AFL Rd 23 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Gold Coast

[crashlander]

Good enough. Just.

[Micky0]

Im back from the hospital, my anurism wasn't severe, only minor. So that's it? I can sleep easy tonight? No more missing finals by 0.6%? The demons have been exorcised?

We will all sleep well tonight - and we can RELAX now! I was really not looking forward to a week of pressure then another last game of the season storyline.  Been there done that didn’t want a repeat!

[pinot]

Im back from the hospital, my anurism wasn't severe, only minor. So that's it? I can sleep easy tonight? No more missing finals by 0.6%? The demons have been exorcised?

10 years in the making enjoy the moment!

Im rightly getting stuck into the reds!

(and watching the scum get belted)

[LoveNavy]

Crikey ?
Watched the last 2 minutes.
GC had a couple of chances to steal it.
That's our last 2 wins that could have gone either way.

Great effort to hold them off under what looked like high pressure.

[Lods]

10 years in the making enjoy the moment!

Im rightly getting stuck into the reds!

(and watching the scum get belted)

Scotch and Coke

[LoveNavy]

10 years in the making enjoy the moment!

Im rightly getting stuck into the reds!

(and watching the scum get belted)

??cheers

[laj]

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In transit for the game. Could only follow intermittently. My gosh. That was stressful. My mouth was as dry as a cockys cage watching the minutes tick down with under a kick in it.

Congratulations to Vossy, the boys, and the support crew.

So glad for all of us to have got over the 'final hurdle' ?

Yes, that was harder than last week and that goaless last 18 min when less than a kick in front was bad enough. I was confident though because we were playing well during the game. This week though we struggled from the outset, dragged back 40pts, kicked like pricks when we could have stitched it up in the 3rd qtr, letting them back in, fell 13pts behind again half way through the last, got back in front then made tough work of holding on. I was more worried as we weren't playing well, unlike last week. Could see us finding a "Carlton way"to lose. Fortunately this is a different Carlton and we find ways to win ugly.

[LP]

A lot of people were telling us two or three weeks back that GC wouldn't be easy, they bettered the Lions, and pushed Adelaide and Sydney away, we looked slow and in holiday mode early, and it nearly cost us the chocolates.

[Mantis]

Maybe this was the scare we needed before finals to see how easy it could be to lose a game. Fortunately we didn’t need to lose to get that experience. 4 points is 4 points so take it however you get the result.

[LoveNavy]

We are definitely playing finals aren't we?
FINAL-LY

Corny. I know, but this long suffering Bluebagger is .... ecstatic, thrilled, relieved, proud, bouyed, grateful, and may have even shed a tear of joy ?

Go Blues.
Celebrate, recover, and reset.