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whiskers3614 wrote: ↑Mon 10 Aug 2020 9:33pm
If somebody tries to justify Geary's place in the side on pressure or role playing I will vomit all over the keyboard!
Fair dinkum, 4 touches in a game from your captain and 7 from your highest priced player,
neither good enough to tie Billings' bootlaces!
Geary as an automatic selection is a liability.
Reckon you’re a liability pal.
TROLL
I think I need to start paying you rent
No, troll.
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Freebird wrote: ↑Mon 10 Aug 2020 9:39pm
A loss like this can do irreparable damage - scoring or lack of it is another issue. What did they score after half time?
We scored four points, they scored 7.4.
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Geelong had 12 players aged between 29 and 34 in their team today. Most of those players are high quality and big bodied. This was always going to be a tough game. We looked knackered and they didn't. Once agin, though, when we lose it's because our midfield just isn't strong enough.
desertsaint wrote: ↑Mon 10 Aug 2020 9:37pm
less than four days. the guys would have got home after two am friday morning.
the two return trips to adeliade were over six hours travel from the time they left noosa to arriving at adelaide oval. it's understandable. they were cooked thursday night but gutted it out (with a little butler magic). we should be rotating more guys.
Yeah I honestly think that we just write this one off and move on.
I hate losing but there is definitely a bigger picture.
"Now the ball is loose, it gives St. Kilda a rough chance. Black. Good handpass. Voss. Schwarze now, the defender, can run and from a long way".....
cwrcyn wrote: ↑Mon 10 Aug 2020 9:42pm
Geelong had 12 players aged between 29 and 34 in their team today. Most of those players are high quality and big bodied. This was always going to be a tough game. We looked knackered and they didn't. Once agin, though, when we lose it's because our midfield just isn't strong enough.
Yep we were rag dolled tonight
Cats have stacks 30+ so they’re in the window now
Sides will pressure us now though - stop saints run u stop saints
You can’t have a total game plan built around small forwards kicking bags every week sooner or later we need a forward structure that allows King to run and jump on lead and not kick on top of his head
No reason why we can't bounce back.
We bounced back after the Freo loss.
We get Jones and Ryder back
The key is how we manage the players during the week to get them physically up for Essendon.
saintbob wrote: ↑Mon 10 Aug 2020 9:30pm
Bytel and Phillips are the only ones who have a had a crack tonight
Sinclair was ok Steele was good.
Bytel and Philips were the only two fresh guys on the ground. Blind Freddy could see we were running on empty against the Suns. Reckon we lost this at selection, more fresh legs would have made a difference.
Lets hope this hasn't destroyed our confidence and we can regroup.
HardSaint wrote: ↑Mon 10 Aug 2020 9:19pm
Does Hawkins have the most punchable face in the comp?
No but his lazy, immediate, dinky-kicking, snorting opponent needs a slap around the chops!!!!
Some difficult times at the selection table ahead when your captain and vice captain are not in the best 22 and possibly the two highest paid players in Hill and Carlisle are more interested in the dollar than the ball.
Rowan’s strength, speed, and balance was unbelievable tonight (couldn’t believe how many times his opponents were slipping over). The umpire gifted him a goal early and it lifted his spirits. When he is on he is explosive and can’t be stopped. Gears was lost trying to defend against him in the second half
desertsaint wrote: ↑Mon 10 Aug 2020 9:37pm
less than four days. the guys would have got home after two am friday morning.
the two return trips to adeliade were over six hours travel from the time they left noosa to arriving at adelaide oval. it's understandable. they were cooked thursday night but gutted it out (with a little butler magic). we should be rotating more guys.
Agree.
Good analysis.
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Geelong had 12 players between the ages of 29 and 34. We had 6 players over the age of 24 (Geary, Kent, Sinclair, Carlisle, Hill, and Membrey) and 11 players aged 22 and under.
Devilhead wrote: ↑Mon 10 Aug 2020 9:59pm
We actually won inside 50s - 44 to 40
And Contested ball - 118 to 110
Clearances even 31 apiece
We lost uncontested possession and marks badly which shows we couldn't get pressure on them
They won tackles as well very easily - so it shows our pressure was non existent
Symptoms of a 4 day break?
Yep
16 days ago when we played our first of 4 games in that time we kicked 12 .1
Tonight we kicked 4 . 10
If we had of been able to kick a bit straighter we might of looked a bit better .
But we looked slack and got smashed .
Hopefully we can respond on sunday
cwrcyn wrote: ↑Mon 10 Aug 2020 10:08pm
Geelong had 12 players between the ages of 29 and 34. We had 6 players over the age of 24 (Geary, Kent, Sinclair, Carlisle, Hill, and Membrey) and 11 players aged 22 and under.
Maybe something to that.
Geelong flew from the west on four days and played very well.
Four days itself, maybe not an excuse.
And we were really smashed in defense tonight too. And unlucky with an incredible number of lucky bounces Geelong were blessed with.
