Sydney v Carlton
Friday 7.50pm (AET) @ SCG
Carlton have finally bitten the bullet and given Mick Malthouse the heave-ho. There now should be no more crazy selection decisions like replacing a running midfielder with a lumbering ruckman. Hopefully interim coach John Barker will also alter the Blues faltering game plan. The boundary hugging go slow style Malthouse employed should be replaced with a more daring, play on style combined with hard running through the middle of the field. Hopefully.
Barker's first assignment could be hardly tougher. The Swans may have been lucky to beat an inaccurate Hawthorn, but they are running hard and putting themselves in a position to benefit from any luck on offer. The Swans' tough midfielders should make a mess of the Blues.
Friday 7.50pm (AET) @ SCG
Carlton have finally bitten the bullet and given Mick Malthouse the heave-ho. There now should be no more crazy selection decisions like replacing a running midfielder with a lumbering ruckman. Hopefully interim coach John Barker will also alter the Blues faltering game plan. The boundary hugging go slow style Malthouse employed should be replaced with a more daring, play on style combined with hard running through the middle of the field. Hopefully.
Barker's first assignment could be hardly tougher. The Swans may have been lucky to beat an inaccurate Hawthorn, but they are running hard and putting themselves in a position to benefit from any luck on offer. The Swans' tough midfielders should make a mess of the Blues.