AFL 2023 Preliminary Final Carlton vs Brisbane Post Game Prognostications

[laj]

20m shorter than the G and 20m narrower.

Ball swings more at the Gabba though....lol.

[laj]

The main lesson is not to lose 8 from 9 games. That could well have been flag costing. Such a long way back from there and at some stage you hit a wall for one reason or another. Win 3 of those 8 and, om face value at least, we are top 4. Can be other variables but one can see the point. Top 4, into the finals much fresher mentally, physically and it is a different game.

Still, it is great to see the want, desire and culture come back to the club. If anything that might start something big. As long as we don't go into next year thinking we only have to turn up to succeed. A few sides have done that before, like Geelong in 2006 and Richmond in 2016 for example. Soon woke them up!

[Sub-Zero]

Corey Durdin is the one we missed the most.  Genuine pace, kicks goals, applies forward pressure.  Very much missed, and was one of our best against Sydney last year which was one of our best wins for the year.

Struggled this year for whatever reason.

Our early season struggles to move the ball forward and his shoulder injury as we got momentum going didn't help. Shows how remarkable Charlie's season was.

[Sub-Zero]

Ball swings more at the Gabba though....lol.

Yep, while I also saw conflicting information on the dimensions of the Gabba during my google search, it's known during the cricket season that the square boundaries are very long. Narrower in width than the MCG I can buy and may answer Brisbane's struggles at the big 'G, but not to the extent of being as narrow as GMHBA or Adelaide Oval.

[Lods]

Just saw a stat re Curnow.
He may have had a lean finals but....he's the only player ever to kick a goal in 26/26 games
Lots of 25/25 (Ablett, Franklin and others) and 24/24 (Hudson, Dunstall....) but only Charlie has the 26/26
(Having the extra gather round helped)

[Sub-Zero]

Just saw a stat re Curnow.
He may have had a lean finals but....he's the only player ever to kick a goal in 26/26 games
Lots of 25/25 (Ablett, Franklin and others) and 24/24 (Hudson, Dunstall....) but only Charlie has the 26/26

That's outstanding, although it must be said that the four others played in better teams and played in lesser games during those years.

[Gointocarlton]

I managed to watch the most game on my laptop in between checking out of hotels, transiting to and from Airports and catching planes home. I missed all of the 2nd qtr. I'll have to watch the game again on a proper TV to judge properly but to me, our first qtr shows why we can match it with all the contenders. Our last two quarters show why you need to finish top 4 to make the big dance.
We need a massive preseason and load up again ensuring we learn from:
- The horror run of 8 losses from rnds 5 to 13.
- The brilliant run of wins against contenders.
- The 3 unbelievable finals we played.
I thought our two youngest in Motts and Hollands were fantastic last night, for such young heads and bodies, they had a serious crack.
I'm proud of my club again, thank you CFC.
Go Blues and bring on 2024.

[ElwoodBlues1]

I managed to watch the most game on my laptop in between checking out of hotels, transiting to and from Airports and catching planes home. I missed all of the 2nd qtr. I'll have to watch the game again on a proper TV to judge properly but to me, our first qtr shows why we can match it with all the contenders. Our last two quarters show why you need to finish top 4 to make the big dance.
We need a massive preseason and load up again ensuring we learn from:
- The horror run of 8 losses from rnds 5 to 13.
- The brilliant run of wins against contenders.
- The 3 unbelievable finals we played.
I thought our two youngest in Motts and Hollands were fantastic last night, for such young heads and bodies, they had a serious crack.
I'm proud of my club again, thank you CFC.
Go Blues and bring on 2024.

I thought Hollands struggled on Jarrod Berry, I like Hollands as he has a crack but Berry is a big unit and doubled our mans possessions and we didnt do our rookie wingman any favours and maybe should have played Cuningham.

[Gointocarlton]

I thought Hollands struggled on Jarrod Berry, I like Hollands as he has a crack but Berry is a big unit and doubled our mans possessions and we didnt do our rookie wingman any favours and maybe should have played Cuningham.

Cunners was a witches hat for the 2 finals, he had to get dropped. If Charlie wasn't Charlie and dual Coleman medalist, he probably should have joined him. Not laying blame here, its a team game not 1 player here or there. I just loved Ollie's approach to the finals.

[Lods]

That's outstanding, although it must be said that the four others played in better teams and played in lesser games during those years.

There were quite a few players with the 25/25 and 24/24 I just picked a few of the best.

Matty Lloyd, Old Daicos, Quinlan, Nick Riewoldt Pav and others all had goal each game seasons...
Jezza had a 24/25 season in 1970.

I've seen some vision today of Charlie in some contests over the finals and gee, some of the tunneling tactics used against him were quite dangerous.