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

Reply #165 –
No chance we will make finals. Let's be realistic. Stringing together a few wins will in itself be a miracle, with the crape happening at the moment.

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

Reply #166 –
More sensationalist media to pour more fuel on.  Don't click on it.
All designed to make us give up mentally and emotionally on Charlie, thus buttering us up to trade him for less than true value to the cats or some other ruthless mob.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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

Reply #167 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
More sensationalist media to pour more fuel on.  Don't click on it.
All designed to make us give up mentally and emotionally on Charlie, thus buttering us up to trade him for less than true value to the cats or some other ruthless mob.
I don't think Charlie and Harry are going anywhere short term but I'd be more concerned about Sam Walsh who will be a RFA next season and has already had interest and according to Cal Twomey is in no hurry to sign any new deal.

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

Reply #168 –
Quote from: PaulP – on
No chance we will make finals. Let's be realistic. Stringing together a few wins will in itself be a miracle, with the crape happening at the moment.
We'll be lucky to win another game this year!!!

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

Reply #170 –
Its interesting what hype and team form can do.

They gush about Sam Darcy and how good he is.  They are pretty scathing on Charlie and his efforts.  Aaron Naughton also cops a fair whack from the pundits.

Its probably because they are delivering well below their capability, but the goal tally has Naughton and Curnow in similar territory to Darcy.

Interesting stuff.
"everything you know is wrong"

Paul Hewson

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

Reply #171 –
Quote from: Thryleon – on
Its probably because they are delivering well below their capability, but the goal tally has Naughton and Curnow in similar territory to Darcy.
It's an effect of nepotism, nothing more nothing less.

Just because Luke Darcy is out of the media, at least for the moment, doesn't mean his sphere of influence is diminished.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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

Reply #172 –
I'm not surprised Cowan is an in, but I'm a bit surprised Durdin gets a gig.

In my opinion Durdin and Evans both have the same fundamental problem, at AFL level they aren't more agile or pacey than opposition who are 10kg heavier and 10cm taller, this leaves them without a trick. To make use of them we can't have such a predictable game plan, they will never get the same opportunities at the AFL level fall of the ball that they get in VFL, if the opposition know where the ball is going.

In my opinion in the future we should avoid recruiting small forwards who haven't an elite trick. Either they must be bilateral and effectively indistinguishable left or right, have elite pace, elite agility or be elite overhead. If they haven't got one of those four traits they'll never get enough footy at AFL level to have an impact, no matter how hard they try or how good they look at VFL level.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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

Reply #173 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Quote from: Sexybronco – on

I think once we're mathematically out of the finals race we'll see a flurry of additional debutants in the team, sends the wrong message to be doing it now as it would be a concession that we have given up on 2025 even if our chance of playing finals are incredibly slim.


SB..You are probably right and that's the party line theme but I'd be using common sense and forgetting the maths and looking at next season.
Can't argue with your logic and the players probably know it deep down, however we can't be see to be giving up on the season (and probably Vossy's future) until it's not a possibility any more.
The Ox is slow but I'm running out of patience.

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

Reply #174 –
In some respects the best thing that could happen would be for that "statistical possibility" to be done and dusted.
Then we'd get a good idea of some of the young ones, and try a few different things.
It would put a bit of interest into the season rather than this same ones 'in and out' on a weekly rotation.

Cincotta was always going to play this week after being held over from the VFL game last week.
There were probably a few ahead of Durdin in the 'seconds'.

Expect a couple of debuts next week against Melbourne.

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

Reply #175 –
It's always darkest before the dawn... there's that irrepressible optimist again!I

I do think we're in with a chance this evening, provided:

TDK pulls his finger out. Deliver or FO. We've effectively with him been one down in the past few weeks.
Weiters has to roll up the pouting bottom lip, and roll up the sleeves.
Doc has to hit targets by hand and foot.
Make Durdin the sub... then have no injuries or passengers.
Motlop remains deep in the forward line.
'Good McGovern' turns up.
Pitto takes his mongrel pills before the game... then shares them with Cerra, Fog & Cripps.
Moir steps up and in to senior footy.
Martin tears it up for four qtrs and doesn't get injured, and...
Team defence shuts down the Brisvegas prime movers.

That'll do for starters.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17

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

Reply #176 –
Then I work up to a terrible nightmare, we were playing Brisbane and hadn't scored til 3 quarter time
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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

Reply #177 –
Quote from: Baggers – on
It's always darkest before the dawn... there's that irrepressible optimist again!I

I do think we're in with a chance this evening, provided:

TDK pulls his finger out. Deliver or FO. We've effectively with him been one down in the past few weeks.
Weiters has to roll up the pouting bottom lip, and roll up the sleeves.
Doc has to hit targets by hand and foot.
Make Durdin the sub... then have no injuries or passengers.
Motlop remains deep in the forward line.
'Good McGovern' turns up.
Pitto takes his mongrel pills before the game... then shares them with Cerra, Fog & Cripps.
Moir steps up and in to senior footy.
Martin tears it up for four qtrs and doesn't get injured, and...
Team defence shuts down the Brisvegas prime movers.

That'll do for starters.
All pigs fully fueled and ready for takeoff!! Sorry Baggers, couldn’t help that one. Hope you’re right 😎
Reality always wins in the end.

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

Reply #178 –
Quote from: Baggers – on
It's always darkest before the dawn... there's that irrepressible optimist again!I

I do think we're in with a chance this evening, provided:

TDK pulls his finger out. Deliver or FO. We've effectively with him been one down in the past few weeks.
Weiters has to roll up the pouting bottom lip, and roll up the sleeves.
Doc has to hit targets by hand and foot.
Make Durdin the sub... then have no injuries or passengers.
Motlop remains deep in the forward line.
'Good McGovern' turns up.
Pitto takes his mongrel pills before the game... then shares them with Cerra, Fog & Cripps.
Moir steps up and in to senior footy.
Martin tears it up for four qtrs and doesn't get injured, and...
Team defence shuts down the Brisvegas prime movers.

That'll do for starters.
cut and paste from 2024 Baggers ?
:D :D
Let’s go BIG !

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

Reply #179 –
To the people complaining about poor Charlie being 1-out, have you guys actually looked at the side?

Key back we have
FB: Weitering
CHB: Nick Haynes
Int: Harry O'Farrell

That's 2 and a backup.

Rucks we have...
Pittonet
and TDK as backup.

Key forwards we have....
CHF: Charlie.....out of form 3 goals from past 5 weeks
FF: Listed as Moir:......which i think will not be the case, but TBH, it would actually work.
HFF: McGovern....this is more likely your FF, and he is very much in form compared to Charlie - 9 goals from last 5 weeks
....with TDK down there for periods as well.

I think we are plenty tall enough.