AFL Elimination Final 1 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney

[LP]

Why is Motlop not playing ??

Is he fit enough for the 4-Qtr finals slog in heavy conditions?

Maybe Sub?

But I'd prefer Dow as a Sub for reasons I have already mentioned. Dow has proven himself to be quite strong over the ball on the inside contests, he can stand up in the tackles, it goes a long way in heavy conditions, he also has enough straight line pace to run down the odd Swan or two, and finally he allows other talent to be moved where needed.

For me Motlop, Fisher and Hollands don't release other players, unless of course our plan is already to keep Doc out of the Midfield and then Fisher might go to HBF allowing Doc into the Mid. But I suspect Doc is already tagged for Mid rotations at some stage.

But Doc isn't better than Dow inside stoppages, in fact excluding ball use inside stoppages Dow might be as good as any we have bar our captain.

Pretty sh1t luck for Kennedy in my opinion, to be injured at just the wrong time of season and we've no VFL team playing finals, it hurts us not treating the VFL with enough respect and so when we need it we don't have it.

[dodge]

Far too much +ve Carlton press this week for my liking!  Thankfully Maynard will take some of the attention away.  Sydney have been ignored, but quietly been in some reasonable form as well.

Don't think it will be a good night for footy - hopefully we can play ugly better than Sydney.  Whatever it is, it won't be a easy game.

Dow as sub for me - he has shown he can and will contribute and is a good option to go into the midfield if others need to be moved around (as has been mentioned)

Bad luck on the weather WASurfer, but hopefully you enjoy your time here.

[LP]

Bad luck on the weather WASurfer, but hopefully you enjoy your time here.

Forecast is moderating, excluding the colder temperature I suspect it will be similar conditions to last night.

[Blue Moon]

I am not surprised by the  team, I thought there would be a difficult choice between Cuningham and Fogarty but it is Motlop who misses out. I thought that if Acres played then Hollands would miss out. I always thought Pittonett would play especially with an injured Silvagni and I thought there would be a choice between Marchbank and Cincotta but it was Fisher who missed out which isn't surprising after the mistakes he made last game.

[markncf]

I'd have gone Motlop and Dow for Cunningham and Marchback. Cunningham then would have been my sub.

There's a possibility we'll loose Gov. Marchbank is coverage.

[townsendcalling]

Showers should pretty much be cleared by late afternoon. Will be bloody cold in the bleaches but hot enough on the ground. Need the wind to drop and we'll feel more comfortable. 

[DJC]

It’s still windy on the Bellarine but seems to be easing and the birds aren’t flying backwards now.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Real Windy in the burbs out east and its going to be slippery under foot and Id expect a repeat of conditions last night at best.
If we start well and get a score on the board early then its going to be hard to reel us in, cant see the Swans going in with all those talls either...

[Thryleon]

Windy in Coburg.  Lost my packet of chips I was carrying it was that blowy.  Massive gusts.

Playing the conditions would likely suit Kennedy ahead of most kid options as he can kick a goal and is good at the ground ball. 

[kruddler]

Yep, very windy in the northern suburbs, cold as hell. Rained on and off, very patchy. More coming.

Going to terrible conditions to play footy in, but worse to be watching the game. Hopefully we still get the 90k+ we are expecting because it will give our boys a lift.