AFL were determined for collingwood to win. Not much geelong could've done
Apart from kick simple shots (for professional players) within 30ish meters like Rohan, Hawkins x2, Dahlhaus all failed to do
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AFL were determined for collingwood to win. Not much geelong could've done
Yeah, I mean weather could have played a part and Stanley's certainly not a perfect option, but against Grundy, if your life depended on the result, he was clearly our best option to not get absolutely smashed.
And remember mid-year when the pundits were making such a huge deal about the gameplan of one player up in a contest and the rest waiting for crumbs? Not last night: it was two players spoiling each other and a Collingwood player staying down and collecting the spillage, or two Geelong players looking at each other, while a Collingwood player flew for an uncontested mark. That and the lack of pressure on Collingwood players moving the ball up the ground on the wider ground (which we had played very well during the year). And of course, Rohan and Hawkins butchering gimmes in the first quarter: never a good sign when that happens.
I suppose the silver lining from last night is it's blindingly obvious what went wrong. So it should be fixable.
Watching the AFL gift Collingwood finals wins apparently. Couldn't even find a clash jumper to at least pretend they were the away teamIt’s September, what are Carlton supporters doing here?
Really? It was an obvious troll lol.
Hahaha go piesWatching the AFL gift Collingwood finals wins apparently. Couldn't even find a clash jumper to at least pretend they were the away team
Collingwood own the G,Watching the AFL gift Collingwood finals wins apparently. Couldn't even find a clash jumper to at least pretend they were the away team
Grundy looked absolutely gassed in the last quarter, there were half a dozen contests where he was literally crawling hands and knees while the ball wnt. He was super all night but he was pushed to the limits aerobically with the rotations and the Geelong ruck switching - however the game was already lost.
Apart from kick simple shots (for professional players) within 30ish meters like Rohan, Hawkins x2, Dahlhaus all failed to do
Kicking the can down the road to avoid the inevitable cliff.
When Hawkins and Dangerfield retire it will be all over.
Unfortunately the master coach Scott refuses to acknowledge the post bye record is an issueThe issue clearly exists post bye. And now it’s worse with the week off before finals. You’d think Geelong would be pulling out all their resources to identify why this happens, sports psychologists etc to get an understanding as to why this is occurring.
Collingwood kicking 20 points to nine early on basically sealed it, you know Geelong aren’t getting back from that, particularly when Rohan sprayed a 30m set shot on the full and Hawkins was off. Since 2016 it’s been a huge failure for Geelong, plus straight sets in 2014.
They’ll no doubt bounce back with vigour next week but WC can absorb that, they’re a good team. If Geelong win it’s up to Brisbane (where I actually give them a decent chance) or at the MCG against Richmond which would be a whitewash given how Richmond play. But then if they’d won last night they’d be playing the PF after a week off so maybe they’re better going the long way.
Is chris scott the new ross lyon?
When was the last time a minor premier went out in straight sets?
Part of the problem is that they have ridiculous pointy-end talent, but fall away horrendously after that. That wins you games, but not flags...
When was the last time a minor premier went out in straight sets?
I think I read 1983.
Geelong has only gone out in straight sets once (2014)I think what is more damning than a single instance of straight sets as minor premier is that if Geelong lose the semi, under Chris Scott, it will be their 4th top-2 H&A finish without a GF appearance, and will be their 3rd top-4 H&A finish without a Prelim appearance ("straight sets"). A pattern of not really getting "value for money" and capitalising on good H&A work.
Are you "finals chokers" if you make the GF (1989, 1992, 1994, 1995) and lose to better sides (the Cats were minor premiers in just one of those seasons, and top-2 in one other), or if your final result (after the finals are done) is less than your H&A finish?
Geelong are still in the finals and Essendon isn't, why just essendon arent good enough...Now 3-8 in finals since the 2011 flag.
For a club who's constantly up there and has had 4x top 4 finishes in those 6 years (a great achievement), it's a sobering record. No grand finals.
What is going on there? Are they simply marking time and middling: not good enough to truly challenge and not regenerating either?
Do they need a change in philosophy?