Review Geelong + Chris Scott make another Prelim at Ports expense

[Cairnsman]

Congratulations Cats Supporters!

You couldn't have played any better.

I'm a massive Chris Scott

Chris Scott

Age

48

Ht

182cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

fan.

Hey I'm curious to know what the general feel is towards the boy from Cairns Saints

He looked like he went ok last night and looking a little more comfortable in the team.

What's his season been like so far?

 

[Lingsface]

As much as I love Hawkins was Dixon a clear live preview for us why he probably should not?

 

[Munich]

Congratulations Cats Supporters!

You couldn't have played any better.

I'm a massive Chris Scott fan.

Hey I'm curious to know what the general feel is towards the boy from Cairns Saints

He looked like he went ok last night and looking a little more comfortable in the team.

What's his season been like so far?

Who?

 

[OzeSparky]

Who?

Jack Bowes.

 

[frggr]

We all just need to dance like pre-match Max Holmes




And yes this is pre-match




I hope this is what we see from the team across the rest of the month - be relaxed, be happy and be enjoying themselves

It's something that became very noticeable in 2022 & again last night compared with 2023 - when the team is happy, when the players are smiling & enjoying themselves is when they play their best football. **** being robots, being straight faced & emotionless all match - smile & be happy, as that's when our best football is played

How's that attitude from the guys? Relaxed. Confident. Ready to go. Know they can get it done.

Meanwhile you've got clubs like Adelaide and Port who make footy seem like life or death and their seasons are either Dead On Arrival or on Life Support.

I think we're going to find that the more relaxed approaches of Hawthorn and Geelong (and Brisbane to an extent) provide better results from young players than the old school approach.

 

[frggr]

Who?

Bowes

 

[frggr]

Congratulations Cats Supporters!

You couldn't have played any better.

I'm a massive Chris Scott fan.

Hey I'm curious to know what the general feel is towards the boy from Cairns Saints

He looked like he went ok last night and looking a little more comfortable in the team.

What's his season been like so far?

Love his work. I wasn't entirely sure how he'd go when he came across. Thought he'd be solid or maybe a bit of a fringe player.

But he's blown past my expectations - I'm confident that when he has the ball he'll either do the right thing or he'll do something incredible that I didn't even think of doing.

That he came with Pick 7 mad everyone concentrate on the pick. And while Clark (who we got with 7) will probably come good, Bowes is great right here and now.

Has been a difference maker for the club but is in the shadows of Stengle, Humphries etc who have been elite pickups.

 

[frggr]

Thank you.

Reckon you blokes made out like bandits on the JHF trade.

Gets shut down too easily and has a putrid attitude. The guys you got to replace him at 1000 times better on attitude alone.

 

[frggr]

Hawkins hasn't taken 9+ marks in a game since r7 last year vs Essendon, when he kicked 8. The most he took this year is 6. Not to mention all the packs that Neale crashed to bring the ball to ground, which Hawkins is physically unable to do these days.

Hawkins has been my favourite player for a decade, but Neale has booked his spot in the PF and, if we get there, the GF with last night's performance. He was marking it like Stewie Loewe - to do that in his first final, in a hostile environment is super exciting.

Love the guy but he hasn't done it for 10 years.

He said in an article once that crashing packs etc wasn't how the position was played these days

 

[Munich]

What's this about Hinkley not preparing the team ahead of the final and putting doubt into them, tell me he honestly didn't say finals are scary?

 

[frggr]

The sub could come on 1min into the game and play four quarters though, so you can’t exclude it as a rule.

True - I suppose they should put an asterisk next to the subs name in stats. Or a + for the guy coming in and a - for the guy coming out

 

[frggr]

What's this about Hinkley not preparing the team ahead of the final and putting doubt into them, tell me he honestly didn't say finals are scary?

Not sure. But this was posted in the Port autopsy thread:

Saw the vision before the game cats were jumpin around havin a good time pregame meanwhile hinkley stairing everyone down like the sith lord he is and who woulda guessed drew shits himself first possy go figure. I reckon finals arent scary but kern does his mental ****ery to instill this belief into our club. I mean which kind of ****head thinks its a good idea to surprise his own team and sub his star player. Was always going to deflate the team why wouldnt you just tell them straight up

 

[frggr]

Speaking of finals performances that need to be praised.

Selwood's commentary career got off to a shaky start but his comments last night were as good as I've seen them. Seems to be getting the hang of it

 

[Lana]

This is damning - Port had the top 5 for offensive work rate, but no one in the top 5 for defensive work rate. Front runners?

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I think that average speed doesn't mean that much. Football can be stop stop stop go GO

 

[dont stop me meow]

Can anyone actually remember a better win by the club outside of Grand Finals? 4/1 odds leading into the game, playing in enemy territory, no Stewy, Port with 8 wins from their past 9, all and sundry questioning our credentials, relatively inexperienced lineup compared to previous finals campaigns, and yet we emerge 84 point victors.

Sure, we’ve dealt out some September smackings in the past, but under the circumstances I think this one is far more meritorious than just about all of the others.

I've never been happier to lose a 4 leg multi, where I stuffed up was over estimating Port and taking cats by 40 or less

Mental. What a performance. Cats and Scott dismantle Port like a cheap lego set. Holmes eleventh thousand meters gained. Neale hands sticky. Lawson The Surgeon.

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Such a thing does not exist

 

[aristocat]

So proud of this club, and for someone who never wins their multi, I won two multis last night!

Tips for the rest of the weekend
Bulldogs by 28
GWS by 7
Lions by 39

 

[catempire]

Like this clickbait article?

The class of Neale though…

 

[jim boy]

Didn’t we beat them when they faced us in prelim after their last finals win?

Nah - it was a semi - the prelim was the Brisbane "home final" at the MCG.

 

[Lana]

The class of Neale though…

I'm waiting for the day he grows that Killer instinct I hope it comes soon. Could you imagine a young JC saying that, he wouldn't have been that deferential or humble

 

[Play it Sam]

Found my replay, all good for 2 weeks!.
In case it slips by, KOLO was an absolute star. Bedrock!
Zuth not far behind.

( ex whipping boys, what do we know)

 

[Interdimensional Bigfoot]

Outside of Stewart for Mullin or Bews we shouldn't be making any changes. Could make an argument for SDK in over Stanley, but I'd be hesitant now. I like 2E as sub over Duncan. SDK really unlucky to miss out but he has been poor in defense and only played good in the ruck.

 

[jim boy]

The class of Neale though…

Actually it wasn't that classy - I listened to this live last night and the interviewer asked something along the lines of "If Tom Hawkins comes back in will you hold your spot?" - which I thought was a bit on the nose. Neale fumbled around for a while talking about playing together and then came out with this quote to toe the line, but he really, really sounded like "I do not want to lose my spot". - it was an unfair question and Neale handled it well enough

 

[dont stop me meow]

Big finals win just gave Cats other big boosts.
Some Free Agents may now nominate Cats.

The other premiership contenders be quaking.
Media Cat's critics will be eating cold humble pie
AFL boffins will scheming to fix the Draft loop hole
Scientist will be seeking the key to eternal youth.

I thought dangers interview in the post game felt almost like PR exercise with just that in mind

 

[Cataholic]

Just here to say I feel so goddamn euphoric today!

 

[catempire]

Actually it wasn't that classy - I listened to this live last night and the interviewer asked something along the lines of "If Tom Hawkins comes back in will you hold your spot?" - which I thought was a bit on the nose. Neale fumbled around for a while talking about playing together and then came out with this quote to toe the line, but he really, really sounded like "I do not want to lose my spot". - it was an unfair question and Neale handled it well enough

Still, as you say it’s a difficult question, perhaps even unfair. To land on the line he did shows maturity and class.