Jimmae, that side looks very slow to me. I know we may not be able to do much about it with our list, but Rowe, Jamo & Hendo all in the backline? The opposition will dance around them and turn them inside out. I think we need to decide on either Rowe or Hendo back there with Jamo.

Again, this is shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic, but......

B: Simmo Jamo Tuohy
HB: Yarran Rowe Everitt
C: Docherty Judd Carrazzo
HF: Murphy Hendo Bell
F: Tutt Jones Casboult

R: Wood Gibbs Curnow

Inter: Buckley, Byrne, Menzel
Sub: Ellard

In- Buckley, Byrne
Out- White (inj), Smith

On form, there's half a dozen or so players named above who wouldn't get a game in just about any other side in the competition.

Cripps could maybe come in for Curnow or Carrazzo but I'm worried about his inability to spread. I doubt he would add much value at the moment.

No point playing Walker or Whiley if they are underdone, even as Sub. We are struggling to run out quarters as it is.

It will be a baptism of fire for Byrne, playing in our backline.....

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ABNS, Jones isn't running out games right now.

Wood isn't running out games right now.

Menzel, Tutt, Smith, Ellard, Gibbs and Judd didn't run out the game.

If you spread 120 minutes per on-ground player evenly across the 21 possible players at a given time, you're looking at a little under 86% game time for each player. Obviously forwards and backs take on a little bit more, and the blokes in at the stoppage take on a little less, but when Gibbs is at 77% that's a little off the pace.

Judd - 73%
White & Smith combined - 75%
Jones - 88%
Menzel - 71%
Wood - 82%
Casboult - 87%

In contrast their sub combination managed 56%, and then it was Nelson on 76%, Nicnat 75% and the next lowest was 81%. Same number of rotations, had a similar setback that needed a substitution, but they spread the load.

For us the coaching group is the same; the fitness staff is the same, so I suspect they are lying about our fitness levels. They're off the pace right now but that might be the plan. I don't expect us to turn into a top 4 side or even a top 8 side from that but there is room for improvement.

We're not going to see that with Jones, Smith, Carrazzo and Ellard in the team. Gibbs built up from 71% last week and will play a full match next week. Judd will probably pull out 76% without any drama. That will make a difference, but we need more from the peripheral midfielders.

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Rowe should never play another senior game at this club, his past 2 weeks have been below VFL standard.
Jamison has almost been as bad as Rowe, if we had any KPD depth i'd drop them both,
Ellard WOW, if they can't see he's not an AFL footballers arsehole what hope do we have.
Clem not even close to ready, are Graham and Holman injured? We don't play our 2nd and 3rd year players. At least they can get get the ball from time to time and have been known to hit a target occasionally
When did we stop doing tackling drills? We were a good tackling side 3 or 4 years ago, they all look confused! It is a circus out there.

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Rowe's entire time as a Carlton player has been below VFL standard.

He's simply not up to it, I'd say it 'astounds me that he gets a game' but then I remember that we actually don't have any other options. Which is just as ridiculous.

Much to my surprise, I thought he had a very good year, last year.

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Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

geez i hope carrazzo doesnt go down... we will be [REDACTED] if that happens...

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@#$%&! this game

you're just shuffling deck chairs on the titanic

in: shit players
out: shit players

no ins and outs are going to make a difference

the difference needs to be in the coaches box and with the ridiculous game style the coach is trying to get us to play

drug cheats by plenty

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Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

You play anyone for that long and they might string a couple of decent games together. He's just so obviously not up standard, but unfortunately we have literally no one else (hence him getting a game every week)

He's stealing a living at Carlton, wouldn't get near a game at any other club.

Carrazzo a rest and refresh? It's round 2!

yeah unfortunately rowe was a dead cat bouncing... pardon the connotation

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This will be embarrassing, again.

B: Simmo Jamo Tuohy Yarran Rowe Everitt Murphy Hendo Bell Wood
HB: Docherty Judd Carrazzo Tutt Casboult Gibbs Curnow
C: Jones
HF:
F:
R:


I can see that !@#$% smirk already

I think you've got Jones too close to goal.

You'll get no argument from me that we lack run. Bringing in Watson & Cripps and an underdone Walker won't improve that.

Buttifant should be under as much or more scrutiny than MM. We don't look fit.

Add lack of fitness to a sub par list and we are clearly the worst team in the competition at the moment.

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I'm not sure I can watch it, the team is shot..

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Carlton will be well rested going into this game, having played only 2 quarters of football in the season so far

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this has the makings to be the very final game of carlton i'll watch this decade.

Rest of the year needs to be about trialling/getting experience into Cripps, Graham, Buckley, Fields, Byrne, Sheehan, Jaksch, Smith, Whiley, Dick, Walsh, Boekhurst, Foster.

We can then make some clear decisions on who is worth keeping.

No point in doing anything else.

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yeah graham isnt out there.. forgot about him

must play.. him and holman

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I think he still needs to build up his tank for the season; he's had interrupted seasons for the past 4, and I expect him to take time to be at 100%. Right now he's at about 90 for his age, and it's not good enough any more.


Cripps lets others play more outside; less smashball means they are on the ground for longer and others get more of a rest which helps how we recycle the ball off HB and deliver it onto HF.

Watson can hold his ground better than Henderson or Jones, so he becomes another worthwhile target and if the ball is delivered to him 60 m out from goal you know he can nail a good pass or shot, as well as bring others into the game as his opponent focuses on him.

A non-match hardened Walker is better than an unfit Smith. He'll have an impact but he'd fade after a half, so play him in the second half. The next week he can go back to the VFL and get miles in the legs before returning in full the week after. The experienced head will help us steady the ship with Carrazzo and White out of the team.

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