Carlton will welcome again captain Patrick Cripps for his or her drought-breaking AFL elimination last however are sweating on the supply of key pair Jacob Weitering and Blake Acres.
The Blues will host Sydney on the MCG of their first finals look since 2013, having locked away fifth spot earlier than Sunday’s 32-point defeat to GWS at Marvel Stadium.
Cripps (soreness) missed that match, throughout which Acres sustained a shoulder harm and Weitering got here beneath scrutiny for making contact to Giants captain Toby Greene’s eye area.
Footage of the incident can be assessed by the league’s match assessment officer on Monday, with key defender Weitering going through a potential superb and even suspension.
“I haven’t actually had a look at it and I haven’t even bothered to have a look at it,” Blues coach Michael Voss advised reporters post-match.
“I’m sort of comfortable with the commentary around it, so I’ll leave it at that.
“He’s fairly vital – I feel that is in all probability stating the actual apparent. He’s had a unbelievable yr.”
Acres was substituted out of the Giants clash after hurting his left shoulder during his third quarter.
The former Fremantle and St Kilda wingman has shone in his first season at the Blues, averaging a career-best 23.5 disposals, but could now miss the finals campaign.
“Early indication won’t be nice however we’ll assess that and hopefully get all the outcomes by Tuesday,” Voss said.
Cripps will return for his first AFL finals appearance against Sydney after Sam Walsh, Adam Cerra, Mitch McGovern and Corey Durdin all came back from injury in the GWS loss.
Voss was pleased those players got through unscathed but felt the Giants exposed his side in some key areas as the Blues’ nine-match winning streak ground to a halt.
“What we’re attempting to construct is a system that can get up in massive moments and in massive finals, and we really feel like we have made huge inroads into that specific a part of our recreation,” Voss mentioned.
“Funnily sufficient a few of that in all probability allow us to down (in opposition to GWS).
“Our defence and ability to be able to defend the turnover was pretty poor … but we’ve got the feedback we need to make sure that we correct it and put it back into place when we come to our first final.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
