Preview Rd 2 Geelong V St Kilda Sat 22 Mar 2025 735pm @ Marvel

[Vdubs]

Maybe.

They finished 12th last year, Adelaide finished 15th.

Adelaide thrashed them by over 10 goals last week.

And beat us last year.
They are always trouble at Marvel

 

[Zouz Kitty]

Baily Smith was interviewed and said he was sore and had to come off for the last 7 or 8 minutes of the game.
Had a sore knee a couple of weeks ago.
Playing on the concrete slab at Marvel this week.
Putting these three things together. Might be a watch.

Was thinking the same.

I think Baz might be similar to GAJ, very aware of his body + prefers to be cautious + avoid injury. I believe we should respect that, if it’s the case.

 

[thegerman]

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Dropping Boyd is a good move by the Saints, they won't need two rucks to outpoint SDK at hitouts, Marshall will smash him on his own unfortunately. Just up to SDK now to make an impact with his post-stoppage work.

Marshall looked horrible last week. At times looked in a fair bit of pain or stiff. So I don’t think he can do it alone.


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[Zouz Kitty]

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Weather forecast for Saturday is 11° to 21° + guessing about 18° at 7:35pm.

Close should be good for the long sleeves. So more disposals + goals this week, please Brad.

As I type this, Close in sleeveless guernsey + our 78 point win in Rd1, should he persist without sleeves?


#BurningIssues

 

[Mr Meow]

And beat us last year.
They are always trouble at Marvel

Generally I'm wary of St Kilda under the dome like you. I still am a little bit this weekend, but circumstances suit us more than the game last year.

We were back off a tough Perth road trip in which we won as underdogs and basically secured top 4. They were in strong form and we simply ran out of gas.

This time, St Kilda are depleted, a number of players are fronting up sore and they were just belted on their own tough road trip. We looked fit as hell at home and don't have the travel factor.

That doesn't equate to an automatic win by any means, but it's probably the best time to get them at Marvel that we could've asked for.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Weather forecast for Saturday is 11° to 21° + guessing about 18° at 7:35pm.

Close should be good for the long sleeves. So more disposals + goals this week, please Brad.

As I type this, Close in sleeveless guernsey + our 78 point win in Rd1, should he persist without sleeves?

#Bu#BurningIssues

Trivia time! In 426 games Michael Tuck only went sleeveless the once - in the 1987 Grand Final against Carlton. It was 30 degrees. The Hawks lost!

 

[Pollywaffle]

Maybe.
They finished 12th last year, Adelaide finished 15th.
Adelaide thrashed them by over 10 goals last week.

Adelaide pretty good last week and will be a tough opponent at home. This one’s no gimme.
Marvel no happy hunting ground for us.
Interesting game to see where we are really at.

 

[D BRIDGE]

Won't be shocked it Smith is a late out if he is a tad sore in the knee.

Hopefully not though because it's just the start of the season and he played 1 praccy and then missed with knee soreness.... so if it happens again after just one more game I don't think that's a great sign.

Maybe I'm just getting in my head about it... Fingers crossed he is all G or if not it is sore and he misses that it's something that will go away sooner rather than later.

Smith is super important to us already.

 

[Jumping Jack]

Won't be shocked it Smith is a late out if he is a tad sore in the knee.

Hopefully not though because it's just the start of the season and he played 1 praccy and then missed with knee soreness.... so if it happens again after just one more game I don't think that's a great sign.

Maybe I'm just getting in my head about it... Fingers crossed he is all G or if not it is sore and he misses that it's something that will go away sooner rather than later.

Smith is super important to us already.

Word floating out of the club is that Smith was named, but they'd planned on giving him up until match day to see how he was feeling. Understandable that he would pull up sore after no matches for a year. Would also think the club will take a very cautious approach in Round 2 and would prefer to freshen him up for the trip to the Gabba.

The mere fact that's what they're thinking would indicate to me that he's perhaps 50/50 for tomorrow night.

 

[cats_09]

Hope Ted knows the directions to Marvel...

 

[CHAWKTS]

Won't be shocked it Smith is a late out if he is a tad sore in the knee.

Hopefully not though because it's just the start of the season and he played 1 praccy and then missed with knee soreness.... so if it happens again after just one more game I don't think that's a great sign.

Maybe I'm just getting in my head about it... Fingers crossed he is all G or if not it is sore and he misses that it's something that will go away sooner rather than later.

Smith is super important to us already.

I think we will need to get used to that. He is always a little anxious leading into games and therefore will be “uncertain” whether he can play. His standards are so high that he worries about normal soreness impacting what he can do…

I am very hopeful that this is just a bit of worry and the team encourages him to get out there and dominate again

 

[Kitcat]

Weather forecast for Saturday is 11° to 21° + guessing about 18° at 7:35pm.

Close should be good for the long sleeves. So more disposals + goals this week, please Brad.

As I type this, Close in sleeveless guernsey + our 78 point win in Rd1, should he persist without sleeves?

#Bu#BurningIssues

Fortunately, it looks like Close's sunburnt arms will have recovered by tomorrow night.

 

[cats_09]

 

[cats_09]

 

[D BRIDGE]

Word on the street is Toby is a long term prospect for us.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Word on the street is Toby is a long term prospect for us.

The only way is up

 

[D BRIDGE]

CS dropped Bont's name once again in this interview.

I mean it should be no surprise that a club is keen on one of the best players in the game but I just got a feeling there's something in him mentioning wanting him a couple of times.

I hope Bont likes farms.

 

[goyoucatters]

Word on the street is Toby is a long term prospect for us.

As long as that's not code for 'We're expecting to see him back out there in early 2027', I guess that's fine.

 

[cats_09]

CS dropped Bont's name once again in this interview.

I mean it should be no surprise that a club is keen on one of the best players in the game but I just got a feeling there's something in him mentioning wanting him a couple of times.

I hope Bont likes farms.

Wonder how this list will change next year - where will he rate Dangerfield, Cameron, Holmes et al

 

[goyoucatters]

CS dropped Bont's name once again in this interview.

I mean it should be no surprise that a club is keen on one of the best players in the game but I just got a feeling there's something in him mentioning wanting him a couple of times.

I hope Bont likes farms.

I think all this chatter about Bont is just a smokescreen to conceal our actual focus upon someone like Rowell, Butters or LDU. To have the footy world thinking we're all about Bontempelli while surreptitiously firming up the deal that ensures one of those prime movers lands at the Cattery would be pure Geelong.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Don't think either would be moved out barring injury

I meant mullin sub so Clark can play a full game

 

[Pure_Ownage]

I think we will need to get used to that. He is always a little anxious leading into games and therefore will be “uncertain” whether he can play. His standards are so high that he worries about normal soreness impacting what he can do…

I am very hopeful that this is just a bit of worry and the team encourages him to get out there and dominate again

I would have thought mannagh would be in the emergencies (Match fitness I know) if Smith wasn't playing. Clohesy isn't really a like for like swap.

 

[D BRIDGE]

Word floating out of the club is that Smith was named, but they'd planned on giving him up until match day to see how he was feeling. Understandable that he would pull up sore after no matches for a year. Would also think the club will take a very cautious approach in Round 2 and would prefer to freshen him up for the trip to the Gabba.

The mere fact that's what they're thinking would indicate to me that he's perhaps 50/50 for tomorrow night.

They'd name him even if they 100% knew he wasn't going to play.

Hopefully he plays and is fine but I reckon he'll be a late out if he has any soreness at all.

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

Clohesy for Smith looks guaranteed

 

[cats_09]

Clohesy for Smith looks guaranteed

Mitch Duncan come on down