Autopsy Geelong defeated by Tigers by 31 points.

[Footy_Fan2007]

Dangerfield is overrated as a forward imo. It robs us for too much in the middle for not enough return on investment. If you look up his stats, the years where he has played a high percentage of games in the F50 have actually been worse from a goalkicking perspective than the years when he has spent the majority of games in the middle. When he kicked 45 in 2017 nearly all of those were as a mid.

Think we wasted him up forward tonight.

In hind site yes. The 3rd quarter we really needed him on the ball but was no where to be seen.
I still think it was the right call to start him forward.

 

[year of the cat]

This is what breaks my heart about tonight’s defeat

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Makes you realise how insignificant footy is

 

[frggr]

Guthrie, Menegola, Miers, Stewart all great.

Not sure where the rest of the team were though

 

[Zouz Kitty]

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/geelong-v-richmond-2020-afl-grand-final.1250299/post-67636946

 

[Biggy_Boy]

yep. High pressure game and he had 5 possessions at 40% efficiency. And if he didn’t always sh*t the bed in big games you’d forgive it. But he does. You could set your clock to Rohan shitting the bed in a big game. fu** him off and play Krueger please

Can't believe Blicavs shit the bed too.

 

[ibuprofen]

Yet it was our best player who couldn't rise to the occasion. Yes stats don't tell the whole story, but even when thrown back into the fire he wasn't what he should've been.

It is what it is


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Our best player shouldn't have been sitting at FF all night. Disgraceful coaching especially when the tide was turning in the third. Woefully managed tonight. No point him being forward if the ball isn't getting there.

 

[Ratcat]

He's definitely one for the future. Excited to see his career unfold.

Unfortunate for Simpson but that was some sort of mark from Menegola.
And the kick!

 

[kickazz]

With shortened quarters 31 points is a flogging. We got destroyed after half time. It wasn't a contest.

Yeah but they got some late bullshit goals due to us having to take do or die risks. Lynch, Reiwoldt only got involved when it was all over and they got goals in the way turnover.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Guthrie, Menegola, Miers, Stewart all great.

Not sure where the rest of the team were though

I thought Selwood was good too.

 

[2Knights]

I think the problem is too much relies on Hawkins he has the ability to score goals but not enough ability to do it solo. Something says that having that second big forward option is really going to be helpful with attacking.

And Hawkins doesn't jump for pack marks. Which means Rohan and/or Dangerfield have to, and they're not big enough to outmark key defenders regularly.

 

[Grimoz]

I can almost guarantee we will be a few players short come round 1 next year, few reportable incidents that i saw that will be looked, Danger, Joel and possibly a couple more.

 

[Warhorse]

Scott refused to lock down on Martin. Extremely poor coaching. Lets just watch as the reigning norm smith medalists runs around as he pleases.

 

[thejester]

The guys who are 15-22 failed us again mostly. Too many passengers. Too many of these guys have one gear.

This is a very weird take given how ordinary Hawkins, Danger and Blicavs were.

 

[CatRiot]

We should've had Dangerfield in the middle at the bounces in the third quarter when we had the lead. It would've made a huge difference.
Key defenders can shut him down deep.

Good season overall and surpassed my expectations. Tigers are a much better team imho.

 

[thylacine60]

kudos you lot for copping it sweet - no umpire blame game, no deluded tantrums - not easy but well played in here tonight ..........

 

[thecatattack]

Makes you realise how insignificant footy is

Yep. We all love the club and will until we cease to exist. But there are bigger things in life.

 

[The_Todd07]

I said it in the game day thread but I'll say it again here. This was never going to end well after they said on the grand final brunch that Geelong had a venue booked for a party from midnight to 7am tonight. I mean really that is just arrogance

A venue that would have been booked by the admin staff regardless of if we won or lost.
Massively clutching at straws if you think that has any bearing on what happened or there tonight

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Shut the fu** up campaigner. You act like you’re some sort of ******* Leigh Mathews type. campaigner you have no idea. We lost. That is what it is. We go again.

Settle mate.

 

[frggr]

And Hawkins doesn't jump for pack marks. Which means Rohan and/or Dangerfield have to, and they're not big enough to outmark key defenders regularly.

He mentioned in an interview years back that 'splitting packs' isn't the way key forwards work these days.

Unfortunately Tom, they do in every other team

 

[Stocks_go_Up]

TO be fair our forwards got absolute shit delivery.. Our mids dropped off terribly at the end of the 2nd and never got it back - we were dominating clearances and getting the ball forward quickly. Something changed and from that point on we couldn't buy a clean possession - no matter where you looked there was a flood of Richmond rats hunting and running around. Worst still when Richmond got the ball they managed to create a contest and get the ball to ground for the rats to collect and feed it out. Contrast to our movement from back 50 we bombed it down the line and couldn't even make it a contest - we lost nearly every 1vs1... Either we ran out of legs or Hardwick out coached Scott to death - Hardwick mentioned changes to the plan at half time - whatever that was it worked. We couldn't get close even after they lost one of their best defenders for the whole game.. Not good enough

 

[Biggy_Boy]

Scott refused to lock down on Martin. Extremely poor coaching. Lets just watch as the reigning norm smith medalists runs around as he pleases.

Kolo will be enough to take care of him...

 

[frggr]

The guys who are 15-22 failed us again mostly. Too many passengers. Too many of these guys have one gear.

Keep making excuses, its all irrelevant, we exist to win premierships not lose Grand Finals.

A failure and nothing short of it. Shows why we need to stock up on old guys.

What a load - it was the 1-6 guys, minus Selwood, who threw it in

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Hit a brick wall in red time during the second quarter and never gave yelp from there. Lot of soul-searching needed.

Can't decide if it reminded me of the '92 gf or last year's pf more.

 

[mcwilrob]

Nightmare of last year's final 2nd half fade.
Thought they had it won at half time...
so stopped doing all the the things that got them in front.
When Tigers lifted the usual suspects deviated from the game plan.
We eased our intensity and lost momentum.

I'm totally gutted... we lit it slip
Richmond were too good and took their opportunity
It hurts but the Cats will learn and improve next year.

I'm disappointed for Gazza and Harry going out this way.
I will keep their memories forever.

But *will* they learn & improve? Been repeating the same finals failings every f’in year

 

[Nickoo]

Everything comes down to how the Cats interpret and what they do about this loss. Scott needs to get a new strategist or something to turn it around. This loss reminds me of many others. But again there is a lack of confidence.


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