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Re: AFL Rd 24 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda - tonyo - 08-25-2024
Just to make matters worse, if we do fall over today, we then have to suffer through 2 hours of Freo vs PA before our fate is known.
This must be some form of medieval torture....?
Re: AFL Rd 24 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda - ElwoodBlues1 - 08-25-2024
(08-24-2024, 01:45 PM)DJC link Wrote:Rather than contested marks, Membrey has the knack of losing his defender and marking unopposed. Stopping that is a team defence concern.Membrey takes a lot of marks with his jump off two feet style and is a good competitor for a forward.
If we can get our team defence right, Young focuses on intercept marks and/or killing the ball in contested marking situations. Weitering then gets to concentrate on organising the defence and setting up our transition.
Our forward line, sans Charlie and Harry, is still far more potent than St Kilda’s.
Hill is a spent force but we do need to curtail Wanganeen-Milera’s run out of defence. The best way to do that is to make sure he’s got a genuine forward threat to worry about and Elijah Hollands can do that in spades. And that should be the key to the game; despite missing Charlie, Harry, Tom, Fog, et al, our 23 is better than their 23 … provided that we play to our potential.
Hill has been in decent form and while wont be winning any contested ball stat competitions is dangerous with his disposal.
Re: AFL Rd 24 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda - shawny - 08-25-2024
We were sitting in 2nd spot for major chunk of the season and injuries or not we still should be able to take care of business and book our spot in the finals against a team that were out of contention weeks ago. King usually troubles Weiters so happy he is out.
Win and we deserve our spot - lose to this mob even with a few important blokes missing means we are still not ready to be serious challenger.
I don’t want to make finals by losing and port winning.
Re: AFL Rd 24 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda - Lods - 08-25-2024
(08-25-2024, 12:11 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Apparently Gov out
Why are we not surprised.
(I have a feeling it will be the case, But I don't see anything official yet, just a bit of speculation, wait for the final team)
Re: AFL Rd 24 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda - ElwoodBlues1 - 08-25-2024
(08-25-2024, 01:50 AM)shawny link Wrote:We were sitting in 2nd spot for major chunk of the season and injuries or not we still should be able to take care of business and book our spot in the finals against a team that were out of contention weeks ago. King usually troubles Weiters so happy he is out.Dont want to fall in and get hammered out in the first week of finals either..
Win and we deserve our spot - lose to this mob even with a few important blokes missing means we are still not ready to be serious challenger.
I don’t want to make finals by losing and port winning.
Re: AFL Rd 24 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda - LoveNavy - 08-25-2024
I don't underestimate any team including the Saints. They're in good form and more than capable of doing a number on us. Butler, Membrey, Higgins and Sinclair often show us up.
We, on the other hand are constantly juggling the line-up due to the injury curse.
I think it'll be won in the coaches box. What a distasteful situation ? given the coaching dynamics.
If Vossy can evoke our collective competitve beast for 4q. Aka the hunter. We're in with a chance. Whilst always hopeful, I'm not confident.
Over to Vossy and the boys now.
Go Blues
Re: AFL Rd 24 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda - LP - 08-25-2024
(08-25-2024, 03:08 AM)ElwoodBlues1 date Wrote:Dont want to fall in and get hammered out in the first week of finals either..Yep, I'd rather avoid the psychological damage it would do the ancillary players, and we'd get our better players running themselves into the ground in the same game trying to make up the difference. That's how you end up with long term injuries and other issues.
Re: AFL Rd 24 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda - shawny - 08-25-2024
As i said i only want to make it if we win but for those out there that dont care how we make it GWS losing against dogs means port now only have to avoid a thrashing to hold 2nd spot and a home final.
If GWS win, Port must win to take back 2nd spot so that is a better situation for us.
Re: AFL Rd 24 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda - madbluboy - 08-25-2024
(08-25-2024, 03:30 AM)shawny link Wrote:As i said i only want to make it if we win but for those out there that dont care how we make it GWS losing against dogs means port now only have to avoid a thrashing to hold 2nd spot and a home final.
If GWS win, Port must win to take back 2nd spot so that is a better situation for us.
If the Giants lose they stay in Sydney. If they win they might go to Adelaide. No brainer.
Re: AFL Rd 24 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda - LP - 08-25-2024
Another reason I'd rather not limp into the finals is because it potentially plasters over some large deficiencies.
I've been saying all season our tactics are not sustainable, it's a very taxing game style which focusses the load on an elite few, and we need a way to have some easier wins against weaker opposition making use of all the resources, We can't make every game an arm wrestle dependant on the top end talent, if we do our players will eventually break down mentally and physically.
Further, with our weakened list, last weeks away win against Wet Toast (ignoring the state of Wet Toast) just reinforces my opinion that there is more than just the one way to win despite what some will have you believe. It's not always the case that the strongest option is the best option, because every choice comes with a price, it's not just about the best numbers on a spreadsheet.
The primary objective of AFL is to get to the very last game of the season in the best possible condition.
Missing the finals this year might be the trigger for our MC to develop a more durable and sustainable brand of football.