GWS aims to return to the win column in captain Toby Greene’s 250th AFL game, trekking to Marvel Stadium in hopes of knocking over Carlton.
The Blues (4-6, 106.9 per cent) made five changes to the side that lost to the Swans in Sydney last week, with ruck Tom De Koning and debutant Harry O’Farrell headlining coach Michael Voss’ inclusions.
Meanwhile, the Giants (5-5, 107.4 per cent) will sorely miss gun midfielder Finn Callaghan — out for up to six weeks with a shoulder injury — as Leek Aleer comes in to play his first league game for the season.
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“Carlton (are) one of my little favourites at the moment,” dual flag-winner David King told foxfooty.com.auon Thursday, previewing Saturday afternoon’s bout under the roof.
“(Their) profile in the past six weeks; their ability to move the ball, defensive 50 to inside 50, is the best in the competition. That’s been the slows on Carlton for a little while.
“Defensively they’re really good. They win it back a lot between the arcs. They’ve actually got a strong profile these past six weeks, (despite the fact) they’ve been a poor forward 50.”
Carlton enters Round 11 dead-last in the competition for scores per inside-50 and 12th overall for scoring.
“If they can get one or two guys to light up — it doesn’t have to be (Harry) McKay and (Charlie) Curnow — they should be winning this and winning it well,” King said.
“If they can tick this one off, look out. There’s a run of four wins in a row up for grabs.”
The match gets underway at 12:35pm AEST from Marvel Stadium, with the final teams and starting subs for each side to be announced an hour beforehand.
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