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At least the effort was there from him , a few could learn from that
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Autopsy Geelong defeated by GWS by 19 points
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Frustrating to see him beating Hawkins but hard to hate him after that interview.
Plus, it's our fault. We literally just kicked it to him over and over again. Our entries were either quick, blind, and to 40m or directly in front or really long and deep. They only had to set up for one kind of entry at any point.
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There’s a lot to hate about that but we weren’t badly beaten; we just didn’t win a game we should have.
Contested ball is THE barometer for Geelong. Has been for 15 years. We almost can’t win when we don’t win that area of the game. We won almost every other stat category but CPs and the scoreboard. It’s the bellwether for us. Didn’t win the contests and that was it.
Having said that, we did enough to win and just didn’t put it on the scoreboard. We will win on expected score which I know isn’t much of a consolation but it speaks to how much of a waste this was. Clark’s miss was symptomatic.
I just really worry about the injuries now. Danger, Rohan and Tuohy will be out you’d assume. Blicavs, Close, Parfitt and Dahlhaus all looked sore. We really shouldnt be playing Krueger, Clark or Narkle after those performances but may have to. There’s half a dozen changes needed. Henderson, Cameron, Smith and maybe Atkins, Miers and O’Connor? That’s a worryingly big change in personnel with clouds over many returning and many who will play.
We really must beat St Kilda and not leave it to the last round to secure top 4. Such a wasted opportunity tonight.
Contested ball is THE barometer for Geelong. Has been for 15 years. We almost can’t win when we don’t win that area of the game. We won almost every other stat category but CPs and the scoreboard. It’s the bellwether for us. Didn’t win the contests and that was it.
Having said that, we did enough to win and just didn’t put it on the scoreboard. We will win on expected score which I know isn’t much of a consolation but it speaks to how much of a waste this was. Clark’s miss was symptomatic.
I just really worry about the injuries now. Danger, Rohan and Tuohy will be out you’d assume. Blicavs, Close, Parfitt and Dahlhaus all looked sore. We really shouldnt be playing Krueger, Clark or Narkle after those performances but may have to. There’s half a dozen changes needed. Henderson, Cameron, Smith and maybe Atkins, Miers and O’Connor? That’s a worryingly big change in personnel with clouds over many returning and many who will play.
We really must beat St Kilda and not leave it to the last round to secure top 4. Such a wasted opportunity tonight.
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TBF should have a goal against his name this game.
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Coming from him it probably means he's currently being put onto life support and not expected to see out the night
Greene should be suspended. That was intentional. Greene is a smart player and there’s no way he “accidentally elbows someone in the head”
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Clark should of nailed that and Narkle should of provided more defensively
The senior players have the runs on the board , they don’t
How has he been screwed over? He is a midfielder, who are you dropping from the midfield?
Why is he a HBF only? He has too much talent for that position and he is not a hard player as required for defence.
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It's not arrogant, it's often essential. How many others tonight needed a week off? Hawkins, Close, Menegola, Parfitt...
Mmmm, their outs were much bigger than ours. Agree that we lost important players on the night, but, we ultimately decided to rest Smith, and not bring back Hendo, O'Connor and Atkins. They're not exactly forced outs, just arrogance that this would be an easy phone it in win - which is exactly how we played all night until the last quarter.
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I cant wrap my head around why Clark tried to go around the corner from 10 metres out, it was a straight forward drop punt, minimal angle, this is why i hate the modern game, too much fancy shit.
I agree and think the problem is compounded by the fact that our half-forward types are toothless.
Higgins, Holmes, Close, Dahlhaus, and others, miss chance after chance to score. Very presentable chances as well!.
This leaves the long kick as the only real scoring option, which as you say, makes us easier to defend.
What I would give for a handful of Sydney's small goal sneaks...
He started a bit slowly and i think got beaten in a few contests, but he put in and later in the game he began to look pretty handy with his nice long left foot and a couple of good plays. He's worth persisting with, Hendo's not getting any younger and he's into his 3rd season in Geelong's system. It didn't seem to worry the no-names that looked like superstars for the Giants tonight that's for sure. Hoping this loss really rankles with the players and coaching staff, and they use it to push forward from here on in.
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Massive credit to an undermanned, unfancied Giants side, they were really good for most of tonight's match.
Any debate about Toby Greene being overrated in any way shape or form was put to bed too; excellent player, bobbed up with goals like he always does and showed a lot of leadership. Should get some time for that raised elbow though. Whitfield, Taranto both very good.
Our forward line was horrible tonight, Tom Hawkins has been INSIGNIFICANT for two weeks now - he is a legend of the club, but he was absolutely towelled up tonight, caught behind time after time after time - he usually uses being 2nd to the ball to his advantage, but his opponent tonight beat him over and over in the exact same fashion.
Worse still; Hawkins was having a putrid night but his teammates continued to look for him with predictable regularity, culminating in Zach Guthrie bypassing Ratugolea, who had done his opponent cold on a good lead, and going long to an out-of-position Hawkins in the last quarter. I coulda screamed.
Brad Close's proposed rest a few weeks ago is starting to look alarmingly overdue, he got close (no) to this highest disposal count last week and yet I thought he looked a bit down on his usual sparkle; tonight though he was downright terrible for just about the first time; slow to react, made poor decisions.
Shaun Higgins continues to underwhelm, and yet you look at the stats sheet and things look, well, ok for a bloke playing as a semi-permanent half-forward. Always gets around 20 disposals and always misses a couple of gettable shots. All well and good, but his impact is consistently negligible. Will his experience help him find a way to add value to the team before the year is out? Has he ever actually played a final?
Sam Menegola was horrible by foot tonight; his numbers on paper look pretty similar to last year's ''break-out'' season and yet he has rarely been as influential. I'm hoping his renowned fitness and physical maturity might still serve him well in September, but night's like tonight only serve to remind me that he is a real low-ceiling guy, his best is solid, his worst is pedestrian.
Rhys Stanley needed to put in a good showing tonight against an inexperienced opponent and he got better and better as the game went on imo, did all the good Rhys Stanley things that we all know he is more than capable of.
As has rightly been mentioned by others, we were down on rotations and had a couple of key players impacted by injury to varying degrees; losing Dangerfield so early was a real blow; as soon as I saw that knock I knew he was in trouble, I thought he'd had his jaw broken for a second.
We need to just put this one behind us and manage the list as best we can leading into September. Would be happy to see Frank Evans given another run before the year is out, he can deputize for any of Dahlhaus, Close or Higgins. I really want Close back to his best by finals and the club should be able to manage that barring injury.
Any debate about Toby Greene being overrated in any way shape or form was put to bed too; excellent player, bobbed up with goals like he always does and showed a lot of leadership. Should get some time for that raised elbow though. Whitfield, Taranto both very good.
Our forward line was horrible tonight, Tom Hawkins has been INSIGNIFICANT for two weeks now - he is a legend of the club, but he was absolutely towelled up tonight, caught behind time after time after time - he usually uses being 2nd to the ball to his advantage, but his opponent tonight beat him over and over in the exact same fashion.
Worse still; Hawkins was having a putrid night but his teammates continued to look for him with predictable regularity, culminating in Zach Guthrie bypassing Ratugolea, who had done his opponent cold on a good lead, and going long to an out-of-position Hawkins in the last quarter. I coulda screamed.
Brad Close's proposed rest a few weeks ago is starting to look alarmingly overdue, he got close (no) to this highest disposal count last week and yet I thought he looked a bit down on his usual sparkle; tonight though he was downright terrible for just about the first time; slow to react, made poor decisions.
Shaun Higgins continues to underwhelm, and yet you look at the stats sheet and things look, well, ok for a bloke playing as a semi-permanent half-forward. Always gets around 20 disposals and always misses a couple of gettable shots. All well and good, but his impact is consistently negligible. Will his experience help him find a way to add value to the team before the year is out? Has he ever actually played a final?
Sam Menegola was horrible by foot tonight; his numbers on paper look pretty similar to last year's ''break-out'' season and yet he has rarely been as influential. I'm hoping his renowned fitness and physical maturity might still serve him well in September, but night's like tonight only serve to remind me that he is a real low-ceiling guy, his best is solid, his worst is pedestrian.
Rhys Stanley needed to put in a good showing tonight against an inexperienced opponent and he got better and better as the game went on imo, did all the good Rhys Stanley things that we all know he is more than capable of.
As has rightly been mentioned by others, we were down on rotations and had a couple of key players impacted by injury to varying degrees; losing Dangerfield so early was a real blow; as soon as I saw that knock I knew he was in trouble, I thought he'd had his jaw broken for a second.
We need to just put this one behind us and manage the list as best we can leading into September. Would be happy to see Frank Evans given another run before the year is out, he can deputize for any of Dahlhaus, Close or Higgins. I really want Close back to his best by finals and the club should be able to manage that barring injury.
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Yes but they should have depth to cover it since they have had 11 million top 10 picks since entering the league. We havent had jack.
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Toby Greene is overrated…………. I had that in my head all game, whilst he was tearing us a new one
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Whitfield showed why players who run and carry and link up from one end to the other are worth their weight in gold. No Duncan or Smith kills us, we end up looking like stunned mullets with ball in hand - Smith back in next week, Duncan a necessity for finals.
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I’m more worried about Lions. They have Freo, Collingwood and West Coast.
Think it's the nature of the loss that frustrates people more than anything. Mid-table to mediocre opposition, expected to win comfortably, lack of intensity from the outset sees us 5-6 goals in arrears, mount a late challenge, ultimately fall short through missed opportunities and poor decision-making. Feel like I've seen this movie before.
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Haaaaaave you seen their outs?
Fyi I think their outs made then better bit that's another discussion
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Thanks for that...see you next time we lose.
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