Review Cats spay Demons by 39 points.

[My Tilly]

They've still got to recover from GC - we play Thursday.

And we've just lost our best backman and will have an extra day to prepare over Adelaide. Let's hope they smash each other tomorrow

 

[catempire]

It was great fun watching O'Sullivan but geez Melbourne were bad. How have they become such a rabble? Pretty much uncompetitive for large parts of the game over much of the ground. Without Oliver they would have lost by 100.

 

[witsend]

How tall is COS. Looks massive

198 or 199cm, depending on who you ask. Either way…bloody huge! And an athletic, aerobic beats. Compared by both PD and CS to Blicavs athletically. But taller.
I would compare his footy IQ to Matthew Egan. Seems intelligent and humble in interviews. Expect 200+ games in the hoops.


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[Lana]

Crows have 3x tall forwards.

I want to play small against them

 

[ShadowCat]

Wiltshire has just about been BOG in the VFL his last two games, so you will be able to add him to that list soonish.

Said this the other week, our 2023 draft could be all time. Stevens is starting to come good too!

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I think we just need Stanley to ruck next week so we can cover Thilthorpe, Walker and Fogarty with Blitz, COS and SDK... and still one of them will need to rotate into the ruck to cover Stanley and have a bench spell.

Not sure how we cover them without Stanley, Kolo and J Henry playing and even if Stanley does play it'll still be a mission.

Unless we wanna play Zuthrie on Walker or something like that, I'm not sure what other option we have.

What do we do the week after against meek?

 

[Lana]

I'm wondering if by the time Henry is fit again he might return as a forward

 

[D BRIDGE]

What do we do the week after against meek?

Pray.

 

[D BRIDGE]

I'm wondering if by the time Henry is fit again he might return as a forward

Take his bros spot or Neale?

 

[catempire]

Jack Henry is a huge loss. Was in AA form.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Why?
Once he gets himself sorted out, he will have an inpact. I doubt the MC is thinking we nearly lose or did lose any games because OH was below his best.
Not directed at you btw, but, Why is there always so much criticism of a young player who is struggling even though we had a win?

It's just a way of speeding up that "getting himself sorted out" step

 

[My Tilly]

I'm wondering if by the time Henry is fit again he might return as a forward

Polkinghorne keeps improving as he is and I think he may get a shot before Henry

 

[Play it Sam]

Krock spoke with Stanley post match and he sounds ready to back up next week if required

It was good listening to the chat with Rhys, he's happy with whatever role is required from him this year and is enjoying working with the next gen, teaching them what he can


I then caught bit of the Fox Footy coverage when I got home, and Jon Ralph reported that the late change with Blicavs out was made about mid-morning. Obviously Blicavs has woken up not doing too well, and Rhys got a call to let him know he was going to be playing seniors rather than the VFL game that he was preparing for - the #1 took the call pretty well as it meant he could get a little bit extra sleep instead of the match prep he was getting ready for

It then turned into a panel discussion with Ralph questioning if squad changes should be announced when the club is aware they'll be making changes and he cited a couple of clubs which have done that today - my view on that is there's a difference with making a change to the squad the day or two before the match as it then allows you to keep a full emergency list available, versus a change on the day

Both Jono Brown & Buckley were supportive of leaving a late change until the final team is announced, because why give the opposition more notice than they need - both have no issues with teams getting value out of the rules



So, hopefully Blicavs is back next week

Those same commentators led on by G Lyon then threw shade on Chris Scott, indicating that he lies. Scotty was good enough to give them a frank and interesting, after game interview in the rooms, covering a broad range of questions from Gerard. The bloke can't win.
It might have been Danger pulling a swifty though, he reckons he didn't realise Blics was out until very late. Haha.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

He needs to attract the ball more and that means moving. He should be roaming a bit more, BUT who knows what his instructions are.

He does look like he's being told to just sit deep. But I just think if he's parked he's too easily defended by a heigh outmatch

 

[CatToTheFuture]

We play Thursday, and then an 11 day break to play Hawthorn.

Yeah that might change it a bit

 

[Art Vandelay_]

If Lalor doesn't win the rising star we might see some tigers fans smuggling guns into the mcg

Thanks to the Carlton campaigners smuggling guns to shoot Vossy getting in tonight was like trying to enter the Kremlin.

 

[FootyLad0]

If Lalor doesn't win the rising star we might see some tigers fans smuggling guns into the mcg

Imagine if COS won it, they’d go nuclear on here lol

 

[thegerman]

Bathtub effect.

O’Connor was sensational. Kicking by many of our usually good players was very ordinary, Rhys played well

 

[Lana]

Take his bros spot or Neale?

Remains to be seen. Too many moving parts, Neale depends on the 2nd ruck situation. If Stanley plays, both Blicavs and De Koning are down back. Rotating 2nd ruck to KPD is historically an odd structure.

I've wanted to see what O.Henry could do if he was played up the ground, Wing or Half back. Did wonders for Mayne and Mason Wood.

We just need a bit more of a presence aerially ahead of the ball.

 

[Seeds]

Almost won us the PF last year.

Yep he did. Played well in finals. But was very poor for most of the year and has returned back to that poor form. His good prelim (a last game against West coast) may very well be a curse as it didn't force him to find a new role.

 

[Zouz Kitty]

And we've just lost our best backman and will have an extra day to prepare over Adelaide. Let's hope they smash each other tomorrow

‘WoRd’ from the Inner Sanctum
“You are ‘agoereh’!”
Know what I mean?
Eh? eh? eh? Know what I mean
Know what I mean? Nudge nudge say no more!

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Thanks to the Carlton campaigners smuggling guns to shoot Vossy getting in tonight was like trying to enter the Kremlin.

I just hope gather round is smooth sailing

 

[Play it Sam]

Remains to be seen. Too many moving parts, Neale depends on the 2nd ruck situation. If Stanley plays, both Blicavs and De Koning are down back. Rotating 2nd ruck to KPD is historically an odd structure.

I've wanted to see what O.Henry could do if he was played up the ground, Wing or Half back. Did wonders for Mayne and Mason Wood.

We just need a bit more of a presence aerially ahead of the ball.

That's what I said too, then I remembered ( this year) 3 separate one on one contests on the wing where O Henry got out manned. And did it with feet flat on the ground and playing from behind on a clearly telegraphed ball.
So I don't know the answer, but hope he develops some confidence soon, and kicks a bag. No one can stand on reputation, and he's running it fine.

 

[catempire]

Yep he did. Played well in finals. But was very poor for most of the year and has returned back to that poor form. His good prelim (a last game against West coast) may very well be a curse as it didn't force him to find a new role.

Incorrect. He finished 8th in the B&F.

 

[OddYears]

Miers saying he didn’t even notice blitz out is a classic