Autopsy Eagles v Blues - AFL Rd 23, 2024 - Sun August 18th 2:40 W / 4:40 E - (Optus Stadium)

[bourbons]

You do realise he only played there because Geelong had a lot of KPP out injured..

I do.

To be clear, it was a dig at Mitch McGovern not Sam De Koning

 

[Wosh]

Teams are up

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

We'll do it for Cockburn

In amongst a bunch of injury related posts this seems ..... ah ..... masochistic.

 

[Nugett]

West Coast, you only have 1 job. The Suns did theirs last week.

 

[Rod Stroker]

I find it piss funny that the Blues are so desperate to field a team this week, they had to pick a bloke called Bins.

 

[Altum Volantes]

Bizarre that the media gleefully death riding Carlton has pushed the Eagles into favouritism here - a fool and their money hey?

Use your brains people - this is still a very, very average Eagles team that was 35 points down to NM just last week.

Carlton will smash WCE in the middle of the ground and the game will be won from there.

 

[bourbons]

Teams are up

Possible late change

 

[Roobs321]

Eagles haven’t been able to arrogantly take an opponent for granted for a couple years, so 99.9% of fans won’t make the same mistake here, as wins are hard to come by. The nervy side of me is thinking of games like R14 2013 (Jobe’s banned substance admission) and R14 2009 (Stynes cancer) where opponent midweek narratives built that sense of ill-timed dread and we ultimately lost to an emotional opponent digging deep.

 

[kreuze_missile]

Eagles by 15 goals.

 

[projectv]

West Coast are now favourites.

Incredible.

 

[bourbons]

West Coast are now favourites.

Incredible.

I find it more incredible that we were favourites at any stage, I got on west coast at 2.25.

We got 3 coming in who have never played a senior game before (Ashton Moir now confirmed to be in) which was pretty obvious would be the case from about 4pm Sunday.

 

[Mr Meow]

I find it more incredible that we were favourites at any stage, I got on west coast at 2.25.

We got 3 coming in who have never played a senior game before (Ashton Moir now confirmed to be in) which was pretty obvious would be the case from about 4pm Sunday.

It depends which West Coast turns up too.

They've lost to Essendon, St Kilda and North Melbourne at home this season.

It would be just like them to throw in a disappointing performance after getting a couple of recent wins. At their worst, they can still be as uncompetitive as a VFL side.

 

[Forward Press]

There are entire Eagles game day threads this past two years that don't even reach triple digit posts, and this one will reach 100 two days before the game.

So given the media focus and pressure on Carlton...






Blues by 60+.

 

[Forward Press]

It depends which West Coast turns up too.

They've lost to Essendon, St Kilda and North Melbourne at home this season.

It would be just like them to throw in a disappointing performance after getting a couple of recent wins. At their worst, they can still be as uncompetitive as a VFL side.

Yeah, I don't know how we're favourites for this one. Even depleted, Carlton still should easily roll over us in the midfield and that is where the game will be won.

Expected to give the Saints a shake at Optus, and we got done by ten goals in the end.

 

[harliquin]

Interesting that Google has this game postponed, presumably on account of the weather. Not expecting a high scoring game with the current forecast.

 

[carlton_99]

Interesting that Google has this game postponed, presumably on account of the weather. Not expecting a high scoring game with the current forecast.

Google has had it down as postponed for months - not sure why

 

[harliquin]

Perhaps the algorithm predicted Carlton's injury woes and the eagles weird selection calls and hoped no-one had to watch

 

[Seeds]

So why has this game been postponed? Has a game ever been postponed before?

 

[Randomizor]

So why has this game been postponed? Has a game ever been postponed before?

Games got postponed during Covid a few times didn’t they?

 

[pixels]

The games postponed?

Does West Coast vs Carlton have an ETA?

 

[carlton_99]

The games postponed?

Does West Coast vs Carlton have an ETA?

Think the rumour started from what comes up on Google for the game - but it has been like this for months. Not sure why.

 

[rdhopkins2]

This will be a good test for the Eagles kids who now have a bit of experience on the big stage against a depleted Carlton.

 

[maskmcgee]

So now Freo fans are supporting West Coast, and West Coast fans are supporting Carlton?

 

[Farang83150]

So now Freo fans are supporting West Coast, and West Coast fans are supporting Carlton?

Win win for us

 

[Jafa]

I'll be squealing for him like your mob did when he returned after his suspension. Which was the weirdest thing I've ever heard at a game of footy.

Excellent. It’s about time you lot buried the past and moved on.