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Review AFL 2nd Qualifying Final autopsy - Fremantle defeats Geelong by 15 points
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Disagree, Simpson was in outstanding form and would have done a more than respectable show out there
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I do not think West would have made the difference in the ruck. Only Simpson, maybe HMac would have made a difference. Need a taller bigger ruckman.
We were so inept going forward at times it was just not Geelong we know.
Crowley fixed up SJ when he went onto him and that is a concern. Selwood's lack of possessions and influence even harder to fathom. Bundy hardly sighted and Kelly well down on his usual form.
Caddy is not up to standard yet and that is a concern also.
Why not play GHS ? We need some better mids and a ruckman - though I think Dawson will be ok next season.
So yes we were let down by some young ones but some more experienced players were also pretty ordinary.
If we go out in straight sets then that will be the sign we got ahead of ourselves a bit and the team is not making the transition as well as we thought. Then again it is hard to keep winning and transition a side - especially when you get key injuries. What a loss Simpson and Hawkins were.
We were so inept going forward at times it was just not Geelong we know.
Crowley fixed up SJ when he went onto him and that is a concern. Selwood's lack of possessions and influence even harder to fathom. Bundy hardly sighted and Kelly well down on his usual form.
Caddy is not up to standard yet and that is a concern also.
Why not play GHS ? We need some better mids and a ruckman - though I think Dawson will be ok next season.
So yes we were let down by some young ones but some more experienced players were also pretty ordinary.
If we go out in straight sets then that will be the sign we got ahead of ourselves a bit and the team is not making the transition as well as we thought. Then again it is hard to keep winning and transition a side - especially when you get key injuries. What a loss Simpson and Hawkins were.
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West would have been far more effective in limiting his performance today though. Not saying this just after today either have been saying it all week, his the best ruckman we have fit against a bloke as big as Sandilands it's a no brainer that he needs to play.
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Generous of you to say this but I think CF got it rightHope to see you guys in 3 weeks at the G..
Good luck
The only place you are likely to see us come the GF is in the stands
Great game guys. Geez our games are epic, a real rivalry!
All the best next week!!
All the best next week!!
Varcoe was very poor. Difficult to remember if he had an effective disposal all day, really missed Enright in that second half, hope he can make a return and his injury isn't all that bad.
Sandilands destroyed us, the clearance work, and acting as a target both forward and coming out of defense. Why they can get out of their back half TIME AND AGAIN through tall targets, just angers me thinking about it.
Freo seemed to play the percentages much better than us, their gameplan matches up so well against ours, the total field grind, with our game relying on super slickness to pull off correctly, and with that pressure it just fell apart. Credit to freo for their ferocious attack.
Bombing into the forward line resulted in nothing, the forward line was disfunctional today, and could not seem to lock it in.
Much to improve if we expect to not go out in straight sets.
Sandilands destroyed us, the clearance work, and acting as a target both forward and coming out of defense. Why they can get out of their back half TIME AND AGAIN through tall targets, just angers me thinking about it.
Freo seemed to play the percentages much better than us, their gameplan matches up so well against ours, the total field grind, with our game relying on super slickness to pull off correctly, and with that pressure it just fell apart. Credit to freo for their ferocious attack.
Bombing into the forward line resulted in nothing, the forward line was disfunctional today, and could not seem to lock it in.
Much to improve if we expect to not go out in straight sets.
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Geez, been at work all day and checked the score.........WTF happened?
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Yep. We were good today. Just Sandilands and poor forward entries were our downfall.
This x1,000. It's our only hope.
*sigh* Oh well, at least I have the Seahawks season to look forward to.
Guess we'll never know now. We are talking about one of the best tap rucks we've seen play, over a project player that's played a handful of games in 6 years or so?
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Played well early, were up in the second quarter but they kicked 5 goals to 2 before half time.
Then they flooded the crap out of the game in the last quarter, we dominated possessions and inside 50's but blindly bombed it into the wall every time.
Then Hill gets the ball pretty much from the interchange and kicks a goal to end it.
go away idiot
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Ever since Dean Solomon a few years back this has been a brewing rivalry. One of Geelong's top 3 or 4 now I reckon!
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Jimmy was good, but Andrew Mackie was outstanding.
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Very disappointed with our crowd noise. Our supporters were loud in the first quarter and virtually shut up when Fremantle hit the front in the second quarter. I was sitting in the Brownlow stand and the Freo fans opposite me drowned out the entire Geelong crowd.
Actually, Sandi is largely known for his ineffective taps
http://www.geelongcats.com.au/video/2013-09-07/postmatch-conference
Very hard to win a flag without at least one 'A' grade ruckman. And please don't throw West up. Woudn't have made a jot of difference today.
It wasn't just sandilands, it was Clarke too who killed us, vardy and blicavs just can't compete in th hit outs, Simpson can, it would have been significantly more even then it was today in the hit outs with Simpson playing, absolutely no doubt in my mind about it, he beat some very quality rucks this year including Clarke himself
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The Addy shites me to tears some times for the same reasons.
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Jimmy's game was ok but IMO he started a bit fumbly like many of our guys.
I agree Mackie was better - but we did not have many good players on the day.
I agree Mackie was better - but we did not have many good players on the day.
hah kids these days. he wasnt the worst on field but i certainly dont have the confidence in him that i use too. he constantly gets beaten these days.
he played the loose man for alot of the game boosting his stats, was a few players that were much better than he was today
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Dumb football.
Walker not up to it at this level.
Do we make a statement and reward in-form VFL players - Brown, Kersten, GHS, Stringer, Schroder must all come into consideration..
Walker not up to it at this level.
Do we make a statement and reward in-form VFL players - Brown, Kersten, GHS, Stringer, Schroder must all come into consideration..
