25 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Losing Parfait is big though.

Got his just desserts?  

 

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

Do they still take a full minute in after a goal? If so it’s 5 goals in 3 minutes of play!

That is correct.  I checked out the replay last week.  I think there were 4 goals kicked in 2 min 40sec of play.

2 hours ago, BDA said:

I’m delighted we’re playing Geelong

I suggest people look at their qualifying defeat against Port. The cats wilted under the heat and intensity applied by the power. Allir Allir had a party down back. They were never in it. They made heavy weather of beating an injury ravaged GWS last night

They are old and slow and past it

I have no worries whatsoever about out mental state or mindset. The psychological boost from our comeback in Rd 23 can’t be underestimated. We were super focused and business like against the Lions. These are the new demons. We will turn up to play next week

Heat and intensity to overwhelm the geriatrics.

Dees by 6 goals

This post should be compulsory reading. Thanks BDA

What I got from last night was  more respect for GWS. Injuries, lack of structure and makeshift defence and still competitive against the cats. The cats will be happy with themselves. Good for us.

Cats Prelim Finals record since 2011.

Played 6 - Lost 5  .

While a great effort , the idea is to win them I would have thought.

 

56 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

Let it be known I HATE geelong.

I hate their self entitled attitude, snipper duck wood, flimsy arms Hawkins and the world owes me Dangerfield and Cameron. 
 

GOD I HOPE WE BEAT THESE SELF ENTITLED [censored]. 

Yeah, but at least their coach is a ripper bloke !!   😁

1 hour ago, Big Carl said:

The last time Melbourne and Geelong met in a Preliminary final was 1954. The Demons won 67 to 50. 
Let’s repeat that in 2021.

Stat of the Day.

And who was the youngest player in the team? An the youngest on the field??

Answer: Ronald Dale Barassi, 18 years 203 days (and he kicked a goal.)

In his 19th game no less.

10 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

That is correct.  I checked out the replay last week.  I think there were 4 goals kicked in 2 min 40sec of play.

And we didn't have a possession during that time! Would be extremely unlucky for lightning to strike twice in a month.

For all worried about the quick goals in the R23 game, Geelong were lucky with frees, missed frees to us, a few lucky bounces of the ball, and 1 or 2 legit good goals.

2 goals came from stoppage directly because we tried something new, which was to match numbers at the stoppage and not drop an extra back.

3 goals came directly from midfield free kicks that were questionable.

A couple came from blatant missed free kicks and throws or interference to Max.

It won’t happen again. Summary below.

15 left - stoppage on Geelong 50m.  Geelong quick clearance to 1 on 1 and Cameron marked. If we had the extra back in front of Cameron we would have had easy intercept.

12.53 left - Lead up Harmes dumped ball to contest on wing. BB grabbed it, no prior, and ridden in back into turf. Free against but could have gone to BB (if he was a small annoying blond bulldog).  Ball worked around centre to other wing where high kick straight to max, Geelong midget bumped him out of contest with no attempt to mark. Inexplicable no free paid and Hawkins got lucky soccer goal.

8 mins left - ANB pinged for HTB in middle with no prior when gang tackled and driven into turf. Lever and May out marked in long kick to boundary by Hawkins.

5.54 left. Stoppage on wing. Selwood blatant rugby pass. High ball to 3 on 3. No extra back. Hawkins crumbs out back 20m out and snap goal. Would not have happened if we had extra back (in front) with May behind Hawkins.

5.30 left. Centre bounce.  Selwood wins academy award and takes dive. Free. Kicks from left edge of circle to Dangerfield at front edge.  Maybe 8m. Dangerfield runs 3x further than Selwood kick to just outside 50 without bounce and kicks goal.

5.15 left. Centre bounce. Harmes got caught 1m in front of Dangerfield who escaped goal side. Lucky bounce to him. Petracca was 1m goal side for us so lucky bounce could easily have gone our way, but poor defence by Harmes.

4.30 left. Centre bounce. Dangerfield tackled well by Viney with Oliver and Harmes getting sucked towards it. Dangerfield blatant throw out to Selwood.  Quick clearance. Rohan marked it.

1.11 left. Transitioned from deep defence with chip kicks all the way to 50m where long kick to goal line and we did not kill the ball.  Cameron got goal line gift.

End of day if we can't beat them we don't deserve to be in the Grand Final. Having said that I believe we are playing at the perfect venue to revenge the 2018 PF. 

Geelong stepping training this morning to play us.

Edited September 4, 20213 yr by John Crow Batty

29 minutes ago, Watson11 said:

A couple came from blatant missed free kicks and throws or interference to Max.

It won’t happen again. Summary below.

Love your optimism @Watson11 - however did you watch last nights game? 😵🤨

Of all the teams in the 8 you have to agree that as an opponent you couldn't ask for a better outcome.

If it were Essendon Sydney or GWS they would have been on a hot streak riding an emotional wave. Dogs, Port and Brisbane are all strong on their day with Brisbane because of injuries the weakest.

I'll take Geelong any day in a PF. 

Go Dees

12 hours ago, Demon Disciple said:

Wow talk about MFCSS to the max. We’ve all wanted to see our boys go deep in September, and when the moment arrives some just completely drop their bundle.

These are the moments to enjoy, not be anxious about. I’m pumped and will be for the next 7 days. We are up our eyeballs in it this year.

Comrades............Dees.............BELIEVE

Don’t stop believin’

10 hours ago, Fork 'em said:

Didn't bother watching the game but heard Hawkins could be in trouble for a typical high hit.
Any-one got a clip?

 

A Geelong player especially Hawkins can smash somebody in the head and still not get suspended

Anyone else thinks Chris Scott looks like Lord Farquaad from Shrek?

Behaves like him too.

15 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

Love your optimism @Watson11 - however did you watch last nights game? 😵🤨

Only the last half. GWS looked dreadful going forward. And their defence looked just as bad. The final margin flattered Geelong I thought, and checking the stats after the game i50s were equal.  GWS missing their 3 most important forwards stood out, but their defence was just terrible.

I can’t see Geelong having 28 scoring shots from 49 inside 50s against us anytime let alone a final (converting at almost 60% when our defence concedes low 30’s). And GWS scored from only 36% of their i50s, while we average mid 40s.  Did I miss something important in the first half?

I’ll also back Max, Dogga and our mids to get on top and for us to have more inside 50s. And for us to exploit the bigger ground and run them off their feet.

 

9 hours ago, 58er said:

How exactly is Bowey vulnerable? 
Looked pretty free and calm and composed in the last quarter last week 

Good game  overall started with a couple of errors. On day scale he could not be dropped or even thought of being dropped. 

I'll try and explain in simple terms.

This was Geelongs forward 6 last night. Besides Miers, all 5 players are well over 187cm tall plus. They have Brad Close who comes in and plays a high half forward. Salem and Rivers will take Close and Miers. Where does that leave Bowey? Who does he take?

Last time they didn't have Ratugolea and instead had Dahlhaus, so there was a match up there.

Hibberd or Hunt are my potential ins.

Edited September 4, 20213 yr by dazzledavey36

5 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

It's a pity that Geelong didn't get a harder contest last night but that would have required them to have played Sydney and not GWS. The second quarter of our last game against them will be the little wake up call we needed and I'm expecting our boys to be fully focussed on their jobs next Friday. 

If Geelong were playing Sydney last night, I doubt we would be playing Geelong next week.

Sydney would be a more formidable opp next week, especially if Buddgy decided to turn it on.

Happy but nervous to be playing Geelong.

4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I'll try and explain in simple terms for you. 

This was Geelongs forward 6 last night. Besides Miers, all 5 players are well over 187cm tall plus. They have Brad Close who comes in and plays a high half forward. Salem and Rivers will take Close and Miers. Where does that leave Bowey? Who does he take?

Last time they didn't have Ratugolea and instead had Dahlhaus, so there was a match up there.

Hibberd or Hunt are my potential ins.

Bowey could take any forward that isn't Cameron or Hawkins, they supporting crew are that [censored]

You have NFI Dazzle, if that is your real name....

To be honest, i dont know why we aren't optimistic about our up and coming opponent. 

A number of panelists last night kept mentioning that Melbourne would be happy with what they saw - think about how often that is said? I think it says a lot.

It took Geelong a half to get going and basically won the game in a hot patch in the 3rd quarter against an opponent with the worst injury list in the league playing 2 players with < 5 games experience. Just chew on that for a moment. 

Geelong really struggled to cover the ground last night (so did GWS) and with the extra week we have an enormous advantage going into that game. 

If we turn up the heat, boy oh boy!

41 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Of all the teams in the 8 you have to agree that as an opponent you couldn't ask for a better outcome.

If it were Essendon Sydney or GWS they would have been on a hot streak riding an emotional wave. Dogs, Port and Brisbane are all strong on their day with Brisbane because of injuries the weakest.

I'll take Geelong any day in a PF. 

Go Dees

Agree. The only teams that have troubled us were teams that took the game on, ran and played on at all costs.

Cats won’t/can’t!

This was my local Haymes Paint store (MFC sponsor) in Ballarat on Friday.........get on the Dee Train

....(its very Geelong around here) Ha

Edited September 4, 20213 yr by Wadda We Sing

10 hours ago, Fork &#x27;em said:

Didn't bother watching the game but heard Hawkins could be in trouble for a typical high hit.
Any-one got a clip?

 

Geelong players don't get rubbed out, its an unwritten AFL law.

5 minutes ago, adonski said:

Bowey could take any forward that isn't Cameron or Hawkins, they supporting crew are that [censored]

You have NFI Dazzle, if that is your real name....

This doesn't even make sense?

And thanks for the feedback.

Don't understand why personal jabs come into it when discussing football on here.

40 minutes ago, Cassiew said:

Don’t stop believin’

Soundtrack to the Finals for MFC.🇭🇹👏👌👍

25 minutes ago, Demon trucker said:

A Geelong player especially Hawkins can smash somebody in the head and still not get suspended

Selwood elbows someone in the head with a not so Dusty like fendoff and gets a free kick against for it. It was deliberate, forceful and high contact.

Toby Greene who is an [censored] got 1 week a few rounds back for lifting his arm to protect himself in a reflex action to protect himself when he beat Dangerfield to the footy by a split second and they were running flat out from opposite directions with both only going for the footy.

Selwood's incident won't even get reviewed.