Game Day Grand Final 2022 - Cats v Swans

[Lach72]

A couple of things I think they do right:

They trade and draft for need. Not exclusively, but still quite deliberately.

They target players to trade for who have regional connections, and play the long game to get them. They have great eyes and ears on players from juniors through their careers in AFL.

They don't over value some positions or roles such as ruck or hbf.

They don't gift games to youth, and certainly no on mass.

having guys like Cameron wanting to come helps…

 

[Descent]

Geelong have been impressively direct with their ball use all year, but even more so today. 200 kicks, 115 handballs. That is the single feature of our game we need to fix.

 

[holybishop]

Grand final drubbings can be scarring. Sydney may not recover well from this. They won't be top 4 next year and they may not even make the 8.

 

[Reynolds Number]

Oh there's Buddy. Couldn't find him anywhere.

 

[Wray27]

Our players should get a lot of belief from this. We beat them convincingly on their home deck. No one else did that.

3 points hardly a convincing. Yes a good win.

 

[Wray27]

Geelong have been impressively direct with their ball use all year, but even more so today. 200 kicks, 115 handballs. That is the single feature of our game we need to fix.

Hit the nail on the head.
Handball game has come unstuck for Sydney today. Pressure to much

 

[nurries]

3 points hardly a convincing. Yes a good win.

When it’s at GMBHA it’s convincing

 

[heavho]

What can freo learn from this. Forward lines win premierships

 

[Westerberg]

By my count, average losing margin of 57 points (not including today) and only 2 wins for interstate teams against Victorian teams since 2007.

Huge mountain to climb when we do it in the next few years

 

[Square Peg]

Geelong have been impressively direct with their ball use all year, but even more so today. 200 kicks, 115 handballs. That is the single feature of our game we need to fix.

Helps to be direct when you have a forward line like that to kick to

 

[holybishop]

3 points hardly a convincing. Yes a good win.

Only someone who just looked at the score sheet would say this.

 

[Wray27]

What can freo learn from this. Forward lines win premierships

No contested ball wins GFs

 

[Purple Jesus]

3 points hardly a convincing. Yes a good win.

Eye test. It was a solid win.

No one else came within 10 points.

 

[Descent]

Helps to be direct when you have a forward line like that to kick to

True, but Hawkins and Cameron have spent plenty of time pushing up the wings. It’s not just a personnel problem.

 

[Wray27]

Only someone who just looked at the score sheet would say this.

Seriously. I having nothing to say to that except FOQ

 

[Bastyy]

hopefully this kills sydney’s spirit and sends them into a spiral for a few years

 

[Lach72]

Superb Selwood

 

[Square Peg]

Anyway that was a shit grand final, worst in at least a decade. Even GWS Richmond was a contest for a quarter, this ****er was over ten minutes into the first. Useless Sydney pricks.

 

[MrDanggazz]

Selwood and Hawkins crying tears of joy, can’t wait to see Brayshaw, Serong and Amiss do the same.

 

[Purple Jesus]

Acre was a big part of how we win that too.

 

[Lach72]

Anyway that was a s**t grand final, worst in at least a decade. Even GWS Richmond was a contest for a quarter, this *er was over ten minutes into the first. Useless Sydney pricks.

it was great, high quality footy from Geelong.

 

[Square Peg]

it was great, high quality footy from Geelong.

They were great but a terrible contest

 

[nurries]

Acre was a big part of how we win that too.

But not part of the culture we want.

 

[G Mus]

Only someone who just looked at the score sheet would say this.

Didn’t feel convincing on the day either, we were under siege

 

[Ge3ks]

Bravo Cats, well played.