If recent MC form is to go by...

...injured, won't train all week but will be right to go on Saturday.


Seriously, no chance for either to get up. Have to be cautious with Waite and Brock struggled to walk off the ground last game.

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I'm with Mil on this.
I reckon we can rebound ace them.

I'm just hoping the flogging of richmond straight after the WCE loss sets a pattern/rules regarding fighting back after mishaps, I'm hoping that was the main factor for such a great performance as opposed to richmonds general shitness

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEBOUNDERS cmon

and as for u pussies saying youre not going to go now coz you're sure we're going to be right royally trolloped, well thats just pissweak

we need strength in numbers at these filth clashes more than any other week! FRONT UP, no passengers

Got my ticket already so I'll be there, but will spend a bit more time in the Cricketer's pre game to help ease the pain

Yes fair to say I'll be drinking heavily after the game either way!
Hope someone is working hard on Waite's groin this week!!

@Carlton_FC Inj update: Scans today confirmed cartilage damage to Jarrad Waite's hip. Will see specialist tomorrow. Expected to miss 3-4 weeks.
http://twitter.com/Carlton_FC/status/90322452701384704



No Carrots again this week either.

Games officially sold out. Ch10 will telecast live.

There's cartilage in your hip?

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ouch!

That hurts us with winnable games the 3 after the Pies.

Time to step up Matthew Watson!

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We were winning games earlier in the year when we loaded up with Midfielders - We seem to have this complex that we must put in talls all over the place everyone calling for Casboult Setanta and Austin- get Curnow , Lucas- Maclean Okeefe and Touhy into the team and drop a couple of lumberers and run them off their feet until Waite and Jamo are good to go - Our mids are blowing up late in games get more in there and increase the midfield rotations otherwise in 2 to 3 weeks time we could be cursing the loss of a couple of good mids as it looks like Carrotts and Scotland are early casulties

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Yes! Everytime we load up w talls we struggle. With zones, presses etc it is a running game. Two talls down back and two talls up fwd and a ruckman. The rest must be mobile!

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You have to respond to quality height, and you also need to be able to respond to the challenges of height in defence without dogging your run.

So I have no problem with 2 tall forwards, 3 tall defenders & 2 rucks, so long as they can impact in midfield, run off HB or kick well into the the forward line. Kreuzer, Henderson, Bower, Laidler & Austin all have the attributes to do this, and all have shown this at senior level at some point.

The Adelaide game showed what happens if your disposal isn't on in midfield and you're scarce for talls in defence.

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GAGF with the injuries already.

Interesting point. Collingwood typically carry 2 tall defenders and 2 tall forwards plus leigh brown as 2nd ruck sometime 3rd tall forward.

We are carrying 2 tall defenders (Hendo/Bower) and one tall forward plus our resting ruck. (note I don't count Walker a tall). The Collingwood press is very effective. I suspect they are fitter than most teams and that gives them the ability to carry the extra talls. I figure we need two tall forwards to compete strongly for a flag. Waite up and running is one. We need a second effective tall forward!!

Exactly Phycho. Thats what i was on about before the WC games with all that team balance stuff. We need the run. We need to rotate fresh running players around the ball so we can do the things we do well for longer. The things that win us games.
Even playing one extra tall is enough to leave you close to a man down.

We dont win games by having a bloke take big marks up forward. We win when we have pressure around the ball. Only letting it out on our terms.

We have to pick a fresh running team this week.

in: Fevola, Kernahan, Koutifides

you're right 'We dont win games by having a bloke take big marks up forward'
we win games by having big blokes contest and get the ball to ground advantageously for the mini men.
theyre just as important as ever regardless of the fact that its our small-mids that are kicking the scores

Where does Thornton fit into that?

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I count walker as a tall. He does all the things Dawes does. COntested marks, leading marks, brings the ball to gound when out of position and applies pressure acts. He does it better than Dawes and he can provide a chopout onball at the end of quarters giving us even more run.

you're right 'We dont win games by having a bloke take big marks up forward'
we win games by having big blokes contest and get the ball to ground advantageously for the mini men.
theyre just as important as ever regardless of the fact that its our small-mids that are kicking the scores[/quote]

I agree LL. Walker Waite (waites replacement) and the resting ruck is enough to bring the ball down.

Two talls down back and a ruck should round out our talls.

The press and causing turnovers from pressure is where our score comes from. The repeat 50's. We compromise that when we start picking extra talls.