Autopsy AFL 2023 Round 10 - Dockers v Cats Sat May 20th 4:35pm AEST/ 2:35PM WST (OS)

[CHAWKTS]

Any idea what it is?

Minor leg issue…will be back post bye

 

[CHAWKTS]

Guthrie I disagree as he has been pretty poor all season long (22 disposals, 3 clearances) but no doubt Dangerfield is a big loss.
I would also include Stanley and De Koning. While Stanley is no star, he is of similar importance to what Darcy Cameron is to Collingwood.

Darcy Parish be a handy inclusion next season by the way.

I agree that a 26yo élite midfielder is exactly what we need next year. Danger joined at that age I think and frankly we don’t climb the mountain without that trade (and of course Jezza). Our big gap is an elite mid in that age bracket to bolster us while we have Guth and Danger but also to take over when they are gone and lead the next generation (who will still be coming into their peak)..

Only issue with Darcy of course is his size. Ideal would be a 188cm 26yo star midfielder - but they aren’t available very often!

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Guthrie I disagree as he has been pretty poor all season long (22 disposals, 3 clearances) but no doubt Dangerfield is a big loss.
I would also include Stanley and De Koning. While Stanley is no star, he is of similar importance to what Darcy Cameron is to Collingwood.

Darcy Parish be a handy inclusion next season by the way.

Definitely yes for Parish if it happens. What the last fortnight has shown is that without Dangerfield, Guthrie and Duncan we don't have a midfielder who can accumulate 30+ and make the game theirs. We have role player mids Blicavs, Atkins, Bruhn, Parfitt, Holmes. Admittedly at varied stages of development cycles.

But plug-n-play Parish at 26 in his prime is precisely what is needed.

 

[My Tilly]

I agree that a 26yo élite midfielder is exactly what we need next year. Danger joined at that age I think and frankly we don’t climb the mountain without that trade (and of course Jezza). Our big gap is an elite mid in that age bracket to bolster us while we have Guth and Danger but also to take over when they are gone and lead the next generation (who will still be coming into their peak)..

Only issue with Darcy of course is his size. Ideal would be a 188cm 26yo star midfielder - but they aren’t available very often!

Parish makes up for his lack of size by winning clearances once the ball hits the deck. He's very similar to Lachie Neale.
We also have Knevitt & Holmes who are bigger bodies but yeh' see what happens trade week but he's got to be our main target if he does contemplate a move.

 

[Mayes2Gray]

Stanley
Bowes
Guthrie
Dangerfield
Duncan
O Henry
Rohan
Sam Dekoning.

8 is a lot mate… of cause it will have a huge impact

I didn’t ask for a list of your players. I asked if that excuse is valid for every team, or just Geelong.

 

[VinnieB]

Very observant, most had Danger ALL Australian before the injury, did you expect a midfield of Bruhn, Atkins, Holmes to get it done

So you're confirming the Cats have no depth...

 

[Bunnings]

So you're confirming the Cats have no depth...

on yesterday output, of course, you are spot on... they needed the health of the old fellas last year too, I don't think many deny do they?

 

[geelong_crazy26]

I didn’t ask for a list of your players. I asked if that excuse is valid for every team, or just Geelong.

Yes mate, WCE and Sydney have done nothing but go on about it and it’s clearly shown in the results as both have similar injury lists.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

So you're confirming the Cats have no depth...

Curious question.

If you lost: nick daicos, degoey, Maynard, Cameron, Elliot, mitchel, moore, hill, j daicos…

Are you saying it wouldn’t impact the teams performance?? I assume it would just mean you have no depth and it’s a poor excuse

 

[geelong_crazy26]

It’s not 8 and never has been! Some of those you mentioned are not even best 22… can we please be a no excuse football club? Essendon were missing their starting midfield and power their forward line but they got it done! Walyalup out ran and worked Geelong and deserved the win.

Err they are all b22. The only one up for debate is probably O Henry but I have him in personally after his performances. The rest are in including bowes easily.

I think you’re just stupid if you come to the conclusion that replacing Patrick dangerfield with Oliver Dempsey isn’t going to make your team worse and etc with whoever else. Of cause it does. I never would use injuries as an excuse if it’s just a few (2-3) but if you get a huge quantity it becomes something you have to highlight as an obvious problem while trying to get the best out of what you have on the field.

I am not arrogant enough to believe the geelong footy club can have 8-9 of its best 22 missing and still beat good quality teams, maybe you do believe this but I don’t think we are a super team miles above everyone else.. it’s very even the competition

 

[armpit]

Freo fans on here watching their team playing clearly better than our weakened team and about to win a key game spending all their time whining about umpires. Hilarious. Your team is working their way back in this year and you should enjoy it. Got a lot to enjoy I would have thought

Quite right.