Autopsy AFL 2023 Round 14 - Blues v Suns Sun June 18th 1:10pm AEST (MCG)

[schmuttt]

Massive game for the suns. They should be winning this but they’ve folded under this pressure before.

 

[kreglze]

Expecting us to lose this, coming off the bye to a wet and cold Melbourne track against what you would hope for their sake will be a highly motivated Carlton team.

Season and by extension Dew's coaching career is hanging by a thread if we drop this.

However, reserve the right to be very impressed if we win this.

 

[branedotorg]

Two flaky and disappointing teams.

Suns have looked good when I've watched, what is the Melbourne form like?

 

[kreglze]

Two flaky and disappointing teams.

Suns have looked good when I've watched, what is the Melbourne form like?

1 win vs Richmond and 2 losses vs St Kilda and Essendon.

 

[LoungeLizard]

Massive game for the suns. They should be winning this but they’ve folded under this pressure before.

So they should be ok then?

 

[Toump Ass]

Just read the Blues are away doing "team building" at Torquay , can't see them losing this one now.

 

[GC2015]

Given that H crumbles under the enormity of pressure and his issue is all upstairs, I'd say if he has 6 shots on goal then it'll be 1.3 with 1 out on the full and the other failing to make the distance

That's essentially what I was thinking. He does seem to be a guy that doesn't deal well with a lot of pressure and now you add the 100 game milestone on top and it just feels like it's not going to end well for Harry. Apparently there's a fair chance there will be rain so that probably makes the situation even worse for McKay.

 

[Rioli2Rioli]

Firstly get well Wickzki

Next - Can the footy gods be so nice to the footy following public and allow carlton to win this week as another clubs supporter we really dont want vossy sacked

Blooze 4 points

 

[Beerfish]

How is this not a Friday night game???????

 

[Sinjin Smith]

Just read the Blues are away doing "team building" at Torquay , can't see them losing this one now.

Carlton boy's actually did that before the Essendon game, worked wonders...................

Gold Coast easily. Witts, Anderson, Rowell, King, Lukocious, Ballard will chew us up and spit us out.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Just read the Blues are away doing "team building" at Torquay , can't see them losing this one now.

The team building was last week, then they came back to Melbourne and 14 of them had one tackle or less.

 

[Toump Ass]

Well check out Sandra Sully over here!!!

Goddamn Vossy, maybe you should just done some ****in' training instead last week!!!

 

[Zevon]

Teams are up

 

[GC2015]

This probably hasn't been talked about enough. Carlton are currently on a six-game losing streak and the last time that happened was R6-11 2019, a season in which the Blues finished 16th on the ladder. The last time Carlton lost seven games in a row? The wooden spoon 2018 season in which they went on a nine-game losing streak between R9-18.

I also think it's worth noting that if the Suns win by more than 12 points and GWS beats Fremantle at Giants Stadium on Saturday arvo then Gold Coast will enter the top 8 at a meaningful point of the season for the first time in almost exactly nine years. Obviously excluding the first few rounds of the season where it's relatively easy to enter the top 8 if you're given a kind draw.

Big ramifications for both clubs in this game.

 

[Worm4]

Carlton could be the first team to lose 7 games in a row after having a 100 point win .

 

[Chief]

Yeah but it was West Coast. A big outlier, it doesn't mean anything.

 

[TwiggleyFanClub]

Carlton are a bunch of headless chooks at the moment: gonna get dog-walked by the young, hungry Suns.
Bookies clearly taking the p155 having Carlton as favourites.

 

[Beerfish]

Yeah but it was West Coast. A big outlier, it doesn't mean anything.

 

[Chief]

Call it 8 losses on the trot already. 9.

West Coast is not relevant.

 

[Beerfish]

West Coast is not relevant.

Why? Is it only relevant if you beat a good team by 100+ points? How often does that happen?

 

[Jeremias]

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[demondavey]

Honestly don’t get why Dow was dropped. He’d be filthy. It’s not like anyone else has done enough to keep their spot. Might as well play him. Won’t get much in the draft if he just languishes in the reserves.

 

[My Tilly]

Honestly don’t get why Dow was dropped. He’d be filthy. It’s not like anyone else has done enough to keep their spot. Might as well play him. Won’t get much in the draft if he just languishes in the reserves.

Has to be more to it.
Maybe attitude issue. His VFL form has been very strong. Just needs a patch of games to see what he has.

 

[demondavey]

Has to be more to it.
Maybe attitude issue. His VFL form has been very strong. Just needs a patch of games to see what he has.

Surely a month?

 

[My Tilly]

Surely a month?

You would have thought so.
Playing as the sub every week would be tough to find your rhythm as a midfielder.
Particularly when the games are already over.