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

[Aphrodite]

Team is in …

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

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6 Changes :-

 

[Arr0w]

Cincotta has done the job on Bobby Hill vs Pies so why not Charlie Cameron?

Last year I thought we lost a lot of run/drive from half back by having Saad on Cameron in the PF as he was often in the defensive goal square.

Rayner & Bailey will be important match ups as well.

Lions get lots of drive from HB and the middle, I'd shut down that source, but Cincotta would also be a reasonable choice for Cameron

 

[Opium]

Cripps still had 23 disposals and kicked a goal in OR. Highest for games was George Hewitt 27, Cripps has been shaking tags lately and is in supreme form at the moment. Backing him to drag the team along with him again against Lions.

Walsh and Weitering were missing as well.

 

[athensblue]

Lij was also missing
We have an opportunity to stick it right up em
Bris and the football world

 

[Tommy Alvin]

I wouldn’t want to play Carlton.

Too many fresh weapons.

What is there to lose?

TA

 

[TCB-1935]

Young is great without the ball...

With it he unfortunately becomes like an elephant on roller skates that's also being chased by a mouse.

Maybe if lots of people say the above . then it becomes conventional wisdom , heaps of people jump on the subject and we have a new whipping boy but Footywire stats show Young's disposal efficiency this season as 75.4% ...Weitering's is 77.6. I concede that disposals includes handballs and Young's disposals by foot don't match Weitering's but he is nowhere near as bad as posters on here claim

Young is great without the ball...

With it he unfortunately becomes like an elephant on roller skates that's also being chased by a mouse.

 

[Blue_Fusion]

Cincotta has done the job on Bobby Hill vs Pies so why not Charlie Cameron?

Last year I thought we lost a lot of run/drive from half back by having Saad on Cameron in the PF as he was often in the defensive goal square.

Rayner & Bailey will be important match ups as well.

I'm more worried about Lohmann... seems to always pop up when they need a spark. He's a good overhead mark and kicks goals on the run as well as from set.

 

[Just Kreuzing]

I'm more worried about Lohmann... seems to always pop up when they need a spark. He's a good overhead mark and kicks goals on the run as well as from set.

Yeah another tough match up, forgot about him tbh.

 

[Drexl 31]

The Brisbane players will be s...ing themselves and rightly so. Carlton have played them wonderfully well the last 2 times on their home surface and will be underdogs which is when we play our best footy. Wouldn't be at all suprised to see us get the choccies and go down the next week against a fired up Sydney or GWS. But, if we happen to win both....woweee.

 

[Juddrockz]

He is moving brilliantly isn't he, just goes to show how stark the difference was when playing injured under Teague etc. to when he's fit.

It's looked like he's played with a piano on his back at times in his career so seeing him move like he is is just brilliant.

Can only imagine how a fresh Crippa will go coming off a week's break. He'll be ready to run through a brick wall.

 

[ianh]

Lions get lots of drive from HB and the middle, I'd shut down that source, but Cincotta would also be a reasonable choice for Cameron

I definitely want Cincotta in the 22 and running with whichever of their guns we most want to try and shut out. Or if we can't decide which have him on the bench to move on as a "cooler" to whoever starts hurting us. To have him as sub would mean we couldn't do this without subbing someone off which you simply wouldn't do absent injury or later in the game. My preference is to have him start a run with role but the question is on who? I don't see anyone else to go with Cameron except Saad but if we use Saad in that role we probably lose his drive to a large extent which I for one don't want. So for me Cincotta to Cameron, find someone else to sit on Zorko - question is who - and Hewett on Neal or McCluggage. Depending on how much we want to tag we might sit someone - Lord or Cowan perhaps - on the other of those 2.

 

[myblueroan]

Cincotta has done the job on Bobby Hill vs Pies so why not Charlie Cameron?

Last year I thought we lost a lot of run/drive from half back by having Saad on Cameron in the PF as he was often in the defensive goal square.

Rayner & Bailey will be important match ups as well.

Just get it right Carlton
Get it done.

 

[TrueQldBlue]

Got my two tickets yesterday

$66 each...
Bargain

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[TrueQldBlue]

Makes you think hey....

$66 for a final yet it was $80 on round zero...
Backwards

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[myblueroan]

Those attending have a very important role.

 

[myblueroan]

Can only imagine how a fresh Crippa will go coming off a week's break. He'll be ready to run through a brick wall.

 

[Magruder]

Well we’ve already had Voss hip and shoulder a stolen car this week.

 

[Coops93]

Those attending have a very important role.

We always have really good support in Brisbane/Gold Coast. The Prelim last yr was close to 50-50. It was in Bris favour, but for an interstate away game it was crazy close. Could have been close to 60-40 or even 55-45 ratio.

Brisbane fans were whinging in the ground asking why they sold so many tickets to Carlton fans, I enjoyed hearing that.

 

[Matty411]

We'll be loud, Baggers. Promise! Bring the noise and invite the boys to feed off that energy.

We're up against it, but I'm feeling slightly optimistic given:

• We know we can beat them at the Gabba now
• They've not in the greatest form (let's hope these goal-kicking woes continue for them)
• We are running out the games a bit better this year

Sure, we're in so-so form and are getting some guys coming back from injury (more than we'd like) but this time last year we were clearly running on fumes and momentum. This year, we've got less momentum but more 'fitness' - well at least from those ones on the field right now (Crippa, Acres for example).

Anything can happen next week. If we can have a strong lead up and our 'INs' are truly fit, I have faith Crippa and Vossy can get them up.

Start strong. Maintain the pressure. Feed off the supporters in the crowd. Take our chances.

Do that and we can rattle them. Win this and it'll catapult our momentum.

But I'm very much in a low expectations state. Would love to win but after our massive fade the last 2 months, just being here in a final is a bonus.

 

[diggler7654]

Those attending have a very important role.

My daughter and I are ready mate

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[Michael Jezz]

Carlton $3.62 at Sports Bet Brisbane $1.29
You would nibble at the Blues on those odds

 

[SurreyBlue]

I wouldn’t want to play Carlton.

Too many fresh weapons.

What is there to lose?

TA

Exactly. Imagine a 'fresh' TdK, Harry and Charlie in the next 4 weeks. Now that is going to take some containing....

ps. We also believe Cripps is in great shape and the week off will be just perfect. Bring on the lions next week - I'm excited.

 

[tarczonandjane]

Exactly. Imagine a 'fresh' TdK, Harry and Charlie in the next 4 weeks. Now that is going to take some containing....

ps. We also believe Cripps is in great shape and the week off will be just perfect. Bring on the lions next week - I'm excited.

FWIW, living in Brisbane, the passionate Lions fans I know are waaaay more nervous than they were before the preliminary.

 

[katmanblue]

Walsh and Weitering were missing as well.

That means Brisbane had at least 4 less scores from turnover compared to they'd have had if Walsh had played.

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[myblueroan]

FWIW, living in Brisbane, the passionate Lions fans I know are waaaay more nervous than they were before the preliminary.

 

[TrueQldBlue]

We always have really good support in Brisbane/Gold Coast. The Prelim last yr was close to 50-50. It was in Bris favour, but for an interstate away game it was crazy close. Could have been close to 60-40 or even 55-45 ratio.

Brisbane fans were whinging in the ground asking why they sold so many tickets to Carlton fans, I enjoyed hearing that.

It is the worst place to watch a game.
The crowd are abusive and we have listen to that ****ing music after a Bear scores a goal every time.... drives me nuts...
Plus it's always free transport on trains / busses etc for a game and if we lose the wife and I cop it on the way home as we always decked out in our Blues gear...
But we take it...

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