Geelong have got beaten preliminary finalist written all over them. Again.

Gryan Myers pick 57 wow!

One can only hope that Jeelong, have peaked early....

i hate them...

Cats making the Tigers look like Demons....  Gonna be a big blowout.

Watched the tennis to see Ash make it through to the final. At least we have a player that we can be proud of. No throwing tantums, tanking abusing officials and giving up. 

Anyway now watching the footy and seeing geelong just kick goal after goal. 

I did see earlier ablett get the ball and was booed. Seriously do we really need to do that. Anyway 11 goals in a row they have kicked. 

Its a thrashing by the cats. 

Wow what is happening to the tigers? They are terrible. Fallen off the cliff. System has broken down. Skills poor. Mistake after mistake. No conection.

Whatever could be the reason?

 

Oh that's right -  they have 7 of their best players out injured. Tipping point.

I see that young Geelong fella has been taking flopping lessons from the holy Trinity... 

 

9 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Watched the tennis to see Ash make it through to the final. At least we have a player that we can be proud of. No throwing tantums, tanking abusing officials and giving up. 

Anyway now watching the footy and seeing geelong just kick goal after goal. 

I did see earlier ablett get the ball and was booed. Seriously do we really need to do that. Anyway 11 goals in a row they have kicked. 

Its a thrashing by the cats. 

Thats what happens when you give the appearance of favouring big name players.

1 hour ago, Dee Zephyr said:

 

I just don’t get it, they showed 3 angles which were inconclusive to me anyway, yet they decide it’s a behind. Then we get another angle where we can see it’s a clear goal. It really is unprofessional.

I read an article by Jon Ralph today in the Herald Sun where he actually criticized (shock!) the AFL for not spending the money on this to get it right, instead of worrying about a new logo and what happened in the 1880's. He thought they were let off the hook about the stuff ups which happened last weekend by everyone getting side tracked by the Malthouse/Buckley feud and other controversies (can't remember what they were precisely, but you know what they say about yesterday's news lining the budgie's cage). These other silly issues take the heat off the AFL when they should be under the pump about the serious failings of this so called review system which is not working. 

We can all see it!! Get it fixed AFL.

Bruce: “Jeelong need to win another flag”

 

WHY Bruce??? 

 

42 minutes ago, binman said:

Wow what is happening to the tigers? They are terrible. Fallen off the cliff. System has broken down. Skills poor. Mistake after mistake. No conection.

Whatever could be the reason?

 

Oh that's right -  they have 7 of their best players out injured. Tipping point.

Nah Richmond just drank their own bathwater. The minute they had a halfway decent season everyone at the whole club celebrated and thought they'd made it.

Oh wait no that's Melbourne (the team with the biggest injury list in the AFL this year by the way).

Just loving the new Tigers of old.

Twice I heard Bruce the Statistician say that Geelong's first-quarter score of 0.2.2 was their lowest since 1957.

Obviously couldn't remember the elimination final last year. ?

Geelong dominating, they've gone to a whole new level while we have fallen apart.

And to think we beat them in last years finals.

4 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

Geelong dominating, they've gone to a whole new level while we have fallen apart.

And to think we beat them in last years finals.

Take 10 best 22 players out of any team and they will "fall apart" how much was BT banging on about how the tigers had 7 players out tonight. 

Geelong has been kissed on the [censored] in terms of injury so far and have met most top teams at their weakest. 

I actually think our last 6 weeks have been good (bar the GWS game) we have lacked composure and class to finish off games but that will happen given or lack of team cohesion and inexperience we have been forced to field.

 

10 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Bruce: “Jeelong need to win another flag”

 

WHY Bruce??? 

 

Man Bruce is painful!!!

42 minutes ago, GCDee said:

Take 10 best 22 players out of any team and they will "fall apart" how much was BT banging on about how the tigers had 7 players out tonight. 

Geelong has been kissed on the [censored] in terms of injury so far and have met most top teams at their weakest. 

I actually think our last 6 weeks have been good (bar the GWS game) we have lacked composure and class to finish off games but that will happen given or lack of team cohesion and inexperience we have been forced to field.

 

Yes, I should have said fallen apart with injuries.

The Cats have always been the luckiest team in the comp.  They are the only Victorian team with a home ground advantage, and its about the only true home ground advantage in the entire league. And the umps still give them an armchair ride.

Tale of 2 clubs since 2007 

cats 3 flags endless finals , continue to find talent & attract gun free agents 

demons 1 final appearances, rebuild after rebuild & attract injury riddled players 

Have to hand it to Chris Scott, although I am not a fan of his. Completely reinvented the team. New tactics to beat the trends of the past 2 years. Scores massive totals with few inside 50s. 

Thry have a few stars but a lot of no name players. 

Hopefully hawkins and Gary do a hammy soon

Love him or hate him, Ablett junior is the best footballer I have seen. That was a roving masterclass last night. At 35, his positioning, pace around the packs and pure skill are simply a pleasure to watch. It's not a wonder that Miers is so good at "front-and-centre"; he only has to follow Ablett around and learn. 

Pity I loathe the team he plays for so much.

Tigers were certainly undermanned but were they an 11 goal worse side?  I suggest not.  I suggest it had more to do with a superior game plan.  Tigers won the GF two years ago with manic 'chaos' football.  The Bulldogs did the same 3 years ago.  A lot has changed since.

Geelong's win is imv a big statement on how effective the kick/mark, slow tempo, control the game style is.  Geelong has always been a 'defence first' team.  After their semi final loss to us Scott said he and the club would sit down and revisit every aspect of their list and how they play the game and their game plan.  In effect saying to devise a way to counter a manic 'chaos' style.  WCE showed them the way.

They have copied the WCE 2018 Finals methods (and Hawks) to perfection.  May have even improved it.  Both teams have shown that it will beat the ballistic and manic 'chaos' style that Tigers, Demons and Bulldogs play especially if the latter have some key players missing.  The goal:behind accuracy of Cats and WCE is a direct result of controlling the ball and opening up the fwd line to allow fwds to mark in good positions.

It was a masterclass in the slow 'controlled' game plan.  Hope our coaching staff were watching.

Edited June 7, 20196 yr by Lucifer's Hero

12 hours ago, Dame Gaga said:

These other silly issues take the heat off the AFL when they should be under the pump about the serious failings of this so called review system which is not working. 

Indeed Dame, as useless as floppy disks, pagers and pay phones.

14 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

It was a masterclass in the slow 'controlled' game plan.  Hope our coaching staff were watching.

nothing over the last two years suggests they are.

Collingwood also took the Tigers apart at relative full strength using a controlled gameplan.

11 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

nothing over the last two years suggests they are.

Collingwood also took the Tigers apart at relative full strength using a controlled gameplan.

We might find out on Monday how much our coaches have learnt from the way Cats, Pies and WCE play.  If we stick to our manic 'chaos' game we will be in strife. 

Pies beat us in rnd 23 2017 and QB last year using that style.  I will be keenly interested in the respective styles employed on Monday.

Edited June 8, 20196 yr by Lucifer's Hero

12 hours ago, dees189227 said:

 

I did see earlier ablett get the ball and was booed. Seriously do we really need to do that. 

 

If you added the total IQ of all the people booing, it wouldn't equal the number of Gary's Brownlow votes over his career, or his games played, or probably even his goals kicked.