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The Age has a two-page preview of today's game, padded out slightly by a puff-piece on the the De Koning brothers' rivalry.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/came...5fm7n.html
They are billing it as the biggest Geelong- Carlton game since the 1995 grand final. And the conclusion;
"If you need a prediction, it’s this: Carlton will be too strong around the ball in the end." I think that's pretty well spot on.
For good measure there's most of another page devoted to an interview with Brian Cook in an article titled, "Billionaires and business deals: The money machine delivering big benefits to the Blues."
Cook starts with, “The true uniqueness I found, in comparison [with Geelong], was just the passion of its supporter base at Carlton – its width, its depth, its tentacles where they spread.”
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/bill...5fmj9.html
The AFL must be rapt that we're back as a serious competitor.
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(04-27-2024, 12:40 AM)DJC date Wrote:Stewart is Geelong’s most important player and they can’t cover his loss. That has repercussions for them all over the ground.
It depends on the innovation of the Handbagger MC.
It's a fatal mistake to assume a team is crippled by the absence of a single player, many of our own fans said as much about us in the early season absence of Weiters.
A forced change like Stewart going out can cause an MC to become inventive, inventive potentially means a new tactic that opponents have not seen before, and that can be deadly for the opponent if they go into a game unprepared to adapt.
Always respect opponents, and be prepared to adapt.
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(04-27-2024, 01:46 AM)LP link Wrote:It depends on the innovation of the Handbagger MC.
It's a fatal mistake to assume a team is crippled by the absence of a single player, many of our own fans said as much about us in the early season absence of Weiters.
A forced change like Stewart going out can cause an MC to become inventive, inventive potentially means a new tactic that opponents have not seen before, and that can be deadly for the opponent if they go into a game unprepared to adapt.
Always respect opponents, and be prepared to adapt.
That was my point LP; Stewart's absence will force Geelong's MC to make changes and/or play a different game style. They will try to use Tuohy in the loose man role but he normally relies on Stewart to create his opportunities. Zac Guthrie will also be trying to cover Stewart's absence but Stewart is more difficult to cover than any of their other defenders, or ours too for that matter.
Geelong turnover game is off the scale this season and they average just over 9 goals per game from turnovers, largely due to Stewart's work. Their turnover game was still effective against the Lions after Stewart went off but today's game won't be in torrential rain and against a flakey opponent. Look for them to set up differently behind the ball and that may very well play into our hands with Charlie, Harry and Tom looking to spread their defence and isolate Charlie as much as possible.
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Really want to win this one, puts up back on the first line of results and it means that every team has lost a game. If we get rolled, then we will be two games off top spot and that may be a bridge too far to jump across the season.
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No Binns, S. Durdin or Cincotta in the twos so some likely changes....
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Yeah EB I just noticed that too.
Maybe Binns comes in for Fantasia and starts as the sub.....Carroll into the 22? Or maybe Cincotta in for Fantasia and starts as the sub....in case we need some more in the backline.
Voss seemed adamant that Weitering and Williams were right to go.
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Binns replaces Fantasia and makes his debut in Navy Blue as the sub,
Good luck young man!
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Definitely earned his spot.
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I guess we finally get to see what all the fuss is about with Binns huh?
2017-16th
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2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
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