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Dustin Martin

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If he has the flu, rest him. We'll win anyway.

The last player we tried to play after recovering from the flu was Dave Astbury in the 2018 preliminary final.

We all know how that turned out. :eek:

But I'm not so confident we'll win without him.
 
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spook

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The last player we tried to play after recovering from the flu was Dave Astbury in the 2018 preliminary final.

We all know how that turned out. :eek:

But I'm not so confident we'll win without him.
DTLD, along with a handful of others, had gastro in 2018.

We will win by 5 goals.
 
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caesar

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Has ~56hours to bounce back from the flu.
Dusty didn't train Saturday either so that would be close to the start of his ailment IF it is the flu? so that would be 5 days to get over it.
Flu ain't just a cold by the way and can lay you low for awhile though.
 
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TigerForce

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Dusty didn't train Saturday either so that would be close to the start of his ailment IF it is the flu? so that would be 5 days to get over it.
Flu ain't just a cold by the way and can lay you low for awhile though.
Another thing that it's a Thursday night match. Saturday night would've been better now.
 
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Rfc4Ever

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Hopefully no more internet posts on his status. The more that go on, the more viral this will get.
 
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spook

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Why are you so confident Spook?

You do realise we have only beaten 1 team in the Top 8.
Melbourne's only beaten 2.

Carlton have just been getting over the line, are shorthanded in the ruck and down back, and aren't that good. Nine wins but a percentage of just 114.9 - Collongwood is the only team in the top 10 with a worse percentage. I think we're playing better footy than them at the moment.
 
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Smoking Aces

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Melbourne's only beaten 2.

Carlton have just been getting over the line, are shorthanded in the ruck and down back, and aren't that good. Nine wins but a percentage of just 114.9 - Collongwood is the only team in the top 10 with a worse percentage. I think we're playing better footy than them at the moment.
I am still concerned about how we match up in the midfield. Last time we played them they torched us.
 
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St Kevin

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Melbourne's only beaten 2.

Carlton have just been getting over the line, are shorthanded in the ruck and down back, and aren't that good. Nine wins but a percentage of just 114.9 - Collongwood is the only team in the top 10 with a worse percentage. I think we're playing better footy than them at the moment.

Tend to agree. If we had beaten Sydney, a lot of people here would be far more bullish.
 
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mrposhman

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They did, after Prestia went off injured. No Cerra or Pittonet for them this time.

You look at the team changes from last time, and we are certainly stronger. Neither Vlastuin nor Kmac played in Round 1 either. Lambert didn't play either if he is picked this week.

Its not just Weitering for them, they also don't have Oscar McDonald or McGovern, essentially their 1st choice 3 tall defenders are not playing. They've replaced Williams with Newnes at half back.

I still come back to their midfield and if we match up well then we will win. It doesn't have to be at clearance (we will most likely lose clearances) but its post clearance. If we pressure their mids our intercepting defenders will have a field day (Broad, Vlastuin, Grimes, Tarrant etc) and we will kill them on turnover.
 
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Tiger Pops

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We fell apart when Prestia went out.
we did loose heaps when Dion limped off after 20 min in round 1 .... . That last Q killed us. Vloss was not playing. Ross and Aarts where in the side.

Wait and see on Lambert and Dusty playing. I hope they would have gone to school on that game and put some matchups AND BACKUP plans into play. They are a good team, as you would expect after many many many draft picks and trades they have done over a long period.
 
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