Preview 2024 Elimination Final Carlton vs Brisbane Saturday 7th September 7:30PM AEST @ The Gabba

[Aphrodite]

Team is in …

AFL team news: Blues welcome back six

Tom De Koning is one of half a dozen of Carlton inclusions for the elimination final.

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6 Changes :-

 

[Soapy V]

Right or Wrong Voss is very much about picking the tried and true. He always backs in his core group and rarely plays kids

The only reason Lord Moir Binns have played is because of a massive injury list

Only time will tell if i's the right decision or not

 

[blue healer]

There’ll be a late out for sure. Cincotta has 3 roles he could play. Zorko, Cameron, Neale. Tipping De koning will be the out - just keeping the lions guessing.

I think if we were trying to keep the Lions guessing we'd have included Charlie.

Team looks as good as it can be on paper to me although surprised that Cincotta was dropped.

Yes we're probably taking a bit of a punt on fitness of some but I think it would be a bigger punt to ignore that and go in with too many inexperienced players. This team is not West Coast or St Kilda.

 

[Accidental genius]

The MC gone back to their stubborn ways …

Why drop cinc

Why drop lord?????

Cerra in is a joke

2 rucks again

 

[BringFevBack2021]

I think both clubs are being mischievous, not sure Payne gets up either, we also have 1 or 2 that will need to prove themselves before the game

Suspect both clubs will make late changes

Stop, you can only be so reasonable and logical all the time

 

[SolGoodman]

This Cerra decision has career suicide written all over it… Gut feel.

Prove me wrong, Adam.

 

[Coops93]

I'd have kept Lord over Cerra and probably tried to find a way to keep Moir in as sub.

But true to form, Voss backs in the veterans over youth.

 

[Ald Gardiner]

Can you keep an ICU unit on the boundary?

 

[Tjblues]

Cerra at his best yes. The issue is he's had hamstring issues all year and has not played 4qtrs in 6 weeks. Lord needed to play

Lord has played 8 quarters of AFL ever. He also didn’t have a pre season and only became a professional a couple of months ago.

If Cerra is fit, he comes straight in

 

[Soapy V]

Cerra in and Lord out is another example of poor selection integrity.

Very interesting observation

 

[Opium]

Lord not even an emergency. Is he injured?

 

[Blue By Blood]

Two rucks makes us too tall - should've been either TDK or Pitto but not both - and robs us of extra run. And one thing we will need plenty of on Saturday is run.

I called this a while ago, when TDK came back we were always going to go with the two rucks regardless of whether Curnow was back or not. They wouldn’t take the risk on him solo rucking a full game coming back from pretty nasty injuries.
With Curnow out it’s a no brainer to have him for the extra height.

We need to move the ball quickly and you don’t necessarily need leg speed to do that. It’s the dare to take the game on and the mindset to keep taking it on even if we make mistakes. Don’t go slow and long kick down the line for Harris Andrews to intercept and play into their hands. Bring it back at them through the corridor and make them have to cover ground to defend. But TDK in means Harry can roam higher up the ground and give us aerial presence on the wing.

No need to tag Neale. Our midfield goes head to head. Put tight checking on Zorko and limit his influence, shut down their defensive drive. Also if Dunkley is doing a good job tagging Cripps, send him forward for a few short spells to give them matchup headaches. Throw some things at them they’re not expecting. This is the hardest game for us I reckon given the opposition, venue, and a few players short of a gallop. Get through this one and anything is possible.

Most of all we need to be accurate and take our chances, especially early. I think it’s inevitable we will fade in the second half with so many returning after decent layoffs.

 

[Jacks Seething Rage]

And we've kept a one armed Durdin over Cincotta? Curioser and curioser...

 

[Soapy V]

The MC gone back to their stubborn ways …

Why drop cinc

Why drop lord?????

Cerra in is a joke

2 rucks again

Is it 2 rucks or has TDK been picked to play forward with Charlie out?

 

[carlton_99]

I really hope Cerra has a blinder - real POD for us when he's up and about

 

[Opium]

Lord has played 8 quarters of AFL ever. He also didn’t have a pre season and only became a professional a couple of months ago.

If Cerra is fit, he comes straight in

Yes. Lord didn't have a pre season. Only played 8 qtrs!!.
That didn't stop him from being our number one pressure player in his last game though along with 7 tackles

 

[The Flying Doormat]

Team selection looks good on paper but has a Hail Mary feel about it. Could be a surprise result or an unmitigated disaster.

 

[Flaro]

Where is the x factor (JMart or Moir)?

The smalls Durds, Motlop and Fanta didn't do much vs StK. Surely could've dropped 1 of them for Moir (especially Durds with shoulder issues).

Who's stopping Zorko from rebounding with Cinc dropped?

 

[CarmenSandiego]

Respectfully if you look at the rest of the thread there’s plenty of people doubting Cerras ability.

This board is very quick to dump a player having a rough patch in favour of a shiny new toy.

Cerras best gives us the best chance. Even in an interrupted year he’s got 10 more games of AFL under his belt than the exciting Lord. He also gains an extra 200m a game from only 3 extra touches

Sure he has ability but he’s had a shocking year. Cannot hit a target to save himself which is his main attribute.

Selection goes beyond ‘most talented’ anyway, it should be about who is performing their role & bringing their full effort, can run out a game etc.

The blokes had 5 hamstrings in 12 months, just put him on ice ffs.

 

[reg_lower91]

Bring a bit of this, Cez:

View attachment Screen_Recording_20240905_185704_AFL.mp4

 

[jackn]

Match committee got sucked in by names instead of form.

Does ours ever not?

 

[HereComesJuddy]

Lord not even an emergency. Is he injured?

MC are the ones injured

 

[Zlatan]

I can't tip on hype and don't agree with the selected side.
Brisbane to control the game and win by 28 points

Sadly I don’t believe we can field a winning side. We come into the finals basically in shambles with both our form and our fitness at rock bottom, and having to play the lions in Brisbane.

The likelihood is we’re gonna get touched up.

 

[RAPPA]

Respectfully if you look at the rest of the thread there’s plenty of people doubting Cerras ability.

This board is very quick to dump a player having a rough patch in favour of a shiny new toy.

Cerras best gives us the best chance. Even in an interrupted year he’s got 10 more games of AFL under his belt than the exciting Lord. He also gains an extra 200m a game from only 3 extra touches

A fit Cerra gives us our best chance. No disagreement from me. But a Cerra that gets subbed out part way into our game is a hindrance, particularly if we cop any more injuries. I sincerely hope he gets through unscathed. But the hesitation is there given he has had such a horrible run with soft tissue injuries.

 

[windows1]

Surprised Cincotta came out.
Thought he'd have gone to Neale.

Reckon we're just not going to tag him? If we do, who goes to him?
Doch? Not enough fitness for it
Kennedy? Too slow?
Hewett? Cowan maybe?

Hewett will run with and always would have. The shock to me is that we will not tag Zorko with Cinc.

 

[HereComesJuddy]

Really gonna need Brisbane to kick terribly to pinch this one