Who will be Captain this week?

Hope Watson is selected and plays on Brown for the experience.

If Watto is smashed, then this would give Cazzesman the chance to post some pictures as a retort to those who think it's the end of Watson's career.

I just hope that if we do win, the reactions of the fans and the players isn't as embarrassing as 2005...St.Kilda-esque carrying on over nothing.

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when they won the 1996 flag against the Blues they celebrated like it was a day flag - but they had been massively starved of success (the duds)

The celebrations after 2007 weren't much different

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I must admit I took 2005 really, really well but had a reality check rd 1 Vs Nth i think it was

2007 was rapt but was under no false illusions

I think the game being played here is a HUGE slap in the face to footy in queensland.
Just a rediculous decision by afl HQ.
Isn't this a national game. Australia's game?

Anyway blues by 31

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Well, it all depends on what you mean by a national competition.

If you mean it's a Victorian competition, which we allow other states to participate in. Then you're absolutely right!

who cares where it's being played. It's a practice match.

AFL did the suns.

10-15,000 crowd in Qld or 25-35,000 crowd here.

Easy decision really.

Don't reckon the reaction of the Club or us supporters will be anywhere as overboard as 05 and 07 if we win.
You have to remember that we were so so success starved in those days, whereas we've got our eyes on a bigger prize these days.

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The pictures should show Watto in mothballs.

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I'd like to see Rowe on Brown & Jamo on Cornelius.

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hats off to armfield, improved out of sight, taken he's game to a new level, especially he's kicking.
for me,
tuohy watson ladiler
yarran henderson bootsma
armfield carrazzo garlett
lucas casboult gibbs
buclkey hampson dale
warnock judd bell
rowe white mccarthy scotland subs; jamison robinson duigan


rest; betts, simpson, murphy, walker, mclean and kreuzer
love too see watson line up on brown, jamison after half time if brown has kicked 10 or more
dale and buckley for the experience
clearly will not happen, but would love too see betts, simpson, murphy, walker, mclean and kreuzer have a spell, nothing to prove with them,
just have them fresh for round 1.
with waite out, can casboult, rowe, hampson and kreuzer all play in the same team???

It is reported in the HUN the captain will be announce on Wednesday evening at the season launch and Hall of fame dinner

The prize pool should be be bigger.

couldn't agree less with that tbh.

it's a pre-season series of practice matches, given a cup and a name to help raise revenue for the AFL competition and return value to the major sponsor (NAB).

Start dishing out significant prizemoney and here's what happens: poor clubs start going hell for leather to win the thing, wealthier clubs obviously keep their focus on the real season, and you'll have a situation where meaningful practice matches will be taking a backseat to 6 or so clubs actually prioritising the NAB cup as an end unto itself.

A reminder:
The season hasn't started yet. This is not a real grand final. It's our last practice match.

No, it's the first of 2 GF's for us this year....

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Well said JohnM.

..disagree.. ..or ratheri kinda agree but disagree.. ..yes i think the prize money should be more.. ..i also believe that the real GF prize money need to be raised.. ..this is not an individual sport, but a team sport.. ..over a club, the prize pools for preseason and H&A season GFs is pitiful..

..also, whats wrong with a struggling club trying to gun it for the preseason to get extra cash, real money that can help the club.. ..cos a struggling and/or poor club is most likely not doing too well during the H&A season anyway, so aren't a real chance for top4, possibly not even a finals chance.. ..when we won our preseason cups, i think the prize money was the same for us as it was for the real GF.. ..crazy stuff..

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two completely different things IMO.

By all means, raise the prizemoney for the grand final winner (by that I mean the grand final, not the team that wins the last practice match of the preseason)

But I still fail to see the need to turn the pre-season into some kind of half-arsed mini season, with a Grand Final and a Premiership team and big prizemoney. And as we all know: money changes everything. Offer big money, and you further legitimise the very idea that the round robin of practice matches that precede the season is somehow bigger than that... a competition to be taken seriously. a trophy worth winning, bragging rights.

I would be extremely disappointed if Carlton did anything in preparation (or on gameday) for this so-called 'grand final' that jeopardised the season proper, and our preparation for Round 1 of the season. How is adding extra worth to a series of practice games meant to enhance the season? Giving struggling clubs a financial carrot to over-emphasise the NAB Cup isn't going to help them in the long run. In any event, clubs that bombed out the previous year usually have an advantage, as they are more advanced in their pre-season training than clubs which go deep into September.

Just my opinion. But I'll be in Sydney on Friday, and I won't even bother looking at getting an earlier flight back to see this game. I would for Round 1, or any other H&A game. Those games matter.