Saturday’s first AFL Round 10 match is between Carlton Blues and Greater Western Sydney with the game to be played at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne. The opening bounce is set to commence at 1:45pm local time with home team Carlton Blues currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Carlton Blues and Greater Western Sydney.

WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, Saturday 1st June, 1:45pm

Carlton Blues	1.005	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.005	1.01
Greater Western Sydney Giants	21.00	17.00	26.00	17.00	21.00	21.00

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Carlton play Greater Western Sydney on Saturday, 1.45pm at Etihad Stadium.  The Blues managed a win over Brisbane last week, and should win this game against GWS without any problems.  Heavy losses are common place for GWS lately, who were defeated by the Eagles last week by 100 points.   With not much chance of Carlton losing this match, all eyes will be on the shape of the scoreline, with percentages likely to play an important role as the season progresses.

Teams:

Carlton Blues:
B: Mitch Robinson, Michael Jamison, Lachie Henderson
HB: Zach Tuohy, Dennis Armfield, Simon White
C: Chris Yarran, Chris Judd, Kade Simpson
HF: Ed Curnow, Andrew Walker, Jeff Garlett
F: Brock McLean, Jarrad Waite, Matthew Kreuzer
Foll: Levi Casboult, Marc Murphy, Heath Scotland
Int: Bryce Gibbs, Josh Bootsma, Tom Bell, Jaryd Cachia
Emerg: Dylan Buckley, Matthew Watson, Troy Menzel

In: C.Yarran, L.Casboult
Out: R.Warnock (knee), K.Lucas (hamstring)

Greater Western Sydney Giants:
B: Tim Mohr, Aidan Corr, Adam Kennedy
HB: Matthew Buntine, Joshua Bruce, Dylan Shiel
C: Adam Treloar, Toby Greene, Lachie Whitfield
HF: Devon Smith, Jeremy Cameron, Rhys Palmer
F: Taylor Adams, Adam Tomlinson, Nathan Wilson
Foll: Jonathan Giles, Tom Scully, Callan Ward
Int: Dean Brogan, Jacob Townsend, Curtly Hampton, Stephen Coniglio
Emerg: Sam Reid, Setanta O’hAilpin, Will Hoskin-Elliott

In: D.Brogan, J.Townsend, N.Wilson
Out: S.Gilham, S.O’hAilpin, A.Miles

Blues admit pressure on goal in AFL

Carlton utility Dennis Armfield admits the Blues’ goalkicking woes are due to pressure.

Coach Mick Malthouse has bemoaned his side’s inaccuracy in front of the big sticks, saying their costly misses are allowing opposition teams to stay in the contest longer than would otherwise be the case.

Carlton defeated Brisbane by 13 points on Saturday, but their return of 13.20 (98) kept the Lions in the game throughout, despite having eight less scoring shots.

“It’s more us rushing,” Armfield said.

“We’re not taking our time. We get the 30 seconds. however we’re still rushing in.

“It was such a hard-fought game and a bit of pressure maybe got to us but we”ll work on that under game simulation as much as we can.

“We’ll work on it throughout the week.”

Armfield said the Blues were beginning to understand the different overall philosophy Malthouse had brought to the club which should help them in the second half of the season.

“We started a bit slow,” Armfield said.

“It took us a while to get through to a few of his strategies and tactics.

“But we’re coming along a lot better and we’re playing better football as the year is progressing and hopefully that can continue.

“Mick’s brought some great philosophies forward and he’s one who gets the best out of the players so I want to stay here and see what I can learn under him.”

Armfield, 26, has signed a new two-year deal which will keep him at Carlton until the end of 2015.

He has played 90 games for the Blues – including all nine this year – since making his AFL debut in 2008.

Carlton should be boosted by the return of Andrew Carrazzo (calf) for Saturday’s clash with Greater Western Sydney, while Chris Yarran (hamstring) is a possible inclusion.