Preview 2024 Rd 15 Carlton v Geelong Friday 21 June 7:40PM (AEST) @ MCG

[Aphrodite]

TEAM IS IN …


IN: Fantasia

OUT: Carroll

AFL team news: Blues make one change

It's a relatively settled 23 for the Blues heading into the 2024 AFL Carlton Respects Game.

www.carltonfc.com.au

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

 

[Aphrodite]

Are they playing silly buggers??
Stanley OUT injured yet is an emergency??

It’s the same on the AFL website

 

[Schoonerman]

Are they playing silly buggers??
Stanley OUT injured yet is an emergency??

Apologies I just realised I’m the 10th one that has mentioned this

 

[norway blue]

Beautiful stuff. Great pass to skip for a goal.


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[BigFrizz36]

Stanley is out injured. But strangely named as a emergency

Stanley has been going terribly as a ruckman and Blicavs has been fairly ordinary as an onballer. I guess that their logic is that each of them can't go much worse.

 

[Just Kreuzing]

As someone pointed out earlier, he wont be stopping cripps then, so can't stop all of us.

O’Connor will go to Cripps now you would think

 

[LanceRomance]

Hmmm. Unless there's a late change then it means Blitz won't run with cripps.

I feel there is always a late change with the cats. I think Stanley will play.

 

[LanceRomance]

Let's hope dangerfield doesn't take out one of our players.

 

[Mezzoculo]

I feel there is always a late change with the cats. I think Stanley will play.

Named as an emergency yet omitted from the team due to an 'injury'.

 

[luke livingston seagull]

People… it’s Rhys Stanley

1

Rhys Stanley

Age

33

Ht

200cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

6.4

4star

CL

3.4

5star

HO

27.6

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

4.5

3star

CL

5.0

5star

HO

21.5

5star

D

11.8

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

6.4

4star

CL

3.0

5star

HO

33.0

5star

.

 

[DEliades]

If Touhy gets off the leash again and starts fist pumping the faithful I’m gonna lose it

This - I hate the prick

 

[DEliades]

No Bruhn, Parfitt or Guthrie in their midfield.

 

[Mezzoculo]

Is premiership ruckman Shaun Grigg still on their coaching panel? Maybe Scott will try to sneak him on in Stanley's guernsey?

 

[agro]

Fantasia must have a heck of lot data backed up in Google Drive.

 

[JustOneTime]

I think it's a bit of an archaic mindset to consider Player A is lockdown and Player B is intercept.

It's all about team defence now. You can get away with one anchor defender who lacks a bit of mobility (for us that's Weiters), but around that player you need a mix of athletic guys who can do a bit of everything. One play Kemp might need to come third man up over Hawkins, the next he might need to trail Cameron up the ground, and the next he might have to pick up Dangerfield when he drifts forward.

Kemp's greatest strength at the moment is his versatility. His biggest weakness is that he's played only 34 games and is still developing his craft. He got outbodied or outpositioned by Langford the other week? Might have something to do with Langford having 4 years and 100+ games on him...

Invest the time now and in 4-5 years Kemp is going to be towelling up less experienced forwards and creating a heap of drive off half back for us.

Might be archaic and its just my view but i'd put forward this...

Pies Talls
Murphy (hard lockdown but they lost him to injury). Now Frampton?
Howe (key interceptor)
Moore (hybrid)
Maynard (can play hard lockdown when required)

Dees Talls
Petty (hard lockdown when he was there and Dees firing). Now maybe Tomlinson/Tom Mcdonald)
May (more lockdown)
Lever (key interceptor)

Blues Talls
Weitering (lockdown but wants to be an interceptor or we waste his pedigree)
Mcgovern (key interceptor)
Kemp (interceptor)
Marchbank (Interceptor)

We are currently spending Weitering in the same role GC paid nothing for for Collins. More and more Weitering is dragged away from the contest with his opponent a decoy. Literally Hawkins job this weekend.

Team defence is a basic given that goes unsaid.

 

[Opium]

People… it’s Rhys Stanley.

looks like Tarzan. Plays like Jane!

 

[Neese]

Let's hope dangerfield doesn't take out one of our players.

Said that to bestie this morning. Flog always lines up one of our best players. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[gbatman]

My concern is Blicavs getting away from TDK around the ground as an extra midfielder, TDK exposes bigger slower ruckman usually, this will be a different challenge for him and our entire midfield group remembering they had us for speed last time.

Rotations are important. McKay spends a little more time rucking if needed. Cripps and Kennedy to have the odd jump. TDK needs to make sure he pushes forward really hard and drags Bilcavs with him and does not just follow him. Make Bilcavs accountable and do a lot of defensive running. Around the ground let guys like Kennedy or Cripps run with Bilcavs if he tries to push forward. When they take him, that is when TDK goes the other way and runs forward of the ball and makes himself dangerous.

Double bluff. If TDK is getting forward a lot, Bilcavs will have to run extra hard defensively. Make him do a lot of defensive running, let other players take him when he runs forward. Put him under the pump to defend.

You can make this work against him, use our tall midfield to do the defensive running. Use TDK forward of the ball a lot. Blow him up instead. Test his accountability.

 

[LanceRomance]

This - I hate the prick

Why does he get stuck in to carlton fans? Doesn't make sense

 

[xDQ82x]

Beautiful stuff. Great pass to skip for a goal.


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I know we all want the win and a premiership.

But they do some good stuff.

Good on you lads.

 

[agro]

Why does he get stuck in to carlton fans? Doesn't make sense

He didn’t want to leave, SOS lowballed him.

It makes no sense that fans boo him when we play Geelong.

 

[Bell Ringer]

People… it’s Rhys Stanley.

Exactly - Made Pitt look like Big Nick a few weeks ago.

 

[BigFrizz36]

Apologies I just realised I’m the 10th one that has mentioned this

But you are clearly the first to apologise to your own post. Very impressive.

 

[BigFrizz36]

No Bruhn, Parfitt or Guthrie in their midfield.

Not sure whether you think that this is a good or bad thing? Bruin has been a bit underwhelming in an average midfield, Parfitt can't get a game in that midfield and sadly the game might have passed Guthrie by.

 

[Bongo Drum]

Can someone tell me what does Fantasia do to always get selected?

I gave him some pasta sauce as well. He loved that!

https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1462414/coffee-chats-and-pasta-sauce-fantasia-on-voss-connection

That pasta sauce must be one hell of a family recipe!!

 

[DEliades]

Not sure whether you think that this is a good or bad thing? Bruin has been a bit underwhelming in an average midfield, Parfitt can't get a game in that midfield and sadly the game might have passed Guthrie by.

Good things and exposes their numbers through the midfield. They were all playing and playing well when they started the season on fire