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6 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

Geelong to good tonight unfortunately. Incredibly frustrating game to watch so many players getting caught with the ball, the bounce of the ball also just seemed to follow Cats players, skill errors and we looked like slipping over all night. Max and LJ just not being able to take those pressure reliving marks hurt. So many players were way below par tonight and that seems to be the case more often than not lately. 

Glad it wasn't just me that thought that about the bounce of the ball. 

Good points. 

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    13 minutes ago, willmoy said:

    Deliberate kick to the players hand, reportable, deliberate, straight to tribunal.

    No way it was deliberate. Ball was bouncing around and he kicked it in mid air. Just so happens Clayton went to grab the pill. Free kick as it was and that's it.

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    Just now, layzie said:

    When does the loading stop?

    It was round 19 last year when we lost to the Dogs, before going on our premiership-winning streak.  

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    21 minutes ago, Tom Dyson said:

    Carbon copy of the dogs game at the g last year. get close but overrun late because you can't get away with it when a lot of your team are well off their best. 

     

    Not sure about that - that game was equal scoring shots, marks i50 etc but the free kick count killed us. 

    This was different and was a mauling - most rounded loss (as in, all facets of the game) for some time. 

    Small ground plays a part but Geelong have added significant speed and pressure to their game. They're a different outfit this year and if they bring that brand in finals they'll be hard to beat wherever the game is 

    We didn't have a loss like that all last year in terms of scoring shots conceded - lots and lots of easy looks within 30 too. They just happened to miss most of them 

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    Salem hasn't looked right since his return.

    Missing simple kicks and simply not reading the play as he normally would. Hoping he picks up the pace again soon as we're a completely different beast when he's firing.

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    6 minutes ago, Billy said:

    Need to do something about our forward line first I’m afraid 

    If we lose the next 6 games i will be worried, but we won’t 

    September is still in the distance. No need to peak early 

    Between Rounds 12-18 last year we were fairly ordinary….

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    Frustrating game to watch and as a Geelong resident, I hate losing it, but very predictable result. We’ve still got 3 weeks of sluggish stuff to come before we begin to taper. 
     

    You either believe the Brisbane game was a fluke and tonight was the true measure of our team, or you believe Brisbane was a taste of what we can do when we don’t have the loading shackles on.  I know what I believe and tonight’s  result doesn’t worry me in the slightest.

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    Just now, gs77 said:

    It was round 19 last year when we lost to the Dogs, before going on our premiership-winning streak.  

    Bummer I just told everyone here that Rd 17 was our loss to the Dogs before going on the run. Total nitwit. 

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    What a horrible performance. Only thing savings us being thumped by 8 goals was their inability to convert.

    Have no idea where to genuinely start.. our senior leaders were horrible plain and simple. Gawn was non existent and could barely lift his arms whilst Steven May was close to worst on ground. 

    What on earth was our game plan tonight? Kick long down the contest and get out numbered around stoppages? This was so [censored] predictable and we showed no intent to switch the ball and play through the corridor.  Geelong on the other hand sliced us through the middle and opened our defence up so easily. We were incredibly slow to react to their transition. 

    Tonight was some of the worst individual performances we've seen tonight.

    Guys like Bowey, Sparrow, Spargo, Bedford have all been horrible the past few weeks and need to spend some time at Casey. It's time to start rewarding guys who are in form and not continue to reward mediocrity performance that the likes of Bowey, Sparrow and Spargo have dish up for the past month.

    Bowey especially just got pushed aside far too easily. If he wants to make it as an AFL footballer then building his core strength has to be first priority. 

    I genuinely have no idea what Sparrow adds to our side. Legit. Non existent once again. He's not even a ball winner and his awareness and reaction is so slow for a mid. Would feel more at ease with Dunstan in the side then this bloke.

    Spargo has been missing all year. Just hasnt had the same impact as last year. Time see what Chandler has to offer because right at this minute, Spargo is a squad clogger and needs to seriously find form

    Jordon was awful. 

    Harmes is a dead set shocker. I genuinely can't believe what I see when I see him attempt Dusty don't argues and then gets pinged for holding the ball. Infuriating!

    Steven May hasn't won back any respect on performance since he has come into the side. Happy to be lippy on the drink but then puts on one of the worst performances you'll see. His game tonight was just littered with skill errors and soft acts. You could tell he was not all there from the opening bounce.

    Fritsch is a selfish [censored]. Genuinely starting to dislike him as a player purely based on these selfish acts. Had the golden opportunity in the last quarter to handball to a Langdon all alone running into an open goal but instead tries a dribble kick across goal. Langdon was absolutely giving it to him and rightly so. How on earth have the coaches not pulled him up on that? 

    Salem is a shadow of his self from last year. Just zero influence unfortunately. 

    Positives were I thought Petty was our best backman for the night. Genuinely starting to get sick of him not being mentioned in the same boat as Lever and May because he is close to being an elite defender in my eyes

    Overall, we simply got smashed on our own game. Geelong just seem to out number us around the stoppages. We lacked composure once again going inside 50. Petracca, Fritsch, Langdon, Spargo, Harmes, Viney were the main culprits.

    Whichever you look at it we are simply not as good as last year. We get exposed on the quick turnover and we still have no forward connection. We don't seem to be that one whole connection around the ground as what we were last year. There are some holes on the playing field that is starting to show and good sides have exposed that this year.

    We're not winning it this year.

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    It really amazes me that after Ford shut the Geelong factory which completely buggered the local economy that they still sponsor the cats and the Geelong nuffies are happy about it.... 

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    Fritsch needs to look to bring his teammates into the game - he’s increasingly becoming more and more selfish. Some more team first acts needed. 

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    18 minutes ago, wizardinoz said:

    Just how poor was Jordon tonight? Slow & got caught at least twice with sh1thouse disposal. 

    Agree …also

    Langdon irrelevant. Such

    a narrow ground makes the wings irrelevant. You can’t change your game plan to suit I ground . Let’s see how Geelong goes on the MCG

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    4 minutes ago, CYB said:

    So where has he been for the past 4 weeks? He is a mile off it.

    Be patient 

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    All I want in life is to never play down in Geelong again and have someone break Selwood’s kneecaps. I despise that player more than any other ever. Absolute cheat scumbag and a bog ordinary footballer to boot. 
     

    The less said about our pathetic display at football tonight the better.  
     

    I am too angry. Off to bed. 

    Edited by Jaded No More

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    Geelong are a much better side this year, not the geriatric side people think they are. They’ve found a few good young players .

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    Should have been a 10 goal loss.

    Fumble fumble fumble.

    Our fringe players were hopeless.

    Connection inside 50 deplorable.

    That said, they can turn things around.

    Edited by Hannibal Inc.

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    Just now, Jaded No More said:

    All I want in life is to never play down in Geelong again and have someone break Selwood’s kneecaps. I despite that player more than any other ever. Absolute cheat scum. 

    Jeepers jaded with your knee history - wishing that on someone else.... really states your hatred of him!

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    4 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

    Not sure about that - that game was equal scoring shots, marks i50 etc but the free kick count killed us. 

    This was different and was a mauling - most rounded loss (as in, all facets of the game) for some time. 

    Small ground plays a part but Geelong have added significant speed and pressure to their game. They're a different outfit this year and if they bring that brand in finals they'll be hard to beat wherever the game is 

    We didn't have a loss like that all last year in terms of scoring shots conceded - lots and lots of easy looks within 30 too. They just happened to miss most of them 

    Cats played like their GF!

    Demons ordinary!

    Be patient!

    I don’t think we will play any finals in Geelong!

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    3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Guys like Bowey, Sparrow, Spargo, Bedford have all been horrible the past few weeks and need to spend some time at Casey. It's time to start rewarding guys who are in form and not continue to reward mediocrity performance that the likes of Bowey, Sparrow and Spargo have dish up for the past month.

    I genuinely have no idea what Sparrow adds to our side. Legit. Non existent once again. He's not even a ball winner and his awareness and reaction is so slow for a mid. Would feel more at ease with Dunstan in the side then this bloke

    Rubbish.

    Sparrow was poor tonight, but his previous 3 games were good, especially the last 2.

    5 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    We're not winning it this year.

    Silly call, even by your game day standards mate.

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    6 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    What a horrible performance. Only thing savings us being thumped by 8 goals was their inability to convert.

    Have no idea where to genuinely start.. our senior leaders were horrible plain and simple. Gawn was non existent and could barely lift his arms whilst Steven May was close to worst on ground. 

    What on earth was our game plan tonight? Kick long down the contest and get out numbered around stoppages? This was so [censored] predictable and we showed no intent to switch the ball and play through the corridor.  Geelong on the other hand sliced us through the middle and opened our defence up so easily. We were incredibly slow to react to their transition. 

    Tonight was some of the worst individual performances we've seen tonight.

    Guys like Bowey, Sparrow, Spargo, Bedford have all been horrible the past few weeks and need to spend some time at Casey. It's time to start rewarding guys who are in form and not continue to reward mediocrity performance that the likes of Bowey, Sparrow and Spargo have dish up for the past month.

    Bowey especially just got pushed aside far too easily. If he wants to make it as an AFL footballer then building his core strength has to be first priority. 

    I genuinely have no idea what Sparrow adds to our side. Legit. Non existent once again. He's not even a ball winner and his awareness and reaction is so slow for a mid. Would feel more at ease with Dunstan in the side then this bloke.

    Spargo has been missing all year. Just hasnt had the same impact as last year. Time see what Chandler has to offer because right at this minute, Spargo is a squad clogger and needs to seriously find form

    Jordon was awful. 

    Harmes is a dead set shocker. I genuinely can't believe what I see when I see him attempt Dusty don't argues and then gets pinged for holding the ball. Infuriating!

    Steven May hasn't won back any respect on performance since he has come into the side. Happy to be lippy on the drink but then puts on one of the worst performances you'll see. His game tonight was just littered with skill errors and soft acts. You could tell he was not all there from the opening bounce.

    Fritsch is a selfish [censored]. Genuinely starting to dislike him as a player purely based on these selfish acts. Had the golden opportunity in the last quarter to handball to a Langdon all alone running into an open goal but instead tries a dribble kick across goal. Langdon was absolutely giving it to him and rightly so. How on earth have the coaches not pulled him up on that? 

    Salem is a shadow of his self from last year. Just zero influence unfortunately. 

    Positives were I thought Petty was our best backman for the night. Genuinely starting to get sick of him not being mentioned in the same boat as Lever and May because he is close to being an elite defender in my eyes

    Overall, we simply got smashed on our own game. Geelong just seem to out number us around the stoppages. We lacked composure once again going inside 50. Petracca, Fritsch, Langdon, Spargo, Harmes, Viney were the main culprits.

    Whichever you look at it we are simply not as good as last year. We get exposed on the quick turnover and we still have no forward connection. We don't seem to be that one whole connection around the ground as what we were last year. There are some holes on the playing field that is starting to show and good sides have exposed that this year.

    We're not winning it this year.

    Sparrow reminds me of Karmichael Hunt at the GCS

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    In our last 6 games we have lost clearances in all four losses and won them in our two wins. Our powerhouse midfield is slipping. 

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    Just once I’d like to see guys like Sparrow, Jordon, ANB, Spargo, pull us over the line in games instead of always leaving it to Oliver and Petracca 

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    1 minute ago, Sideshow Bob said:

    Jeepers jaded with your knee history - wishing that on someone else.... really states your hatred of him!

    Yep. I wish him lifelong knee issues. And endless diarrhea  

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