Brisbane are assured they will discover a strategy to quell Charlie Curnow, with breakout defender Jack Payne prone to get first dibs on the Carlton famous person.
Curnow is coming off a nine-goal haul in Carlton’s 108-point drubbing of West Coast and leads the Coleman Medal on 30 targets alongside Geelong gun Jeremy Cameron.
Last yr’s AFL main goalkicker, Curnow is joined by fellow huge man Harry McKay, with Lions coach Chris Fagan assured Payne may deal with one of many twin towers on Friday night time after his robust begin to the season.
“(Payne) is just looking confident, isn’t he?” Fagan mentioned.
“That continuity, the fact he played in all the finals last year, he’s starting to believe in himself and feels like he belongs at AFL level.
“He’s performed on some fairly first rate gamers this yr and carried out a fantastic job.
“I can’t see why he can’t continue that tomorrow night.”
Fagan famous each assaults had been able to placing on a present, with Curnow and McKay at one finish and Joe Daniher, Eric Hipwood and Charlie Cameron on the different.
“They’ve got their work cut out, their backs, and our backs have got their work cut out for them, so it’ll make for a good contest,” he mentioned.
“But Curnow and McKay are certainly in good form.”
The Blues expect a bumper crowd at Marvel Stadium and Fagan welcomed the event.
“Big stage. I hear the game’s a sell-out so it’s going to be a finals-like atmosphere and we crave to play in those games and we’re looking forward to the opportunity,” he mentioned.
“Carlton found some good form last week, they were really good against West Coast.
“It’s a great take a look at for us.”
Fagan relished the prospect of gun midfield trio Lachie Neale, Josh Dunkley and Will Ashcroft going toe-to-toe with the likes of Patrick Cripps, Sam Walsh and Adam Cerra.
“It’s going to be the a part of the sport we have to get proper this week as a result of they have a very robust midfield too,” he mentioned.
“Cripps is the No.1 clearance participant and first-possession participant within the AFL.
“Whoever wins that battle, it’ll go a long way towards deciding the outcome of the game.”
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