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 :-

 

[Kruezing]

Zorko to run off motlop all day. Will be BOG.

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Well there goes any sleep tonight thanks

 

[KnaveyBlue]

Match committee on the sauce again this week.

I feel like we have the worst MC in the league.

 

[CarmenSandiego]

Much prefer lord in to free up Cripps a little …cerra is not only an injury risk but also out of form

Whilst lord is in ripping form and full of energy

It’s crazy they’ve gone this way

Our senior core had an awful back end of the year, scraped past North and lost to everyone else.

Kids come in and freshen up our game style, pump West Coast and push Saints (in a high quality contest) to the final second. Their reward? The blokes that got us in the rut waltz back in and take their spots.

I didn’t expect all of them to stay in but to drop every one of them.. I’m pretty pissed off tbh. Just sends a shocking message to the group.

 

[jj1978]

We thought when Plowman left we wouldn’t have a whipping boy anymore,guess we were wrong.

We need to back our players in.


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Fantasia deserves the whipping on this years output.

 

[Soapy V]

My gut feel is Cincotta will play. He is just made for finals

 

[Opium]

Biggest joke outside of Cerra being named (even TDK somewhat) is Motlop, Fantasia and a pop the shoulder 100% for sure Durdin have all been named. Silliest thing I've seen.

We could have nobody left on the bench at qtr time except Voss

 

[katmanblue]

People upset over binns lord and moir being dropped they have played like 6 and half games collectively. Cerra is elite and has the runs on the board. Cerra will offer more than the younger ones.

How many full games has Cerra played out this year? And how many has he been subbed out with the a hammy? That ratio isn't great.

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[Accidental genius]

I’ve no confidence in a win now

I was counting on extra energy of the youth …particularly lord

Leaving cinc out has got to be the most absurd thing the MC has done so far. A fit solid body high intensity player and not picked Neale will have a field day

 

[Juddrockz]

And Fantasia did more than Motlop against the Saints,go figure.

 

[katmanblue]

Fanta isn't a good sub. He needs to rub up and down the ground all game. I don't think he's a impact player to come on for 30mins

What's he rubbing?

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[Arr0w]

Lord not even an emergency is strange.

I like Lord, will play plenty of footy, but not currently in the same class as returning players

 

[Accidental genius]

Our senior core had an awful back end of the year, scraped past North and lost to everyone else.

Kids come in and freshen up our game style, pump West Coast and push Saints (in a high quality contest) to the final second. Their reward? The blokes that got us in the rut waltz back in and take their spots.

I didn’t expect all of them to stay in but to drop every one of them.. I’m pretty pissed off tbh. Just sends a shocking message to the group.

Im seething

 

[katmanblue]

If they're playing TDK in the role Charlie's been taking up this year, I don't see it as necessarily being a problem, i.e. TDK is barely taking any ruck minutes instead of trying for 50/50 or 60/40 split.

If he's taking more than a couple of centre bounces a quarter, then we've got a problem.


Lot of people getting mad about Cincotta, but here's the rub:

• Sprays the ball out of defence on the regular
• Doesn't get a hand on it in midfield and doesn't really

He's there for defensive pressure, and they've got Saad, Cowan, and now maybe Hollands on that in defence, with Kemp, Fantasia, and Durdin up forward, then at least Hewett at stoppages. Without enough offensive output, he goes.

RE: Lord, if they've ticked off Cerra then he has to go, sadly.

Looking for a big contribution on the outside and at centre bounces from our small forwards given the midfield pace, and I'm hoping we've been practicing some quicker ball movement that involves not sending the football 30+ metres into the air.

Shut down Zorko

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[LanceRomance]

I have to miss this game because I have iron maiden tickets. MsLance has no interest in setting me free for this one.

 

[Coona Blues]

Cinc will be missed

Not so sure will be missing. Obvious for Zorko. Interesting omissions read Cincotta(omitted); Owies (suspended) then all the other omissions. Strange order for things for this pedantic old bloke. I don’t dare suggest who might come out, there are a number of options. The others are value judgements, Brisbane game is so reliant on that playmaker behind the ball.

 

[jj1978]

Voss brought over Fantasia on a 2 year deal, this just reeks of his stubborness that he had during his Brisbane coaching era.

TDK hasn't played for 2 months basically, Doc a whole season, a one armed Durdin, an unfit out of touch Motlop, then we have injury prones of McGov, Williams, Fantasia, Cerra who have all broken down in multiple games this season.

Hey at least he didn't drop Kemp (shocked over that, I'm sure they could've orchestrated to bring in JSOS for him).

 

[Soapy V]

I actually rate Cerra quite highly, it's his hammies ATM I don't trust...

Cerra is a gun but has struggled with Hamstring issues and hasn’t really played well all year

 

[Aphrodite]

My gut feel is Cincotta will play. He is just made for finals

Late change possibly.

 

[HereComesJuddy]

I like Lord, will play plenty of footy, but not currently in the same class as returning players

Maybe not but he is a high pressure player who is fit, hungry and his hamstrings seem to be intact.

I’m just disappointed that’s all

 

[Ald Gardiner]

I don’t see it as 2 rucks, with no Charlie and TDK underdone, it’s more like a part time key forward providing ruck relief, together with Harry. Still won’t believe he’s playing until he runs out.

Yep, let’s see who actually runs out

 

[jj1978]

I like Lord, will play plenty of footy, but not currently in the same class as returning players

To me Lord over Carroll in that emergency list.

 

[BigFrizz36]

If he plays well it will be his first good game this year.

Really? In round 1 he had 25 touches , 4 tackles and 7 clearances. In round 4 he had 22 touches, 7 tackles, 2 clearances and kicked a goal. In round 19 against the Dogs he had 19 touches, 7 tackles and 7 clearances.

He has had a horror run with injury no doubt. But there have been times that he looked like he was getting rolling till he was cruelled by his strings.

 

[CarmenSandiego]

I like Lord, will play plenty of footy, but not currently in the same class as returning players

Even finals teams need kids that can bob up surprise an opposition coach (and themselves), and battlers playing like their life depended on it with a team-first approach.

This whole picking a team based on talent is giving me the shits.

We all hope it works but geez, hard not to be frustrated by it as fans.

 

[Blues_Man]

Cinco out
Wow
Some ‘brave’ selection decisions again

Yep i looked at the Cincotta out decision and just shook my head, wtf is wrong with this club

 

[BigFrizz36]

It’s obviously not going to happen but now that Harry and TDK are named in field, I’d much rather have dropped Young and played Cincotta or Lord

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