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Scott: 2021 Cats/Dees Prelim Should've Been Postponed


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Is my recollection correct that after the game he made comment about the sickness in the group, noting of course it wasn't an excuse.

Anyway we should move on except for one matter, his assertion Selwood is the best captain in the competition. He fairly admits he is biased but is totally wrong and slights a great leader and captain. 

Max clearly is the best captain, by a country mile. Why? He has led a team out of the wilderness having committed to doing so. Anyone who saw his performance in the last game of the season against Geelong and the prelim could not doubt his on-field qualities but its his off-field actions that really make him a great leader. His leadership under adversity and against the weight of history is far more telling than individual efforts in games. 

 

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Comedy gold.

What has happened to his nose? 

Didn't ask the big questions for mine.

Could it have just been the players being nervous and soiling themselves?

How will Selwood duck while using a wheely walker?

Which other AFL captains does he consider come close to pulling cheap frees as well as Joel?

Has Scott considered a run at federal politics?

Has he considered just forfeiting once they make the finals?

I really hope they do make the finals again.

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1 hour ago, FarNorthernD said:

My favourite bit was where Scott says “The last thing I want is for it to be perceived like we are making excuses” to which Damian Barrett replies “I don’t think anyone sees it that way”

"Nah mate, you're not the coach in the firing line this week. It's that other [censored], the one who shoots back, that we're after."

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If there was genuine illness among Cat  players - I believe the Geelong medical staff are dutybound to notify WA Health, AFL medical department and Melbourne club doctors for further guidance. 
 

Potentially too severe to keep “in house”

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4 hours ago, 58er said:

Not a comment that helps this post.

Imagine  if someone you knew a friend or relative has passed on due  to Covid in an Aged Care home. 

So many posts can be construed as potentially offensive to someone. Why single out this one? Sheesh, lighten tf up. Please. 

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Added ‘please’ since one can suggest someone lighten tf up, and still be polite.
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Does shirting your pants in the face of an immanent belting constitute an “illness”..? 
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It was a mistake to disclose that the team were unwell. His comments will be construed as excuses by the rest of the comp no matter how he trys to spin it.

And anyways they were a spent force weeks before the prelim. They were poor against Port and worse against GWS. The only reason they won that game is because the Giants didn’t have any forwards.

Outside of the granny itself my favourite memory from last season was Maxy slotting that goal after the siren in Rd 23. That was soooo sweet. It's just a pity there were no cats fans there to witness it

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35 minutes ago, radar said:

If there was genuine illness among Cat  players - I believe the Geelong medical staff are dutybound to notify WA Health, AFL medical department and Melbourne club doctors for further guidance

They were so incapacitated they didn't even activate the emergency player. 

[censored] happens. They're not the first or the last team to have some players not 100%. Or look at the Suns. Whatsit King has done his ACL; shattering, but are we going to hear any whingeing from them? No. Are we going to hear Dew saying "I'm not making excuses but we didn't have King all season"? No. Scott's losing the plot. Man under pressure.

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7 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

He said, in hindsight, it could have been COVID as far as they knew and the AFL had a meeting about it.

But it wasn't, they would of been tested, I really shouldn't be wasting any more time of my life on on a goose such as Scott.

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7 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

According to everyone's favourite non MFC coach.

Geelong had too many players under an injury or illness cloud and thus the game should've been postponed until Geelong were fit and healthy.

No excuses but flummoxed Scott still wonders why prelim went ahead

“At least eight Geelong players took varying degrees of illness into the match … “

Why doesn’t the media investigate the failure of Geelong’s doctors to properly diagnose the illnesses and to act accordingly? This is a terrible no no!

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What a laughable character this guy is. And he should have been more maligned with that stare down of the Lions players he was doing last year. 

Never has a game been postponed outside of pandemic, the lights going out, the ground being unplayable, or for war. 

So did your team have Covid, Chris? If so, that’s a pretty big controversy and to keep that hidden is surely a fireable offence, yeah?

But let’s give you another chance; Cars fans would love for the AFL to step in and relieve them of you - but let’s not ruin this… happy… marriage.

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3 hours ago, radar said:

If there was genuine illness among Cat  players - I believe the Geelong medical staff are dutybound to notify WA Health, AFL medical department and Melbourne club doctors for further guidance. 
 

Potentially too severe to keep “in house”

Great observation - will await Gillon's pronouncement from on high (15 hands aloft his polo pony) of just how unacceptable this behaviour was ... of course not nearly  as bad as a coach having a beer with his players.

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I have now heard it all, what a complete and utter [censored] bag.

What do you think is going to change snotty from last year to this year?

Old habits die hard you will resort to your keepings off when the crap hits the fan you tool.

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