AFL Finals 2024 Carlton vs Brisbane in Brisbane

[Lods]

We'll find out how broken our blokes are when they have their post season operations.

I'm guessing it might be more significant than we've been led to believe.
Acres (shoulder) Walsh (back) for starters.
Weitering??? (might not require surgery, but a few corkies may have left him a bit battered and bruised)

[Gointocarlton]

I'll back Doc and will be a massive lift for the boys.
Charlie and H will be massive ins.
We'll smash Bris by hunting them and applying a massive amount of pressure. They will fold.
BTW, the new darlings of the comp will get a football lesson from the Dogs on Friday night.

[bobby]

Agree 100% on the comment on C & H playing too deep, and leave Kemp down forward to mix things up.

IMHO Ithink Moir is something special. Play him. He is still under the radar / underestimated and therefore not respected yet. No better time to announce himself and do some damage.

[Baggers]

My team would be something like this....

FB - Cowan - Weitering - Newman
HB - Saad - Young - McGovern
C - Acres - Cripps - O.Hollands
HF - Kemp - McKay - Williams
FF - Motlop - Curnow - E. Hollands
R - Pittonet - Hewett - Walsh
Int - Kennedy - Docherty - Boyd - Cincotta
Sub - Moir

Hard to see Boyd getting up with an adductor injury. Cooper Lord for Boyd... especially hearing how Vossy and Crippa talked him up and how he has fit in so well.

[madbluboy]

Our goal should still be to win the premiership. There is no point playing Charlie this week if the ankle is still bothering him. If we win he still has to back it up the following week and then another 2 matches after that.

[Professer E]

Motlop won't be in the side based on the past two weeks.  Invisible

[Lods]

Our goal should still be to win the premiership. There is no point playing Charlie this week if the ankle is still bothering him. If we win he still has to back it up the following week and then another 2 matches after that.

That's the tricky part isn't it.
We don't know if we have one week left... or four.

Do we throw everything into the first game....or do we take a conservative approach with some players, in the hope they'll be even more ready in the weeks ahead.

It' s a really difficult situation for selectors.

Injured players...do they need another week?
Players who have been carrying injuries, but still playing...will they hold up?
Players coming back for injuries...will it take more than a game or two to hit peak form?
Young players untried in the heat of finals battle...will they be found wanting under finals pressure?
Docherty...could be an inspiration...could have the opposite effect if he is injured again.

It's a scenario that could have our selectors open to heavy criticism...or praise, if they get it right.
The thing is that they're probably the group with the best knowledge of current player status to make those decisions.

[Thryleon]

That's the tricky part isn't it.
We don't know if we have one week left... or four.

Do we throw everything into the first game....or do we take a conservative approach with some players, in the hope they'll be even more ready in the weeks ahead.

It' s a really difficult situation for selectors.

Injured players...do they need another week?
Players who have been carrying injuries, but still playing...will they hold up?
Players coming back for injuries...will it take more than a game or two to hit peak form?
Young players untried in the heat of finals battle...will they be found wanting under finals pressure?
Docherty...could be an inspiration...could have the opposite effect if he is injured again.

It's a scenario that could have our selectors open to heavy criticism...or praise, if they get it right.
The thing is that they're probably the group with the best knowledge of current player status to make those decisions.

Charlie doing nothing > any of our other forwards doing nothing.  Will demand a decent opponent at worst and get subbed out.  Just can't break him in the process.  If he needs an operation though it won't matter if you play him this and/or next week though.  That won't change until his operation.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Charlie has a bit to prove given he was criticised for a lack lustre finals campaign last season and Im hoping this will fire him up to prove the critics wrong.

[madbluboy]

We tried Charlie doing nothing against Hawthorn, it didn't work for us or him.