Gawndy the Great

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!

The Giants had 2 players with less than 5 games played tonight. They have a mammoth injury list. Cats were almost full squad. Danger can’t play with a tag. Cats had 3-4 goals from pretty soft frees. I reckon Hawk will carry that cork into next week so time for May to get even.

Well get the extra day for the GF.

6 day break for the Cats?

Is there a free for push in the head?

Absolutely diabolical.

Bloody umpires…

Carn the Giants

Coniglio a shadow of his former self.

Mummy!!!! Looks like we play Geelong.

How many goals from frees for the Cats? Is that 3 or 4 now.

Cats will run out of legs in this game. If GWS stick with them that would be great.

His gotta get reported for that

Geelong getting a good ride by the umps.

Parfit hammy

Both team are struggling to cover the ground. Looks like under 8s on the seniors oval.

The guy is clearly soft tissue injury prone. What a shame. No way GWS can win this. They just lost 2 key forwards. How lucky are the cats.

100% agree. We speculate on this trade, but it has to be on our terms, if he is requesting a 4year deal @ 750K then it simply will not happen and we would be negligent as a club to allow that to happen. Once he nominates we have the upper hand or Freo risk him walking away for nothing. So its the contract that will be the key puzzle piece.

I think that is massively overs. We are basically swapping 4 players for 1. Realistically its either one of: 1. Weid (or other fringe player) + future first 2. Future first + second (or future second) The kid is good, but on present form i would say is equivalent or marginally better than someone like JJ or Rivers. Ill caveat it with that i havent watched too many Freo games, but from the media, its generally Brayshaw and Mundy that takes the plaudits from that midfield.

We are in the box seat: 1. Form 2. Health of playing list 3. Game plan. If we can get to the big dance, then i might change my mind as anything can happen on the big day. But this premiership is ours to lose. I don't think Port pose any threat give their form against top 8 is quite poor i think. Their win against the Cats was more a capitulation of Geelong more than it was the Port stamping their authority. I think Lions / Dogs are the more likely team(s) to get through on that side of the draw.

I find it quite bizarre as well. Could it be a little bit of jealousy and blowback from dominating the other awards? I do recall a few players in the past saying they rely on media / stats...but if that was the case then we should have had Oliver smashing it. In the end it doesnt really matter because i dont think this aware is that prestigious anyway.

Neeld was just an angry man who may have some footy smarts but lacked personable qualities. Given the onset of millennials at around the time he came to MFC, this was just the perfect storm.

Also playing most games at the scg where the ground is small doesn’t suit his intercept game.

not the end of the world. Would have been a good get though.

Want to play and think we'll play Geelong. GWS are without some key players, but their midfield core are still in tact and genuinely worry me. They always seem to be show up against us and they are contested, smart and clean. A bit like the Bulldogs outfit but better. Mumford also seems to play to hurt so could cause some injuries to our midfield group. Geelong are old and slow and invite pressure. It is no surprise that they seem to drop out of finals consistently in recent times as their gameplan simply does not hold up in finals. We will be fresh, hungry and are in great form. Given Connors is gone, they really don't have another full time tagger which plays to our strength. Their forward line is worrying but under finals intensity, we should limit clean supply at the source. They are no certainty against GWS so will boil down to which team has more energy.