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 :-

 

[Michael Jezz]

No Moir or Chug at training. Chug’s wife due this month.

Kemp spent majority of training with defenders, Young trained with the forwards and took plenty of shots.

TDK kicked around a soccer ball, didn’t touch a footy. Cincotta all smiles chatting with fans. I smell a few changes

Young as a defensive fwd on Harris Andrews?

 

[SurreyBlue]

I have to admit, I've been doing very little this afternoon as I'm like a cat on a hot tin roof - trying to get to tomorrow.
Can't wait to see the boys give it a crack. Can't believe I'm full of anticipation at my age, but there you go.

 

[SurreyBlue]

Young as a defensive fwd on Harris Andrews?

Let him worry about Harry or TdK.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Hoyney said that most of the GFs of the past 15 years have been chaos games, whereby ground balls outweigh marks. He said that finals in general are played this way.

He said that Carlton and Geelong have played the most chaos games this season.

Note that the Cats were heavily winning the ground ball game last night.

This is how we play. Pressure equals ground balls. This is why we have 4 small forwards in the side. They are there to create ground balls through pressure in the forward half of the ground. We intend to make this scrappy and cause panic.

We have played 14 chaos games this year to Brisbane's 6, although Brisbane have won 5 of those 6. So it's chaos and pressure that counts.

 

[tarczonandjane]

I know I’m in a phone booth sized crowd around here on this matter, but I think we’ve been a better team this year whenever Fantasia has played. Yes, he doesn’t get many stats. But he must be doing team based stuff. He gets a gig in my side. Maybe he comes off as a sub if he’s running out of legs, but he is in the starting team for me.

 

[katmanblue]

You stay negative, I’ll stay positive.

There's realistic optimism and unrealistic optimism.

They killed us off hbf in the preliminary.

Sure, he might bob up for a goal or three, but there is much more to the role now.

Realisitically, Motlop has shown zero urgency this season and has been defensively lax repeatedly. Which leads me to believe this will continue.

What makes you think he'll turn it around?





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[mjonc43]

Young as a defensive fwd on Harris Andrews?

Backup Ruck? Follow Daniher everywhere.

 

[JuddgementDay]

ok we've got the more seasoned bodies into this game now - let's use it and crash and bash these lions

I want to see a high intensity, highly defensive game. Don't give them time and slow them lions right down, make them think twice for every of their possession!

Let's go Baggers!!!

 

[swuzzlebubble]

We have played 14 chaos games this year to Brisbane's 6, although Brisbane have won 5 of those 6.

How many of the 14 did we win?

 

[LanceRomance]

There's realistic optimism and unrealistic optimism.

They killed us off hbf in the preliminary.

Sure, he might bob up for a goal or three, but there is much more to the role now.

Realisitically, Motlop has shown zero urgency this season and has been defensively lax repeatedly. Which leads me to believe this will continue.

What makes you think he'll turn it around?





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Which players killed us off half back?

 

[Arr0w]

Cmon Arrow, match fitness is very different to being fit, nor can training replicate having an opposition player up your date trying to smash you at every turn.
Training loads don’t replicate VFL let alone AFL level of football


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Definitely when it comes to finding touch, but not fitness

 

[koutashoulda1_1]

How many is Zorko going to set up as he runs rings around Mott's.

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Kemp to Zorko? Vossy is usually honest with the lineup possies, but this would make some sense?

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[Arr0w]

Certainly has been mixed results, no doubt about that…
There’s been a number of results off the back of some really poor selection decisions which at times were incredibly obvious to even us outside of the club, just an observation

I guess that only appears after the fact

If we lose this week, people will focus on the output of returning players

I prefer critical analysis win or lose

 

[Graffy4242]

TDK to kick the first goal after being hit lace out on the lead by Cez

 

[BigFrizz36]

Let him worry about Harry or TdK.

But if TDK isn't playing?

 

[BigFrizz36]

I guess that only appears after the fact

If we lose this week, people will focus on the output of returning players

I prefer critical analysis win or lose

Good luck with that on here.

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Feels like we're too tall. I understand the desire to keep Young and Kemp in in case H, TDK or Gov don't make it through the game, which says to me that we aren't convinced that they are 100% ready to go.
Would prefer Young out with one of the youngsters in, but anyway.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

How many of the 14 did we win?

He didn't say.

It must be said that the majority of our games are chaps games, because of our deplorable kicking skills. It suits finals if we bring our pressure game, that's all.

 

[Beyond Blue]

Which players killed us off half back?

In the prelim Coleman was BOG and McKenna kicked a goal from half back, while in the OR Wilmot was among their best.

Over the past 4-5 years, this group have been regularly slaughtered by opposition running half backs.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Feels like we're too tall. I understand the desire to keep Young and Kemp in in case H, TDK or Gov don't make it through the game, which says to me that we aren't convinced that they are 100% ready to go.
Would prefer Young out with one of the youngsters in, but anyway.

They have 3 200cm + guys. We have to have one of that size to compete. One thing Young can do is run and spoil.

 

[BigFrizz36]

Which players killed us off half back?

Coleman was close to their best. Zorko went back to take over his "quarterback" role when he got injured earlier this year. McKenna also went o.k. pretty sure that neither were on Motlop though (Martin was one half forward and maybe Fog the other)

 

[myblueroan]

Good luck with that on here.

Oh no. There'll be plenty of critical analysis.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

If we lose, I won't be blaming selection. We are damned if we do, and damned if we don't in the event of a loss.

We've gone for experience over youth and I'm okay with that. We can't match Brisbane's game plan so we have to imprint our game plan on this match and make them adapt.

It's our only hope. Make it a true 50/50 contested game or get blown away by superior skills and run.

I don't like how we got ourselves into this situation, but given the injuries and the situation, I'll hold off on the pitchforks if we give a good account of ourselves here, win or lose.

The fact that we went right out and got a rated high performance manager already is a massive tick for the club. I like that we making things happen.

Next under the microscope. Line coaches and Austin.

 

[Monty1978]

Because when he is given a role, he gets it done. May not win a game off his own boot, or get 30+, but is very dependable to shut down his opponent.

So when was his last really good game , who did he shut down against st kilda and Collingwood … I honestly don’t really notice him like when he started the tagging role …

 

[mjonc43]

Kennedy, well his doppelganger worst case, is at Melbourne airport.

Must be an earlier flight than me, or heading to the wrong gate.