inj), White, Williams By the way, 12 players contributed a mere 5 tackles between them against WCE (seven of them had zero tackles), that is completely & utterly unacceptable on every possible level. Do that against a higher ranked team and we will always come off second best. Hard to tackle when you have the ball in your hands!!! Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #33 – April 14, 2025, 11:01:30 am Quote from: Thryleon – on April 13, 2025, 10:03:29 pm@DJC, cripps is a better third forward than anyone else on our list amd that was before we lost Kemp.I dont know what Kemp is, he's a good ordinary player, but he's a player i can't work out what he is, and utility is all I got.I think we saw a little bit in the 2nd half that they will use Cripps forward. With Hewitt, Cerra, Walsh and Lord that makes a little bit of sense. Pitto isn't good enough to play first up. We are keen again to drop our small forwards. I thought by committee the small forwards in Motlop, Durdin, White and Williams played well. If Ellijah is match fit I would bring him in as he offers a different dynamic up forward. Quote Selected
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #34 – April 14, 2025, 11:01:54 am ...and the other mob aren't trying. Seriously, we only broke away when they forget to come out after half time.Norf will beat us up - they always do. I wouldn't get over excited by Motlop'sgame - had nothing to beat. The likes of Reid didn't exactly put much heat on him. Quote Selected Last Edit: April 14, 2025, 11:04:45 am by Professer E
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #35 – April 14, 2025, 11:31:49 am Quote from: Professer E – on April 14, 2025, 11:01:54 am...and the other mob aren't trying. Seriously, we only broke away when they forget to come out after half time.Norf will beat us up - they always do. I wouldn't get over excited by Motlop'sgame - had nothing to beat. The likes of Reid didn't exactly put much heat on him.The only two for them that had a dip were the ex Rich blokes and their ruckman. Quote Selected
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #36 – April 14, 2025, 12:18:12 pm I think Nth will provide a good benchmark for us. The Weagles not so much but a win is a win and good for morale. Quote Selected
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #37 – April 14, 2025, 12:38:18 pm Quote from: Gointocarlton – on April 14, 2025, 11:31:49 amQuote from: Professer E – on April 14, 2025, 11:01:54 am...and the other mob aren't trying. Seriously, we only broke away when they forget to come out after half time.Norf will beat us up - they always do. I wouldn't get over excited by Motlop'sgame - had nothing to beat. The likes of Reid didn't exactly put much heat on him.The only two for them that had a dip were the ex Rich blokes and their ruckman.Yep, it was a strange game to watch and with Kelly out I thought Reid might step up but he looked disinterested and I think McQualter has a huge task getting WC back on track. Quote Selected
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #38 – April 14, 2025, 01:15:18 pm Quote from: DJC – on April 14, 2025, 10:25:15 amQuote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on April 14, 2025, 10:00:56 amDon't want to be top heavy vs Nth imo, bring in Pittonet and we will look very slow. They have been poor this season but enjoy playing us and we need to get selection right and have options vs their problem players. I'm expecting a physical game and close scoreboard.I wouldn’t rule out Pitto but the MC would have to have their thinking caps on to ensure that we don’t field a slow squad.When playing 2 rucks, they usually get 3/4's of the game on the bench between them.Pitto really only needs to play 50% game time, and for a first up game, thats about right.It means TDK only has to play 75% game time.....and some of that can essentially be resting forward. So its an 'easy' 75% game time rather than a pure ruck 75% game time. So he will get a rest on top of that.Before people (incorrectly) try and call me out for 2 rucks, its ALWAYS in the case we haven't got 2 talls in the forwardline already.....with Harry out, we won't.As for the alternatives, which i listed in the opening post, i'm not sure there is a winning choice. All come with pros and cons.I think my preference would be....1. Lemmey - If not now, then when? Poor opposition when we are a tall down and he played a half decent game in the VFL. Why not?2. Pittonet - It makes the most sense structurally, just depends if he is fit.3. Young - We know what we will get.....and in all honesty, we want better. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #39 – April 14, 2025, 01:56:33 pm Xerri is the inform, dominant ruckman in the competition right now, we need Pittonet to play in tandem with TDK so Xerri is under constant pressure in the role. Quote Selected
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #40 – April 14, 2025, 02:27:55 pm Quote from: Shakin77 – on April 14, 2025, 11:01:30 amQuote from: Thryleon – on April 13, 2025, 10:03:29 pm@DJC, cripps is a better third forward than anyone else on our list amd that was before we lost Kemp.I dont know what Kemp is, he's a good ordinary player, but he's a player i can't work out what he is, and utility is all I got.I think we saw a little bit in the 2nd half that they will use Cripps forward. With Hewitt, Cerra, Walsh and Lord that makes a little bit of sense. Pitto isn't good enough to play first up. We are keen again to drop our small forwards. I thought by committee the small forwards in Motlop, Durdin, White and Williams played well. If Ellijah is match fit I would bring him in as he offers a different dynamic up forward. I actually liked Motlop when he went into the midfield. Quote Selected
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #41 – April 14, 2025, 02:29:03 pm Quote from: LordLucifer – on April 14, 2025, 01:56:33 pmXerri is the inform, dominant ruckman in the competition right now, we need Pittonet to play in tandem with TDK so Xerri is under constant pressure in the role. Tend to agree. Pitto can provide the muscle. Quote Selected
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #42 – April 14, 2025, 02:29:32 pm Quote from: Shakin77 – on April 14, 2025, 11:01:30 amQuote from: Thryleon – on April 13, 2025, 10:03:29 pm@DJC, cripps is a better third forward than anyone else on our list amd that was before we lost Kemp.I dont know what Kemp is, he's a good ordinary player, but he's a player i can't work out what he is, and utility is all I got.I think we saw a little bit in the 2nd half that they will use Cripps forward. With Hewitt, Cerra, Walsh and Lord that makes a little bit of sense. Pitto isn't good enough to play first up. We are keen again to drop our small forwards. I thought by committee the small forwards in Motlop, Durdin, White and Williams played well. If Ellijah is match fit I would bring him in as he offers a different dynamic up forward. Like Dangerfield I reckon, as Cripps gets older, he will spend more time foward. Quote Selected
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #43 – April 14, 2025, 02:54:59 pm Quote from: LordLucifer – on April 14, 2025, 01:56:33 pmXerri is the inform, dominant ruckman in the competition right now, we need Pittonet to play in tandem with TDK so Xerri is under constant pressure in the role. I can assure you he is NOT the dominant inform ruckman of the competition right now and as I suggested earlier he may be carrying an injury. Quote Selected
Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne Good Friday Reply #44 – April 14, 2025, 03:16:22 pm Xerri has battled with a hamstring complaint since the Crows game. Quote Selected