As the casualties mount, Carlton’s season is on the brink

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The Blues, at their best, can test and sometimes beat the best. But in a competition of micro-margins, they don’t have the depth to cover more than a few missing pieces.

Carlton’s capitulation to Sydney on Friday night bore little resemblance to the elimination final of last year between the clubs, when the Blues controlled much of the game and then fended off the fierce underdog Swans late to win by six points, triggering a wave of rapture at the MCG.

Saad, who can be counted on to run and carry from behind the ball, is probably the most crucial of the missing Blues , given their lack of overlap and run compared with Sydney. Happily, Saad is slated to return for the Suns game, with Motlop also a chance. Nic Newman, the ex-Swan, continues to get a truckload of the ball in defence, but the Blues were exposed on the deck by the sharper Swans. In attack, Curnow and McKay started with menace and were subsequently starved by a combination of one-way midfield traffic and poor quality entries.

 

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