What a game of footy.

Richmond are dreadful. They made so many mistakes in that last quarter.

Nankervis was Gawn like, almost...nah... feel sorry for tiges.

I must be old school but there was a moment and 10min mark of 4th qtr where they could have buried Stewart with body contact and didn't, Demons would have planted a tombstone 

It's not all about you Jack Reiwald. 

For a change...

1 minute ago, Jibroni said:

Cracking game

Entertaining from start to finish. Any game won by less than a kick is worth watching, but that was great to watch from the outset. 

The FOXTEL team have been pushing the “sympathy” card for Tom Stewart all night. Will the AFL have the guts to give him the 2-3 he deserves. (I really do not like Geelong). 

[censored] Geelong. I guess it will all be worth it when they go to water in September again. 

Hate both those [censored] of teams ....but it was a terrific game!

That was a really good game to watch and yes the cats got the 4 points but at least there percentage didn't go up by a lot. 

1 minute ago, Call Me What You Will said:

The FOXTEL team have been pushing the “sympathy” card for Tom Stewart all night. Will the AFL have the guts to give him the 2-3 he deserves. (I really do not like Geelong). 

David King said 5-6 weeks if the AFL is serious about concussion. Stewart played a good game, but you can very easily make the argument that his hit on Prestia was the difference in the game.

Great game between two middle of the road clubs. Richmond clueless on how to ice the game.

That was an absolute cracker. Don't mind the Cats getting up. Don't want the tiger army stinking up the G in September. 

1 minute ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Hate both those [censored] of teams ....but it was a terrific game!

Yep, seeing the winner celebrate was going to be vomit worthy no matter the outcome.

1 minute ago, dees189227 said:

cats got the 4 points but at least there percentage didn't go up by a lot.

Their percentage would have dropped slightly.  I'm tempted to say "by a whisker".  

Just now, The heart beats true said:

David King said 5-6 weeks if the AFL is serious about concussion. Stewart played a good game, but you can very easily make the argument that his hit on Prestia was the difference in the game.

King massively overrates this sort of thing - 2-3 is about right.

These are two good sides. Geelong are a better side this year with Stengle and De Konig.

Cracking game to watch. First time I’ve watched cats play in while. They didn’t look like a bunch of old men this evening. 

21 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

I've also noticed players getting pushed in the back in marking contests and not being paid. It's more than holding one's ground, the aim is to take the opponent out of the contest. I thought Neale's mark on the boundary Punt Rd end was a clear push out. I think Petty got a good shove in another 1:1 contest

Happy for players to hold ground, but not if it clearly takes the opponent out of the contest

Yes it happened a number of times in our game Thursday night, player in front obviously pushed forward with the hands under the ball. And I always thought that the push in the back rule was created to stop the player behind merely pushing the player in front to take a mark or otherwise take possession by disadvantaging the player in the front position. This seemed the main reason for the rule but is now not being paid. But we still see umpires paying frees for falling into someone’s back when they are already on the ground or when you tackle someone and both fall forward. If you are strong enough to spin the player around it’s not a free even though you made contact with their back. So it seems it is now a “landing in the back” infringement rather than a “ push in the back” rule? 

2 hours ago, Winter Dan said:

Wonder if the cats will fade, given their declared loading. 

Loading or old age?

2 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

Agree. He’s a great, and usually fair, player - but that was everything we’ve been told the AFL wants to get out of the game. 

✔️

1 hour ago, Billy said:

Now  Cameron is eye gouging, definitely 2 weeks

 MRP - “one week or two? Who are they playing in two weeks? OK. One week then”

Just now, monoccular said:

MRP - “one week or two? Who are they playing in two weeks? OK. One week then”

MFCVM.

5 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

That was a really good game to watch and yes the cats got the 4 points but at least there percentage didn't go up by a lot. 

% Would have gone down actually. 

Tigers ran out of puff. Their mistakes in the last quarter were horrendous. Geelong just fed of their mistakes.

Not sure if I'm seeing things but the Cats appeared to get the rub of the green all day long.

1 minute ago, dl4e said:

Tigers ran out of puff. Their mistakes in the last quarter were horrendous. Geelong just fed of their mistakes.

100%. Terrible mistakes.

Tom Lynch, whose entire job is to be the deepest forward on the ground, takes a mark at half back, turns around and plays on, and is shocked to find there’s no one in front of him. No Tom. No.

15 minutes ago, P-man said:

Yep, seeing the winner celebrate was going to be vomit worthy no matter the outcome.

Well ..... I reckon that's the tiggers finished and we'll finish the cats in a couple of weeks!!

What’s happened to the turf in Sydney?