AFL Elimination Final 1 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney

[Thryleon]

Blake Acres was huge.  Worth whatever we gave away with change.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Fortunately, Melbourne had a heap of issues last night too. No idea where next week goes.

Can see was getting to a PF but if we do that interstate trip might be a bridge too far. Be good progression for us though.

Suppose in 1995 our crappiest final was week 1 against Brisbane, who were 8th. Slaughtered everyone else.

Cant see Melbourne having so many of their class players down and have this feeling Grundy might be wanting to impress his new suitors and be picked and play well(knowing our luck). No Stress really for us as we have done well to get to where we have and established the club as a power again and Im happy with that for this season and as long as we dont fall in a screaming heap vs the Dees even a credible loss builds a decent platform for next season.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Blake Acres was huge.  Worth whatever we gave away with change.

Plays a sensible game and doesnt play too many bad ones...thanks Freo and Luke Jackson for stretching their cap and finances.

[ElwoodBlues1]

I need to see a heart specialist after that, thought we were going to choke.

And of all the people to take two match-saving marks deep in defence ........ one of my whipping boys Jack Martin. He''ll get 2-weeks for belting Blakey though.

So many uncharacteristic actions tonight, a lot of the things we have done over the past couple of months seem to go out the door tonight.

McKay was really horrible, just so out of sorts, that concussion may be a blessing in disguise anyway.

Can't serve up that sort of crap next week against the Dees, they will walk all over us if we do. They are ripe for the picking if we want it bad enough.

Really hope that tonight's game style (or lack of it) was just a one-off blip due to finals nerves after not being there for 10-years and we return to that confident style that got us there.

As you know Finals footy is either non too pretty or a complete blow out and having a tough win and hanging on is all part of the drill as you build towards a flag. Swans got close but were never a threat imho and we had them covered.
Agree the Dees will be harder and have a few more weapons than the Swans who need to re-equip post Buddy...

[townsendcalling]

I need to see a heart specialist after that, thought we were going to choke.

And of all the people to take two match-saving marks deep in defence ........ one of my whipping boys Jack Martin. He''ll get 2-weeks for belting Blakey though.

So many uncharacteristic actions tonight, a lot of the things we have done over the past couple of months seem to go out the door tonight.

McKay was really horrible, just so out of sorts, that concussion may be a blessing in disguise anyway.

Can't serve up that sort of crap next week against the Dees, they will walk all over us if we do. They are ripe for the picking if we want it bad enough.

Really hope that tonight's game style (or lack of it) was just a one-off blip due to finals nerves after not being there for 10-years and we return to that confident style that got us there.

Well done Blues, we did something Essendon have been trying to do for the last 100 years!! Win a final!! We won ugly, but we WON!!

[shawny]

Our defence was very solid all night. Weiters and kemp were pillars all night and structurally we are very sound down back. Had a few nervous moments late but overall and esp early on when the heat was on we looked composed and made it against an experienced finals team very difficult to score. Many including me were critical on Voss with his gameplan early in the year focusing so much on defence and in the biggest game for the last 10 years our defence was very reliable and consistent. 

Credit where credit is due. Hats off to you Voss.

[LoveNavy]

Swans are a well coached quality side. Absolutely thrilled with that win. We'll learn so much. Some of my highlights..
- Doc' opening goal
- the contested dominance
- high pressure
- ability to absorb Swans high pressure
- shining performance by those lesser
stars
- non reliance on bigger names
- ability to bounce back or at least hold firm when Swans got a run
- final siren celebrations
- the attitude of every player across 4q
- BT having to be nice to the winners

Such an amazing couple of months. Kudos to Vossy and the entire club for staying the course ??

Go Blues

[pinot]

Great tough win to hold on.
We are in good hands with Cerra and Walsh leading the midfield next 10 years
Alot of wtf moments and alot of moments where defensive hardness and brutality won the game.
Harry is a definite out.
Saw the replay with Martin and that looked like a high free kick in a football action.. So I think he should play despite media going nuts over it.
Hoping SOS is good to go.

[Micky0]

That game nearly made me pass out! Why do we make such hard work of it?! Had H put that gimme in front of goals Away, I feel like we would’ve annihilated them. Instead they get a run on ??‍♀️

Unbelievable Martin down back, thank you sir In those last few minutes!! Newman a mark on their f50 ? Crippas goal, Cerras goal, Cotters at one stage seemingly the only one holding his nerve and keeping his brain!

Swans were always going to come back and see us defend it to the death, unbelievable. Did Charlie get one free kick from being constantly held? Don’t think so.

We are ON next week - we have nothing to lose, shackles will be off, I feel good about it, Go Blues
??

[Gointocarlton]

Well that was a heart stopper, I was pretty laid back and calm all week and during the game but that last quarter was tough. I kept thinking 2022 all over again, led all night and would get it pinched from us. Thankfully they held on.
I thought Acres was mighty, his work rate is off the charts.
Weiters, Saad and Kemp were supermen in defence.
Walsh was superb in the middle.
Harry made the selectors job easy next week, just before he went off I said to my daughter "he is in danger of getting dropped if we make it to next week". I get that structurally he gives us something but as a key fwd, your job is to kick goals, not miss them from the goal square.
I just looked at the stats, 19 frees a piece. Before I looked I thought it would be heavily in Syd's favour. I thought the umpiring was atrocious and appeared to favour Syd watching at the ground. Frees given to their fwds were not given to ours (I felt).