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I don't like Scott but he has reason to be chuffed. He has re-engineered his side to beat us. Kudos. But with 8m to go Kozzie kicks for goal and hits the post. We are 5pts down. Dont get too excited. Plus he has shown his hand quite early and we know finals aren't won in July

Their talls really smashed the ball fwd and we were right at the foot of the pack most of the night No marks to max and Jackson was nowhere to be seen Coaches should have picked up on that. We are so so so predictable

There's a big problem when players like Fritsch keep burning team mates like he did again last night. Players then get selfish, or they stop running to space (either to clear the fwd line or create a loose man) because they think what's the point. It becomes a cancer in a team. Fritsch isn't the only one to do it (Brown and Tracc have a well) but we need to crack down hard on it because they way we score goals is sharing it around. And when that stops scores dry up. Slow movement kills us as well. JJ is a real momentum killer in this regard nearly always stopping and slowing down the play.

Hawkins and Cameron didn't tear us apart. It was their mids and smalls that killed us. We were woeful in picking up Duncan, Guthrie etc when they went forward. We were stuck on the flanks and they played through the middle Goodwin was outcoached last night. Should have screamed: 1. Take the first option 2. defend the corridor side of the contests 3. Dont let the Cats chip kick fwd 4. They are switching every second play FFS dont let them

Geelong owned the corridor, they also switched the ball repeatedly and we were unable to handle or even recognise that. Which is bizarre on such a narrow ground - it should be easier to defend. Our kick ins to the same spot just make it ridiculously easy for the oppn to set up We did nothing on the centre bounces. Maybe Kozzie, maybe Bedford. Anything would have been better than the combo we had As for breaking tackles and tacking an eternity to kick the pill - unbelievable how many times we got caught. Bowey out of form for a few weeks now. Hunt would have been a better shut down option on Stengle (whose pace & pressure killed us)

Geelong had 5 days too. Its no excuse

Have a look at May in the first qtr His kick ins were skewed off his boot. Nowhere near as precise as usual (and yes we are well and truly sick of the kick to the left FFS Goody!) He continually fumbled His timing was out and he was as nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Something was wrong

That's our entire forward line right there

How do we let them chip kick all night Dumb dumb dumb

How many times can we kick out to these farkers our own worst enemy

Hawkins is a [censored] cheat

Harmes running 100m on the lead and is ignored

4up that'll do it

Wtf has happened to our defence?? Our mids have been woeful at defending

Jackson having no impact

They had 5 day ball as well

We don't want the ball. So hesitant

Geelong player 4m over Mark

I hate this jumper. 3rd time this year...

Spargo pickett bedford hibberd Bowey may need a huge half time rocket

We're playing dumb football They're playng on at every opportunity and we are flat footed

May playing his worst ever game. Defence looking shaky Trying to break tackles Too little talking Stengle playing v well Bedford outmanoeuvred twice Salem missing targets What's with our players getting tackled but disposing of the ball but getting pinged?? Pressure is huge. Cats are primed Only 2 pts down. We can wear them down.

Their changes from the Prelim are Henderson, Kaladjazjnee (?) and Ratagalea bringing in De konig, O'Connor and Stengle We're missing TMac and Rivers with JJ and Bedford coming in Last year we smashed them in stoppages, this year they move the ball much more quickly into their fwd line. Will be a very interesting game

I think the midfield is where it will be won. If we allow them to get a 4-5 goal run on out of the middle it will be a struggle. Hopefully we learned frm Rd 23. Th ePrelim suggests that we did but I think the midfield is now their weakest link. No Stewart and no Koladashkneesupmotherbrown is a decent help as well

Thank goodness you have had 39 boosters. Imagine how bad it would be otherwise... Get well soon