Game Day AFL Round 9 - Collingwood vs Geelong Matchday Discussion.

[FireKrakouer]

Hope Sideass and Varcoe can fire up again like this.

 

[WalterBlaknWhte]

Here's the stats from the 2008 game nobody saw coming. Look at that tackle count...

Thanks Football God You can never have too many stats when we win:

Clokey kicked 4.0 and had 9 marks May 2008. Medhurst 3 goals and Leon 2 goals.

Main disposal winners - Dane Swan: 29 disposals, Martin Clarke: 28, Alan Didak: 26, Scott Pendlebury: 26 (GAJ was Cats' best)

 

[DWil6]

I suspect we might get trounced and there could be a few meltdowns on here. But I'm going out on a limb there.

 

[jadami1973]

I suspect we might get trounced and there could be a few meltdowns on here. But I'm going out on a limb there.

The exception of last week's win will be forgotten after today

 

[doodles98]

I am admiring the positivity in the predictions here.
Allow me to now sh%t all over it.

Cats by 10 goals.

I find this game depressingly brings into focus how badly we have failed in our "rebuild" since 2011. Cats win the flag that year.. here we are in 2016 and Cats are favorites for the flag whilst we are bottom 4 material.

 

[FireKrakouer]

Taken from the cats board, here's the least experienced 6 players from each team and their number of games played:

Collingwood:
De Goey (24)
Moore (17)
Maynard (15)
Cox (4)
Smith (4)
Crocker (2)

Geelong:
Horlin-Smith (39)
Menzel (29)
Lang (28)
Kersten (26)
Bews (25)
Gregson (25)

 

[100volt1]

Game day.

Today will be my second game of the season attended, first being the crazy 1 point win over Richmond.

Not an easy game by all means, but a win today would be simply mental.


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[DWil6]

Taken from the cats board, here's the least experienced 6 players from each team and their number of games played:

Collingwood:
De Goey (24)
Moore (17)
Maynard (15)
Cox (4)
Smith (4)
Crocker (2)

Geelong:
Horlin-Smith (39)
Menzel (29)
Lang (28)
Kersten (26)
Bews (25)
Gregson (25)

Exceptional by the cats. Average age of the squads is almost identical yet they have a much more experienced bottom 6. Really building we'll into their new window.

 

[Jekyll and Hyde]

I have discovered a vital stat for today's game....
The most direct route from Simonds stadium by automobile is 77km to the MCG....However, this is where it gets interesting ladies and gentlemen....If you decide make the trek by foot via the federation trail it will take approximately 16 hours, 41 minutes.
So, I'm hoping that if the Geelong players decide to walk to the game and either:
a. They get to the game feeling very tired, or
b. They don't get to the MCG until tomorrow and we get the 4 points by forfeit!

 

[DWil6]

Game day.

Today will be my second game of the season attended, first being the crazy 1 point win over Richmond.

Not an easy game by all means, but a win today would be simply mental.


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If we win today you need to go to the rest of the games this season including grand final. If we lose, you need to go to every game this year because I'd take 50/50 from here.

 

[100volt1]

If we win today you need to go to the rest of the games this season including grand final. If we lose, you need to go to every game this year because I'd take 50/50 from here.

I'm brave enough to take a punt on a 25 point win and Mason first goal

 

[DWil6]

I'm brave enough to take a punt on a 25 point win and Mason first goal

Literal punt? Cash down? How much are we talking? Could be a cash cow!

 

[100volt1]

Literal punt? Cash down? How much are we talking? Could be a cash cow!

I'm out grabbing a feed as we speak, I'll suss it out soon enough and I'll post the odds here. Easy money? Of course!

 

[Primetime Pricey]

Why the **** am i so confident about today

 

[DinoSoar]

I've no reason and nothing to back it up but I'm quietly confident the Pies will roll the Cats today.

 

[100volt1]

Here you go fellas.

If this gets up drinks on me at the pub post match

 

[DWil6]

Here you go fellas.

If this gets up drinks on me at the pub post match

Holy snapping deck chairs! Make mine a bourbon and cola.

 

[100volt1]

Holy snapping deck chairs! Make mine a bourbon and cola.

You haven't entered the quantity. Poor form mate!

 

[PepperFace]

The game is on at 10.30am at the Aussie Sports Bar in Luang Prabang, Laos. First game I will have seen in 3 weeks so I hope the boys acquit themselves admirably or at least tolerably well. Glad Reid is back in because our defence needs the touch of class he provides. Williams is another who is becoming a long term out - when is he due back? Geelong are in 2nd spot so the game will provide a good indication of where we are at as a team. It is going to be difficult watching the game without alcohol support. I could have a beer I suppose but I drink enough of it later in the day and evening without adding to my tally in the morning. In the close heat that congregated under the bar's inadequately shaded laser-lite roof, I watched the Swans beat the Hawks this afternoon, and we downed a couple of bottles of Beer Lao each followed by a few more at dinner. With any luck the boys won't get me too anxious or angry and I will be able to watch in relative comfort, substituting a mango shake for the beer.

Have you been to vang vieng? Im sure its lost its aura of a few years ago now but i loved that place.........i think....i was pretty drunk the whole time i was there!

 

[TheSierBear]

Why the **** am i so confident about today

Yeah I have a feeling we can get up aswell.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Cats by 5 goals +.

Only 5?

 

[mattys123]

I don't expect a win, heck I probably don't even expect us to get within 3 goals, but I just want to see that we can be competitive with a top side for a period of time.

Our midfield really should be able to keep us within touch, we really aren't missing much in the middle so if we can't at least break even today something's wrong.

The problem is at both ends, our forward line is really a makeshift group, while our backline is similar.

Their backline scares me really, nearly all over 30 years old, they just dominate sides at times.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Taken from the cats board, here's the least experienced 6 players from each team and their number of games played:

Collingwood:
De Goey (24)
Moore (17)
Maynard (15)
Cox (4)
Smith (4)
Crocker (2)

Geelong:
Horlin-Smith (39)
Menzel (29)
Lang (28)
Kersten (26)
Bews (25)
Gregson (25)

Jeebus. Our most experienced has played less games than their least experienced.

 

[loki04]

Why the **** am i so confident about today

Lol I am naively hopeful that we may pull off an upset.

But I think both of our optimism will be over at quarter time.

 

[Kirby]

I predict a similar result to the West Coast game........we will be competitive for a couple of quarters but they will blow us away in 1 or 2 quarters.