Game Day Round 18: Geelong v Essendon, Alphabet Soup Stadium, Saturday, July 15, 7.25 pm AEST

[kelvin_sheedy]

These old timers will come to a crawl in the last. Win the third and we can storm home

 

[Happyskeret]

Definition of insanity: doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result.

I got to admit I am struggling to see what we learnt from the last time we played them.

 

[TheUnicorn]

Brads mum just called Chris and told him to stop bullying his brother, We got this.

 

[ghostdog]

You missed his kick just then

Ooh the irony!

 

[outersanctum]

We did win that quarter.. not the crappy 2 points or whatever but because we actually matched them that quarter.. much much better effort. THAT is what makes this season different for me. Yes we got jumped again.. yes Geelong smash us every time.. but at least the boys showed a bit of spirit and come out ready to play that quarter.

If we can bring it back to a 4-5 goal loss then that will be another step forward for this group.

The only thing I will put on Scott is playing Weid again. He is bad, he is out of form and he is just not cutting it. Hands like concrete and offers NOTHING at ground level. I'd rather bring Hind in and play a small forwardline than persist with that.

I hope we can continue the effort in the 2nd half and at least show ourselves that we can match it and recover from bad starts.

 

[wichidi]

I got to admit I am struggling to see what we learnt from the last time we played them.

Yep seems like history repeating. Midfield got absolutely pantsed in the first qtr.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Definition of insanity: doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result.

Last time we played margin was 44 at HT (88 - 44). The same as now.

You can't make this up. Like clockwork.

 

[MiguelM]

They must have Roundup in Weed's water bottle!

 

[MiguelM]

Last time we played margin was 44 at HT (88 - 44). The same as now.

You can't make this up. Like clockwork.

Groundhog day.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Brads mum just called Chris and told him to stop bullying his brother, We got this.

 

[Don_Gia]

I reckon we have won once against the Cats since 2007…and I remember that game in 2011 cos it was a tackling clinic by us and and we had Bomber Thompson in the box with Hird…Cats were undefeated and won the first 9 or 10 games of the season…am I recalling this correctly?

Once in 16 years?

 

[MiguelM]

Just shut the F up Ling, mute on.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

They must have Roundup in Weed's water bottle!

Older posters might remember this guy.

 

[Happyskeret]

Groundhog day.

Groundhog Day would be a good outcome from here for the second half.

 

[Seb78]

Someone gonna start the autopsy thread orrrr?

 

[quotemokc]

Geelong seem to group all their players up around the contest and spread hard once they win the ball whilst we seem to be content to stick to our zone and not win the ball so by the time Geelong have the ball our zone is in the wrong spot or cant cover all the Geelong players flooding forward

 

[Call Me Cake]

Groundhog day.

Last time we cut the margin by only 8 in the 3rd quarter.

Let's see if we can cut anything, let alone beat that.

 

[Old man fletch]

We did win that quarter.. not the crappy 2 points or whatever but because we actually matched them that quarter.. much much better effort. THAT is what makes this season different for me. Yes we got jumped again.. yes Geelong smash us every time.. but at least the boys showed a bit of spirit and come out ready to play that quarter.

If we can bring it back to a 4-5 goal loss then that will be another step forward for this group.

The only thing I will put on Scott is playing Weid again. He is bad, he is out of form and he is just not cutting it. Hands like concrete and offers NOTHING at ground level. I'd rather bring Hind in and play a small forwardline than persist with that.

I hope we can continue the effort in the 2nd half and at least show ourselves that we can match it and recover from bad starts.

Better effort in the second, but we beat them in that quarter because they couldn't kick straight. Play like that for 4 quarters and we probably lose by 4 goals which is a good effort against the cats at home.

Agree on Weid. I get Scott doesn't have any other ready made fit options, but he's such a liability and momentum killer (dropped mark leading to goal, turnover kick which we got back gave to him for another turnover kick are his highlights tonight) that we're better off either going a shorter forwardline (he doesn't give us a chopout option anyway) or throwing one of our developing KPDs forward

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Someone gonna start the autopsy thread orrrr?

C'mon now, we're still on life support.

 

[wichidi]

Gonna give it 5 minutes in the first half to see if it’s worth keeping the game on or not.

 

[Happyskeret]

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Older posters might remember this guy.

Was that thing off Bill and Ben?

 

[wichidi]

Could be worse. We could be norf or the saints. Lol norf.

 

[TheUnicorn]

Could be worse. We could be norf or the saints. Lol norf.

 

[MiguelM]

Love Zerk but he is no match for Hawkins.

 

[windyhill]

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Bill & Bens mate.