Preview Changes vs Cats in the Semi Final

[Priddis Is Done]

Im dead certain we are winning.

I always remember the physcologists take on the eagles campaign in 91 or 92, regarding the Turley face masks... and teams taking positive and negative energy into a game.

We were never going to win 15. Negative energy surrounding our team, we didn't believe we were meant to be there.

Geelong has all the negative on this one. Not playing at lesbian stadium, failures in finals, failures after the bye. Ours is all positive, "we expect a war".

Lock the win in boys.

 

[new breed]

With Geelong ruck issues we might play Oscar and Hickey may be dropped but very unlikely but possible

 

[Priddis Is Done]

And I have another omen to foretell.

I'll be on bangla road patong in a beer bar for the game. Getting smashed and enjoying what the locals have to offer.

Lock it in Eddie no 2

 

[Brave Sir Robin]

I am confident going into this game, but that being said... as putrid as Geelong were they kept Collingwood to 61 points and lost by less than 2 goals.

This is going to be a scrap.

 

[Chris_6678]

With Geelong ruck issues we might play Oscar and Hickey may be dropped but very unlikely but possible

Hickey was one of our best last time.

 

[PerthBoy86]

IMHO there more I try to analyse the upcoming game the more I think this is the general blueprint to winning. Geelong are slow as treacle but content to setup defensively and wait for the turnover when they have to. To beat them we need to run 'n gun through the middle and not get hemmed up on the wings playing the stoppage game. Individually their defenders cant physically cover all of Kennedy, Darling, Ryan and Cripps at the same time so their game I reckon will be to slow the play when they don't have possession and get the extra back into defence. If we can run/ kick through that before Geelong can get setup and get our forwards one-out against their opponents then the goals will come thick and fast.

We lose this game by playing slow football and f*cking around with the pill at centre half back.

I think your analysis is spot on. Course their slow, defensive style where they try to strangle the opposition won't work as well on the wide G. Gotta take advantage of the space. If our scoring is free flowing I don't see them staying with us.

 

[Tom_Thumb]

Danger can't be tagged but a good tackle from The Panther if executed properly could limit his impact

 

[PerthBoy86]

I am confident going into this game, but that being said... as putrid as Geelong were they kept Collingwood to 61 points and lost by less than 2 goals.

This is going to be a scrap.

I think Collingwood and the Bulldogs just weren't/aren't that good. They both played Essendon and Adelaide which are even worse than we thought. Granted so did we recently, so it says little about our head to head prospects. The only team that hasn't looked shaky is Richmond. Sadly I expect them to thump the winner of our SF and then destroy either Collingwood or GWS. Still keeping some hope though.

 

[Balls In]

We can be under no illusions here, the Cats wont play as poorly as they did last week and will come out blazing. They will be hard to score against but by the same token I doubt they will blow us away. As others have said we win if we use our speed and spread and if NicNat leads us with quick clearances to the bearded god/Darling. We lose if we aren't right up for the game or if it becomes a closed space contested ground level scrap, particularly if Geelong are getting lots of dirty footy entries into our defensive area.

 

[ME ME ME]

I think your analysis is spot on. Course their slow, defensive style where they try to strangle the opposition won't work as well on the wide G. Gotta take advantage of the space. If our scoring is free flowing I don't see them staying with us.

Well they have to accept the fact that they cannot host their home game at their precious GMHBA stadium. They will find it harder to strangle the opposition at the their sardine can shaped oval

 

[ME ME ME]

I think Collingwood and the Bulldogs just weren't/aren't that good. They both played Essendon and Adelaide which are even worse than we thought. Granted so did we recently, so it says little about our head to head prospects. The only team that hasn't looked shaky is Richmond. Sadly I expect them to thump the winner of our SF and then destroy either Collingwood or GWS. Still keeping some hope though.

also collingwood didn't win by much because they lost Levi Greenwood and Jordan De Goey Early in the match and only had two players on the bench

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Danger can't be tagged but a good tackle from The Panther if executed properly could limit his impact

Or a solid bump from the captain.

Just not Sheed

 

[PerthBoy86]

also collingwood didn't win by much because they lost Levi Greenwood and Jordan De Goey Early in the match and only had two players on the bench

I can almost guarantee Collingwood won't win the flag. Richmond or us the biggest chances for me.

 

[Balls In]

And I have another omen to foretell.

I'll be on bangla road patong in a beer bar for the game. Getting smashed and enjoying what the locals have to offer.

Lock it in Eddie no 2

Don't let a ping pong fall in your beer!

 

[eaglesnutcase]

We have to be brave.I watched brissy in their last two games and they had boundary disease.A guy would mark at CHB;hed look up ,then turn and kick sideways to somebody right on the boundary.Not game to take it on just give the responsibility to someone else.It happened over and over and over and...i felt like jumping through the Tv and shake somebody, all the while screaming;"you cant win a game playing like this"!!!!!!
If;and i say if we get in front we must not pack the backline and try to hang on like the Richmond game.Attack,attack!INdividually we are so far ahead of them its scary.But we must be willing to grind coz thats what they bring,its all theyve got.

 

[ME ME ME]

I can almost guarantee Collingwood won't win the flag. Richmond or us the biggest chances for me.

IF we win the granny from 5th, I will be going on a 1 month bender

 

[ME ME ME]

For Geelong, the players that are unlikely to play are Gary Rowan, Mitch Duncan, and possibly Cam Guthrie. Will Geelong roll the dice on unfit players? Chris Scott warned Collingwood about that before their match against the pies so I wonder what action he will take

 

[Mick63]

We can be under no illusions here, the Cats wont play as poorly as they did last week and will come out blazing. They will be hard to score against but by the same token I doubt they will blow us away. As others have said we win if we use our speed and spread and if NicNat leads us with quick clearances to the bearded god/Darling. We lose if we aren't right up for the game or if it becomes a closed space contested ground level scrap, particularly if Geelong are getting lots of dirty footy entries into our defensive area.

They will try and make the game as defensive as possible and attempt to hem us into one wing. Think of the games where we've kicked out or rebounded D50 down one congested wing time after time and hoped for a contested mark. That is the Cats best chance of stifling us - Scott will be going to school over a lot of vision.

The flip side is being so defensive, it will be difficult for them to catapult inside enough to kick a big score. This means that if we can get one of our bursts (4-6 goals) in quick time, it may be enough to swing the entire match.

 

[Chappy McChap]

I think Collingwood and the Bulldogs just weren't/aren't that good. They both played Essendon and Adelaide which are even worse than we thought. Granted so did we recently, so it says little about our head to head prospects. The only team that hasn't looked shaky is Richmond. Sadly I expect them to thump the winner of our SF and then destroy either Collingwood or GWS. Still keeping some hope though.

It all 'looks' that way......but they haven't lost for ages and I think that might be their undoing. There is something to be said for losing a game late in the season to reset. I just hope it's the preliminary final again. Imagine getting in front of them and then their demons kick in. It would be very 'Richmond' to lose two Preliminary finals in a row when you're the clear outright favourite for the premiership.

 

[West Coast 06]

IF we win the granny from 5th, I will be going on a 1 month bender

If we went back to back my life would be complete.

 

[Cuzz09]

Depending on game style you would think history says anyone scoring 11 or more goals win this.

Get it in. Lock it in. Build a wall. Kick the goal.

Repeat.

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[VRDS]

Great read here from Schoey. He's really had to fight for his spot every year and is a true jet. I love the bit at the end where he is commenting on the Eagles travel schedule for the finals series, and given that we've just had a home game he says that this week is just business as usual! Love it

Eagles happy to do it the hard way in chase for back-to-back flags

West Coast defender Will Schofield says he’s used to doing things the hard way and that the Eagles' challenge in claiming back-to-back premierships is no different.

www.theage.com.au

 

[PerthBoy86]

It all 'looks' that way......but they haven't lost for ages and I think that might be their undoing. There is something to be said for losing a game late in the season to reset. I just hope it's the preliminary final again. Imagine getting in front of them and then their demons kick in. It would be very 'Richmond' to lose two Preliminary finals in a row when you're the clear outright favourite for the premiership.

Oh stop teasing me! Haha. It would be a wet dream.

 

[GROTTO]

Depending on game style you would think history says anyone scoring 11 or more goals win this.

Get it in. Lock it in. Build a wall. Kick the goal.

Repeat.

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Geelong has only kicked more than 10 goals, just 3 times since the bye in 11 games (2 of which were at that shiit hole in Geelong).

Eagles have done this in 10/11 games.

 

[Mattman93]

I don't like Kelly for Hutchings. He'll just win his share of 50/50 contests regardless. Plus it means one of our centre square rotations is used up on Hutch, especially compromising with Nic back.

Prefer Hutchings on players who start outside the centre.