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Yeah I hate how the commentators say we are a great team and they know we will keep coming… WE WERE a great team LAST YEAR… actually this year we are not … same as 2012 commentating on history ! Except M. Malthouse who called it early as a 7 commentator… said cats don’t have the spread and not a threat… he was right! Bitter about 11? Maybe but was right!That was 6 months ago.
Killed it?
OH has played 2 decent games.
Bowes 1
Clark not yet.
But our missing quartet is irreplaceable.
Factored into my thoughts that we start at 1-3 after 4 games. A 2pm game in peak heat...we are nowhere near primed yet.27 degrees in the Gold Coast next week how will that test the cats fitness? … fox footy… boy oh boy…
Nah. Corked calf. Won’t get worse by playing. Needs the fitness.heard reports that hawkins was limping around sore on wednesday at training... needs to be removed from the team for a period and a reset.
get the man right.
ahh i will slap my old man for the wrong information... cheersNah. Corked calf. Won’t get worse by playing. Needs the fitness.
Old?
Sore?
No doubt the age factor will be reality in these early weeks after the joy and effort of 22.
You will learn a bit about posters who throw toys from the cot at this point. But to the game…
Similar to last week there were periods where we looked in control and moved the ball well. It was when there was a turnover that we looked completely flat footed and incapable of the “team defence” that delivered the 2022 flag.
Stanley has been “just going” in the ruck and then cops a knock leaving Blicavs to do it alone. gulp now we see Spudler next week I guess. We will be even weaker for it. Stanley at least drops back in the hole. Ceglar covers the ground like the fumes from a geriatric snail.
oops. Hit post too soon
Midfidfield clearly going poorly. I think we started slowly last year too so I’m not too worried but we will need more from senior players if the likes of Bruhn and Bowes are to be able to play effective support roles. While on the topic, Bruhn was largely invisible and Bowes prone to error. I think and hope both are capable of better.
Geelong defence has always been about team defence and not the six players named. Again I think we had similar issues early last year where the system wasn’t working and opposition forwards found themselves standing alone inside 50 all too frequently. Personnel back will help some but clearly the system isn’t tuned (yet?) either.
If we can scrap a way to 3-2 and then even 3-3 or 4-2 we will be in OK position. No need to panic yet.
Umm. Look I often miss a lot of, let's say Duncan's disposals, but I seriously can't remember Dangerfield with that number.Really? He was the only Cat that looked like getting clearances IMO. Perhaps means he was too inside.
We are gonna leak a lot of goals with Esava down there... He's no Mal Michael. Anyway he crashes a few packs, always entertaining. Though I really worry about collateral damage with Esava in the backline, as the Yanks would say when they bomb countries lol...
I thought of a dumb thing last night, a very weird observation. I wonder with Esava, because he kind of stands out with his colour in geelong gear with away shorts, he sort of looks obvious to the eye when he's harassing his opponent as a defender. When Harry Taylor used to do it with his opponent, it sort of blended in the background. You know it's kind of like the Woewodin effect when he dyed his hair bright blonde and then he won a Brownlow. Anyway, my eyes may be playing tricks on me, but Esava looks more obvious to the eye with all his actions (positive or negative). It's definitely not a racial thing what I'm saying, its just when someone looks different to the others, they stand out more (positive or negative). That's what I think. Anyway, I'll need to assess how many free-kicks he gives away in defence over the coming weeks to come to a final conclusion, it's just an early observation. These things are less an issue in the forward line for example, because you're the one attacking, rather than harassing/defending.
This has been huge the last couple of games. Even when we've got to opposition players (which hasn't been often enough), their ability to still release the ball forward has been extremely costly. Carlton goals resulted tonight from 'Teflon' efforts by Miers and then an absolute howler from Jed.Bad way to start the year. We looked like the cats of 2014-2021:
- Bombing the ball into our F50, only to get intercepted or brought away by the Blues’ runners
- Lots of simple turnovers
- Our tackles not sticking
- Etc
Would explain the soft free paid against him against McKay in the 1st quarter - had his arm loosely draped over McKay and was pinged, Esava rightfully looked filthy (which was good to see). Hawkins is lucky to get one of those once a leap year.
He is way more noticeable... It can work the other way with Esava too, with free-kicks for.Would explain the soft free paid against him against McKay in the 1st quarter - had his arm loosely draped over McKay and was pinged, Esava rightfully looked filthy (which was good to see). Hawkins is lucky to get one of those once a leap year.
LolThe negativity that some people have towards Sav genuinely makes me wonder if non-footballing related factors are affecting their perceptions of him.
Ironically I think a day game may be better than night, the humidity really goes up there when the sun goes down.Factored into my thoughts that we start at 1-3 after 4 games. A 2pm game in peak heat...we are nowhere near primed yet.
I think what we saw last year was how well the coaching group can get us to play with the pieces of the puzzle in the right spots. 2021 finals we had guys out and last year we had a clean bill of health and it showed. So far it seems like if the piece looks close to fitting jam it in there and hope for the best.A lack of intensity for the first 3 quarters and easy goals given away from basic skill errors cost us the match. You can’t play a quarter of footy and expect to win.
Jury is out on Bruhn. Not sure he’s a plug and play type for us. Has some ability but just doesn’t win enough of the footy.
Tuohy’s turnovers killed us tonight. Not sure whether he thought he was playing against u12’s?
C.Guthrie superb in the last 1/4 (12 possessions) but where was the desire in the first 3? And some woeful turnovers by foot too that we never would have seen last year.
I think what we saw last year was how well the coaching group can get us to play with the pieces of the puzzle in the right spots. 2021 finals we had guys out and last year we had a clean bill of health and it showed. So far it seems like if the piece looks close to fitting jam it in there and hope for the best.
To many knock on effects atm.
We were playing well against the Pies last week. Holding leads at all 3 breaks only to lose with a goalless quarter but the moving pieces took their toll.
No Henry and Kolo... Esava at FB. O'Connor at HB. Okay it was doing alright first half. Then SDK was hobbled and Stewart went off.
Tuohy to the backline. Zuthrie playing 3rd tall defender.
Continued again tonight. We're getting no intercept marking as 3 of our better interceptors in Stewart, Kolo and Henry are all out and Zuthrie has to play a more serious and close checking role. First knock on is O'Connor and Tuohy instead of rotating between each other from HBF and Wing are now both in defence. So less run and carry. Miers and Close look down as well which doesn't help with that.
No Stewart and Duncan is inhibiting our kicking skills. Massive missing two of our best kicks from the back half.
Guthrie, Danger and Atkins also can't get going so far in the middle which is providing an understrength back line with no assistance.
We just need to be patient IMO. When we get pieces back into their right positions we will be very very hard to beat again.
P.S. Can you imagine the mood in here if we were 0-2 with Selwood retired but not as reigning premiers. It would be far more angry and aggressive in here.
True that, exactly all your points above, PLUS that we are premiers, and no Selwood- everything points to, in my pov, what we are seeing at present.I think what we saw last year was how well the coaching group can get us to play with the pieces of the puzzle in the right spots. 2021 finals we had guys out and last year we had a clean bill of health and it showed. So far it seems like if the piece looks close to fitting jam it in there and hope for the best.
To many knock on effects atm.
We were playing well against the Pies last week. Holding leads at all 3 breaks only to lose with a goalless quarter but the moving pieces took their toll.
No Henry and Kolo... Esava at FB. O'Connor at HB. Okay it was doing alright first half. Then SDK was hobbled and Stewart went off.
Tuohy to the backline. Zuthrie playing 3rd tall defender.
Continued again tonight. We're getting no intercept marking as 3 of our better interceptors in Stewart, Kolo and Henry are all out and Zuthrie has to play a more serious and close checking role. First knock on is O'Connor and Tuohy instead of rotating between each other from HBF and Wing are now both in defence. So less run and carry. Miers and Close look down as well which doesn't help with that.
No Stewart and Duncan is inhibiting our kicking skills. Massive missing two of our best kicks from the back half.
Guthrie, Danger and Atkins also can't get going so far in the middle which is providing an understrength back line with no assistance.
We just need to be patient IMO. When we get pieces back into their right positions we will be very very hard to beat again.
P.S. Can you imagine the mood in here if we were 0-2 with Selwood retired but not as reigning premiers. It would be far more angry and aggressive in here.
On ground level you really notice how poorly he positions himself, left alot to be desired multiple times tonight.Sav must look different on TV, because at the ground he's a train wreck. I've never seen a player with worse technique 1 on 1, total liability.
He is good when he gets a run at it. But a one on one tussle he does look a bit ungainlyOn ground level you really notice how poorly he positions himself, left alot to be desired multiple times tonight.
His versatility stood out to me. Didn't look out of place on the backline or having a run through the middle of the ground. It was only when he got to within 25 metres of goal that he looked all at sea.Thought Bowes was one of few positives, missed an easy set shot which would have been icing on the cake but was one of our best overall, went on ball in the last and actually looked like he had fhe capacity to win first possession.