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Laurie out for either Rivers or Fritsch depending who is fit, if neither, no change

Loving Tom Sparrow’s and Jack Steele’s work in the clinches turning into 2 genuine brutes, tough tackling and quick hands to release Kozi, Caleb etc

Spectacular WIN! The boys are tackling like maniacs and the speed and run I don’t think I’ve seen a Melbourne side like it! Well not since the best of 2021!

Painful getting in today I think the turnstiles were still on daylight savings time as was stuck at gate 4 until just after 2! All good now though

Where is the nearest defib machine in the Southern Stand?

Not sure what to expect today, the Suns are very good but are they 3 peat Hawthorn or Brisbane level yet?? The way the media is carrying on you’d think so….hopefully they turn up thinking it will easy and we smack them right between the eyes, Demons to win by 2 points.

Turner and McDonald together is interesting we have a tall backline if they all play there or is there a chance Disco might go forward?

I agree we definitely outpressured and outhunted the Blues from about halfway through the 2nd quarter, I still think our midfield has a bit of the Hawthorns about it: an intense group of hard running players who don’t rely on a couple of big names to get it done….Koz maybe being the exception if he keeps playing in the midfield like last week!

So is Fritsch "in doubt" for this week or out injured for 6? That's a wide gamut of possibilities...

April 1?

Potential Rivers and Turner in strengthens us but also brings back the too many defenders problem. Don't think the club will do it but I have always liked Disco up forward he has a real X factor there has kicked some ripper goals in his short stints in attack.

Punch him in the finger

Injuries piling up is a bit of a concern, we don't have that much depth at this stage of the list development....be nice to get a few soldiers back soon.

Wasn’t there rumours of issues between Jack and Ross Lyon from the beginning, Lyon came in and had a go about him being too heavy or something like that? I get the impression they never really got along and Ross was looking for an excuse to punt him, ridiculous decision on their part but very happy to have Steeley guiding our young mids now. Looks like he works very well with Tom Sparrow who played probably his best game ever too.

Clayton is playing quite well for GWS now (racking up stats without having that much impact) but does anyone really think he is going to get through 4 years up there without going off the rails again? We tried for years and eventually enough is enough, if he’s already pulling all nighters at Chapel St nightclubs mid week during the season that doesn’t bode well at all…

Very unusual to have the most talented and skilful player in the team also the most physically intimidating, Carlton players were jumping out of the way when Koz went full wrecking ball in that second half. Crunching Zac Williams was brutal! Mark Ruccutio and Michael Voss are two others that spring to mind for the talent/fear factor combo and we know where they rank in the game.

King said as much on SEN this morning...he believes both Langford and Culley will eventually develop into true midfielders but they are learning their craft on the outside

Stayed up far too late watching the full replay last night, couldn’t turn it off! Latrelle surprised me on reflection, didnt get a lot of it but some classy touches showed composure well above his experience when we were coming back: that kick to Fritta in the 3rd was exquisite. Once he builds more body strength (get him in the gym with Koz!) he will be another weapon.

AMW for CJ reckon….Suns will be without Petracca, Humphrey and probably Rowell so not a bad time to get them

Wow. My voice is gone. Went from one of the worst days at the footy to the best! Our midfield was non existent in the first quarter and then dominated completely after half time!

WTF did I just watch

Reckon we will win if we play with the same dare we did against the Saints. Carlton have some good inside mids, Weitering, McKay if he feels like it and that’s about it, be disappointing if we lose to them (again!)

Yeah was wondering that too, he’s trained in midfield over pre season hasn’t he?

Hope we haven’t gone for too many light bodied types around the ball, it’s a complete inversion of Goodwins style, taking a bit to get used to! I don’t rate Carlton’s midfield anywhere near as much as some punters seem to though, looks ok on paper but doesn’t seem to put full games together that often (a little like ours in 24-25). Provided we can win SOME of the footy we should be able to cause trouble on the spread and counterattack….im just a bit worried that Steele aside we are small and light in midfield.

Max has carried our club for so long he'll probably carry himself off!