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Re: AFL Rd 18 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Hawthorn at MCG

Reply #60 –
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Re: AFL Rd 18 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Hawthorn at MCG

Reply #62 –
Lewis Young is out under the concussion protocols and young Harry Dean's cut hand must have healed because he's back.

I wonder if he'll wear a glove  :-\
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Re: AFL Rd 18 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Hawthorn at MCG

Reply #63 –
I'm probably more concerned about Cripps's hand.
He was feeling it a bit last week.
 

Re: AFL Rd 18 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Hawthorn at MCG

Reply #64 –
Our line-up:

B:   14 Oliver Florent   47 Wade Derksen   26 Nick Haynes
HB:   24 Nic Newman   35 Harry Dean   15 Billy Wilson
C:   5  Adam Cerra   18 Sam Walsh   4 Oliver Hollands
HF:   19 Will Hayward   11 Mitch McGovern   12 Ben Ainsworth
F:   17 Brodie Kemp   10 Harry McKay   39 Talor Byrne
R:   27 Marc Pittonet   9 Patrick Cripps   7 Jagga Smith
Int:   2 Lachlan Cowan   46 Matthew Cottrell   29 George Hewett   30 Jack Ison   44 Francis Evans
Em:   36 Cooper Lord   38 Flynn Riley   8 Lachie Fogarty

[1] Still no Acres. I would have played him, although I'm sure that Ollie Hollands will be better for the run. Acres is a mature body who can run like few others, even if his kicking can be a little dodgy at times.

[2] Only 1 ruck again. I am not a fan, not going against 2 real rucks. Against a team with 1 real ruck, fair enough. But H is going up against a full-timer, not a fellow part timer. Similarly, Pitto has not played all that well against Meek in recent times. Meek actually did reasonably against Gawn from about a third of the way through the 3rd.
The only thing I can think of is that our MC think it is going to rain heavily. That is the forecast: 5 - 15 mm of rain.
Still, it is a potential point source error, which our structure has no clear answer to.

[3] I am happy to see Dean back. He is already making a name for himself. He also has the pace to deal with a leading forward, which Young doesn't.

[4] We have gone with our youngsters, which shows that the MC has faith in them. Ison has struggled in recent times; if he can get his confidence up, he could be interesting.

[5] I am not confident, but I'll be happy if we show more than what we did last week. I don't like Hawthorn at all.
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Re: AFL Rd 18 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Hawthorn at MCG

Reply #65 –
I’m disappointed that Acres wasn’t selected.  Hawthorn will try to bully us and, apart from Acres’ ability to have an impact at both ends of the ground, he doesn’t take any sh1t and has the size and attitude to back it up.

It seems like his ticket has been clipped 🙄
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