Review Cats drown Hawks by 36 points in Tommas 350

[dazbroncos]

Good win.

Kinda hard fought and things to fix still.

But lots to like.

Tomma gets the 350th Win and 4 goals.

OH in 50th kick 5 I think it was or at least 4.

Jezza few too.

Stengle, Close, Conway, Clark, Miers, Zuthrie, Stewy, Clark all very good.
Bruhn....started well and slowed but still a solid game. Dempsey good too.

Parfitt gets his own recognition... Great form last 2 weeks and deserves another go next week.

Stanley looking over his shoulder at Conway and knowing change is here.

Duncan showed his value and class

Good on Hawks for sticking around for guard of honour.

Duncam BLitz and Jezza chairing Tomma off for 350.

Things to work on but 3-0 is a great place to be heading into gather round.

Onto next week but geez its good to nail the Hawks.

Go Catters

 

[Seeds]

Did hawthorn just break the record for most dives in a match?

 

[Johanpetro]

Bowes 8 touches and 5 tackles in the last quarter

 

[D BRIDGE]

Ginnivan is an embarrassment.

The guy legit looks to milk a free every single time he is in a contest.

To be honest, most of the Hawks were turning head on and looking for frees.

I can not believe this isn’t coached into them, it just was happening way too much.

 

[Seeds]

Stengle and parfit return to form.

 

[vikum123]

Can defs see lot of upside from this side albeit a small sample size still.

When our offensive is up and running not too many teams can go toe to toe with us.

Gonna go bit early here but Conway is defs future AA calibre. Just a natural footballer and also has that physically around the ball and contested marking ability. Just needs to improve that tank obvs.

Excited to see how far the midfield will go when we have danger, Guthrie (return to his usual form) on top of tanner and co.

I’m bullish we will be a contender as long as our midfield breaks even consistently through the year.

 

[thecatattack]

Stengle has been in ripping form this season.

Parfitt good again, 21 touches and 10 tackles. Bruhn elite.

OH 4, Hawkins 4, Jezza 2 (should be 3), Stengle 2, Miers 1 (with 21 touches), Close 1.

Conway great. Defense as always.

Not to go early but continue with this form into September and we're a flag chance.

 

[Zouz Kitty]

Father/Son/Daughters picks right here

 

[catempire]

Just glad we got the job done for Hawk.

Thought there were really disappointing periods of that game where the team and several individuals didn’t do what was required. Just needed 10 minutes of intense footy in the 2nd quarter to put the game out of reach and make it an easy kill.

 

[Taper]

Conway feeding the ball to Bruhn, Clark, Dempsey and Holmes is something I'm comfortable with getting used to for the next decade.

 

[Seeds]

Two monster tackles

Henry on sicily in the first.

And the absolute ripsnorter from parfit in the last. If there was a tackle of the year comp the parfit one would be up there.

 

[iameviljez]

Can we just pump the brakes on Conway a little?

I thought he played well for a second-game ruckman, but let's keep it in perspective - he kept Meek honest and had a few good moments, but Meek did win the ruck battle overall... and he's Lloyd Meek, not Sean Darcy

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Sean Darcy

Age

26

Ht

203cm

Wt

111kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.1

3star

K

3.4

1star

HB

6.6

4star

CL

2.4

4star

HO

28.8

5star

D

6.8

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

4.8

3star

CL

1.8

4star

HO

20.3

5star

D

11.4

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

6.8

5star

CL

2.6

5star

HO

32.0

5star

, Max Gawn

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Max Gawn

Age

32

Ht

209cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

6.7

4star

CL

2.8

4star

HO

35.3

5star

D

18.5

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

7.0

4star

CL

3.5

4star

HO

29.2

5star

D

8.4

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

4.8

4star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

15.6

5star

, Tim English or Jarrod Witts

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Jarrod Witts

Age

32

Ht

209cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.2

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

5.8

4star

CL

3.3

5star

HO

31.8

5star

D

10.8

3star

K

5.9

2star

HB

4.9

3star

CL

3.4

4star

HO

29.5

5star

D

7.8

2star

K

4.2

2star

HB

3.6

3star

CL

0.4

3star

HO

8.0

5star

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For my mind, he did enough to keep his spot, and has a really good set of hands, but there's a fair way to go as well.

This board does this all the time - wanting a much-hyped young player to succeed so badly that an ok performance must be talked up as excellent. He was decent, and that's more than enough at this early stage in his career.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Not normally my go, but just can't leave it unsaid. That commentary was nauseating all day.

I know Geelong going well doesn't sell papers, and telling the everyday fan at home that Geelong have got another 10 years of contending ahead of them with the kids is the last thing they want to hear...but come on.

You know it's bad when Hodgey - A Hawthorn champion - is actually the most balanced when it comes to his comments. BT & JB despise us, and apart from the above, I just can't see why.

 

[iameviljez]

Stengle has been in ripping form this season.

?? He was basically anonymous against StKilda.

 

[Zouz Kitty]

The title of this Review thread:

Cats drown Hawks by 36 in Tommas 350

Love it

 

[#cats2021]

We did what we needed to and navigated a tricky final quarter. SDK was better in the last half of the game but that needs to be the bare minimum standard moving forward.

Best footy Stengle has played for 12 months and we look all the better for it. I still feel like Henry is a cameo player yet he kicks 4 today and should have had 5!

Bruhn is a future AA.

 

[thecatattack]

?? He was basically anonymous against StKilda.

and has been amazing 2 games after. find the negative though.

 

[Generalissimo]

Bank the 4 points and move on.

Good signs from Mullin, Conway, Bruhn, Clark, Dempsey. No injuries or obvious MRP worries. SdK finally pulled the finger out.

All positives. Go Cats!

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[iameviljez]

We did what we needed to and navigated a tricky final quarter. SDK was better in the last half of the game but that needs to be the bare minimum standard moving forward

I thought he was pretty good tbh - not that Mabior Chol and Mitch Lewis are the last word as tall forwards.
His touch in the last quarter was excellent.

He's a bit of a victim of his own high standards IMO.

 

[Reppie]

Can we just pump the brakes on Conway a little?

I thought he played well for a second-game ruckman, but let's keep it in perspective - he kept Meek honest and had a few good moments, but Meek did win the ruck battle overall... and he's Lloyd Meek, not Sean Darcy, Max Gawn, Tim English or Jarrod Witts.

For my mind, he did enough to keep his spot, and has a really good set of hands, but there's a fair way to go as well.

This board does this all the time - wanting a much-hyped young player to succeed so badly that an ok performance must be talked up as excellent. He was decent, and that's more than enough at this early stage in his career.

He was great just enjoy

 

[Johanpetro]

Can we just pump the brakes on Conway a little?

I thought he played well for a second-game ruckman, but let's keep it in perspective - he kept Meek honest and had a few good moments, but Meek did win the ruck battle overall... and he's Lloyd Meek, not Sean Darcy, Max Gawn, Tim English or Jarrod Witts.

For my mind, he did enough to keep his spot, and has a really good set of hands, but there's a fair way to go as well.

This board does this all the time - wanting a much-hyped young player to succeed so badly that an ok performance must be talked up as excellent. He was decent, and that's more than enough at this early stage in his career.

Conway played a better game than Stanley has for 12 months. He had a great game and gonna be very very good

 

[iameviljez]

and has been amazing 2 games after. find the negative though.

Would you call his Adelaide game amazing?

Anyway, you did say he's been in "ripping" form this season, and the first game is literally 33% of that entire sample size. My point wasn't exactly OTT.

 

[Pollywaffle]

Parfitt looked more composed. Back to something like his better days.
Kicking still a bit rushed and up and under for mine.

 

[The rabbi]

 

[STPer18]

Ginnivan is an embarrassment.

The guy legit looks to milk a free every single time he is in a contest.

To be honest, most of the Hawks were turning head on and looking for frees.

I can not believe this isn’t coached into them, it just was happening way too much.

All the smalls in their forward line were doing it. Ginnivan obviously, but Bruest, Watson and Moore(underrated flopper) were going at it all game. They're all shockers at it.