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

 

[HaydossJ]

Fisher has been excellent, but he was awful last night. Unaccountable, fumbled often, and poor in the contest. On numerous occasions he was caught out trying to be way too aggressive, leaving his man alone out the back. Put simply, when our pressure from the midfield dropped off, he was exposed.

I would feel much more comfortable playing Boyd on the likes of Wicks, Hayward, or Papley etc - who are all excellent in the marking contest.

 

[le dominateur]

Assuming the worst case scenario

OUT - Acres, Weitering, Fisher, Cincotta, Cuningham

IN - Cripps, Docherty, Motlop, Pittonet, Boyd

Sub - Likely Dow or Hollands

Hollands I consider lucky. Should Acres have not been injured, Hollands would have made way.

If Weitering is out, they will not be omitting Cincotta.


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[Crippa#9]

Fisher has been excellent, but he was awful last night. Unaccountable, fumbled often, and poor in the contest. On numerous occasions he was caught out trying to be way too aggressive, leaving his man alone out the back. Put simply, when our pressure from the midfield dropped off, he was exposed.

I would feel much more comfortable playing Boyd on the likes of Wicks, Hayward, or Papley etc - who are all excellent in the marking contest.

Keen to stick with Fish for at least one more. Form prior to last night has been excellent and he brings a more dynamic aspect to that role than Boyd does. Recency bias perhaps but reckon Fish has more upside in that role than Boys does. He did play flat last night but so did the majority of the team.

 

[TommyAlvinsWig]

Hi everyone,

Conscious that most if of not all of you who are members will be attending the final, but hoping someone out there may have a member barcode they are not using which they can share.

The whole family are members, however I changed mine to a digital membership earlier in the year to get the Kayo subscription (I live interstate) without realising it does not have any finals access attached to it. So now we have three member barcodes for four people to take the kids to their first ever Blues final.

So if anyone has a spare and is not attending themselves, I would be incredibly grateful, otherwise will take my chances with the General Public sale.

Cheers, TAW

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[teagueyubeauty]

Cincotta with only 6 disposals, 2 kicks and 108m gained has put himself in the firing line for selection after having a very solid season.

He just looks tired, been brilliant since he came in but had his colours well and truly lowered last night.
I’d be swapping him for Boyd

Thinking about it, as much as I want Cottrell on Gulden he’d be a great matchup on Blakey as well

Gulden and Blakey should be consuming most of our thought processes, have the ability to cut us up and make us look stupid.

We have to bring our A-Grade contest work to win


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[Elmer_Hauser]

Mainboard sooks complaining we are playing on Friday Night in week one of the finals

 

[myblueroan]

Member pre- sale tickets Wednesday August 30th 10 am - 2pm

 

[Aphrodite]

They are.

Of course as they should be.

 

[myblueroan]

Of course as they should be.

All's well that ends well.
Now Giants, do your Giant thing.
One job.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

He just looks tired, been brilliant since he came in but had his colours well and truly lowered last night.
I’d be swapping him for Boyd

Thinking about it, as much as I want Cottrell on Gulden he’d be a great matchup on Blakey as well

Gulden and Blakey should be consuming most of our thought processes, have the ability to cut us up and make us look stupid.

We have to bring our A-Grade contest work to win


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Gulden is the one for me, he is so damaging with ball in hand that we simply can not allow him to get off the chain. Since our form turnaround we have done a good job of restricting the oppos rebounding defender so am less worried about Blakey. Control Gulden, lock down Papley and Heeney and I struggle to see where they will get goals from.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Fisher has been excellent, but he was awful last night. Unaccountable, fumbled often, and poor in the contest. On numerous occasions he was caught out trying to be way too aggressive, leaving his man alone out the back. Put simply, when our pressure from the midfield dropped off, he was exposed.

I would feel much more comfortable playing Boyd on the likes of Wicks, Hayward, or Papley etc - who are all excellent in the marking contest.

With a full midfield available, should we be sending Doch back to half back??

 

[Aphrodite]

Yeah,seems they have confirmed overnight Ross Lyon doesn't get his way by playing at Marvel. Good!

**** him and that Rabble of a Club

 

[Sammoll]

Member pre- sale tickets Wednesday August 30th 10 am - 2pm

I've never had to buy finals tix before, does anyone know if I must be on at 10am to get them or will it be okay if I can only log on a little bit later?

 

[The Sultan]

Member pre- sale tickets Wednesday August 30th 10 am - 2pm

AFL members Wed @ 12pm

 

[charred_fate]

No chance Weiters is suspended imo.

You could take a still shot of 100 incidents in a match and it’d look like face whacks, squirrel grips etc.

Literally split-second action.

It’s clickbait.

 

[HarryFlashman]

Mainboard sooks complaining we are playing on Friday Night in week one of the finals

Just threw a little gas on that fire

 

[AvantGardener]

I think we will win as long as Dennis Armfield

Dennis Armfield

Age

38

Ht

182cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.3

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

0.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

12.6

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

6.4

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.2

3star

G

0.4

3star

doesn't run across the face of goal, have a bounce and get caught holding the ball.

 

[BrianSetzer]

Mainboard sooks complaining we are playing on Friday Night in week one of the finals

That main board sure do complain a lot.

 

[Revenant1965]

Anyone else wearing a Carlton scarf to work today?

Here in Qld it's the cap. Haven't needed to wear a scarf in years...

 

[blues4flag]

Fisher clear our for mine. He was great against the Saints, but has looked vulnerable the past 3 weeks under pressure. Not the sort you'd want to be carrying into the pressure cauldron that is September.

Unpopular opinion, but my biggest watch yesterday was Hewett vs Dow. As good as Hewett has been, his good games have coincidenced with Cerra out. Thought Hewett was quiet again now that Cerra has taken his role, and only had the one clearance for the game. With Cripps to come back in, the brave call might be to leave him out for Dow, who was excellent in the first half with his burst from stoppage and courage around the ground.

Durdin and Cunners are easy outs. Hollands saved by the likely Acres injury. Interesting to see what we do with the ruck. You'd think one of JSOS or Pitto has to come in.

 

[carlton_99]

Mainboard sooks complaining we are playing on Friday Night in week one of the finals

Put us on Thursday night and whoever wins gets us an extra day rest compared to loser of 1 v 4 which would make no sense. Put us on Saturday and the rest gap becomes two days on the finals games which makes no sense.

 

[Davey33]

When was the last time we played the Swans at the G?

Edit: 2017... and we won

Alex Silvagni

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Here in Qld it's the cap. Haven't needed to wear a scarf in years...

Jealous!

 

[charred_fate]

Durdin and Cunners are easy outs. Hollands saved by the likely Acres injury. Interesting to see what we do with the ruck. You'd think one of JSOS or Pitto has to come in.

Tough call, but I’d keep Durds ahead of Fog I reckon (though I don’t expect that’s how it will go). Reasonable return given the layoff and the way the game went.

 

[Sedated]

A shame that it's only one ticket per membership. I remember when I went to the Richmond final (I know, 10 years ago) I could buy 5 additional tickets.

Spewing as I wanted to take my partner.