Isn't it amazing when you put a few games into a kid.

OK lets say he gets 5-8 min chop-out each qtr - whatever the splits are, with Levi in, it means we have some halfway decent structure up forward

Ok Bryce Gibbs.. Kerr... Thornton... Bower... Russell .... Hampson...Garlett...Murphy...Kreuzer...etc have been average cos of injuries to others???

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Ratten: "We're running out of games. The Tigers are in pretty good form, so it should be a great game."

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"Mitch will do some work today, so we'll see after that whether he plays."

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"We'll test Zach and Kreuz today. At this stage, Kreuz is looking like he'll play, but we'll see how he pulls up."

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"Lachie is hugely important to the back line. 2002 was the last time we had a season this bad in terms of injuries."

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"I thought last week's second half was a step in the right direction."

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"I hope that Jarrad will play in the VFL this week. He was a bit tight in the back last week, so we took the conservative approach."

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"Cloke is a very good player and most teams would like him in their forward line... But you'd have to ask Andrew McKay and Greg Swann."

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"Richmond's midfield is very dangerous. Riewoldt and Nahas are also playing good footy."

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"I think we'll be playing with a bit of freedom for the rest of the year."

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"It doesn't matter if you've played one game or 250 games, you have an expectation to perform when wearing the jumper."

..bloody hell, there's absolutely no reason to even test Krooz.. ..Tigers only have the Mullet, and he's buggered now too after carrying their ruck all season.. ..Knockers is fresh, and is meant to actually have a decent engine so he could ruck for the majority..

..also, it amazes me that they still believe Hendo is vital for the backline.. ..and we keep on banging about a need to 'find' a KPF.. ..yanno, that Cloke is an amazing KPF, his only problem is his goal kicking, cos his field kicking is usually better.. ..yanno, he'd make a great CHB.. ..you'll see..

McInness is rapidly becoming far from expendable.

..bloody hell, there's absolutely no reason to even test Krooz.. ..Tigers only have the Mullet, and he's buggered now too after carrying their ruck all season.. ..Knockers is fresh, and is meant to actually have a decent engine so he could ruck for the majority..

..also, it amazes me that they still believe Hendo is vital for the backline.. ..and we keep on banging about a need to 'find' a KPF.. ..yanno, that Cloke is an amazing KPF, his only problem is his goal kicking, cos his field kicking is usually better.. ..yanno, he'd make a great CHB.. ..you'll see..

Agree with everything here. Why do we need to play Kreuzer? Why is Henderson so important to the backline when we have Jammo and Watson there, especially when we need KP forwards. I was all for it last year when it was needed, now Hendo can play forward again.....next year.

If they dropped Casboult to play both ruckmen, leaving us with no KP forward, this place with scream, and rightly so.

Key Blues Matthew Kreuzer, Mitch Robinson and Zach Tuohy are far from automatic recalls into Carlton's team for Saturday night's last-chance dance against Richmond at the MCG.

All three players missed last week's win over the Western Bulldogs with injuries and are yet to convince the coaching staff they will be fit to play against the Tigers, in a game that could keep the Blues in the hunt for finals, or all but extinguish their fading September hopes.

Ratten said the trio needed to prove themselves in today's main training session, but was less than confident when asked about their chances.

"Robbo will do some work today, just depending on how he goes, and Matthew will be an assess-after-training (case)," Ratten said before today's session at Visy Park.

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"Zach did some work on Monday, so today is pretty important for him. Monday was pretty light, 15-20 minutes all about skill, whereas today will be a little bit more dynamic and see how he responds," he said.

"Some of these niggles and things are pretty much a session-by-session assessment, not game-by-game, to see how they've gone, how they've pulled up and can we push on?"

Ratten said Kreuzer (hip) was more "likely than unlikely" but added "when I say that it usually goes the other way", while Robinson (calf) and Tuohy (back) could both be significant inclusions into the team that steamrolled the out-of-form Dogs in the second half last Saturday night.

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Exactly!

Keep hearing Levi won't be ready this week. Pulled up lame