Friday night’s game could prove to be the rise or the fall for the Carlton Football Club in 2013.
Clinging on just outside the league’s best, the Blues are sitting in ninth but are two games behind a position in the finals.
Carlton’s strongpoint for this season has been their ability to get the ball out of the middle, currently sitting fourth in the AFL for this. Contrary to the Blues, Collingwood are a measly 15th.
The Pies are a bit of an unknown this year with eight wins and five losses. They have been very up and down, beating the Cats in Round 8 to then get smashed by 47 points by Swans the week after.
Last time these two teams met, the Black and White army sang into the night with a 17 point win, to give Carlton’s season a horror start.
Many were saying no one could come back from an 0-4 start, but slowly and steadily Mick Malthouse turned a corner with his developing side and the Blues hit some form.
This match is a perfect time to reflect if they have improved since that match to forget from earlier on in the season.
Now, it’s in the players hands. The match will almost certainly come down to second, third and fourth efforts, gutsy hard ball gets and a bit of grit and determination.
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