Preview 2024 Rd 12 Carlton vs Port Adelaide Thursday 30th May 7:30PM AEST @ Adelaide Oval

[Aphrodite]

Team is in …

Unchanged




https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1566482/afl-team-news-blues-name-23-for-thursday-night-football

Backs:	Adam Saad	Jacob Weitering	Zac Williams
Half-backs:	Brodie Kemp	Mitch McGovern	Nic Newman
Centreline:	Ollie Hollands	Patrick Cripps	Elijah Hollands
Half-forwards:	Lachie Fogarty	Harry McKay	Matthew Owies
Forwards:	George Hewett	Charlie Curnow	Matthew Kennedy
Followers:	Tom De Koning	Sam Walsh	Alex Cincotta
Interchange:	Lachie Cowan	Jack Carroll	Blake Acres
	Jordan Boyd	Orazio Fantasia
Emergencies:	Corey Durdin	Caleb Marchbank	Lewis Young

 

[Aphrodite]

Stig's Bar open and ready at the ground tonight?
Delicious rolls with slow cooked beef, capsicum onions and Stig's Special Sizzle Sauce!
Plus
Beer!!!
Merch available.

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Where's the artsy fartsy

Lift horsey ffs

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

Stop Butters and JHF, we win....simple

 

[AB_Blue]

Marshall, Dixon and Finlayson have the height to worry our defence

And Marshall…going in tall!!


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[myblueroan]

Where's the artsy fartsy

Lift horsey ffs

Back to the AI drawing board.



Foodball
And my very favorite...

 

[JoeyPBLUES]

Stig's Bar open and ready at the ground tonight?
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Plus
Beer!!!
Merch available.

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That's brilliant Horse

 

[Sweet Seventeen]

Marshall, Dixon and Finlayson have the height to worry our defence

They will struggle in the damp, slippery conditions. Strong bodied tanks will prevail.
Blues by 15 points.

 

[Sweet Seventeen]

Stop Butters and JHF, we win....simple

Cinc perfect match-up for JHF. Butters will be very sore after the game with Cripps, Kennedy and Hewett all barrelling him at every opportunity.

 

[lily of laguna]

And it has been raining steadily for a couple of hours. Not heavy yet. Oval going to be very slippery.

Thanks Neesey,

If I can be a bit cheeky, an update an hour out would be great too!


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[lily of laguna]

Just flown in for work - It’s bloody wet over here.
Steady decent rain.

I hope by work you mean “watch the game live at the adl oval!!!”


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[Sweet Seventeen]

Marshall, Dixon and Finlayson have the height to worry our defence

Maybe Ken is playing a little bit of ducks and drakes. Or waiting to see what the conditions will really be.
Only one of their emergencies is a smaller type. And he is yet to debut, Tom Anastasopoulos. He is a nineteen yo small forward, listed at 176 cm's. So this seems quite unlikely, yet "crazy Ken'. So who knows.

 

[Canyouhearthedrums]

I’ve never understood the idea that going in tall is a disadvantage in the wet. The game tends to descend into lumping it forward in bad conditions and AFL players still take grabs in the wet. Plus it helps your small forwards if you’re getting first hands on it.

The wet also works to negate the running power of a team going in small.

Anyway, this has been my TED talk.

 

[Bevoman]

Stop Butters and JHF, we win....simple

Ollie Wines said hello

 

[Arr0w]

I’ve never understood the idea that going in tall is a disadvantage in the wet. The game tends to descend into lumping it forward in bad conditions and AFL players still take grabs in the wet. Plus it helps your small forwards if you’re getting first hands on it.

The wet also works to negate the running power of a team going in small.

Anyway, this has been my TED talk.

Same

The bigger the body the better in the wet

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Went to the training thingy yesterday, it was 25 degrees and AO’s surface was like a carpet.

The rain is gone for the day, so wouldn’t expect it to be affected that much.

Is a tad gusty though.

 

[carlton_99]

Went to the training thingy yesterday, it was 25 degrees and AO’s surface was like a carpet.

The rain is gone for the day, so wouldn’t expect it to be affected that much.

Is a tad gusty though.

Was Gov training?

 

[Arr0w]

In these conditions, we need a backline sweeper, as plenty of high balls will get out the back and or slide through a contest

Forward, at least one small forward out the back of a contest, looking at you Zac Williams

If it's greasey, bang it long off the ground, get it forward and lock it in

Both sides want to apply forward half pressure/cause turnovers, who ever wins that battle will win the game

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Was Gov training?

He was out there with the defenders group, including Marchbank & Young.

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

Ollie Wines said hello

Thanks for your input but he aint no Cripps.
Can't see him carrying you to victory off his own back.

 

[Juice030103]

This is a big test tonight. Will show us where we really are in the pecking order.

Form against (current) top 8 sides this year:
Giants ️
Cats ️
Collingwood ️
Melbourne ️
Sydney ️️
Port Adelaide ️

If we go 2-4 against top 8 sides after tonight's match, it probably (unfortunately) tells us where we're at.

Two of those games interstate and we have been ravaged by injury throughout. I’d say at minimum we would’ve had an extra win in this run if we were healthy

 

[morningbrown]

Huge chance to make a statement tonight. Historically we falter with games like this

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

Ollie Wines said hello

Said? About 5 years ago...

 

[Benaly28]

We generally play well in the wet wouldn’t worry about that.


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[Thrawn]

Huge chance to make a statement tonight. Historically we falter with games like this

We didn't last year. Time to get run on!

 

[katmanblue]

Same

The bigger the body the better in the wet

One More time

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[4flagsin5yrs]

Two of those games interstate and we have been ravaged by injury throughout. I’d say at minimum we would’ve had an extra win in this run if we were healthy

noting we really should have won both the Cats and Pies' games...

And we were severely undermanned in both.

Listen to the bleating out of the Pies camp presently re injuries... FMD.