Cmon....its like the Shinboner spirit.

You know like:
"Hey we've got the shinboner spirit"
"Yeah, you've got the shinboner spirit"
"Let's play like we've got the shinboner spirit"
Yeah, the shinboner spirt".
"That Michael Jordan he's so phoney kind of shinboner spirit"
"Yeah"

Except we have the:
"we are Carlton F*^$ the rest spirit"

or the:
"Can you smell what we're cooking spirit"

Are you still on those spirits or is the Football Dept at Carlton?

_________________
Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

Only after watching us play

Ours is more like “can you smell our spirit”

Teague has said that Silvagni is likely and Martin is looking like next week.

With that in mind:

Docherty - Jones - Parks
Williams - Weitering - Saad
Walsh - Cripps - O'Brien
Silvagni - Casboult - Fogarty
Betts - McKay - DeKoning
Pittonet - Stocker - E. Curnow

Setterfield - Owies - Plowman - Newman

sub: Murphy

I would love for TDK to be included (as well as Dow and SPS) but can't see the MC bringing him (or them) in after a bye.

I'm really hoping we are tougher than last week, esp in 1:1 contests.
Last week there was good footage I think from 'On the Couch' which showed Plowman basically non-competitive in a 1:1 which resulted in an easy goal. And I don't mean he was outcompeted. I mean he was basically standing next to his opponent (I think Neal-Bullen?) with zero body pressure, just watched him mark the ball and run in to an open goal. And Setterfield on the boundary line put zero pressure on the kicker, I think Petracca. Just casually raised his arm as if pretending to guard in a low intensity training drill. In both cases, a little bit of intent may have foiled the play.

We are a much better team than the Hawks. We really need to prove it.

hawks mids have been heavily criticized this week ,so we all know wat happens this week ,so i hope ours are switched on and play 4 QUARTERS.

Setterfield got Petracca a few times too.

But if I see Plowman do that again, I will boo him next time, because I'm sick of watching him play unaccountable football almost every week. He stood and was ball watching several times last week, let alone doing the basics like getting body onto your opponent, to let them know they haven't got free reign, and to make life difficult for them too. I don't want lazy footballers playing in our jumper. We are better off without them.

_________________
Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

Interesting. Bolton. Hawks secret weapon.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/05/20/its-a-big-weekend-for-brisbane-hawthorns-midfield-sydney-and-more/

_________________
Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

OBrien on the G.

Last time I hoped O'Brien would be selected on the G, he did, and he let me down.

He has speed and endurance on his side for the bigger grounds, I'll give him that, and I notice you've got rid of a set of wheels in Cottrell. Like for Like?

DeKoning for Murphy too. That can only help. Have to say I did watch last week's game again and Murphy did Ok in the 2nd quarter.

I hope to see DeKoning play too.

_________________
Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

I can't see us playing Casboult, JSOS, DeKoning and McKay in the same forward line. Too slow.
If DeKoning plays, he replaces Casboult IMHO

_________________
Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Clarkson said after North beat them, they weren't ''tough'' enough. Being Clarkson I would take that as a sign he will expect greater emphasis on physicality from his players.
So no bruise free footy this week and Carlton better be prepared for that. Hopefully.
But they no longer have snipers such as Hodge, Mitchell and Lewis, so how it pans out will be interesting.
Perhaps the Blues just get in first. Y'know do unto others before they do it to us.

_________________
The problem with Socialism is, you eventually run out of other people's money.

I just want to try and stretch a side's defence. Then it's a bake-off between the three of them to see who plays next week.
O'Brien comes in for Cottrell because he's a better kick, and someone has to take advantage of all the talls I would play.

IN:

TDK
Jack SOS
Gibbons

OUT:

Cunners
Casboult
Parks

Kennedy, Honey, Newnes, Casboult as emergencies (hopefully Honey for sub)

_________________
I'm shocked to be sitting here

Just more evidence that under David Teague there is NO SELECTION INTEGRITY.
Fancy dropping Parks ahead of Plowman.
Then we wonder why Plowman and Murphy get away with sub standard efforts coz they know that they are guaranteed selection week in week out.
Absolute joke

The team:

FB: Adam Saad - Liam Jones - Lachie Plowman

HB: Zac Williams - Jacob Weitering - Sam Docherty

C: Matthew Cottrell - Patrick Cripps - Will Setterfield

HF: Marc Murphy - Tom De Koning - Lachie Fogarty

FF: Michael Gibbons - Harry McKay - Matthew Owies

R: Marc Pittonet - Sam Walsh - Ed Curnow

Int: Eddie Betts - Nic Newman - Jack Silvagni - Liam Stocker

Emergencies (one to be sub): Levi Casboult - Josh Honey - Matthew Kennedy - Jack Newnes

HAWTHORN
In: D.Greaves, N.Reeves
Out: M.Hartley (omitted), T.O'Brien (omitted), D.Howe (omitted)

Last week's sub: D.Howe (unused)

Casboult "managed" yet is an emergency.

FFS just say he was dropped...

_________________
WADA medical director Dr Alan Vernec describes Essendon* FC drug case as biggest scandal in team sport the world of sport has seen. #WC2WB

#GUILTY

Would have liked Parks to get a run against a team not as strong as Melbourne.

Young players that are not performing need to earn their stripes I guess.

Big Cas is cooked but still love him as a Bluebagger

TDK earned his stripes only just.. but youngsters in VFL doing the bare minimum atm.... would have preferred Honey getting a run this week as reward for effort.

Is Parks injured?

_________________
“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” ― Richard Feynman