Richmond side has a lot of very average players. Should win and win well.

Wow, you got that right.

Supporters with no idea commenting on team selection like its blindingly obvious and only the coach/selectors cant see it.

Laidler missed the NAB Cup final. He's obviously not quite right yet or we're changing his role.

It's a long season kids. Doesn't matter who's playing Round 1. Lets get everyone right and if they need a couple of weeks to get right, then let them have it.

You guys are going to have to get used to one thing. No one is irreplaceable in Malthouse's system. Players will fit that system, noth the other way around.

I haven't seen the team yet, just the comments. I don't care who's in or out and who's been named where.

Richmond side has a lot of very average players. Should win and win well.

Walker can consider himself very lucky. He is being selected on reputation alone as a result of his one good season in his 6 plus years of a being a Blue. His pre-season was woeful.

Wow, you got that right.

Supporters with no idea commenting on team selection like its blindingly obvious and only the coach/selectors cant see it.

Laidler missed the NAB Cup final. He's obviously not quite right yet or we're changing his role.

It's a long season kids. Doesn't matter who's playing Round 1. Lets get everyone right and if they need a couple of weeks to get right, then let them have it.

You guys are going to have to get used to one thing. No one is irreplaceable in Malthouse's system. Players will fit that system, noth the other way around.

I haven't seen the team yet, just the comments. I don't care who's in or out and who's been named where.

Nup, !@#$%& it.

Like the side. Like the surprises. Bold.

None of this test these unblooded players in games against GWS that essentially prove !@#$%& all. Round 1, 75k+, your spot in the side to earn, Joseph and Bootsma. Go for it. Prove yourself.

At the end of the game, if we're saying to ourselves "if only Bell and Laidler had played, we'd have won", we're !@#$%& kidding ourselves as to our expectations and how we view the side.

Go Blues.

Laidler out also means Duigan has to play on one of Edwards, Riewoldt or Vickery. I am now officially praying for rain.

Say what you want TBB but its a stupid selection, leaves us with zero flexibility and if jamo gets hurt (one in a million chance I know), then what happens?

CARLTON
B: Yarran, Jamison, Henderson
HB: Tuohy, Duigan, Gibbs
C: Simpson, Carrazzo, Robinson
HF: Judd, Walker, Garlett
F: Betts, Casboult, Hampson
Foll: Kreuzer, Murphy, McLean
Int: Armfield, Bootsma, Joseph, Lucas

Emerg: Bell, Laidler, Rowe

The way I look at it, we just missed out on a Prelim final in 2011 WITHOUT Gibbs in the team. Gibbs is now in the team, so we'll piss it in!

Hi all,i think the ruck dual between Maric & kreuzer should be a beauty,cheer's Murph...

I don't get AJ & Bootsma ahead of Bell & Laidler.

The only surprise for me really is that Hampson and Casboult are named in the same side.
They both seem like stay home forwards and I don't see Walker as a high up KP or leading forward either and this is were we regularly break down.