Finals, Week 1 - Geelong vs. Western Bulldogs

[Tapee]

Geelong in a pretty good position after such an abysmal quarter.

 

[JewNoy]

does anyone have a link to a stream of this game? please pm me then. overseas and hating i can't watch finals footy. cheers boys

 

[Hawks1523]

Cats up by 20 at half time.
Geelong dominated the first half, Bulldogs had the better of the second but couldn't put it on the scoreboard.

Game is definately in the balance.

 

[mcuzzy]

Agree with you wolves, cats look more experienced.

 

[bresker]

well thats a little harsh

Stop writing us off. 20 points down is a good result because we stopped the blowout & we clawed a little back. Geelong know we can come back.

Even if it's within 20 points going into the final quarter I'd be happy.

 

[Copernicus]

Frustrating quarter there in regard to the fact our forward delivery was terrible - but considering the Dogs dominated possession, we did very bloody well to restrict them as we did. Backline was bloody fantastic that quarter.

 

[Seth0205]

yeh wasn't giving you stick, i just think people that have this rock solid belief that umpires go out there and have a bias to a particular team is plain nonsense. they just make awful calls sometimes ie, adam mcphee taking the ball over the boundary line against the swans in 07 - makes me want to vomit. haha.

All good mate. I remember the McPhee play and yeah I understand ya pain.

 

[damochandler]

good hard qtr that. the pressure was inmense bu both teams. when geelong had it they couldn;t run like they did in the 1rst qtr. the bulldogs are still wasting their opportunities and not using the footy well.enright has been good but barely saw any of it in that qtr. the second half is shaping up to be a cracker

 

[pavilion103]

Bulldogs threw all they could at the Cats that quarter.

Lack of capitalisation could be costly.

 

[wolvesjr34]

Stop writing us off. 20 points down is a good result because we stopped the blowout & we clawed a little back. Geelong know we can come back.

Even if it's within 20 points going into the final quarter I'd be happy.

If the umpiring* is anything to go by, you wanna hope the inconsistencies flow your way in the second half, or no matter how hard you try you won't be able to overcome.

 

[SriLankanCat]

Our forward line was woeful second quarter. alwayus outnumbered. Stokes is a small crumbing forward not someone that should be going up for pack marks.

we need to get Hawkins into the goal square

 

[Adz]

Stick a fork in the dogs they are done. And not just for this game. Will get done next week.

 

[EagleMan87]

Bulldogs need to stop bombing it in, they have no contested-marking forward targets.

Well done by Geelong, even though they were dominated that quarter their defense kept the pressure up and kept the damage to a minimum.

 

[magic_johnson!]

Frustrating quarter there in regard to the fact our forward delivery was terrible - but considering the Dogs dominated possession, we did very bloody well to restrict them as we did. Backline was bloody fantastic that quarter.

I think that had alot to do with the dogs. The first 15 minutes of the first i noticed Geelong had alot of space inside 50, and we were hittin our targets like you tigh your shoelace. All of a sudden, Bulldogs started to get numbers back, and we havn't had many if any since.

 

[winty]

Dogs getting r*ped by some very very ordinary umpiring ...Cats playing much better football ..they don't need charity goals.

Yet half the Bulldogs' score to half time is a direct result of free kicks or 50m penalties. Funny that...

 

[Jimmy_the_Gent]

This year the biggest defecit that has been made up after half time was something like 24 points.

It'll be really tough but it's possible.

 

[Chism]

Stick a fork in the dogs they are done. And not just for this game. Will get done next week.

Lend me that Crystal Ball of yours.

 

[Big Fozza]

Stick a fork in the dogs they are done. And not just for this game. Will get done next week.

big call, i hope you're right. maybe a bit premature though. there's a lot of game left and if geelong has another quarter like they just did i can't see us getting up...

 

[watermelonslice]

Our defence was fantastic during the quarter, considering how often the ball went into our defensive 50. But we couldn't seem to get it past the half forward line effectively either.

 

[SriLankanCat]

GO THE CATTAS!

Mooney and Hawkins need to get back into the forward 50 and we need to deliver long and direct

 

[magic_johnson!]

This year the biggest defecit that has been made up after half time was something like 24 points.

It'll be really tough but it's possible.

Been many more then that.

 

[Big Fozza]

20 points is nothing withthe dogs gamestyle

 

[Big Fozza]

how good was that hanger by ablett... woot woot

 

[archie1278]

Would someone please mind PMing me with a link for a live feed! Missed two quarters searching already!! PLEASE HELP!

 

[Jimmy_the_Gent]

Been many more then that.

I thought a commentator mentioned that a few weeks ago..