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LIKE a mirage in one of those old movies set in the Arabian desert, it vanished in the blink of an eye.
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On a balmy night at ANZ Stadium, Carlton's preliminary final dream was crushed by the masters of ruthless reality - Sydney.
| 3.3 (21) | Q1 | 2.3 (15) |
| 8.6 (54) | Q2 | 4.8 (32) |
| 13.8 (86) | Q3 | 4.8 (32) |
| 13.8 (86) | Q4 | 8.14 (62) |
| Luke Parker 3 | Jarrad Waite 3 |
| Harry Cunningham 2 | Eddie Betts 2 |
| Kieren Jack 2 | Dennis Armfield 1 |
| Jarrad McVeigh 2 | Bryce Gibbs 1 |
| Jude Bolton 1 | Mitch Robinson 1 |
| Lewis Jetta 1 | |
| Josh P. Kennedy 1 | |
| Ryan O'Keefe 1 |
The Blues were made to look every bit the ninth-placed charity case by a hardened Swans unit that defied injury to bully a side out of its depth.
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Sydney dominated, before easing to a 13.8 (86) to 8.14 (62) win in a war of attrition that saw three players lost to game-ending injuries in a frenzied first half.
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The Swans advance to a preliminary final against Fremantle. Carlton faces some tough questions.
The Blues, riding a wave of feel-good momentum into the west of Sydney, got smacked between the eyes.
Carlton was down by 22 points at half-time, but this time there was no knight in shining navy blue armour; no four-goal hero Nick Duigan called up to dominate mid-sandwich, no Chris Judd on one leg ripping the opposition apart.
Instead, it was just the cold reality of September elimination. The Blues conceded five goals to two in the second quarter before being blown to smithereens in a five-goal to zip third term.
Down by 54 points at three-quarter time, they salvaged some respectability with the only four goals of a last quarter that was purely junk time.
For Sydney, it was a win dripping with irony.
The Swans were sore and tired, they said. Battered by injury for much of the season, too much was supposed to have been left to too few.
John Longmire's men were hit by even more injury pain last night, but it only made the victory more emphatic.
First they lost Kurt Tippett to a knee injury five minutes in. He was joined five minutes later by Tom Mitchell, who had rolled his ankle.
But two men down, they proceeded to run Carlton into the ground.
The Swans amassed a staggering 97 more disposals, had 19 more tackles and five more inside 50s. Also controlling the contested ball, they ran forward with a ferocity that had Carlton labouring.
Sydney players looking for a breather was regularly turned away from the bench due to a lack of rotations, but still Carlton couldn't go with them.
Sydney had a whopping 89 more handball receives, highlighting the willingness to charge into space. They controlled everything, the Swans. It was a monopoly, AFL-style.
Jarrad McVeigh had helped himself to 25 touches by the main break, a staggering 20 and a goal coming in the second term alone. Duigan was ordered to his side in the second half, but it did nothing to curb a 42-possession best on ground performance.
Dan Hannebery had 22 disposals at half time and cruised to finish with 33. Ryan O'Keefe wound back the clock playing almost exclusively at half-forward and caused endless problems. It was all too easy.
The trio's dominance was compounded by Carlton's own injury woes, with stopper Ed Curnow subbed out in the second term with a knee injury. But the undermanned Swans were running riot well before the injury stick whacked Carlton.
Pinned well back inside their defensive half for much of the night, the Blues' forward structure was non-existent at times. They regularly bombed the ball forward to a sea of red and white and when they inevitably conceded possession they couldn't apply pressure.
Jarrad Waite was super in last week's win over Richmond. Last night, until junk time kicked in in the last quarter he struggled to sniff it opposed to Ted Richards, while Levi Casboult had no influence.
The final margin would have been even greater had it not been for the defensive heroics of Andrew Walker, Lachie Henderson and Kade Simpson, who were their sides only winners.
Bryce Gibbs - opposed to Josh Kennedy - and Marc Murphy - Craig Bird - got hands on the ball, but soon found Sydney weren't going to give the same latitude afforded by Richmond. Judd was also harnessed.
To be frank, it was a final margin that flattered Mick Malthouse's men.
Now comes the less than flattering post mortem.
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