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Re: AFL Rd 18 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane

Reply #150 –
What a crazy side, how many small forwards and one marking forward in Charlie.  Surely one of the smaller types is going to miss for Lemmy?  How is that side supposed to kick a score?
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

Re: AFL Rd 18 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane

Reply #151 –
Im not sure what people are expecting. 

I know everyone wants to drop senior players, but what exactly are you wanting to see from selection?

Actually do it.  Write the team down. Show me your thoughts.

"everything you know is wrong"

Paul Hewson

Re: AFL Rd 18 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane

Reply #152 –
Leave out one of the smalls and play Harry Lemmey.  He should attract one of their tall's away from Charlie C.
Hopefully Lemeny will lead up the ground and when not in a position to mark, contest!

Re: AFL Rd 18 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane

Reply #153 –
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Leave out one of the smalls and play Harry Lemmey.  He should attract one of their tall's away from Charlie C.
Hopefully Lemeny will lead up the ground and when not in a position to mark, contest!

he doesnt really lead.   He's an older school foull forward.

No forward pressure, leading is optional.  In fact, id argue he relys on an undersized opponent and perfect delivery (which he won't get) to get involved.  Statistically he was inferior to Denver Grainger-barras in the vfl last week. Having watched lemmey his endearing quality is finishing. 

It comes across as change for changes sake and labelling the MC a joke as a result. Its not really fair.  They pick him and he gets smashed we'll have killed the kids confidence.
"everything you know is wrong"

Paul Hewson

Re: AFL Rd 18 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane

Reply #154 –
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Id be dropping TDK and Charlie Curnow this week, the former has checked out and has been poor the past few weeks and Charlie hasnt kicked a goal for three weeks and been half arsed and ultra casual about his work and Id have both in the VFL team for a couple of weeks to think about their responsibilities to the team.
If they want to sulk about it they can stay in the ressies, and in Charlies case Id put him up for trade if he wouldnt change his attitude. Voss has been reticent to drop big names probably because his job is on the line and he fears losing their support but I think if we had done it earlier on we might have sent a stronger message on how the club will be operating for the rest of the season and that when he said get used to being comfortable about being uncomfortable he meant it.


He was often maligned but one of the players who left us to go to another club who I really admire was Bryce Gibbs.
He tried 'unsuccessfully' to head to Adelaide at the end of the 2016 season but  deal couldn't be done.
He didn't sook about it.
He came back in  2017 and put his head down and played some really good football, statistically one of his best seasons (43 disposals and 10 tackles in one game)
He knew he would try again for the move at the end of the year but still gave us good efforts.
Tom looks likely to go.
The least we can expect is that he plays in a similar fashion right up until the end.

I'm not sure Bryce Gibbs is a great example Lods. True he did have a few great games here and there but he seemed to pick and choose when he wanted to play well.
A good mate of mine used to call him the sheep dog, because he was always on the outside of the pack.

Re: AFL Rd 18 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane

Reply #155 –
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He was often maligned but one of the players who left us to go to another club who I really admire was Bryce Gibbs.
He tried 'unsuccessfully' to head to Adelaide at the end of the 2016 season but  deal couldn't be done.
He didn't sook about it.
He came back in  2017 and put his head down and played some really good football, statistically one of his best seasons (43 disposals and 10 tackles in one game)
He knew he would try again for the move at the end of the year but still gave us good efforts.
Tom looks likely to go.
The least we can expect is that he plays in a similar fashion right up until the end.

I'm not sure Bryce Gibbs is a great example Lods. True he did have a few great games here and there but he seemed to pick and choose when he wanted to play well.
A good mate of mine used to call him the sheep dog, because he was always on the outside of the pack.

That may have been the way things were set up given we had Judd and Murphy and later Cripps as our other key midfielders.
I remember watching him throwing up in the background after one game while a team-mate was being interviewed. Whether he was ill or not he'd run himself ragged. It was a 34 disposal 3 Brownlow medal vote game against Geelong.

He had his critics for sure.
In the very early part of his career he shirked a contest that seemed to stick in the mind of supporters, but all in all he gave us good service.
Especially in the final year when he knew he would probably try for Adelaide again.

Re: AFL Rd 18 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane

Reply #156 –
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Hard to know what to make of the Acres decision. Certainly has been in poor form, like most of his team mates, but his effort and work rate is huge.
I would have said the same up to and including the first 10 minutes of last week's game but, after being really fierce in the contest in those early minutes, I thought he turned up his toes and didn't give much of a contest for the rest of the game.

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Reply #157 –
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What a crazy side, how many small forwards and one marking forward in Charlie.  Surely one of the smaller types is going to miss for Lemmy?  How is that side supposed to kick a score?

Obviously, for the bulk of the time it will be a Charlie  /  TDK forward line with Pitto taking most ruck work. Don't mind a bit of chaos into the forward line that brings the ball to ground with the hope that a small forward or two can do their jobs!

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Reply #158 –
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What a crazy side, how many small forwards and one marking forward in Charlie.  Surely one of the smaller types is going to miss for Lemmy?  How is that side supposed to kick a score?

Obviously, for the bulk of the time it will be a Charlie  /  TDK forward line with Pitto taking most ruck work. Don't mind a bit of chaos into the forward line that brings the ball to ground with the hope that a small forward or two can do their jobs!
Chaos is good, low balls inside 50, high looping balls, no good.
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Re: AFL Rd 18 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Brisbane

Reply #159 –
So it's a forward line relying on precise ball delivery but expecting rubbish ball coming in.  Given their 5* midfield you'd think a lot of panicky stuff and high shallow bombs will be what Charlie will be working with. So the ball doesn't get to ground in the absence of a CHF somewhere around the 50-60 m arc and with their elite interceptors this could get very ugly.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?