Game Day Geelong V North Sun Jul 9 110pm @ GMHBA

[numbwombat]

Some good signs in Q1, great to see Stengle & SDK playing well. Gryan backing up last week's form also fun. Cats 27 tackles in the first quarter, after 55 for the whole game vs Sydney. Henry bros are great to watch.

Second quarter a bit of a slog.

 

[cats_09]

Sav good again

Looks much better - they all do - when the Mids pressure better

GO CAtters

The other obvious change from last week (especially the first half) & other than playing 1 tall shorter is that all of J. Henry, SDK & Ratugolea are actually playing on direct opponents and there seems more clarity with how they're going about things

There's the odd passage where you want to yell out, "bloody talk would you" because there's either miscommunication or no communication, but there seems a lot less confusion about whether or not they go with/stick with player X or Y when North is bringing the ball forward

 

[Lana]

We're playing like the Harlem Globetrotters. Good to build back some confidence.

 

[winty]

Just hope we go on with it in the 2nd half and build our percentage instead of putting the cue in the rack and letting our opposition get some respectability back on the scoreboard like we did against the Eagles and Essendon earlier in the year.

 

[cats_09]

That was a weird shower that just blew through

I thankfully didn't get wet unlike last match, but looking out across the ground you could see half the ground covered in what seemed like fog/mist

And now cleared - really weird

 

[Grimoz]

I think Bowes has been alright but bloody hell someone get Oli Henry some grippo for his hands....boy drops more marks than a school teacher!!!!

 

[OddYears]

Can’t be too harsh on that quarter. Yes we dicked about but just happy to see some guys regain nice form. 10 goals up

 

[And_ROOS]

Exactly

We were still on top & showing good signs - just that our focus on that aspect was off

Its funny though the commentators basically said we were ****ing about with it, but Danger not taking a kick and instead passing it to Hawkins was the right decision, and Hawkins kick to Miers was the right decision. It was just the handball to Tuohy at the end that was dumb. If Miers goes back and kicks it, we would be hearing about how lax the Norhf defence was.

 

[Reg Hickey]

Hard to complain when you’re 10 goals up at half time. Duncan, Miers, Stengle all excellent, Danger building into it, others doing their part.

The BS trying to get Tuohy a goal was embarrassing though. Just don’t do that sh*t. Ruthless is much better than cute.

 

[cats_09]

Its funny though the commentators basically said we were ******* about with it, but Danger not taking a kick and instead passing it to Hawkins was the right decision, and Hawkins kick to Miers was the right decision. It was just the handball to Tuohy at the end that was dumb. If Miers goes back and kicks it, we would be hearing about how lax the Norhf defence was.

How often have we seen teams do similar to us - take a mark just outside 50m, hit up a closer teammate and then do the same again

It's super frustrating as a fan of the defending team, especially when it m results in a goal

But for some reason when it doesn't result in a goal, the poor defensive effort is seemingly ignored to stick it to the attacking team for arrogance or whatever

 

[OddYears]

Let’s go 15 goals up into the last and sneak all the Irish men forward

 

[Reg Hickey]

Our 3 best tacklers - Atkins, Blicavs and Bruhn- have 20 tackles between them to half time. Great sign.

 

[Mr Meow]

Against poor opposition, but 34 touches and 20 tackles between Blicavs, Atkins and Bruhn in beast mode has been really encouraging. Generally we've looked good this year when both Blicavs and Atkins are "on", but have struggled when one or both aren't impacting the contest. It helps having Dangerfield and Holmes around them as well.

 

[The_Todd07]

I think Bowes has been alright but bloody hell someone get Oli Henry some grippo for his hands....boy drops more marks than a school teacher!!!!

He goes for a lot of marks that could be chest marks but goes for them in the hands but only half extended. Looks quite awkward
Took one but dropped 2 or 3 the exact same way

 

[cats_09]

Dempsey still wearing the training top

No half time sub at this stage

 

[D BRIDGE]

Mullin just doing what he needs to do... nothing more, nothing less and looking solid (no mistakes).

I think keeping him in over Bews wouldn't hurt us too much and he'd continue to fast-track himself that way.

It's probably unlikely though.

 

[cats_09]

Tuohy has switched to the long sleeves - let's see if his goal kicking improves as a result

 

[And_ROOS]

We're playing like the Harlem Globetrotters. Good to build back some confidence.

When I was in u18s and ressies our coach would pull out 2 lines at times.
"You are playing like you are the ****ing Harlem Globetrotters" came out when he thought we were ****ing around too much with the ball, and "you are playing like ****ing millionaires" when he thought we weren't working hard enough.

 

[OddYears]

Mullin just doing what he needs to do... nothing more, nothing less and looking solid (no mistakes).

I think keeping him in over Bews wouldn't hurt us too much and he'd continue to fast-track himself that way.

It's probably unlikely though.

We need to get as many games into him as possible. He’s got it

 

[cat_fanatic]

Mullin just doing what he needs to do... nothing more, nothing less and looking solid (no mistakes).

I think keeping him in over Bews wouldn't hurt us too much and he'd continue to fast-track himself that way.

It's probably unlikely though.

Have to disagree there, Bews adds a lot more than Mulin right now.

On Pixel 7 Pro using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[dazbroncos]

Blitz good then and Stengle nearly.

GO Catters

 

[dazbroncos]

oh no.. wheels off for Norf...
GO Catters

 

[Cataholic]

Wow...... that was a gift.

 

[The_Todd07]

That goal square has been good to us today

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

That’s as deliberate as you will see