Game Day Geelong V Richmond at MCG Sun Jul 25 @ 320 pm - Rd 19

[Play it Sam]

Off to a good start despite a few umpiring howlers, won't complain.
Tugs have remnants of their pressure game but ours is good too.
Keep it up and settle the forwards, we should go on.

 

[Strange Cat]

meh. they won 3 flags doing it.

Not helping them much today , takes a lot of energy and you can see once we have some space they have no answers

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Richmond bringing alot of intensity and effort and playing like a side fighting for their season.

I’m not sure many people have watched Richmond this season. They have brought the heat in nearly all of their games. They just can’t sub stain it for 4 quarters.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

Spot on - Esava just doesn't know how to read the play and get in a good position....

Its frustrating because he not only puts himself in spots where he cant influence thr contest, but in a spot where he creates a negative result for the side by allowing his opponent to influence the play.

We are going to see grimes and garthwaite peel off all day because of ratugolea.

 

[cats_09]

I'm 180 degrees on Dahlhaus at this stage. Second efforts and sheer willpower to keep it moving forward is huge.

Everyone's aware he has his limitations, and would be very surprised if he wasn't also aware of them

But he can be a valuable contributor in our 22 when he plays to his strengths which is built upon a pressure game - the first, second & third efforts, the willingness to put his body where others may not and wear contact not necessarily expected of the smaller guys. I'd like to see him kick a few more goals, but he is something of a point of difference amongst our smaller guys

 

[calder_daddy]

I’m calling it early.
Sav will get dropped next week, he’s already shown enough for me to know this is one of his classic stinker games

 

[The Casey Cat]

ok-ish quarter. shame tommy couldn't mark that to put another on the board. how long can richmond keep this up, it takes a lot of discipline to be all effort for no reward.

Doubt they can do it long and well enough. We have it over them all over the park. Only so far their shitball gameplan will take them when opposition is so much better. If it rains they will keep it closer.

 

[catpremier 07]

Decent quarter, some finals like intensity from Richmond don't think they'll be able to keep it up though

 

[Footy Smarts]

Sav very ordinary. Out of position all of the time.

Hawkins is great up the ground.

Kicking to Sav so far has been awful. He's done really well a few times to bring the ball to ground when kicked to completely the wrong spot for him.

 

[hoopla]

Positive signs of Danger getting back to his best. Starting to get some speed and confidence back.

 

[Strange Cat]

This game will blow open once the tigers get tired

 

[Play it Sam]

The awareness of richmond about how poor a player ratugolea is through their sheer lack of respect for maning him up and peeling off him to double team hawkins is a worry for us.

There's only one person who can solve that.
The flying Fijian needs to find his wings and footy brain.

 

[My Tilly]

Not helping them much today , takes a lot of energy and you can see once we have some space they have no answers

Not having 8 of your best 22 on the park would have something to do with that.

 

[YOTC]

I’m calling it early.
Sav will get dropped next week, he’s already shown enough for me to know this is one of his classic stinker games

I'm calling it. Sav to get 3 big contested marks this quarter.

*shrugs*

 

[gogeelongcats]

Its frustrating because he not only puts himself in spots where he cant influence thr contest, but in a spot where he creates a negative result for the side by allowing his opponent to influence the play.

We are going to see grimes and garthwaite peel off all day because of ratugolea.

Zero everything that quarter

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

I’m calling it early.
Sav will get dropped next week, he’s already shown enough for me to know this is one of his classic stinker games

He will only get dropped when Cameron returns. Which may be next week

 

[cats_09]

I’m calling it early.
Sav will get dropped next week, he’s already shown enough for me to know this is one of his classic stinker games

Think it will depend when Cameron returns - if Cameron is still out then he just stay, unless we decide to help Jenkins reach 150

 

[Nankervis brothers]

Close should have snapped at goal he gave it to Miers under pressure who just had to slam it on the boot and hope.

Nonsense. Close had two options. A: cycle around and snap B: handball to team mate running straight at goal, so in a better position, and screaming for the ball. Close took the correct option and the one Geelong players are coached to take.

 

[thecatattack]

Sub

I thought Holmes was the sub?

 

[Tuggacat]

Lucky richmond got a goal that quarter. Blitz gives away one a game like that.

And that is not an exaggeration (Unfortunately).

 

[Sttew]

Unless he does something in the next 3Q’s Esava May find himself ‘managed’ next week.

 

[mcwilrob]

Sav very ordinary. Out of position all of the time.

Hawkins is great up the ground.

Sav just does not know how to be where the footy is headed - a major problem

 

[Play it Sam]

Kicking to Sav so far has been awful. He's done really well a few times to bring the ball to ground when kicked to completely the wrong spot for him.

I'm a bit sick of that excuse,. he needs to get free and lead away from Hawk.,

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I’m calling it early.
Sav will get dropped next week, he’s already shown enough for me to know this is one of his classic stinker games

To be fair on him the entries we've sent him have been a bit how you going

To be fair on the entries he hasn't exactly been leading early enough

 

[cats_09]

I thought Holmes was the sub?

Nope

Holmes was sub last week and this week just an emergency

Narkle the sub