Preview 2023 Elimination Final - Carlton vs Sydney Friday 8th Sept 7.50PM @ MCG

[Aphrodite]

Team is in …


IN: Patrick Cripps

9

Patrick Cripps

Age

29

Ht

195cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.9

5star

K

9.8

4star

HB

16.1

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

5.8

5star

CL

7.4

5star

D

21.0

5star

K

10.1

4star

HB

10.9

5star

M

2.5

3star

T

3.8

4star

CL

6.3

5star

D

12.6

4star

K

4.8

2star

HB

7.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.2

5star

CL

1.4

4star

, Sam Docherty

15

Sam Docherty

Age

31

Ht

187cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.3

5star

K

15.1

5star

HB

7.2

4star

M

6.6

5star

T

2.4

4star

CL

1.1

3star

D

22.6

5star

K

16.0

5star

HB

6.6

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

0.6

1star

CL

0.4

3star

D

11.2

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.4

4star

CL

0.6

3star

, Marc Pittonet

27

Marc Pittonet

Age

28

Ht

202cm

Wt

107kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.7

2star

K

2.9

1star

HB

4.8

3star

CL

3.1

5star

HO

22.3

5star

D

8.6

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

4.0

3star

CL

3.7

5star

HO

25.9

5star

D

5.8

2star

K

1.2

1star

HB

4.6

4star

CL

2.4

5star

HO

16.6

5star

OUT: Paddy Dow

15

Paddy Dow

Age

25

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

7.0

3star

HB

7.1

4star

M

2.1

2star

T

2.9

4star

CL

2.6

4star

D

7.0

1star

K

4.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

3star

CL

0.0

1star

D

12.4

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

1.6

2star

T

2.8

5star

CL

2.6

5star

, Corey Durdin, Zac Fisher

16

Zac Fisher

Age

26

Ht

175cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.2

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.9

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.0

5star

MG

384.0

5star

D

17.0

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

0.0

1star

MG

384.0

5star

D

12.2

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

1.2

2star

T

3.0

5star

, Ollie Hollands

After starting the last game as sub, Caleb Marchbank has been elevated into the starting 22.

AFL team news: Who's in for the elimination final?

Some big Blues are back for the clash with Sydney.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Backs:	Brodie Kemp	Jacob Weitering	Nic Newman
Half-backs:	Alex Cincotta	Mitch McGovern	Adam Saad
Centreline:	Blake Acres	Patrick Cripps	Sam Docherty
Half-forwards:	Jack Martin	Harry McKay	David Cuningham
Forwards:	Lachie Fogarty	Charlie Curnow	Matthew Owies
Followers:	Marc Pittonet	Adam Cerra	Sam Walsh
Interchange:	Matthew Cottrell	Tom De Koning	George Hewett
	Caleb Marchbank
Emergencies:	Paddy Dow	Zac Fisher	Ollie Hollands
	Jesse Motlop

 

[jakson68]

I'd like to display Champion Data the amount of respect that they deserve here (Switkowski should be in the AA team?) - None

Anyone who saw the giants game saw how badly the Harry in the ruck thing worked. It looked a quick way to turn him into a draft horse.

I think that clearances were about even but there's were decisive and ours were insipid.

The way that we beat the swans is to dominate them at clearance, over and over again. We are ranked the #1 team for scores from clearance they are ranked #16. Pitto bangs into them and TDK jumps over them. And we give our blokes first use of the ball.

And in a perfect world half way through the third when they are worn down we sub Pitto off and bring on a runner.

We've got a one wood that we are the best in the comp at using. Let's just take it out and use it on Friday night.

Not the same Champion Data, that had Brodie Grundy as the AA No1 rated ruckman a month ago.
How dare you doubt their insight

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

The buzz really has kicked in today. Been excited but itching to get to the G now. It’s gonna be a tough fight, the weather will be an interesting factor, may suit our contested game where as Sydney like to run and keep the ball in space, especially as they move off HB. Think if we can make it hard fought, create a lot of stoppage, get our clearance game going and win those match ups, we give this a good shake.

Doc, Crippa, Mots will be locks but the interesting one is Pitto.
They have a lot of game winners in their side. Stopping the distribution from the back half from Blakey and Lloyd is important. I think we tried to add some layers in that Giants game, and will go back to some things which was working for us prior.

2 more sleeps.

I find this interesting.

We have far more game changers/winners in our side - Weiters, Newman (in current form), Guv and Saad the equal of any of their backs.

Gulden - great young player, but any more influential than a Cerra, Walsh or Cripps?

And Harry, Charlie and Jack Martin all capable of tearing a game apart up forward.

I don't see good match ups in the SYD lineup for any of those three....

Sydney - a team of good honest toilers.

Heeney been so so this season, ditto Mills.

Hickey is way off last year's form.

Lloyd - sure, good player, ditto McCartin and Rampe ....

Guys like Florent - yep good player.

Bottom line is they were very, very lucky to make the eight.

They don't play well at the G.

Their midfield is pretty thin (midfields win finals).

Their forwards are young, inexperienced and they seldom get 'off the leash'.

We just have to do what we (normally) do, well.

 

[Juddernaut08]

I find this interesting.

We have far more game changers/winners in our side - Weiters, Newman (in current form), Guv and Saad the equal of any of their backs.

Gulden - great young player, but any more influential than a Cerra, Walsh or Cripps?

And Harry, Charlie and Jack Martin all capable of tearing a game apart up forward.

I don't see good match ups in the SYD lineup for any of those three....

Sydney - a team of good honest toilers.

Heeney been so so this season, ditto Mills.

Hickey is way off last year's form.

Lloyd - sure, good player, ditto McCartin and Rampe ....

Guys like Florent - yep good player.

Bottom line is they were very, very lucky to make the eight.

They don't play well at the G.

Their midfield is pretty thin (midfields win finals).

Their forwards are young, inexperienced and they seldom get 'off the leash'.

We just have to do what we (normally) do, well.

our surge has mainly been off the back off all the honest toilers playing well and high pressure. We've had a few monster games from Charlie and Cripps, but they're not really the reason for this surge.

play at our best with incredible pressure and we are too good. if we go back to relying on our stars and playing champagne footy we will get found out.

 

[BIuebagger]

I find this interesting.

We have far more game changers/winners in our side - Weiters, Newman (in current form), Guv and Saad the equal of any of their backs.

Gulden - great young player, but any more influential than a Cerra, Walsh or Cripps?

And Harry, Charlie and Jack Martin all capable of tearing a game apart up forward.

I don't see good match ups in the SYD lineup for any of those three....

Sydney - a team of good honest toilers.

Heeney been so so this season, ditto Mills.

Hickey is way off last year's form.

Lloyd - sure, good player, ditto McCartin and Rampe ....

Guys like Florent - yep good player.

Bottom line is they were very, very lucky to make the eight.

They don't play well at the G.

Their midfield is pretty thin (midfields win finals).

Their forwards are young, inexperienced and they seldom get 'off the leash'.

We just have to do what we (normally) do, well.

Of course. We have them too, and yeah arguably more right now with form. Maybe it’s just the anxiety of knowing what those players can produce if it’s clicking. And they will have the same worries about us, I’m sure they know and are wary of what Harry could do if he finds some touch early on in the game for example despite his form.

I think the most important thing is what you’ve said in that last sentence from all of that. We will win if we do what we did well for those 10 weeks. I think we can suffocate them with that pressure we’ve showcased since the turn of the bye. Game winning players are important at the crunch, but I’ll back us to get a result if we have 23 players on the same page and showing some great cohesion on Friday.

 

[Catfish blue]

Pretty difficult to have a high disposal efficiency from Clearences

You are definitely taking the P155 here lol

Outside of obviously watching and seeing how poor his kicking is, here some stats

10 games in 2023
Avgs 16disposals per game.
9.4 disposals are uncontested.
9.6 disposals are kicks.
Kicking efficiency at 53% (below avg).

For context, Cez kicks it at 66% (above avg.)

I've seen him miss the easiest of passes, with 0 pressure, on numerous occasions.

He needs to work on his kicking .

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

our surge has mainly been off the back off all the honest toilers playing well and high pressure. We've had a few monster games from Charlie and Cripps, but they're not really the reason for this surge.

play at our best with incredible pressure and we are too good. if we go back to relying on our stars and playing champagne footy we will get found out.

That's not the point of my reply.

Far from it.

 

[Beer n Skittles]

I find this interesting.

We have far more game changers/winners in our side - Weiters, Newman (in current form), Guv and Saad the equal of any of their backs.

Gulden - great young player, but any more influential than a Cerra, Walsh or Cripps?

And Harry, Charlie and Jack Martin all capable of tearing a game apart up forward.

I don't see good match ups in the SYD lineup for any of those three....

Sydney - a team of good honest toilers.

Heeney been so so this season, ditto Mills.

Hickey is way off last year's form.

Lloyd - sure, good player, ditto McCartin and Rampe ....

Guys like Florent - yep good player.

Bottom line is they were very, very lucky to make the eight.

They don't play well at the G.

Their midfield is pretty thin (midfields win finals).

Their forwards are young, inexperienced and they seldom get 'off the leash'.

We just have to do what we (normally) do, well.

I think we've got the better side, but it's a bit rough to leave out four of their best five players. Where's Warner, Papley, Parker and Blakey?

 

[Opium]

You are definitely taking the P155 here lol

Outside of obviously watching and seeing how poor his kicking is, here some stats

10 games in 2023
Avgs 16disposals per game.
9.4 disposals are uncontested.
9.6 disposals are kicks.
Kicking efficiency at 53% (below avg).

For context, Cez kicks it at 66% (above avg.)

I've seen him miss the easiest of passes, with 0 pressure, on numerous occasions.

He needs to work on his kicking .

Dow rarely gets cheap possessions in the back line to boost up the disposal efficiency. Kicking efficiency from Clearences are always going to be lower for obvious reasons.

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

That is crazy..

A is top 10% of midfielders in the comp.. Cripps and Walsh yes, Cerra maybe everyone else is a long way back.

I think it's fair to say that Kennedy's best games are at an A grade level.

That's not to say he's an A grader.

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

I think we've got the better side, but it's a bit rough to leave out four of their best five players. Where's Warner, Papley, Parker and Blakey?

I wasn't doing a full list critique!

 

[BlueGum]

Dow rarely gets cheap possessions in the back line to boost up the disposal efficiency. Kicks efficiency from Clearences are always going to be lower for obvious reasons.

Coz he doesn't do defence? You're having a laugh now. Into Thy's dungeon.

 

[Beer n Skittles]

I wasn't doing a full list critique!

My point is any team doesn’t have match winners if you just leave out all their match winners!

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

My point is any team doesn’t have match winners if you just leave out all their match winners!

Blakey and Warner...meh.

Parker past his best. Still very solid though...

Papley - we'll see how those hammys hold up with a few big tackles....

 

[sbwan]

Not to be the weather person again, but forecast keeps suggesting to me that it's more likely to be dry than wet for the match. Should pour for the Pies/Dees game though.

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

Not to be the weather person again, but forecast keeps suggesting to me that it's more likely to be dry than wet for the match. Should pour for the Pies/Dees game though.

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Let's say the rain is well done by 5pm (hopefully earlier).

With that wind and the ground's terrific drainage, doubt we'll even get dew....

 

[CCurnow3votes]

If Dow doesn't play we don't beat St Kilda or Gold Coast. But yeah. His disposal efficiency from Clearence. Some people have no idea. The same bloke bags Kemp at every opportunity. The same player that has had a career best season and established himself in the starting 18.

If weather is biblical, will play into Dows sweet spot - inside clearance specialist.

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Leaving 27 degrees for 7 degrees at the G?!

I don't even own cold weather clothes.

I'm going to need a lot a drinks to keep my body temperature up.

Haha me too.

Moved up to Byron a couple of years ago.

7 degrees - oh god. Layer up!

I’ll need to wear 6 tshirts and 5 pairs of shorts.

 

[CCurnow3votes]

I agree them two can win it on their own
Who needs 16 other players on the field.....all they do is get in the way...

Last time we played they kicked 1 between them from 10 shots … won’t do that again …

 

[Beer n Skittles]

Let's say the rain is well done by 5pm (hopefully earlier).

With that wind and the ground's terrific drainage, doubt we'll even get dew....

You never know where Dew is going to turn up now that he’s out of a job though

 

[Garters]

You mean Cunnngham?

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You crafty little bugger, trying to lure me into a surname spelling trap of the highest order!!

 

[Show_Me_The_Money]

You are definitely taking the P155 here lol

Outside of obviously watching and seeing how poor his kicking is, here some stats

10 games in 2023
Avgs 16disposals per game.
9.4 disposals are uncontested.
9.6 disposals are kicks.
Kicking efficiency at 53% (below avg).

For context, Cez kicks it at 66% (above avg.)

I've seen him miss the easiest of passes, with 0 pressure, on numerous occasions.

He needs to work on his kicking .

I cant really remember him passing with zero pressure are you sure? The heat has been on in most of his games and he's a clearance winner not a receiver to be getting the ball in space with no pressure. He simply hasn't had the luxury. It has rarely happened. Stats can be extremely misleading, disposal effiiciency is probably the most misleading out of them all. I call BS. If bhis kicking or his awareness for that matter was poor, he wouldn't have stood up in the big games and he wouldn't be getting a game now.

'I've seen him hit many a pass lace out under pressure.' Which is complete rubbish but very easy to say.

 

[Juddernaut08]

That's not the point of my reply.

Far from it.

I don't think your point was clear.

Far from it.

 

[lily of laguna]

Firstly…..

Where’s the teams FFS?

And secondly…….

Bounce the ball FFS!!!!!


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[Aphrodite]

 

[Arr0w]

Coz he doesn't do defence? You're having a laugh now. Into Thy's dungeon.

You must have missed Cripps playing HBF