The fourth game on Saturday for AFL Round 19 is between Carlton Blues and Fremantle Dockers. The match is to be played at Etihad Stadium with the opening bounce set to commence at 7:40pm local time with home team Carlton Blues currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Carlton Blues and Fremantle Dockers.
WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, 7:40pm AEST Saturday, August 3, 2013
Opening odds comparison:
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| Carlton Blues | 1.85 | 1.91 | 1.77 | 1.91 | 1.85 | N/A |
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Fremantle Dockers
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1.95 | 1.91 | 2.05 | 1.91 | 1.95 | N/A |
Preview:
Carlton take on Fremantle on Saturday, 7.40pm at Etihad Stadium. This is a very even match and one of the games of the week, with the Blues ever-so-slight favourites
to win. With their finals hopes in the balance, Carlton need a win here with only five rounds remaining. Fremantle will be equally keen to hang on to their top four position,
however, which should make for an intriguing match. The Blues really need their forward line to play well if they want to beat the Dockers, so pressure will be on the likes
of Chris Yarran, Jeff Garlett and Eddie Betts.
Teams:
Carlton Blues:
FF: 14 Brock McLean 17 Sam Rowe 29 Heath Scotland
HF: 35 Ed Curnow 1 Andrew Walker 38 Jeff Garlett
C: 13 Chris Yarran 5 Chris Judd 6 Kade Simpson
HB: 42 Zach Tuohy 10 Matthew Watson 4 Bryce Gibbs
FB: 12 Mitch Robinson 40 Michael Jamison 23 Lachie Henderson
FOLL: 8 Matthew Kreuzer, 19 Eddie Betts, 3 Marc Murphy
INT: 27 Lachie Neale, 8 Nick Suban, 9 Matt de Boer, 6 Danyle Pearce
EMG: 33 Cameron Sutcliffe, 36 Alex Silvagni, 11 Tom Sheridan
In: –
Out: –
Fremantle Dockers:
FF: 10 Michael Walters 30 Zac Clarke 1 Hayden Ballantyne
HF: 16 David Mundy 23 Chris Mayne 46 Clancee Pearce
C: 13 Tendai Mzungu 15 Ryan Crowley 32 Stephen Hill
HB: 34 Lee Spurr 37 Michael Johnson 41 Paul Duffield
FB: 42 Matthew Taberner 3 Zac Dawson 5 Garrick Ibbotson
FOLL: 31 Aaron Sandilands, 21 Michael Barlow, 7 Nathan Fyfe
INT: 44 Andrew Carrazzo, 9 Kane Lucas, 37 Jaryd Cachia, 27 Dennis Armfield
EMG: 32 Nick Graham, 2 Troy Menzel, 45 Aaron Joseph
In: H.Ballantyne
Out: C.Sutcliffe
Waite might head back in Blues AFL return
Carlton coach Mick Malthouse says Lachie Henderson’s form in attack means Jarrad Waite might play in defence when he makes his AFL return from a knee injury.
Waite, who has been the Blues’ main forward target when available this season, hasn’t played a senior game since round 15 and the Blues have strung together three straight wins in his absence.
Henderson, who started the year in defence, has kicked a total of 11 goals in those three games and Malthouse said he was reluctant to tamper with a winning formula.
While Waite is expected to again be absent for Saturday night’s clash with Fremantle, Malthouse said when he returns it’s unlikely he will share the forward line with Henderson.
“I know this from going back a long time, Jarrad has played a lot of football in the backline,” Malthouse told Melbourne’s SEN radio on Wednesday.
“I’m reluctant to say that they both will play together in the forward line because I think you’ve still got to have that structure where you can still have a ruckman on the ground.
“When your lead ruckman spends a couple of minutes in the forward line and goes to the bench you’ve still got to have a ruckman.
“Jarrad nor Lachie, neither of these blokes are ruckmen, so the structure will change.
“Sometimes when things are working you get a bit reluctant to actually change up … so there’s a little bit of work to be done with those players together.”
While Carlton still sit ninth, a win behind eighth-placed Port Adelaide, Malthouse was happy with their season so far.
Their 41-point loss to Collingwood in round 15 is Carlton’s only defeat by more than 22 points.
“We’ve had a really good development year,” Malthouse said.
“We’ve had one real bad game, a stinker (against Collingwood) coming back off Sydney off a very wet track.
“Overall, the level of commitment by the players to engage in a campaign of getting the structures right and going forward and being competitive and getting through a few of the hoodoos, if you like, have been very encouraging.”