In-form Carlton may very well be with out three of their star midfielders for his or her blockbuster in opposition to AFL ladder-leaders Collingwood.
The Blues thumped hapless West Coast by 71 factors in typical trend on Saturday, however their fifth-straight win was soured by a hamstring pressure to Sam Walsh.
The Blues vice captain has had scans and the membership will verify the severity of Walsh’s damage on Monday.
Carlton had been already with out captain Patrick Cripps (corked hamstring) and fellow gun midfielder Adam Cerra (hamstring) in opposition to the Eagles.
Cripps is a sensible probability to play in opposition to Collingwood on the MCG on Friday night time however Cerra stays in main doubt.
Versatile ahead Jack Silvagni, Carlton’s finest in a memorable win over Port Adelaide every week earlier, additionally left Saturday’s sport early, with a knee concern.
Carlton defender Sam Docherty on Monday was unsure how Walsh had pulled up however Blues coach Michael Voss was hopeful.
“Walshy was obviously a hamstring and SOS as well with a knee,” Voss mentioned on Saturday.
“We’ll get them scanned, there’s no early indication around what that looks like, but we’re hopeful they’re all on the very minor end.
“We predict it to be on the minor finish, however with all of those, I low cost nothing.”
The rampant Magpies (16-2) are clear premiership favourites as they sit two games and percentage clear on top of the ladder.
Docherty is excited by the challenge in front of Carlton at the MCG on Friday night, 10 weeks after the Blues were completely outplayed by the Magpies.
“I believe 4 or 5 weeks in the past, not many individuals would consider us that we thought we had higher footy in us,” he mentioned.
“They’re the benchmark. It’s fairly apparent they’ve had a brilliant yr up to now and performed some unbelievable footy.
“When we played them earlier in the year, we probably weren’t in our best form and went about really focusing on what’s important to us and what makes us a good footy team, so we’re excited to be able to go out and test that against the best this week.”
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