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Geelong man up well and are very disciplined, we struggled to break free and
find space, strong bodies too as others have mentioned.
Being able to run Blicavs as a ruck rover is a big advantage having his big body in the contests and we struggled to bring him down and he always seemed to be able to dispose of the ball.
Using Cameron up the ground really messed with us too, thought Young wasn't comfortable on him and next time I would be setting up different with McGovern as his opponent.
The kid Holmes was important and gives those old Cat legs a bit more zip with him in the team.
No disgrace losing to them and we would have learned a bit, they are flag favourites but not by a long way..
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We are lucky that the loss was only 5 goals. Our small forwards went missing, the Geelong backs seemed to mark everything and our forward thrusts brought back memories of so many past seasons - kicking blindly, kicking under pressure to the wrong position resulting in turnovers.
Hayes is a prime example. On several occasions he showed an ability to kick directly to an unmarked Geelong back resulting in an immediate turnover.
Unless our mids are in complete control our small players are covered too easily.
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Not this year but a good run with injuries next year and full preseason under Voss ……………… maybe
But not unhappy with with the way we are going, usually by this time of the year we are getting beaten by 10 to 15 goals by crap teams as players have had enough
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Our worst performance of the year by some margin.
Weitering is not in form yet. Each run is better for him, but he isn't reading the ball well in the air at the moment.
Young had a shocker. Lost all confidence in the air and was out-bodied a number of times. Went the punch instead of the mark.
In fact, all of our defenders struggled to take marks they ordinarily would.
H was quiet, but we just didn't kick the ball to him.
Charlie would have kicked 10 had we had any forward system at all.
We were thrashed in the centre square. We managed to get the clearances around the ground, but we were pounded in the middle. Especially with Jack Silvagni there: Geelong were ready for that.
Geelong are very good at pushing the boundaries, especially when tackled. We went unrewarded far too often.
The less I think about the umpiring the better. They may not have cost us the game, but they certainly didn't help.
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Love the 'boys vs men' analogies because we could have predicted that when the draw was released!! We are the second youngest list? They are battle hardened, experienced campaigners. Our young group had a taste of 'finals like pressure' in front of a big crowd at the G... ... all part of the 2022 learning experience. In racing terms, we will be better for the run, we will have learnt a bit and we are still in the race for the finals!! Not all is lost!!
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My thoughts are pretty much the same as the comments posted so far. Weiters needs some time to get back to where he was. The cats are in very good form. That was a proper finals like game and really the first taste for our boys. We will be better when Pitto and a few others are back. Not disgraced but they are currently a step above us.
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(07-16-2022, 02:25 PM)townsendcalling link Wrote:Love the 'boys vs men' analogies because we could have predicted that when the draw was released!! We are the second youngest list? They are battle hardened, experienced campaigners. Our young group had a taste of 'finals like pressure' in front of a big crowd at the G... ... all part of the 2022 learning experience. In racing terms, we will be better for the run, we will have learnt a bit and we are still in the race for the finals!! Not all is lost!!
Agree, we didn't lose the game because sprayed the the ball in front of goal or lacked effort etc, they were just composed and clinical and were we panicky and fumbly. I said to the Mrs during the game that they played like we do when we are "on".
Until next time Pussycats.
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Smashed in the middle. We need Pittonet back so we can return to our strength from early in the year which was centre clearances.
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(07-16-2022, 09:05 PM)madbluboy link Wrote:Smashed in the middle. We need Pittonet back so we can return to our strength from early in the year which was centre clearances.
And Gov to pick off their fwd entries.
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A pretty insipid game all round to be honest. Sitting freezing cold at the G there was only two or three times that were exciting otherwise it was a crap game to watch.
We are a lot better than we showed. They looked second to the ball - I do believe the 6 day turnaround interstate travel compared to an 8 day home ground game, played a part for both sides.
There was no reward for our tackling efforts, when they did stick.
Is Selwood the most disliked captain going around ?
