Preview Geelong V Hawks Mon Apr1 2024 @MCG 320pm

[CatToTheFuture]

Gryan Miers in a nutshell.

2023-24.

20+ disposals - 9W3L
<20 disposals - 3W9L
<15 disposals - 1W4L

Get that man the ball!

 

[cats_09]

Get that man the ball!

My thoughts exactly - get him playing a bit further up the ground and working back into the 50

He needs to back himself a bit more though with ball in hand when around the goals - hit up teammates when they're in the right position, but then do what he did last Friday night and find the middle of the big sticks when it's his turn

He could well become the most unlikely AA contender if he can find the right balance

 

[Farmer2Goggin]

My thoughts exactly - get him playing a bit further up the ground and working back into the 50

He needs to back himself a bit more though with ball in hand when around the goals - hit up teammates when they're in the right position, but then do what he did last Friday night and find the middle of the big sticks when it's his turn

He could well become the most unlikely AA contender if he can find the right balance

What a weapon he’s shaping up to be- using his elite fitness and creativity to work up and down the ground and create havoc.
Kudos to Gryan and the coaching staff.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

I think dropping Parfitt after his effort last week is not a message to the group I'd endorse.

Makes it hard

Yeah, clubs have to be a meritocracy. If you bust your arse for no reward, why bother at all?

 

[Finknottle]

Yeah, clubs have to be a meritocracy. If you bust your arse for no reward, why bother at all?

After being one of Geelong's best against Adelaide Parfitt deserves his place in the 22. He will be there on Easter Monday.

 

[Finknottle]

Imagine how good Miers could be if he learned how to kick with his left foot, and after adding that skill, learned how to kick for goal over the man on the mark.

 

[Finknottle]

He needs to play on Monday and let the hair run free as he glides across the G

He won't be in the 22 based on his last game. Get a haircut and concentrate on playing football.

 

[Finknottle]

Resting stanley then. Good game to play conway in.

'Resting Stanley?' That's one way of looking at it

 

[Oisin_the_Goat]

Yeah, clubs have to be a meritocracy. If you bust your arse for no reward, why bother at all?

$$$

 

[Mr Meow]

Imagine how good Miers could be if he learned how to kick with his left foot, and after adding that skill, learned how to kick for goal over the man on the mark.

"So bloody frustrating" you called him. All by your lonesome on that one I'm afraid.

 

[catsfootyfan89]

"So bloody frustrating" you called him. All by your lonesome on that one I'm afraid.

I get it, though. Seeing Miers kicking a set shot from the right-side 45 degrees and watching him run towards the boundary before kicking does make me grind my teeth a little bit. It's a crazy style. Whoever coached him as a kid let him down a little bit in my opinion.

 

[Mr Meow]

I get it, though. Seeing Miers kicking a set shot from the right-side 45 degrees and watching him run towards the boundary before kicking does make me grind my teeth a little bit. It's a crazy style. Whoever coached him as a kid let him down a little bit in my opinion.

Pointing out the set shot arc is different to just calling someone frustrating when they're in the process of winning the game for your club. Miers was a score involvement machine in hostile territory, so it's a bit bizarre to carry on about his weaknesses in those situations (which is what Funknozzle or whatever it's name is, was doing).

Whatever, I'm soft I guess and need to be applying a more pedantic mindset to players with any eccentricities.

 

[MacStradbroke]

20-40mm forecast..

 

[Cataholic]

20-40mm forecast..

Wow.....

 

[FootyIslanders]

Im so sick of the easter monday game being on monday. How do we change this?

Come join us in the lovely USA. We work Good Friday and there is no such thing as Easter Monday, so we work then also. So no games in the arvo. What a country!


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[TheEscapeClub]

I love beating the Hawks but does it need the Easter Monday slot anymore?

Time to get them to the Cattery.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

20-40mm forecast..

At this point not scheduled to start raining until after the game but a long way out yet

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Come join us in the lovely USA. We work Good Friday and there is no such thing as Easter Monday, so we work then also. So no games in the arvo. What a country!


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I might wait to see if your country still exists after the election first

 

[The_Koulouriotis_Fan]

Imagine how good Miers could be if he learned how to kick with his left foot, and after adding that skill, learned how to kick for goal over the man on

You’re like a woman with a virginia ham under her arm, crying the blues 'cause she has no bread

 

[Vdubs]

You’re like a woman with a virginia ham under her arm, crying the blues 'cause she has no bread

wonderful analogy

 

[The_Koulouriotis_Fan]

No change to the Easter Monday game, it’s great and our marquee match built on a real modern rivalry. It’s not our fault the Hawks can’t keep up there end of the bargain.
The ANZAC day game has had some really bog average teams playing but it still works, same with Dreamtime at the G and Queens/Kings Birthday.
Why do people want to take away nice things?

 

[Footy Smarts]

I get it, though. Seeing Miers kicking a set shot from the right-side 45 degrees and watching him run towards the boundary before kicking does make me grind my teeth a little bit. It's a crazy style. Whoever coached him as a kid let him down a little bit in my opinion.

Whoever coached him as a kid managed to develop the most unpredictable kicking technique in the game that repeatedly opens up defences. Seems like they did a fine job to me.

 

[The_Koulouriotis_Fan]

wonderful analogy

I can’t take credit, it’s from Uncle Junior in the Sopranos.
The other quote I always liked of his is ‘some people are so far behind in the race, they think they’re winning’

 

[Vivy]

Whoever coached him as a kid managed to develop the most unpredictable kicking technique in the game that repeatedly opens up defences. Seems like they did a fine job to me.

He coached himself to do it thinking it would be a point of difference for him if I remember correctly from an interview last year

 

[JackFlash]

After the revelations of this week, i wonder if Geelong's habit of late withdrawals will continue?