GWS versus Geelong - rnd 18 Spotless Stadium, Saturday 7:40pm

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

GWS side:
FB: Adam Tomlinson, Phil Davis, Adam Kennedy
B: Zac Williams, Lachie Plowman, Tim Mohr
C: Will Hoskin-Elliott, Rhys Palmer, Tomas Bugg
HF: Tom Boyd, Jon Patton, Devon Smith
FF: Josh Hunt, Jeremy Cameron, Callan Ward
R: Shane Mumford, Toby Greene, Tom Scully

Int: Adam Treloar, Jono O'Rourke, Dylan Shiel, Joshua Kelly

Emergencies: Tim Golds, Jacob Townsend, Mark Whiley


Cats side:
B: Rivers, Lonergan, Mackie
HB: Guthrie, Taylor, Duncan
C: Enright, Bartel, Motlop
HF: Stokes, Kersten, Horlin-Smith
F: Varcoe, Hawkins, Johnson
R: McIntosh, Caddy, Selwood
IC: Murdoch, Kelly, Simpson, Hartman
EMG: Brown, Bews, Smedts

Last time they met:
2013 Spotless Stadium June 8th - Geelong won 157-98
2012 Simonds Stadium June 12th Geelong won 126-61

Top 5 players based on SuperCoach averages:

GWS:
115 Callan Ward
115 Shane Mumford
109 Adam Treloar
94 Dylan Shiel
86 Toby Greene

Geelong:
116 Joel Selwood
111 Steve Johnson
104 Jimmy Bartel
100 Matthew Stokes
97 Mitch Duncan

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Blockbuster I tell you....Geelong will get some percentage.

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Geelong 28

 

[catters05]

Blockbuster I tell you....Geelong will get some percentage.

Geelong should hopefully do just enough to get the 4 points, cant see them getting a big lot of % after the second half against the Demons....

 

[PatrickBateman]

Wont' be a good game, will most likely be rubbish in fact. Geelong have mastered the art of lowering themselves to the opposition's level, before scratching a win from as little effort as is possible.

The Scott brothers have 2 of the most effort / intensity varied sides in the league. I thought these guys were hard-arses?? They certainly struggle to get maximum effort week to week.

Chris (especially) needs to start openly challenging the players in the media and being more critical about Geelong's effort lapses. He is more than a bit of a BS artist in front of the camera at present.

Cats by 16.

 

[Arecsa]

Geelong to be ahead by 60 at half-time then fall asleep in the second half and win by 30 points.

 

[Duskfire]

Geelong to be ahead by 60 at half-time then fall asleep in the second half and win by 30 points.

Sounds like the usual plan this year. Hawkins will get to 3 quickly and just stop as well.

 

[OhhhhhCyril]

Split round sucks...

 

[Xtreme]

GWS to cause an upset of the millennium (well since the first clash with Sydney) - i'm dreaming here but you never know.

 

[Rainfall]

I hope Josh Hunt kicks a bag of 5 and that the rest of the team gets nothing.

 

[Rainfall]

I hope Josh Hunt kicks a bag of 5 and that the rest of the team gets nothing.

GWS to cause an upset of the millennium (well since the first clash with Sydney) - i'm dreaming here but you never know.

If GWS beat Sydney and Sydney beat us, how can it be an upset of the millennium especially considering we've won one interstate clash this year?

 

[Xtreme]

I hope Josh Hunt kicks a bag of 5 and that the rest of the team gets nothing.

If GWS beat Sydney and Sydney beat us, how can it be an upset of the millennium especially considering we've won one interstate clash this year?

You wouldn't expect GWS to beat a Geelong outfit, but yes if you've struggled to beat other teams on the road. Geelong could be in strife if GWS show up to play.

 

[Rainfall]

You wouldn't expect GWS to beat a Geelong outfit, but yes if you've struggled to beat other teams on the road. Geelong could be in strife if GWS show up to play.

I actually like that about my team we have a North esq unpredictability of who is going to show up which in some ways can be an advantage but it's a more of one for North considering they've beaten 4/5 top 5 sides

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Blockbuster I tell you....Geelong will get some percentage.

With North's loss last night, the remote chance that percentage would be of any use to Geelong for the rest of the season went out the window. Winning each quarter and/or having the win assured at three quarter time will be more than enough for me.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

You wouldn't expect GWS to beat a Geelong outfit, but yes if you've struggled to beat other teams on the road. Geelong could be in strife if GWS show up to play.

Flipside, of course, is that Geelong is the only team in the league that is yet to lose in its home state. And if that trend continues, Geelong will be a very good chance for top two.

 

[Xtreme]

Flipside, of course, is that Geelong is the only team in the league that is yet to lose in its home state. And if that trend continues, Geelong will be a very good chance for top two.

I shouldn't have liked the post (because it screws Hawthorn up royally lol ) but you're true there

 

[Righteo]

GWS were very competitive last week before collapsing in the last quarter so hopefully we at least get 3 quarters of competitive footy tonight, split rounds really are bollocks though.

 

[SA HAWK]

Giants won't get within 10 goals.

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

The only team in the current top 8 that GWS have beaten in 2014 is Sydney in Rnd 1, which is an irrelevant result now. I expect the GWS players to have a crack, but the Cats will be too good.

Geelong by 55

 

[ozgamer]

And BT the Grand Poo*bah is there to call the game

 

[fpm84]

Based on results so far this round, I'm tipping GWS by 58.

 

[what did you say]

more people on the ground then in the stand

 

[Fitzey]

Of only BT wasn't commentating...

 

[WCErevival]

Sounds like there is one guy in the crowd

 

[TBoyleSuperstar]

Hopefully we get a good game....and a result like at Etihad today