Autopsy Geelong loses to Demons by 4 points - Rd 23

[Grimoz]

I dont care what anyone says or thinks about that performance, we played 1 good quarter and stopped completely after thinking our shit didnt stink at half time, this is an area we are renowned for, mental fragility and dissappearing players, Rohan was absolutely woeful tonight and gave away free after free trying to take mark of the year and Atkins was just as bad, no awareness, constant chipping backwards when you have guys ahead of the ball, no brains, its this shit that makes supporters lose their ****ing minds, i for one wont buy into the "oh we put the cue in the rack" bullshit, we were thumped by a far better side apart from 10 good minutes.

 

[bulletproof]

The result was not that important, but the manner of the loss was quite alarming.

We got destroyed in the middle in the last quarter.

Feels like our final series we will just be waiting for another collapse and seems like it will inevitably come.

 

[Reppie]

Unless you have got the crowds and then you win.

So your saying unless unless they play in front of a home crowd we cant win?
Didn't seem to be a problem for Melbourne

 

[thecatattack]

Sucks to lose like that but the calls saying we're doomed are ****ing absurd.

We put the cue in the rack and seemed unworried about a win or lose. That won't happen next week, I can guarantee that.

We came out unscathed and move onto finals.

 

[BotsMaster]

How the fu** do you leave Max Gawn almost completely unmarked 15 metres out directly in front with 30 seconds left on the clock?!!??!!

WTF even was that.

Ask Rhys Stanley.

 

[WaxiesDargle]

Worse game I’ve seen from Rohan in a long time, and that’s saying something. The amount of dumb mistakes and frees he gave away we’re so costly. Useless at holding Lever as well.

 

[Tuggacat]

Huge 1 disposal last quarter from Dangerfield..

He was cramping at one stage so maybe he is not quite right.

 

[cats_09]

Close was a bit unlucky and a bit careless.

There is no way a player is not going to try everything to touch the ball.

What happens if he misjudges the boundary and doesn’t touch the ball as it goes over

Guthrie has no excuse


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Touches the ball yes

But he punched it away and did so after the whistle which is why he was in trouble. If he went with an open hand and allowed it to come off his hand then it may not have been paid

 

[gaz love x]

There was plenty on the line.

If we can't beat Port in Adelaide we're not winning three in a row to win the flag so who cares. Brisbane are every bit a better team than Port but the home ground evens it up.

 

[patmatcat]

That would be the most insipid disgraceful performance by a Geelong side in the clubs history.

There is no way we recover from that, our season is over.

What are you talking about you clown ?

 

[Mad_Hatter]

The side stopped playing when we were up by 40 points thinking the game was in hand and went into conservative mode for the finals

Not ideal, but largely the club ended up where they would had if they won anyway…AO

So Meh no carrying on from me and I’m one of those that would have a melt usually

I understand this point of view (and if we win it doesn't effect the prelim either, however lose and we stare straight sets), but the result of tonight won't be felt under we have the hindsight of next weeks game.
If lions barely turn up and Melb flog them, while we get a white hot port playing in front of their rabid fans and lose, then 10000% we have EVERY right to melt right now.
That's the issue, port aren't a great team because they are inconsistent, but their best is probably as good as anyone going around and they are a 6 goal better team at home.
They beat us, and we fold to straight sets, then tonights result cost us a shot at the flag, if we win, no harm no foul.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Like Chris Scott blowing his load all over the coaches box when we win a H&A game at KP against the Dogs.
That's the problem. Always show the cards in the H&A.
Its not the f**king premier league. Its about the end of the year.

It's technically still the h&a season

 

[r32godzilla]

Biggest choke since Greg Norman at the 1996 US Masters. Heck, Chuck Norris wouldn't have been able to find half our players who were missing in action that last quarter. Pissweak. Better come out swinging next week against those Port flogs.

 

[PzBlinky]

I think Danger may have broken his hand just before half time

Any source for that?

 

[TheWoodenSlug]

Such is Rhys.

When did Port become unbeatable though? Season over my arse.

 

[STPer18]

Neither Cameron or Henderson are concussed right? Hendo was great but he's got a worse turning circle than the titanic, once Cameron was in his path there was no stopping him.

 

[Two Planks]

Doubt we are good enough, way too many average players in the side, unlikely to win a final on the evidence of the last 8 weeks.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Fair, but fails to acknowledge just how good he was for a good percentage of the match. Harsh game sometimes.

Also fails to acknowledge that Gawn played one of the all-time great individual quarters.

 

[gogeelongcats]

I don't even have any analysis to give for what I just watched. I just feel deflated.

I don't think I've ever seen a team throw away their season like that in the space of a quarter and a half. Midway through the third term the bookies would have had us as premiership favourites. Now we're almost no chance.

We were paying 1.02 for the game. We are so mentally week that if i had an account I would have put $100 against us

 

[hoopla]

Well done to the dees. The cats really went into protection mode and got stung badly. The 50m was very dicey at the end but the cats probably got what they deserved by not attacking enough in that last quarter.

The Cameron Hendo crunch and the free when Danger was running into the 50 were bad luck. Either would have been enough to finish them off.

Oh well. Kind of a dead rubber. I think playing port is preferable to Brisbane.

 

[Drunkcat]

Dads army cooked by the end of the year again, we need more oldies for next year

 

[allrighty]

And happily having a chat whilst Gawn is lining up. Not a good look Paddy

Yep that stuff shits me and a few do it

 

[Baudolino]

There better be a good explanation for why Selwood and Danger spent so much of the last quarter on the bench.

 

[thecatattack]

I understand this point of view (and if we win it doesn't effect the prelim either, however lose and we stare straight sets), but the result of tonight won't be felt under we have the hindsight of next weeks game.
If lions barely turn up and Melb flog them, while we get a white hot port playing in front of their rabid fans and lose, then 10000% we have EVERY right to melt right now.
That's the issue, port aren't a great team because they are inconsistent, but their best is probably as good as anyone going around and they are a 6 goal better team at home.
They beat us, and we fold to straight sets, then tonights result cost us a shot at the flag, if we win, no harm no foul.

Port won't have Georgiades. That's a big loss for them and could help us.

 

[Cursed Cat]

Geelong and the Bulldogs completely dropped away at the wrong time of the year.

That was an appalling capitulation.
The pathetic slow movement of play when we had a 2 goal lead. We were playing to essentially lose the game.

Absolutely.

I've watched enough footy over the years to see how this would play out; you've almost got to mentally concede the possibility that Melbourne would hit the lead late in the game and leave yourself enough time to get one back in the last minute.
When we were 2 points up with 3 minutes to go it was worth taking the risk of attacking - and potentially conceding the lead - on the chance that we might extend it to a nearly game-winning 8 point lead.
Dumb football.