07-23-2023, 12:30 AM
(07-22-2023, 11:45 PM)Tragic link Wrote:Take our best fit team in and have a real crack. Otherwise if we go in half arsed we'll get smashed by 100 points, which won't do our percentage or momentum any good. Cripps should be back, and maybe a couple of others if we're lucky. Cerra was a test this week and probably rested for next week. The one that really disappoints me is Walsh, he has been in really good form lately, and we lost him in the last game last year too. If we had Walsh, Cripps & Cerra I'd say we are in with a shot, if we have 2 of them and they aren't labouring too much i'll give us a slim chance to upset the pies.
The key is that first bit..."our best fit team".
If they're 100% they play...if they could benefit from a week off then rest them.
Just reading around a bit, there is surprisingly a fair bit of support for 'keeping the powder dry.'
I'd thought the idea would be pretty much condemned by most supporters, especially seeing it's Collingwood.
But "Lose the battle to win the war later in the year", looks like it has some support.
Experiment a bit with match-ups and use the game to form a plan to combat them should we meet them in the finals.
There is also a chance that they may see a depleted Carlton as an 'easy kill' and that could mess with their application and intensity a bit.
What is a bit entrenched at the moment is our pressure, and that should still be evident no matter who takes the field.