The pointy end of the season is coming up. The last few weeks of the regular season where every team is giving it their all, week in week out. Every side is trying to finish as high in the standings as possible, attempting to make finals and gain a home ground advantage.
However, that's not all. The coach doesn't walk in and simply tell the players "we want to make finals", each team has specific goals tailored to the way they play game in order to make it as far as possible in the competition. We're going to look at every team's situation and dissect what they want to do and what they need to do in order to hoist that cup at the end of the season.
Carlton Blues
Unfortunately, the once great club is currently in a rough patch; A very very long rough patch. Although they've seen some positive signs from their young talent, the Blues haven't been able to string together consistently effective four quarter games all season. They won't be playing for finals but they're definitely playing to pick up another win.
A team hasn't won only one game since GWS' inaugural season in 2013. There are suggestions that the Blues should tank for the rest of the season but it's hard to see the players and coaching staff throwing games away. The Blues will have the goal to play competitive in the rest of their games and look to build on a strategy that they can applyย next year as they make a push for the finals.
