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[cats_09]

Cats are ... lazy or disinterested or both

Or maybe neither

Outplayed and failed to adapt

Can see what they wanted to do but nothing came off - as mentioned in the first quarter, there was a lack of cohesion & understanding from our guys

17 AFL listed players sounds good and looks great on paper, but there was a disconnect out there - it was a team that trains together but hasn't really played together, versus a team that trains & plays together

An example is that we'd repeatedly would handball forward of the pack for a teammate to run on to, but we rarely had a teammate free to do that

Knowing we had another game regardless of result, maybe this was more about getting a run in the legs of some players and how this could benefit our senior guys rather than the key focus being on winning today and a week off in the VFL

 

[Mr Meow]

They'll back Stanley in now I reckon.

If we were playing a side with multiple dangerous key forwards they might have taken the risk, or taken him off at half time.

With Stanley looking okay though, and Georgiades being Port's main weapon, you can understand if the club doesn't feel the need to risk a possibly underdone player in a final.

I agree, although Port will also have Dixon and Marshall as talls. If we decide Kolo needs to spend some time on Rioli, then SDK in defence is a possibility.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Theory why Cats lacked effort

Loss means Cats play next week
Hawkins and Guthrie may play?

It's amazing how correlated "effort" and skill are. Maybe we just couldn't hit a target all day and fumbled which left our players out of position regularly?

We certainly didn't seem to lack effort when we controlled the play for most of the second half.

 

[TheCattery2007]

Theory why Cats lacked effort

Loss means Cats play next week
Hawkins and Guthrie may play?

Absolutely agree with this. AFL team/coaches didn’t want to lose the chance for Guthrie and Hawk to prove themselves. A rest did nothing for the AFL team.


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[witsend]

233 uncontested possessions vs 149

Extraordinary numbers!


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[Cataholic]

Extraordinary numbers!


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Was one way traffic.

 

[The_Koulouriotis_Fan]

Or maybe neither

Outplayed and failed to adapt

Can see what they wanted to do but nothing came off - as mentioned in the first quarter, there was a lack of cohesion & understanding from our guys

17 AFL listed players sounds good and looks great on paper, but there was a disconnect out there - it was a team that trains together but hasn't really played together, versus a team that trains & plays together

An example is that we'd repeatedly would handball forward of the pack for a teammate to run on to, but we rarely had a teammate free to do that

Knowing we had another game regardless of result, maybe this was more about getting a run in the legs of some players and how this could benefit our senior guys rather than the key focus being on winning today and a week off in the VFL

Spot on point regarding teams. It’s why the USA is terrible in the 4x100m despite having the most talented athletes, they just rock up together on the day and have no cohesion.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Theory why Cats lacked effort

Loss means Cats play next week
Hawkins and Guthrie may play?

I don't think they'd lose intentionally and I don't think Guthrie or Hawkins would play anyway

 

[winty]

Final score in the Southport-Frankston game.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Final score in the Southport-Frankston game.

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Jayzuz

 

[Gunf]

Final score in the Southport-Frankston game.

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To be fair Frankston shouldn't have been in finals

 

[Cataholic]

Sam Mitchell watching Box Hill.......

Can anyone confirm whether or not Scott attended the VFL today?

 

[Munich]

Sam Mitchell watching Box Hill.......

Can anyone confirm whether or not Scott attended the VFL today?

Yes I saw him there, the camera showed him sitting next to Mackie.

 

[CHAWKTS]

Rohan ended up with 6 possessions, only 1 of which was effective. Probably would've been better off without him to be honest.

Don’t wont to overact - but I will…

Is this the nail in coffin of any chance on playing on next year?

 

[Cataholic]

Yes I saw him there, the camera showed him sitting next to Mackie.

Thanks

 

[patience]

Are the Bankers out of the finals? I’m overseas on dodgy wifi trying to keep up.
Thanks.

 

[Gunf]

Are the Bankers out of the finals? I’m overseas on dodgy wifi trying to keep up.
Thanks.

Na we lost the first final but since we finished top four we have the double chance

 

[rocker_oz33]

They played a way cruder style of footy ....at times the umps swallowed the whistle...
I don't know why they have young umps doing finals they got sucked in alot.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Or maybe neither

Outplayed and failed to adapt

Can see what they wanted to do but nothing came off - as mentioned in the first quarter, there was a lack of cohesion & understanding from our guys

17 AFL listed players sounds good and looks great on paper, but there was a disconnect out there - it was a team that trains together but hasn't really played together, versus a team that trains & plays together

An example is that we'd repeatedly would handball forward of the pack for a teammate to run on to, but we rarely had a teammate free to do that

Knowing we had another game regardless of result, maybe this was more about getting a run in the legs of some players and how this could benefit our senior guys rather than the key focus being on winning today and a week off in the VFL

They didnt adapt to the conditions well especially with wind didnt change angles enough.

I thought clohesy and clark were good with their attack on the ball. Hardie was decent but him and parfitt both made critical errors even though they tried hard.

That was the best game ive seen osullivan play looks like an afl player just needs a bigger body.

Rohan was very disappointing. Murdoch too. As a team we were poor today.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Don’t wont to overact - but I will…

Is this the nail in coffin of any chance on playing on next year?

Probably yes (depends if we want to get him to 100 games or not) hes done.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

To be fair Frankston shouldn't have been in finals

The funny thing is a full strength gc probably would have knocked southport out now southport might knock us out.

 

[Max Rooke]

Where can I find VFL game player stats?

 

[cats_09]

 

[cats_09]

Where can I find VFL game player stats?

I find the VFL app the easiest option

 

[Generalissimo]

VFL umpiring is worse than the AFL. Surprise surprise.

It's not the poor quality that bugs me; that's to be expected at a lower level. It's the one-sidedness. We get reamed week after week after week.