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Thanks Sidefx.
That's Great work.

You've done your homework, and know what you're talking about.
Much more accurate than my eye test. Much appreciated and I applaude you

If Durdin's role has changed to be more defensive than offensive then my opinion on his role changes too.
Surely, (not Shirley), at 20yo and our smallest player, therefore shortest legs, there's got to be players on our list with better wheels than Durdin for that sort of role.

Fisher at least clocked up 21 disposals and 472m gained compared to Durdin's 11 disposals and 178m gained and Fisher had 2 goal assists to Durdin's 1.
Excuse my ignorance of other mitigating factors, but those figures alone suggest Durdin gives us 50% less impact than Fisher, and here's me wanting more consistency from Fisher.

Its clear to me that Durdin's spot in the team is under the microscope, and precarious, with 19yo Motlop knocking on the door, and Philp, Honey and Cuningham expected to be AFL ready in the 2nd half of 2022 season. Tells me we have reasons to believe we can improve on the first half of this season.

I will have a keen eye on Durdin, Owies and Fisher tomorrow, and wish them well.

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Jordan Boyd is a late inclusion for tomorrow's game, taking the place of Lachie Plowman (illness).

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Can't believe the day has come that I'm disappointed to see Plowman replaced... but here it is

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Surely Kemp would be better option as he gives us a bit ore height and flexibility?

Anyone would be a better option than Boyd

Clearly the coaching staff rate Boyd.

they sure do...and they don't rate willo....

In relation to Fisher v Durdin and without watching the game again, looking at their heat maps, Fisher was more in the middle of the ground and on the opposite wing to Durdin who was more closer to the D50. Durdin also had 4 tackles to Fishers 2 so as an assumption, Fisher may have been playing more a wing/outside mid role hence the meters gained and higher disposal. Durdin may have been roving the contests and applying defensive pressure at the contest to help with our transition, I remember seeing him tackling in the D50 one game and is what brought his role to my attention. His strength seems to be his pressure and ability to get the ball moving which may explain his role, he had 3 1%ers on the weekend to Fisher's 0 so he might be more suited to the in and under game. As for his height maybe he is playing a Caleb Daniels ferret type role for the team.

I would really like to Jesse play too, but I'm not sure if he will provide the in and under support like Durdin, I think he would more suited to replacing Martin's role.
Philp is an interesting one, I see him playing the same role that Fisher did on the weekend but wouldn't be surprised if played on the wing instead of Newnes injecting more speed.
But we defiantly have the depth in the small to medium forward position and I think when Philp and Honey become available maybe we will see Durdin back in the F50 applying his pressure. Pretty exciting to look forward too.

Either way it's all pretty interesting and leaves me wondering if this is just the way the game is developing or is it a coaching strategy to deal with weaknesses in some of our positions like the wing.

Every week.

What is the story with Kemp? He doesn't seem to be able to get a game despite all these injuries and illnesses.

Boyd again… Really?


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I didn't see him last week but in the games I've watched, there are other players well ahead of him.
I think I read somewhere they moved him from defence to attack (or the other way round) so maybe they are just waiting until he can hold down a position and play the role well before promoting him.

The write up on Boyd by O'Keefe in the VFL player review was very positive.



IF Boyd can have a break out game vs the young Crows, it will do wonders for his confidence and great cover whilst Stocker is out when the 3rd tall comes back in (Plow, Kemp in the short term, and Marchy and Gov in the long term). This will release a quality player in Williams Doc or Saad to the midfield group.

Good luck to him.

IMO, Kemp is the obvious choice but he only played his first game in the backline in the VFL this year and only 9 disposals. Despite O'Keefe suggesting Kemp took the opposition's tallest forward he was the loose man in defense a lot of the time and he didn't set the world on fire imo.

Nevertheless, if we believe in Voss's order of things, Kemp should be the logical next in line after Marchbank, McGovern, and Plowman. Maybe the MC don't rate Kemp ready for AFL at the moment.

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Setterfield comes into the Emergencies to cover Boyd's inclusion.

So, he was available to play VFL.

That proves Setterfield was dropped, omitted, a couple weeks ago for a decline in form; something many of us noted for weeks.

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I expect Dow to be named the sub.

IMO Motlop would be given a shot in the 22 for his first game

Cottrell was sub last week and played in the last quarter.

Setterfield didnt play last week and was dropped from the AFL team a couple of weeks ago.

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The MC have continuously said they'll reward form in the VFL. So Boyd should come in before Kemp.

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Very interesting thought and I tend to agree with you. I think the medi-sub is not necessarily the 23rd best available player but rather the available player outside the chosen 22 who best covers any loss we might have. Ideally this means being able to play tall or small and in all 3 zones on the ground. Not easy - to me only Kemp in our squad meets that criteria & even if a ruck goes down he has the height to either go into the ruck for brief minutes a la JSOS or cover a JSOS/Young/McDonald while they took some time in the ruck. Plowman and Marchbank to an extent though neither have much credentials as a forward they both could go back or wing comfortably enough. Neither much chop as a "break glass in case of emergency" ruck. Cottrell Parks Boyd and Newnes are players with the versatility to play multiple roles but not so much height. McDonald can cover any tall role but not medium or small.

I think you would need at least 2 because you don't want the same medi-sub week after week if they are not getting playing time. I'd prefer a 3-man rotation so that the players were getting decent game time in the 2s ie 2 weeks out of 3. In our case I'd say Kemp Plowman and Marchbank if all players available and in passable form. Obviously you don't play them if they are stinking it up in the twos. Equally obviously if the medi-sub gets a decent run and plays well enough to push some one out of the 22 then they become starting 22 and the player pushed out fights for their spot back.

So vote 1 Kemp for medi-sub?

Huge opportunity to move into top 4 tomorrow if Dees as expected knock off aints. Can't let chances like this slip

You haven't been watching Carlton since 2002 have you?

Don't know whether to laugh or cry. This is a new Carlton though. Despite being decimated and being nervous as hell, I still expect us to get the job done.