OFFICIAL: Carlton's team is in for Sunday vs Fremantle!

IN: Matthew Cottrell
OUT: Ed Curnow (Omitted), George Hewett (Sub)

Emergencies: George Hewett, Lachlan Cowan, Jesse Motlop, Ed Curnow


TDK didn't get through fitness test

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FREMANTLE

In: None
Out: N.Fyfe (foot)

New: Karl Worner

R16 sub: Neil Erasmus

CARLTON

In: M.Cottrell
Out: E.Curnow (omitted), G.Hewett (sub)

R16 sub: George Hewett

Go Blues!

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“Every single element of the Club has to be the best in the league, meticulously and methodically, and only by doing this will we be elite and challenge for number 17.”
Greg Lee

Too quick Sydney...
That's a fair call based on last week...
Fingers crossed we're as competitive 'post ruck'

Go Blues!

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“Every single element of the Club has to be the best in the league, meticulously and methodically, and only by doing this will we be elite and challenge for number 17.”
Greg Lee

Don't mind it.
Run run run.
And keep running.

This game will show whether ruckmen are important or not.
2 genuine rucks against none.

Go blues!

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I still think Cowan is the most likely sub that could have immediate impact on the game.

Ed has never been a ‘shot-out-of-a-cannon’ type of player. Neither has George, though he is at least placed straight into the fire.

Motlop is an interesting one, if he can bring something in a ruck-rover capacity. I just think that his known skill set is something that you would want to have for the whole game, if he was to be picked. The four incumbents are doing ok in that regard.

The form of the two sides suggests that our greatest needs for tactical triage will be moving the ball off half back and/or winning the clearance.

Freo have had the ruck ascendency all year, but they’ve been belted in contested footy, ground balls and stoppages. If Cripps, Kennedy, Walsh, Cerra, et al can’t get it done, neither Ed nor George are going to shift the needle. Yes, they’re our most likely taggers, but there are options on the field already.

That leaves Cowan or Motlop, with the latter being asked to do something that he’s never done before.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

Yep.

Asks a lot from our mids.
And they have been hunting rather than hunted and our boys are up to that game from what Ive seen last 2 weeks against Witts Casboult Reeves & Meek

What it says to me, if we continue to succeed without our rucks, is that TDK and Pitto don't really give us what we want from rucks.

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If you don’t want what Pittonet brings as a ruckman, then you don’t want a ruckman.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/06/28/the-second-biggest-gap-on-record-the-stark-gap-between-carltons-ruckmen/



End of story.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

Not in WA though.

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"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself" - Henry Ford

This is pretty much exactly what I wanted if TDK wasn't going to get up - however I would much rather Cottrell as the sub rather than Hewett (TBC of course).

Glad that we have stuck with run and mobility. It is our best chance at maintaining the momentum gained over the past month.

We will get slaughtered in the ruck, but at least it is a known quantity (and we can plan for it).

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"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself" - Henry Ford

Like when you didn’t post as much when we continually lost
Despite our differences of opinion we still agree Voss coaches till the end of 2024
It’s where we are at with our list that we differ in opinion

One
You would hope we are better than 2015 but no top 8 finishes after 8 years
Two
Individual awards mean @#$%&! all

ah well, TDK's failed test made some of those selections a bit easier. Indeed, will be interesting to see if Young-SOS is a viable combo against the best rucks.

Carlton by 31 points

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I don't mind TDK being out. Our midfielders now know to man up and take them on one on one. It gives a reference point and actually adds accountability. We just need Jack and Young to add a heap of physical pressure so their rucks can't take their eyes off the contest and completely dominate the taps. Jump into them and bruise them up a bit.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Yeah , reckon thats the key " Vain ". Don't worry about beating there rucks , just nullify them . Don't let them dominate . Reckon Jack and Young will have solid games myself . And i also reckon you are right about our midfielders . Body up , let 'em know you are there .

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lol ... it's not the end of the story. around the ground tdk has a much bigger impact and influence on the game. meanwhile you wouldn't even know pittonet is out there. he's invisible.

can't run, can't mark, can't read the play and get ahead of it.

other than tapping it at stoppages, pittonet might be the worst ruck in the comp for all the other things.


baffling we gave him 4 more years. it musta been dirt cheap.

100%. Dont know what anyone sees In Pitto let alone give him 4 years. I dont even know he is playing unless i see him in the ruck.

TDK is much more present in game. Not the best in ruckwork but is young enough to work on it with him.

We need to recruit an experienced ruckman and have TDK in tandem.

But we are stuck with Pitto now unfortunately and could lose TDK.

TDK has superior athletic traits and will probably be the better footballer but Pitto gets the most out of his limited ability.
He works hard on his ruck work, is a very good centre square exponent and provides a lot of blocks/physical presence inside the stoppages. That's why the mids would like playing with him. He's very selfless. But he needs to improve his craft around the ground and there's no doubt he would be aware of that.
If TDK keeps improving his game, the opportunity is there for him. No one would be happier to see him improve and overtake Pitto than the list managers and coaches.
If he isn't willing to work for it and walks because we're not simply handing him the number 1 role, he's probably not what we want anyway. Hopefully he wants the challenge.

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As the great Jack would say, Pitto is good ordinary Ruck man no more no less.

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I dont think you get the context of my suggestion.

in a nutshell, my eyes tell me Pitto doesnt mark around the ground, doesnt get back to the backline quick enough to mark, and you can see the same with his forward craft: there is none.

If our mids keep winning without Pitto and TDK, then the type of ruck we are after isnt what they give us. There's more to ruck work than just taps from the ruck. Simple.

Comparing TDK and Pitto isnt the answer.

If we lose to Freo because of Freos ruck dominance then we are desperate for Pitto (for the now), regardless of his shortfalls.

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