The Blues hope the scene is set for Charlie Curnow to be a dominant finals figurehead, but the Demons are counting on their elite defence to keep their premiership aspirations alive before a sell-out crowd on Friday night.
). This will be one of the epic battles of the season, pitting arguably the competition’s premier forward, and most exciting talent, against a robust, dynamic defender. Curnow will need to be smart, and take May to areas of the ground when May’s sidekick Jake Lever cannot switch across and provide help. Curnow had only the one goal in his first finals appearance last weekend, but he was central to the win on a night fellow tall Harry McKay was concussed. Curnow loves the big stage.
Time to break free: Christian Petracca will need to have a major impact against the Blues if the Demons are to avoid elimination.It would be easy to say all players need to find a way to handle the intensity of a cutthroat final. But the best teams can rely on their best players in the crunch contests. Blues skipper Patrick Cripps was solid against the Swans with 21 touches and a rousing goal that brought the Blues’ faithful to their feet, but he struggled overall to break Callum Mills’ tag.
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