Harry said:I'm worried about this one.
DirtyDogTiger said:Ok so hampson was a late withdrawal from the VFL team so if maric gets rubbed out we bring in mcbean to cover Vickery who will be in the ruck most of the day.
Fingers crossed on griffiths but if he doesn't come up we can look at Elton, or McKenzie.
I'd say Thomas is our best bet if cotchin gets a holiday. That's because he'd still win those critical clearances.
So worst case scenario
Out maric Cotch griffiths
In mcbean McKenzie Thomas.
ToraToraTora said:Our fragile little lineup will take some hits this week.
Not looking good.
Makes life a little difficult when the big bodied mature players you would expect to be handy injury replacements are all out injured or not match fit because of long injury periods.ToraToraTora said:Our fragile little lineup will take some hits this week.
Not looking good.
AMPS said:DirtyDogTiger said:Thomas wont let us down.
his kicking efficiency is comparable with Cotch. He's not as good but carlton won't win the clearances with thommo in there
It's a good time to test McKenzie
TigerMasochist said:Big gap in maturity n experience if we suddenly have to start pushing up from Dea, Elton, Beanie, Arnott, McDonough, Lloyd, to replace a Cotchin or Maric.
Yeah, if injuries/suspension force our hand, I'd rather it be now than in September or the lead up to it.Tony Braxton-Hicks said:They have to be given some experience at some stage. Better against Cartoon now than in September.
St Kevin said:Cotch will cop a fine methinks. Ivvy will miss a week.
Good chance to see what TV is made of as number 1 ruck.
antman said:Yeah. I think most of the people shrieking for change haven't actually watched the VFL side much.
McDoodle's the interesting one. Clearly talented, kicks goals, but clearly is on the nose for some reason. I tend to accept the selection panel's feelings on these things even though it's a FARCE.