Review Geelong defeats Saints by 8 points

[dazbroncos]

In front of 39352 we got the 4 points.

Wont want to have a season of games with skills like that as it was an ugly one and 10.16 wont win you many games.

Need to improve on taking our chances and will need to play better than that

Great to get the win with Joel in the house and the Stand being opened.

The good -
Holmes, Bruhn, Dempsey, Atkins, Zuthrie, Jezza, Stew, Blitz. Clark was massively impressive


Needed the leaders to stand up, and PFD did at the end but some older blokes were not so flash.


2E, Stengle, Stanley we not much chop. Thought SDK was not as bad as some said.
OH was underdone and it showed.

4 points is 4 points and ill take it but lots to improve on.

GO Catters

 

[small 4wards]

Dempsey's an absolute weapon

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Whoever the bald bloke is, please never umpire a game of football again.

 

[Strange Cat]

Dempsey's an absolute weapon

Im hoping to see some good consistency from him this year …good signs so far

 

[dangerwood]

Glad to get the 4 points, I thought we were the better team. Frustrating game but lots of positives. Really liked Bruhns game and I've had my reservations. Dempsey very good and I've had reservations.
Saints frustrating to play against, made forward entries painful but I'm confident our forward line is good so glad we could get it in so often.

 

[small 4wards]

Im hoping to see some good consistency from him this year …good signs so far

I do agree but it's nice to say show consistency at this point rather than show us you have something to be consistent at

 

[thejester]

He had a good game but not sure of the point of playing Max Holmes at half back if we're still reduced to kicking long down the line over and over and over again.

 

[Zouz Kitty]

Cataholic
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/thre...th-mar-2024-730pm-gmhba.1378154/post-82700290


Excellent analysis Cataholic, experienced. I learn so much from you, for which I’m thankful.
May I ask your opinion on Lyon’s flooding style, but when it fails he has the team regroup + kind of run away + spread? It’s ugly, typically repugnant tactics.
How does Geelong take control + kick the ball forward?

 

[catscratchfever]

Are they good any good, or are we crap? - that is the question.

I was very confident going into this round but we only just got the 4 points at home. Lots of empty seats. Might have gone differently away from Kardinia Park.

Poor field kicking for large parts of the game almost cost us.

Clangerfield tried hard and got the winning goal, but some of his disposals are hard to watch. Not Robinsoe Crusoe tonight, though.

Stanley looked well beaten in the ruck but did ok around the ground.

Ollie Dempsey looks better than ok.

Jezza was excellent.

Kolo was a mixed bag but did some good things.

SDK still lacking the poise he had in 2022.

Haven't looked at the stats yet but Bruhn seemed to be getting heaps of the ball.

Stengel, where was he?

Played relatively poorly and beat a lower middling team. Lots to reflect on for the coach and his team.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Most important thing was getting the 4 points so that's a big tick. Lots of good and lots of bad.

I feel like we've got a lot of improvement to come in the front half. And if we're more lethal in the forward half they don't get the same chances to slingshot out and we win easily.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

That was a cauldron. Loudest I've ever heard Kardinia Park.

SDK looked rusty as all hell.
Holmes is the leader of the next gen.
Jhye goes in bloody hard but needs to tidy up disposal.

Lastly, **** Ross Lyon and his shit football.
They employed the dinosaur.... TWICE

 

[cats_09]

 

[OddYears]

Danger was massive. The bursts from the old legs were back. 8 clearances with 5 centre clearances and the clutch goal.

And was not expecting that from Dempsey. He’s gonna be special

 

[calder_daddy]

Round 1 is always a scrap

Never in doubt

 

[Footy Smarts]

Shout out to a couple of much maligned players who were great tonight. Kolodjashnij and O'Connor

 

[Seeds]

So does that mean we finally surpassed the kardinia park crowd from the 1993 home and away against essendon?

 

[calder_daddy]

Bloody hell I was so wrong about Dempsey!

Gotta point out my boy Bruhn
I love him, tough as they come
20 touches, 8 tackles and missed half a quarter for a fitness test

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Tonight's Dempsey started clearly nervous, same as previous afl games he's had. After that goal his nerves steadied and he played like he does in the vfl.

I was always convinced he just needed one good game in the seniors to build the confidence.

He faded, but I think he'll find consistency in game.

Soak it up CHAWKTS

 

[Swan4Life]

Congrats on the newly completed stadium, looks great!!

Hope you get to play a home final there if that is what you want, without the AFL sticking their noses in.

 

[year of the cat]

Some promising signs albeit I doubt we will challenge for top 6 this year.

Really happy with the younger crew - Dempsey in particular showed he will emerge this year to be a very handy forward. Another guy that can hit the scoreboard.

Just need to keep Holmes. He will be our best mid by the end of this year.

Danger looks terrific. Had some very good moments.

Thought Z.Guthrie was our best back. Was composed and made good decisions all night.

SDK and Close were the 2 main disappointments for mine. Both had poor seasons last year. Haven’t started thid years any better.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Take heart Catters - the opener against St Kilda in 2011 was just about the ugliest I can remember!!!

Geelong 6.12 (48)
St Kilda 6.7 (47)

AFL Tables - Geelong v St Kilda - Fri, 25-Mar-2011 7:45 PM (6:45 PM) - Match Stats

 

[Hamingja]

Typical Ross Lyon footy. The guy is a genius at coming up with game plans that will never stand up in finals. The slingshot thing in the first half is just never going to stand up when it matters. Jhye Clark physically bullied them in the first half. Imagine what a midfield of Bartel, Corey, Kelly etc would have done to them physically.

We had the chance to break their neck a couple of times and didn't take it which made it closer than it should have been.

Holmes, Bruhn and Clark were all good in the first 3 quarters, gassed a bit at the end and required Danger to step up and drag us over the line.

Dempsey was great.

Ollie Henry has a habit of not doing much in games but bobbing up in Q4 with a couple of critical plays.

Take the W and move on.

 

[PzBlinky]

So does that mean we finally surpassed the kardinia park crowd from the 1993 home and away against essendon?

TV said it was the biggest crowd since 1981.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Shout out to a couple of much maligned players who were great tonight. Kolodjashnij and O'Connor

Yeah, shows you how much you can trust the preseason form of established players

 

[CatToTheFuture]

So does that mean we finally surpassed the kardinia park crowd from the 1993 home and away against essendon?

Highest since 1981 Easter Monday is what fox footy said