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- May 27, 2008
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I have no idea about Geelong, who they’ve traded out, who in, etc. Are they a stronger or weaker side this year?
I feel we are stronger, mainly because of Moore and Roughead up back. Guess we’ll find out Friday.
Carn Pies.
Geelong traded for speed in their forward line bringing in Dalhaus and Rohan. This was to address a weakness with forward line pressure which allowed the opposition to dictate the game from half back against them last year. They will also likely shift Ablett permanent forward. They lost Menzel who is the anti pressure forward.
Notable absentees for them will be Tuohy, Bews and Scott Selwood which means their small defensive options in defence and the midfield have taken a big hit. This should play into our hands because of our strong group of small and medium forwards which we'd hope to exploit.
One thing we want to avoid is bombing the ball long. Geelong have some really good intercept defenders and it will play into their hands. We need to be pretty considered moving the ball forward and look for shorter angled kicks - unless there is an obvious quick break where the long kick will catch out an out of position defence.
I'm really looking forward to the game