View Full Version : Who will bring that cats back down to earth?
Just looking at our draw for the rest of the season, finding it hard to pick the game that will break our winning streak.
Anyone got any feelings on the matter?
Mooney_d'King
12 Jun 2007, 17:06
Just looking at our draw for the rest of the season, finding it hard to pick the game that will break our winning streak.
Anyone got any feelings on the matter?
Could be any of them. I can never take any game as a given. Look at the Bombers V West Coast the other night. Who would have tipped that?
Could be any of them. I can never take any game as a given. Look at the Bombers V West Coast the other night. Who would have tipped that?
I did! :p
(They have a good record against WC at the TD)
I actually tipped the bombers, based on the poor away record West Coast have developed this year.
Im thinking fremantle at subi might be the streak breaker.
Hood007
12 Jun 2007, 17:11
You'd think Freo but we did win big there last year.
And playing away obviously doesn't scare the boys now...
jacmitgee
12 Jun 2007, 17:12
I did! :p
(They have a good record against WC at the TD)
Me too!
Mooney_d'King
12 Jun 2007, 17:18
I did! :p
I actually tipped the bombers, based on the poor away record West Coast have developed this year.
Me too!
Shutup, all of you. All of you.;)
Tonycam*
12 Jun 2007, 17:19
Could be any of them. I can never take any game as a given. Look at the Bombers V West Coast the other night. Who would have tipped that?
Your so right Moons , everyone seems to be overlooking the Brisbane game a little and talking about after the break with the Sydney game. This is a real danger game for us and we have been known to take games at Skilled Stadium more lightly than we should.
geelong_boy
12 Jun 2007, 17:24
"Take it one week at a time" - the greatest cliche in footy.
S "Thinks He's Daicos" J
12 Jun 2007, 17:27
Don't forget two blockbusters in Rounds 14 and 15. They are more important in my opinion.
hotdog_hotdog
12 Jun 2007, 17:28
Sydney will have plenty to play for and i reckon we might just get done...
Mr.Chicken
12 Jun 2007, 17:36
I'm more worried about Brisbane than I am about Sydney. I went to the Fremantle game and we weren't too great against a team that had been woeful and if not for some lucky freekicks in the final quarter, the dockers could have easily run us over. This was partially because all the boys from exhausted from playing West Coast the week before and that had been at home! It being a tough game at Adelaide + with the fact it was interstate means it could be a real danger game for the Cats.
S "Thinks He's Daicos" J
12 Jun 2007, 17:38
Don't forget two blockbusters in Rounds 14 and 15. They are more important in my opinion.
Make that three in a row with Round 16.
CatmanForever
12 Jun 2007, 17:39
I don't think we have any easy matches in the next 6 weeks
12 Brisbane Lions SS Sun, 17 Jun
13 Sydney SS Sat, 30 Jun
14 Essendon TD Fri, 6 Jul
15 Collingwood MCG Sat, 14
16 Western Bulldogs TD Fri, 20 Jul 7:40 PM
17 Fremantle Subi Sat, 28 Jul 2:10 PM
I think if we can get through that with a 4/2 record then that will be a good result. That will give us 12 wins and a guaranteed finals berth and then we can set ourselves for the last 6 matches to go for a top 4 spot.
Tonycam*
12 Jun 2007, 17:39
Make that three in a row with Round 16.
Ok , Im going to Perth for the round 17 game so can I throw in that one also
cat_fanatic_21
12 Jun 2007, 18:23
Beating the Pies at the MCG is always a big ask. They have killed us in recent years. I think this will be our toughest test during the next six to seven weeks. If it is a shoot out then we should get up.
Tommy the Cat
12 Jun 2007, 18:39
Sydney at the SCG and Brisbane at home are also hard, but these two teams seem to have lost their sting at the moment.
haywood jablome
12 Jun 2007, 19:04
Collingwood at the MCG; I'm still haunted from last year :(
Collingwood at the MCG; I'm still haunted from last year :(
Agreed, excluding any unforeseen inconsistency, this should be the one we should be worried about. However, I was at the G yesterday and the Pies didn't look good at all. Even with their returning 'stars', they don't seem to be as good as their ladder position. They also haven't got a grasp of the hands in the back rule either, they were disgraceful with it.
Lunchlady Doris
12 Jun 2007, 20:02
Shutup, all of you. All of you.;)
I won about $90 on the Bombers :)
Sydney at the SCG and Brisbane at home are also hard, but these two teams seem to have lost their sting at the moment.
We play Sydney at Skilled Stadium, not the SCG.
Ricardo
12 Jun 2007, 21:15
We play Sydney at Skilled Stadium, not the SCG.
And even with that fact i believe Sydney will be the one to break our winning streak, they play well almost at every venue, a bit like Adelaide, they travel quite well.
Generalissimo
12 Jun 2007, 21:20
I reckon the boys went into the Adelaide game with a bit of a blase attitude and got rolled early. About halfway through the second quarter there was a popping schloop sound as they pulled their fingers out and they went on to win the game, just. I'm hoping that was the inevitable wakeup call, and not a loss in the next few weeks.
That said, Collingwood concerns me. As does Brizbane.
I'm confident (well, as confident as a Geelong supporter can be) about the two home games coming up - Brisbane and Sydney.
Not confident at all about Collingwood - I can't recall a decent period of time when we've ever had the wood over them, they even beat us in 2005 when they won five games for the entire season - or the Bulldogs.
Freo should also be a 'danger game' - they will be keen to avenge on our win there last season and if their 2007 is anything like their 2006 they will be in the midst of a winning streak!
Mooney_d'King
13 Jun 2007, 11:29
I reckon the boys went into the Adelaide game with a bit of a blase attitude and got rolled early. About halfway through the second quarter there was a popping schloop sound as they pulled their fingers out and they went on to win the game, just. I'm hoping that was the inevitable wakeup call, and not a loss in the next few weeks.
That said, Collingwood concerns me. As does Brizbane.
I reckon we'll have Collingwood's measure this year the way we're playing.
Remember the game against north. Short price favourites. This week we are $1.07.
I reckon we'll have Collingwood's measure this year the way we're playing.
Totally agree Moons. By the way we haven't seen the beanie this year have we?:p
There is no team I want to beat more than Collingwood this year. Going to last years game was one of the worst football games I have gone too. Boy did the crowd give it to us Geelong fans, still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
I hate that scum and want to see them get belt by 150 points and believe me when I say I let them know about it!
There is no team I want to beat more than Collingwood this year. Going to last years game was one of the worst football games I have gone too. Boy did the crowd give it to us Geelong fans, still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
I hate that scum and want to see them get belt by 150 points and believe me when I say I let them know about it!
For me it was one of the worst half a game of football I'd been to ;)
But would agree with the rest of your sentiments there. We play Collingwood at the G, but it's our home game yeah?
Mooney_d'King
13 Jun 2007, 13:30
There is no team I want to beat more than Collingwood this year. Going to last years game was one of the worst football games I have gone too. Boy did the crowd give it to us Geelong fans, still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
I hate that scum and want to see them get belt by 150 points and believe me when I say I let them know about it!
I was there with my father in law, a former Collingwood player in the past player's section. It was a soul-destroying game. By the third quarter I had to laugh. Especially after this incident: I was sitting next to a former CFC president, can't rememebr his name but he would have been 80 not-out. He was a little bit hard to hear and softly spoken. Some incident happened and all the barrackers were shouting cos they didn't get a free kick. They were 80 odd points up at the time. Then I heard this gravelly old man's voice next to me "Bloody umpires, I hate those bastards. Wouldn't even let one set foot in my house the lousy... I've never met a worse sort of bloke..." and so on for another 30 seconds. He wasn't speaking to anyone, just content to mutter it to himself. Amazing isn't it, even the young supporters now seem to be the same with the umpires.
So I'm really hoping for a win...
Inferno
13 Jun 2007, 23:45
I guess the Bummers since they can beat all the big teams atm. Brisbane might cause an upset (thats a big might) but we will bring our A-game against Sydney and should win down in Geelong.
I'm confident (well, as confident as a Geelong supporter can be) about the two home games coming up - Brisbane and Sydney.
Not confident at all about Collingwood - I can't recall a decent period of time when we've ever had the wood over them, they even beat us in 2005 when they won five games for the entire season - or the Bulldogs.
Freo should also be a 'danger game' - they will be keen to avenge on our win there last season and if their 2007 is anything like their 2006 they will be in the midst of a winning streak!
I think the first 3 years of Bomber's tenure we beat them pretty consistently, including that memorable game in 2000 when we were 5 or 6 goals down at 1/2 time and ended up pipping them at the post.
Our team this year, especially after the Roos game, seem to have a steely resolve about them, as evidenced in their gritty win on the weekend. I have a feeling we won't leave anything in the tank this week, since we have the following week to recover. We also discovered that we can win ugly too, by playing our 2004 brand of football, or win well by running all over sides.
The Bombers game will be huge, as if we win the next two, and they win the next two, it'll be a team on a 8 game winning streak playing a team on a 6 game winning streak. TD will be filled to capacity in that game, and that's if they don't move it to the MCG.
Like someone else said before, the only team who can bring us back to earth is ourselves. Let's hope it doesn't happen.
eminbee
16 Jun 2007, 17:55
It should be the same answer every week - THE NEXT GAME !!!!!!!!!!!
Solstice Raver
18 Jun 2007, 11:16
Just looking at our draw for the rest of the season, finding it hard to pick the game that will break our winning streak.
Anyone got any feelings on the matter?
The end of season trip should bring a few into line.;)
A fool would expect a 100% strike rate for the rest of the season. I doubt it will be enough to knock the boys from the perch they are on currently though.