Preview Changes and pre match discussion vs Carlton on Good Friday footy

[LB2Snake]

We have to thrash Carlton but I doubt we will

6 day break, no way lol

But both teams have the 6 day break

 

[Dinkers]

We are currently paying $2.99 someone tell Dinkers why he shouldn't have a Dinkers dabble.

I've been bereft of wins this season to date, the money is heading south, and we're North.

 

[DuckYeah]

We are currently paying $2.99 someone tell Dinkers why he shouldn't have a Dinkers dabble.

I've been bereft of wins this season to date, the money is heading south, and we're North.

How are we under $3 … what a crock of shit

 

[SpiderBurton22]

We are currently paying $2.99 someone tell Dinkers why he shouldn't have a Dinkers dabble.

I've been bereft of wins this season to date, the money is heading south, and we're North.

Don't do it, take the $13 for 40+ instead. Money for jam.

 

[shinboner magic]

Cripps name has probably
already been inscribed on it

 

[Dinkers]

How are we under $3 … what a crock of shit

Well don't be fooled as shit as we are we are playing a crock of shit side. Often the least worst gets the chocolates.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

We are currently paying $2.99 someone tell Dinkers why he shouldn't have a Dinkers dabble.

I've been bereft of wins this season to date, the money is heading south, and we're North.

Dinkers should not have a dip until he stops referring to himself in the third person.

 

[Passmore]

We are currently paying $2.99 someone tell Dinkers why he shouldn't have a Dinkers dabble.

I've been bereft of wins this season to date, the money is heading south, and we're North.

We were $3.01. The money is coming...

Get your pocket money, find an adult, and have a wager.

 

[Frank Thring]

We were $3.01. The money is coming...

Get your pocket money, find an adult, and have a wager.

I may have placed a few shekels on the game.

 

[gokangas]

Huge game for us this week. Arguably the first game we should be expecting to be able to win with no excuses since the Melbourne one. Club has to make a statement on field this week.

This x 100. It's time to stand up and fight. Put up or fugg off.

 

[justroyal]

Clarkson probably just needs to say at training ‘which one you ****ing princesses actually wants to play on the Good Friday game? I mean really. Which one do you wants to?’

 

[Horizons_00]

But both teams have the 6 day break

Yeah but the excuses actually matter for north

 

[flojo]

I hate these games. They are playing like pus and are missing key players. Right for the taking. We get our hopes really up . And the comedown is savage.

 

[zoomba23]

I hate these games. They are playing like pus and are missing key players. Right for the taking. We get our hopes really up . And the comedown is savage.

Not after the last two Good Friday umpiring performances, we don't. I'm expecting a lubeless bumming until I see otherwise with my own eyes

 

[tazaa]

So form lines stack up pretty well so far in 2025.
Very few upsets.

Saints have had a couple.
Port over Hawks is one, albeit at home.
Geelong over Crows.

Otherwise it’s been pretty straightforward.

The obvious one is Carlton’s loss to Richmond, but that match aside they stuck with Hawthorn and faded late, faded once more against the Dogs and lost to the Pies by 3 goals.
Then took care of West Coast.

Our form stacked up well for the first 3 rounds and then has nose dived the past two weeks.

Whilst I have some slight optimism, the feeling I get about Carlton is similar to the Sydney game.
Not playing their best and missing a few but their form isn’t as bad as the media suggests.

We’re up against it.

 

[scottywiper]

This is a massive game for our club. On paper we should be able to push Blues and they don't have the sort of outside run that really exposes us.
A bad performance will leave nowhere to hide. Especially with some tough games to come.

 

[Chadwiko]

With Carlton full strength, I thought this game would be tough.

But with McKay and Kemp out, we really should go into this game with some belief and expectation for a win.

If we botch this, it's going to get absolutely feral around these parts.

 

[Briedis]

Wouldn't mind seeing FOS get some starts in the centre square. Can find space and use it well by foot, something we need in the middle

 

[chubbspeterson]

So form lines stack up pretty well so far in 2025.
Very few upsets.

Saints have had a couple.
Port over Hawks is one, albeit at home.
Geelong over Crows.

Otherwise it’s been pretty straightforward.

The obvious one is Carlton’s loss to Richmond, but that match aside they stuck with Hawthorn and faded late, faded once more against the Dogs and lost to the Pies by 3 goals.
Then took care of West Coast.

Our form stacked up well for the first 3 rounds and then has nose dived the past two weeks.

Whilst I have some slight optimism, the feeling I get about Carlton is similar to the Sydney game.
Not playing their best and missing a few but their form isn’t as bad as the media suggests.

We’re up against it.

We should be absolutely up to our eyeballs in this game, but they are actually quite a good defensive team (lock the ball in F50 and generate turnovers) and we are a poor defensive team with ball movement and D50 stoppages.
Both teams not the best at moving the ball at speed and punishing on turnover.
I think we've got more run perhaps and more scoreboard options if we can punish them.
Hopefully we can hit them early given they had a pretty soft contested game against WCE.

 

[DuckYeah]

How is anyone “expecting” a win here? Have you not watched 2025 thus far? We are shit!

 

[norfnuffie]

cannot wait for TDK to have about 7 free kicks from a standard ruck contest

 

[DuckYeah]

cannot wait for TDK to have about 7 free kicks from a standard ruck contest

Hopefully the club asked for Clarification. Doubt it though, we love a good fisting

 

[disco_cowboy]

Wouldn’t mind Wardlaw and Philips in. Philips to sub for Wardlaw at 3qtr time.

 

[tazaa]

We should be absolutely up to our eyeballs in this game, but they are actually quite a good defensive team (lock the ball in F50 and generate turnovers) and we are a poor defensive team with ball movement and D50 stoppages.
Both teams not the best at moving the ball at speed and punishing on turnover.
I think we've got more run perhaps and more scoreboard options if we can punish them.
Hopefully we can hit them early given they had a pretty soft contested game against WCE.

Yep - whilst there was level of confidence leading up to the Sydney game, they were coming off a bye and had beaten Freo in Perth for their first win of the season, that gives you a massive boost.
Their losses to Hawthorn and Brisbane were tough and stacked up.

Carlton is in a similar boat perhaps and this game is more about us making a statement against a side down on confidence.
Acknowledging that we also have had a brutal fortnight.

It’s not gonna be easy at all.

 

[tales129]

How well have they been defending ball in transition? That’s the one thing that when we get going we can link up well with handball.

Haven’t watched a single Carlton game all year.