Cats don't like pressure

[walhawk]

Dogs outplayed the Cats for much of the game but didn't have the firepower up forward to put the score on the board.
Early on the Cats' backline was fumbling like they did against the Hawks and Pies during the season.
If the Hawks or Saints can reproduce tonight's pressure they can win.

Well, maybe not the Saints but the Hawks can.

 

[Ablett2Selwood]

yeah we don't like pressure, that's why we have won 43/45 games. Noone ever puts pressure on us, we're just down hill skiers or flat track bullies or whatever else you can think up. We were pressured in last years prelim, only won by 5 points. Then we came out and and played blitzkrieg football in the GF. maybe you should put that in your hawthorn corn cob pipe and smoke it.

 

[HBF]

Must play man on man with the Cats, and don't try to zone off them, otherwise they will kill you. Great idea playing through Higgins early, as Milburn is very loose. If the Hawks win tomorrow night, they'd give themselves a massive chance of getting over Geelong.

 

[Lazarus]

"Cats don't like pressure"

Does any team actually 'like' pressure???

 

[Coach_Required]

Dogs outplayed the Cats for much of the game but didn't have the firepower up forward to put the score on the board.
Early on the Cats' backline was fumbling like they did against the Hawks and Pies during the season.
If the Hawks or Saints can reproduce tonight's pressure they can win.

Well, maybe not the Saints but the Hawks can.

LOL @ that

Cats dont like pressure (find me a team that does) but still won by 5 goals

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[Magpies696]

Just like collingwood Game did if the Hawks/Saints want 2 beat the cats next week they need to tackle really hard

 

[Ablett2Selwood]

Just like collingwood Game did if the Hawks/Saints want 2 beat the cats next week they need to tackle really hard

sides have been trying to tackle us for the last 10 weeks like the Pies did. It hasn't worked so far. I think the Geelong Team is probably aware of that tactic. so Next.............

 

[Stig O'Hara]

As it is one of the stupidest Thread titles ever,
i simply had to put the bong down and type this.

 

[d3rm13]

end thread

 

[fella1]

Before tonight, I thought Geelong would waltz to a second consecutive premiership. But the Bulldogs game brought back memories of Collingwood this year and last year, and of the Hawks game earlier this year (when Hodge lost his kicking boots), and how vulnerable Geelong can look at times under pressure. If Franklin can fire, and the Hawks midfield are on their a-game (arguably better midfield than the Dogs), I give 'em an even-money chance next Saturday.

 

[Cruiser23]

"Cats don't like pressure"

Does any team actually 'like' pressure???

Well said, every team struggles under pressure, i.e changing and tackling. If either the Hawks or the Saints apply the pressure the Dogs did, they will have a chance to beat the Cats. The Dogs weren't good enough to put there chances away in the third quarter, if they had, we could have had a different outcome.

 

[Soul_Pie]

I think your theory is simplistic to say the least.

Every team dislikes pressure, however, the key to challenging Geelong is to actually capitalise on the mistakes caused by that said pressure. Even then, they'll pressure you themselves, and ultimately they're just as good at creating turnovers as any other team. One area that they've improved immeasurably since the Pies loss is their own attack on the opposition ball carriers and creating contests.

And just on that pressure game that opposition teams have to play against geelong, it's a very tough ask to keep that pressure on for the entirety of the game, because if you let your guard down against them for 5 minutes they can string together goals in quick succession and suddenly the pressure seems to lift. It would take a monumental effort not to let your guard down once for the whole game.

And even then, you still have to contend with the pressure you're facing yourself. The Bulldogs struggled to deal with it at times of the match, and turned the ball over by hand and foot. You'll find that against the Cats team you not only have to apply constant pressure, you've also got to react well to their pressure, something that Hawthorn struggled with in their encounter previously in the season.

 

[Jef Costello]

as it is one of the stupidest thread titles ever,
i simply had to put the bong down and type this.

Excellent

 

[Copernicus]

I think your theory is simplistic to say the least.

Every team dislikes pressure, however, the key to challenging Geelong is to actually capitalise on the mistakes caused by that said pressure. Even then, they'll pressure you themselves, and ultimately they're just as good at creating turnovers as any other team. One area that they've improved immeasurably since the Pies loss is their own attack on the opposition ball carriers and creating contests.

And just on that pressure game that opposition teams have to play against geelong, it's a very tough ask to keep that pressure on for the entirety of the game, because if you let your guard down against them for 5 minutes they can string together goals in quick succession and suddenly the pressure seems to lift. It would take a monumental effort not to let your guard down once for the whole game.

And even then, you still have to contend with the pressure you're facing yourself. The Bulldogs struggled to deal with it at times of the match, and turned the ball over by hand and foot. You'll find that against the Cats team you not only have to apply constant pressure, you've also got to react well to their pressure, something that Hawthorn struggled with in their encounter previously in the season.

Well said, and end thread.

 

[JUBJUB]

Dogs outplayed the Cats for much of the game but didn't have the firepower up forward to put the score on the board.
Early on the Cats' backline was fumbling like they did against the Hawks and Pies during the season.
If the Hawks or Saints can reproduce tonight's pressure they can win.

Well, maybe not the Saints but the Hawks can.

What a piss poor attempt at a troll
You get an E for effort.

 

[Nankervis brothers]

Did you actually watch tonights game? Geelong won because it was able to absorb the dogs pressure and score goals against the flow of play. And beyond that, at every pivotal moment of the match, when a goal needed to be manufactured, Geelong came through with the goods. But whatever you need to tell yourself...