It's gonna be a long week

[NOCHANCE]

Big outs for Geelong with Corey Kelly and Ottens. Lets hope the short break for Geelong has no influence on the game.

 

[jim boy]

In 08 - it was Hawks round 17 at the MCG with a huge crowd - Geelong winning a close and tense match by 10 or so points

09- round 14 v St Kilda - classic encounter with St Kilda winning by a goal

10 - Collingwood v Geelong

Going on the record of the previous encounters we can expect a great match with the likelihood of it being a grand final preview

Yes, and in both those previous matches, the loser eventually triumphed come season end.

 

[Dangerwooodlett]

Big outs for Geelong with Corey Kelly and Ottens. Lets hope the short break for Geelong has no influence on the game.

hopefully we get corey and kelly back this week. not to mention pods

 

[ilovegussy]

Wierd 2 weeks in a row this happening Freo V Collingwood now Cats V Collingwood. Go Cats!

 

[HulkHawkins]

hopefully we get corey and kelly back this week. not to mention pods

Kelly and Pods will both be back in this week

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Wellingham, Presti and Medders need to be back for us to have a chance.

We're in form, but so are Geelong, and they have the ability to turn it on when needed as they've shown time and time again.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Yes, and in both those previous matches, the loser eventually triumphed come season end.

Woo hoo! good for us I guess?

 

[witsend]

Meh...Rd 9 in a long season. Will be an interesting game which a lot of people will read too much into, no matter who wins.

 

[witsend]

Forget about our wins in the past Smoky. Collingwood is a totally different team now and we have a totally different game plan.

No doubt this is an important game for both clubs - just like any with 4 points up for grabs - but I think it is more so for Collingwood. I think it gives us a real opportunity to give us some confidence that we can beat the best, something we have failed to do in the past. I think it is also a good test of our new game plan and how it stands up in a high pressure game against a team that is the best in the league at moving the ball by hand and foot. Thatsaid it is still just a game in May and it's hardly the be all and all for the team that loses.

I'm going to the game with my best mate who is a massive Cats supporter so it will definitely be a long week of sledging and probably an even longer night for one of us!!! I'm really looking forward to this one

So is Geelong...Cats have exceeded my expectations this year by a massive amount, and I was pretty bullish at the start of the season. The long break, the addition of new faces, getting back Josh Hunt, and the continued upward development of players like Hawkins, Varcoe, Byrnes, Hogan etc has improved us significantly. Also Mooney is back to 2007 form.