Land of the Giants
Premiership Player
The rain held off, we got the four points, some handy percentage, and best of all, NO INJURIES.
Forget the first quarter. The rest of the game was like a glorified training run, with almost no pressure. I don’t know what’s happened to the Bulldogs, but anyway, that’s their problem.
Now for Collingwood at the MCG.
This is probably the best chance we’ve had to beat the Magpies in Melbourne since joining the competition. We’ve only beaten them once anyway, and that was by just 3 points at Spotless last year.
Having lost to the Hawks last night in such lacklustre fashion, they’ll be under enormous pressure to lift their game this week. They had a shocking run with pre-season injuries, and looking at their board, there seems to be lots of confusion as to what changes can be made that will make any difference.
Intriguingly, there are three ex-Giants on their list – Adams, Treloar and Hoskin-Elliott. Treloar was leading possession winner against Hawthorn; Adams and Hoskin-Elliott didn’t do much. Perhaps they might fire up at the prospect of facing their old team. But I think we’ve all moved on.
As for us, I don’t think there’ll be too many changes. Leon was pretty relaxed in the presser. A special mention to Jeremy Finlayson, who was one of our best players in only his second game for the club. And I can’t even remember the last time I read a post-match “Medical Room” report that said “The Giants got through the game unscathed”. But while there are grounds for optimism, it’s important to remember today was a soft win. Collingwood have always matched up well against us.
However, I think this is a bit more than an opportunity to defeat Collingwood.
To be blunt, if we’re serious about being contenders this season, we have to do something about our abysmal record at the MCG. We’ve only won once at the home of football in a dozen attempts, and even that was four years ago.
Yes, we don’t play there very often – at present, it’s only twice a season. All the more reason to develop a “must-win” mentality every opportunity we get.
I’m heading down for this game, and while I’m confident of a win, I’m not going to be over-confident. We’ll probably get up by about 5 goals.
C’mon, Victorian Giants, let’s make sure we're all at the MCG on Saturday, and make a big, big sound.
Giants by 30.
Forget the first quarter. The rest of the game was like a glorified training run, with almost no pressure. I don’t know what’s happened to the Bulldogs, but anyway, that’s their problem.
Now for Collingwood at the MCG.
This is probably the best chance we’ve had to beat the Magpies in Melbourne since joining the competition. We’ve only beaten them once anyway, and that was by just 3 points at Spotless last year.
Having lost to the Hawks last night in such lacklustre fashion, they’ll be under enormous pressure to lift their game this week. They had a shocking run with pre-season injuries, and looking at their board, there seems to be lots of confusion as to what changes can be made that will make any difference.
Intriguingly, there are three ex-Giants on their list – Adams, Treloar and Hoskin-Elliott. Treloar was leading possession winner against Hawthorn; Adams and Hoskin-Elliott didn’t do much. Perhaps they might fire up at the prospect of facing their old team. But I think we’ve all moved on.
As for us, I don’t think there’ll be too many changes. Leon was pretty relaxed in the presser. A special mention to Jeremy Finlayson, who was one of our best players in only his second game for the club. And I can’t even remember the last time I read a post-match “Medical Room” report that said “The Giants got through the game unscathed”. But while there are grounds for optimism, it’s important to remember today was a soft win. Collingwood have always matched up well against us.
However, I think this is a bit more than an opportunity to defeat Collingwood.
To be blunt, if we’re serious about being contenders this season, we have to do something about our abysmal record at the MCG. We’ve only won once at the home of football in a dozen attempts, and even that was four years ago.
Yes, we don’t play there very often – at present, it’s only twice a season. All the more reason to develop a “must-win” mentality every opportunity we get.
I’m heading down for this game, and while I’m confident of a win, I’m not going to be over-confident. We’ll probably get up by about 5 goals.
C’mon, Victorian Giants, let’s make sure we're all at the MCG on Saturday, and make a big, big sound.
Giants by 30.
