Should be a good day; the club are making a day of it, (see carlton web Site).

And.... Guys, don't forget that it is a pre-season practice match. It won't be a matter of "team balance", or selecting players on merit!! Denis will try to give all palyers a run over the next few weeks to match harden them. Kouta won't play more than a half....Barny will be lucky to play much time all while the coaching staff have a look at other ruck options.
ALso.....Hoops & Scotland will be walk up starters once the season begins, so don't get the old knickers in a knot over practice match performances.

Scotland needs a kick up the arse and a reminder that he should be playing every game as though it might be his last so I'd drop him to the ants this week and let Murph & Blackers get more acclimatized to the midfield tempo by spending more time on the ball.
Get at least a 7 man defence type thingy happening with Livo coming in and freeing up Laaaaaaarnce to roam free and take up s p a c e in the backline. Wouldn't it be great if 1AW could turn out to be a modern day version of an Andy McKay type of attacking/playmaking defender?
Get Lappo up forward and give Betts some extended midfield time.......IN THE ANTS!!!
Give PB a couple of spells of the bench in the backline.
Keep playing Houla in the midfield so by Rnd 1 we should have a better idea if he's suited to that role (not that some of us haven't made up our minds already).
Maximum 5 man forward line to create space for Waite Fev Carlos Fish Skinny.
Russell on one wing and Simmo on the other.

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I have an Uncle John that sits out on his balcony, all day, every day (living off injury payments for hurting his back), with a shotgun on his lap.

Is that you Uncie John?

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Athorn the wonderkid and his uncle John... that sounds like a frightening cartoon involving pickup trucks, bijous and buck shots.

I wish!!
The shotgun is a bit frightening, been years since I did any Banging.

But....I love the sitting on the balcoy part..... all day, every day..... sigh!!

Carlton squad: Adam Bentick, Eddie Betts, Luke Blackwell, Paul Bower, Chris Bryan, Justin Davies, Brendan Fevola, Brad Fisher, Barnaby French, Adam Hartlett, Ryan Houlihan, Ryan Jackson, Anthony Koutoufides, Matthew Lappin, Cory McGrath, Dylan McLaren, Marc Murphy, Setanta O'hAilpin, Ian Prendergast, Jordan Russell, Heath Scotland, Kade Simpson, Nick Stevens, David Teague, Bret Thornton, Jarrad Waite, Andrew Walker, Lance Whitnall.

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&s ... eid=248850

Aww, now we don't get to see DeLuca v DeLuca

Keep an eye on young Fabian, and let me know how he goes.

I think he has great potential. And he's f*c#!n9 huge!

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De Luca & Carrazzo not named.

Still no sign of Livo, Banno.

Ins-Bower, Bryan, Davies, Jackson, Russell, Teague

thanks BW

Please DP give all those young blokes a ton of time on the ground...pleeease!!

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interesting carrots has been dumped.
wonder if its just a balance thing, or if he's got a niggle of some sort.

might just be his turn this week

Very happy.

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Its looks better - Can they play all 28 or do 4 have to drop out

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Out.... Carrazzo and... DELUCA? Oh the sooks have won again.

Do you think this is just a pre-season rotation thingy?

Great to see so many young kids in, not just the 3 highlighted but the 3 who got a debut last week plus Setanta.

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4 have to drop out.

18 on the ground, 6 on the bench.

I'd drop Waite and Fevola this week. Run Hartlett at Full Forward to see how he goes and play Bower in defence.

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PJ next time you do one of your interviews see if you can get" two grabs".
Find out if he wears glasses . I reckon he needs his eyes checked

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i wonder if he wears gloves. I reckon he needs his hands checked

Is Livingston injured?
I would have thought there's a guy who needs as much match practice as he can get....

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i reckon he needs that abnormal neck checked

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Glad to see Russell & Bower in the side!

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