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Rivers got injured in the second quarter, spent a lot of time off the ground and didn't play any of the last quarter.
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Rivers got injured in the second quarter, spent a lot of time off the ground and didn't play any of the last quarter.
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Might get a job on the Tee-Vee ... Oh, wait! His Daddy doesn't live on media street
Hawkins & Selwood are two of the most disliked footballers by other clubs supporters, but they should be two of the most admired imo.
They were massive for your club tonight & were head & shoulders above anyone else from Geelong.
I certainly wish they were in the Bulldogs side.
Too much was left for too few tonight & I fear that the likes of Mackie, Kelly & even Enright are close to the end.
They were massive for your club tonight & were head & shoulders above anyone else from Geelong.
I certainly wish they were in the Bulldogs side.
Too much was left for too few tonight & I fear that the likes of Mackie, Kelly & even Enright are close to the end.
I agree on Duncan. I was desperately disappointed with his game. Totally butchered the ball on numerous occasions. I guess he was at least presenting.
And on Blicavs - yes, he was outclassed in the ruck, but he kept fighting and did what he could. around the ground Hardly the guy for anyone to pick as their scape-goat.
McCarthy almost a fairytale. Wish he'd started.
We looked rooted from the start, its been a draining season. Never been a bigger heart at Catland than Selwood, what a star. Hawkins was fantastic and Caddy super, but thats it. Fingers crossed Harvey gets a game just because he's a shit ball.
Bullshit. We needed support for Caddy and Selwood. He did it sporadically. His tackling was shithouse. He did not play a good game.
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In and under, inside and outside, especially in the first 3/4, clearly our 4th best tonight
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Mackie and Kelly? Yes.
Enright? NO.
does that mean we miss the finals next year?
but does it then mean we win 3 of the next 5 premierships?
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Interesting, didn't notice that. Although I noticed he got a knock to his knee early in the first.
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He played well, saying otherwise merely devalues every other opinion you proffer.
It's good of you to give us back our positive.
Unlike the usual pooey coloured mentally challenged stalkers.
Kudos.
our two most important players by a country mile, just imagine our midfield without selwood
Aside from the effort and skills not being there until it was too late, the setups were all over the place. What on earth was happening in the defence? Every minute or so (sometimes more often than that) the ball was getting pumped in and each time a Geelong player would be on a different opponent. In many cases they seemed to be mismatches as well. They were completely lost out there. Entry into our forward line was terrible for the most part. Mackie and Enright lost all composure and ruined all attempts at attacking out of the defence. Midfield again terrible lack of pressure and poor defensive setups when things aren't going our way. Just an abysmal performance all round, didn't deserve one bit to win that game, margin hugely flattering.
Player assessment:
-Kelly needs to retire
-Mackie is soft as butter
-Enright was shaky as hell
-Stokes went missing
-Bartel only turned up for a cameo
-Motlop has no defensive game, doesn't seem to run both ways (maybe he was injured - if so, why pick him?)
-Taylor was all over the place, always in the wrong position, complete opposite of usual
-Varcoe did better than some with ball in hand, down on recent form though (not good enough)
-Duncan forgot how to kick and tackle after his early goal
-Rivers did ok when he was involved
-Blicavs tried hard, think he is improving still, but not enough involvement
-Guthrie didn't get near it and was second guessing himself with ball in hand
-Lonergan got caught behind too often and was lucky to not give away more frees
-Murdoch tried hard when he was in a contest (albeit without succeeding), didn't get to enough either
-Brown tried hard, needed to take some of those marks though
-Thurlow made a couple of 'not-quite' efforts, needs time
-GHS was good with ball in hand, didn't get enough of it at all
-Walker did some good work in the forward line, tried hard with mixed results in the ruck
-McCarthy played his role, unlucky again in front of goal, has potential
-Selwood was Selwood
-Hawkins stood up in the end, had a lot of poor delivery tonight
-Caddy was excellent
Player assessment:
-Kelly needs to retire
-Mackie is soft as butter
-Enright was shaky as hell
-Stokes went missing
-Bartel only turned up for a cameo
-Motlop has no defensive game, doesn't seem to run both ways (maybe he was injured - if so, why pick him?)
-Taylor was all over the place, always in the wrong position, complete opposite of usual
-Varcoe did better than some with ball in hand, down on recent form though (not good enough)
-Duncan forgot how to kick and tackle after his early goal
-Rivers did ok when he was involved
-Blicavs tried hard, think he is improving still, but not enough involvement
-Guthrie didn't get near it and was second guessing himself with ball in hand
-Lonergan got caught behind too often and was lucky to not give away more frees
-Murdoch tried hard when he was in a contest (albeit without succeeding), didn't get to enough either
-Brown tried hard, needed to take some of those marks though
-Thurlow made a couple of 'not-quite' efforts, needs time
-GHS was good with ball in hand, didn't get enough of it at all
-Walker did some good work in the forward line, tried hard with mixed results in the ruck
-McCarthy played his role, unlucky again in front of goal, has potential
-Selwood was Selwood
-Hawkins stood up in the end, had a lot of poor delivery tonight
-Caddy was excellent
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Fair enough. He did some good things but I thought he was below his best so marked him down in my head. Could be coloured by the disappointment of the loss, too, I think
Good on you Fred. Going the man. I thought you were better than that.
Yep I said the same thing on page 1 or 2. Time to either reload (which I don't agree with as we have tried it... it hasn't worked) or rebuild properly like the Bulldogs or Saints. At least we don't have a compromised draft either.
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Why would he goes up there and spend the rest of his career not playing another final ?
Move on Mackie , Stokes and Johnson??
We will be cashed up to make a play for him!!!
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Agree that Duncan let a few important tackles slip but, while I was pissed off with him at the time because they looked 'soft', you could see as he attempted to make them that he was absolutely spent. Which is fair enough IMO, since he was one of the only blokes prepared to work his arse off forward and back for 4 quarters.
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Stress?Congrats to North. How is it we now have the thinner Scott brother??
Been out making up the numbers on the training track, with all the injuries we've had?
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If I were a geelong fan I'd be happy with the amount of abuse Selwood and Hawkins have copped from other supporters tonight. Both are absolute champions in their own right and are disliked because they are superstars of the competition.
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I reckon Port has gone in front of us..
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