Autopsy 2023 Round 11 – Geelong vs GWS Giants, Saturday May 27, 4.35pm, GMHBA Stadium

[Giant Strides]

Mine too! Throw in Kelly and that is my top 4

Ahem! Sam Taylor says "don't forget about me!"

 

[Colonial]

Mine too! Throw in Kelly and that is my top 4

Yep Chook is up there.


People bag Cogs, Chook, Whitfield and Haynes for the coin they are on to stay.
Not knowing they were offered a lot more by other clubs to go.

 

[Colonial]

Ahem! Sam Taylor says "don't forget about me!"

Never.

 

[GWS Goose]

Some good aspects from the game, and a couple of negatives:

• inspirational effort from Toby in his 200th, leading from the front; his 4 first half goals gave us some belief
• Briggs was excellent and has clearly overtaken Flynn as preferred ruck (game high 8 clearances, 5 tackles & a goal)
• Riccardi had his best game since his first year - if he can keep taking those contested marks, his goalkicking is surer than Jesse & Cadman
• Binga was superb - his speed and spark was something we really missed last year
• the defence as a whole was pretty good, kept Jezza & Hawk to a combined 3 goals
• Keeffe was solid & did a better job than I thought he would
• Idun had a strong game, both in defensive and rebound aspects of his game
• Ash, although he did have a couple of soft defensive efforts, did take a couple of strong contested marks, and kicked pretty well today
• Whitfield probably had his strongest game in 2 years, not as wayward in kicking nor as soft in defence (although still not where he was)
• we missed a few easy set shots (Toby, Jesse, Cadman) that should have put us further ahead at 3Q time
• Cadman took a couple of good marks, but he's got the yips: needs to take some pressure off by going back to VFL and give Derksen a run (although it will probably be HH coming back from concussion who'll take his spot)
• Brown is still problematic: several of those goals stemmed from poor decisions or poor efforts from him
• as others have said, Peatling gives 100%, but his skills are lacking - he's a cheap backup player
• Angwin is still so-so IMHO; not convinced

Still, have to be happy with the effort that the boys put in. Winning our last 3 games at MHBA Stadium is amazing.

Agree with all of that except for Angwin.
He was good today, a lot of important touches in chains , often working hard to be there.
Becoming a handy player.

 

[BarryAglett]

Is Bedford Binga?

He looks so dynamic in the small amount I've seen this season.
Although not sure his brain can keep up with his legs just yet.

Binga is Brent Daniels.

 

[Colonial]

Stormy is also another name for Binga.

 

[GWS Goose]

Ahem! Sam Taylor says "don't forget about me!"

The others have had more time to win my heart ,

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Happy Kingsley - pleased with our team’s attitude and our guys learning there’s reward for efforts.

AFL R11 Post-Match: Adam Kingsley

Hear from coach Adam Kingsley after the GIANTS close win against Geelong.

www.gwsgiants.com.au

 

[sydney_gws]

Yep Chook is up there.


People bag Cogs, Chook, Whitfield and Haynes for the coin they are on to stay.
Not knowing they were offered a lot more by other clubs to go.

That is the problem with free agency. I think it should remain, but club wanting to sign needs to pay part of the compensation. Players association probably never agrees to this though.

 

[Giant Strides]

 

[MelbourneGWS]

The mainstream Victorian media are also taking notice of our fantastic achievement yesterday. Beating Geelong in Geelong, especially after the Sydney Swans being thrashed there earlier, should hopefully give our team the self belief that they can beat anyone,

Coming into the game, GWS had remarkably won its last two games at GMHBA Stadium, the competition’s best continuous record. Geelong also hadn’t lost at home for over a year and hadn’t conceded more than 75 points at Kardinia Park since Round 23, 2021.

Giants continue extraordinary record at the Cattery as upset Saturday is complete

Another win for the ages from Greater Western Sydney at GMHBA against Geelong.

www.sen.com.au

 

[Danny88]

That pressure and intensity was amazing

We are so watchable when we move the ball like that

 

[Andre the Giant]

That was a win full of character, yes they had a lot of outs but so did we and to beat them on their home ground was a great effort for such a young team.

The most pleasing aspect was the manic pressure and care in defence, this is the stuff we craved when we had the big name players and were a flag threat but seldom saw, Kingsley is changing this.

Our pressure index was through the roof, guys like Daniels leading the charge.

I have been critical of Angwin since he was drafted, well, got another one wrong. He is a nice young player, he’s not agile, he doesn’t have a bag of tricks but he’s got great endurance and he has something a lot of our players in the past have not shown…composure.

Hogan may not be a rocket scientist in real life but he is one of the most tactically smart footballers in the comp, the number of things he does and the way his mind works to get the best outcomes is very impressive, he is playing career best footy.

Ash copped some flack on here but as a defender he will make some errors that will cost but his work ethic cannot be questioned. I thought overall he was pretty good and he stood up in key areas. Idun was amazing and young Brown except for one notable error is showing signs, great athlete and seems pretty unflappable.

Cadman lost a little confidence last week and that continued on. He will be a bit like that as a young tall but these games are gold for him to get. He will keep improving and will be fine.

Toby Greene

4

Toby Greene

Age

31

Ht

182cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.7

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

10.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.2

4star

D

17.5

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.8

4star

T

1.0

2star

G

2.3

5star

D

26.6

5star

K

12.4

5star

HB

14.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.6

5star

G

0.0

1star

is God.

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

cameron very lucky cody weightman

3

Cody Weightman

Age

23

Ht

179cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

6.5

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

6.5

1star

K

4.0

1star

HB

2.5

2star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

6.5

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

2.5

3star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

G

1.0

4star

was playing last night to take the heat and focus off him.

 

[Orange crush]

That was a win full of character, yes they had a lot of outs but so did we and to beat them on their home ground was a great effort for such a young team.

The most pleasing aspect was the manic pressure and care in defence, this is the stuff we craved when we had the big name players and were a flag threat but seldom saw, Kingsley is changing this.

Our pressure index was through the roof, guys like Daniels leading the charge.

I have been critical of Angwin since he was drafted, well, got another one wrong. He is a nice young player, he’s not agile, he doesn’t have a bag of tricks but he’s got great endurance and he has something a lot of our players in the past have not shown…composure.

Hogan may not be a rocket scientist in real life but he is one of the most tactically smart footballers in the comp, the number of things he does and the way his mind works to get the best outcomes is very impressive, he is playing career best footy.

Ash copped some flack on here but as a defender he will make some errors that will cost but his work ethic cannot be questioned. I thought overall he was pretty good and he stood up in key areas. Idun was amazing and young Brown except for one notable error is showing signs, great athlete and seems pretty unflappable.

Cadman lost a little confidence last week and that continued on. He will be a bit like that as a young tall but these games are gold for him to get. He will keep improving and will be fine.

Toby Greene is God.

Agree on all of this …. And Carmen needs to keep playing in the ones

Yep more points:

Keefe …. Very limited footballer but he gives it his best. GreT effort on porky

Ward…. People calling for him not to resigned for next year are dead set nuts …. Still got lots to offer

 

[Giant Pete]

If HH and Haynes return this week, I think it will be for Cadman and Brown/Keeffe.

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

There have been times when it looks like Cadman wants to be anywhere but here and I think that maybe we wasted a no.1 pick (not because he’s no good, but more Bruhn-like), but then I see photos like these and think… maybe….

 

[Orange crush]

Speaking of Bruhn, anyone missing home yet?

 

[Adam Giant]

If HH and Haynes return this week, I think it will be for Cadman and Brown/Keeffe.

Yep, Keeffe probably the unlucky one as he played well, but no real monsters in the Tigers forward line.

 

[Adam Giant]

Speaking of Bruhn, anyone missing home yet?

Didn't notice him out there except for when Cal Ward belted him.

 

[JC100]

Agree on all of this …. And Carmen needs to keep playing in the ones

Yep more points:

Keefe …. Very limited footballer but he gives it his best. GreT effort on porky

Ward…. People calling for him not to resigned for next year are dead set nuts …. Still got lots to offer

Wards issue wasn’t that he was past it. His issue was that Leon wanted to play 10 inside mids and he was more flexible than some of the others so he got stuff on the half back flank. Bit like Cogs playing as a forward.

 

[Colonial]

Anyone got footage of Ward on Bruhn? Or a time stamp in the game? Missed it and want to see it.

 

[Giant Strides]

Buckley superb in this passage of play:

 

[Giant Strides]

I don't usually put post-game interviews up, but for anyone who doesn't normally listen to them, I thought this was an excellent interview from Lachie Keeffe. Very well spoken, understands his role in the Giants squad. And very complementary towards Hawk. I'm impressed.

 

[Giant Strides]

To be expected