Preview 1st Semi-final: Geelong vs Collingwood, Sat 10 Oct GABBA @ 7.40pm AEDT

[Vdubs]

Surely Sav comes in. Taylor dropped, O'Connor to the back line. Maybe Henry as well. We need a gamechanger though.

I can not imagine CS dropping Taylor for a final like this. Not unless he gets food poisoning or something. else. He respects him so much and said he played well last game.. nothing to do with balls either- he dropped Mooney and Milburn, and sent away SJ, Chappy, Bartel, & Kelly. But it looks to some of us that we could play better without him, and possibly even GAJ.

 

[Nickoo]

Probably offer Scott an extension until 2025!!!!

If they lose, my bet is Scott will leave the club. He looks like he's had enough.

 

[Nickoo]

Sav is our cox. Not Hawkins. Cox is a leaping contested marking beast when on. That's what sav is. whilst cox was kicking 3 (just like sav did in last years semi final) sav was in the stands.

Agreed. Get Sav in drop Taylor ad get MOC down back. Hawk is much better when the pressure is off him. being the Lonestar is too much and he's better when starting up ground. Put Sav in the goal square. And Hawk just at the start somewhere else.

 

[Nickoo]

That would be great.
Just leave the next coach to pick up the mess he's left us with. Oldest list in the competition and all.

when we last beat the Pies it was off the back of a refashioned Cats list with Constable etc. in it. Since then we've gone backwards.

 

[Hamingja]

Narkles last full game v the Suns wan't earth shattering either.

He went to the back of the queue. Between the others falling to take their chances and Narkle finding some form in the scratch matches he is now back at the front of the selection queue.

 

[Seeds]

No, we're not.

Oldest starting 22. We do have a lot of youth who dont have much talent.

 

[Down at K Park]

No, we're not.

22 vs Port was the oldest team to ever take the field.

 

[Grimoz]

If they lose, my bet is Scott will leave the club. He looks like he's had enough.

Why would he do that and forgo the money on his contract, he wont leave unless sacked

 

[Spazz Cat]

22 vs Port was the oldest team to ever take the field.

Think was the oldest finals team to take the field. I think.
If Steven played it might pushed us into oldest ever-ever.

 

[iameviljez]

Surely Sav comes in. Taylor dropped, O'Connor to the back line. Maybe Henry as well. We need a gamechanger though.

Harry won’t get dropped to end his career.

 

[Spazz Cat]

Why would he do that and forgo the money on his contract, he wont leave unless sacked

Yeah there's no way whatsoever.
Far less token AFL jobs for the boys going around now too. His brother got the last one.
Channel 7 or Fox would surely grab him but for the next couple of years they could not pay close to what he wants.
Plus the club would beg him to stay. They don't want any big changes at this time at all.

 

[thecatattack]

22 vs Port was the oldest team to ever take the field.

So oldest 22 to take the field not list.

 

[allrighty]

That's how Fagan operates. He said so himself. He delegates coaching to others and is more about the overall environment.

Can work, doesn't always. You need really good people, great internal leaders and good systems. NFI if we have it, evidence suggest maybe not, but I hope I am wrong.

 

[you pick one]

when we last beat the Pies it was off the back of a refashioned Cats list with Constable etc. in it. Since then we've gone backwards.

Here's those teams for comparison.Kelly of cause gone,only Clark and Constable and possibly Esava the changes.

CollingwoodVGeelong Cats
[37] Brayden Maynard,[23] Jordan Roughead,[25] Jack Crisp
[38] Jack Henry,[46] Mark Blicavs,[6] Jordan Clark

[38] Jeremy Howe,[30] Darcy Moore,[14] James Aish
[8] Jake Kolodjashnij,[7] Harry Taylor,[44] Tom Stewart

[16] Chris Mayne,[10] Scott Pendlebury,[21] Tom Phillips
[14] Joel Selwood,[35] Patrick Dangerfield,[22] Mitch Duncan

[24] Josh Thomas,[46] Mason Cox,[1] Jaidyn Stephenson
[40] Luke Dahlhaus,[17] Esava Ratugolea,[30] Tom Atkins

[5] Jamie Elliott,[41] Brody Mihocek,[2] Jordan De Goey
[4] Gary Ablett,[26] Tom Hawkins,[23] Gary Rohan

[4] Brodie Grundy,[11] Dayne Beams,[7] Adam Treloar
[1] Rhys Stanley,[11] Tim Kelly,[3] Brandan Parfitt

[8] Tom Langdon,[17] Callum L. Brown,[18] Travis Varcoe,[22] Steele Sidebottom
[18] Charlie Constable,[27] Sam Menegola,[32] Gryan Miers,[42] Mark O'Connor

Umpires
Matt Stevic (9), David Harris (24), Leigh Haussen (5)

 

[Cronin]

I'd rather lose playing attacking football than have to endure another painful defensive display, which would no doubt result in a lose all the same.

Stick your slow ball movement up your arse Cats and have a ******* crack!

 

[David the Cat]

Since 2012 our record is:

0/2 Elim finals
1/6 Qual finals
3/4 Semi finals
0/4 Prelim finals

Semi final specialists!

Yep...looks like semi's are our best...be great to knock off the Pies.

I see you got a thumbs down from one poster....I feel your pain.

 

[allrighty]

I’m not ready for this to be the last time a Gary Ablett plays for Geelong, and the thought of it is stressing me out.

 

[David the Cat]

Here's those teams for comparison.Kelly of cause gone,only Clark and Constable and possibly Esava the changes.

CollingwoodVGeelong Cats
[37] Brayden Maynard,[23] Jordan Roughead,[25] Jack Crisp
[38] Jack Henry,[46] Mark Blicavs,[6] Jordan Clark

[38] Jeremy Howe,[30] Darcy Moore,[14] James Aish
[8] Jake Kolodjashnij,[7] Harry Taylor,[44] Tom Stewart

[16] Chris Mayne,[10] Scott Pendlebury,[21] Tom Phillips
[14] Joel Selwood,[35] Patrick Dangerfield,[22] Mitch Duncan

[24] Josh Thomas,[46] Mason Cox,[1] Jaidyn Stephenson
[40] Luke Dahlhaus,[17] Esava Ratugolea,[30] Tom Atkins

[5] Jamie Elliott,[41] Brody Mihocek,[2] Jordan De Goey
[4] Gary Ablett,[26] Tom Hawkins,[23] Gary Rohan

[4] Brodie Grundy,[11] Dayne Beams,[7] Adam Treloar
[1] Rhys Stanley,[11] Tim Kelly,[3] Brandan Parfitt

[8] Tom Langdon,[17] Callum L. Brown,[18] Travis Varcoe,[22] Steele Sidebottom
[18] Charlie Constable,[27] Sam Menegola,[32] Gryan Miers,[42] Mark O'Connor

Umpires
Matt Stevic (9), David Harris (24), Leigh Haussen (5)

No Howe, no Beams, no Sidebottom, no Langdon....

...but all I want is no Razor Ray....

 

[you pick one]

Yep...looks like semi's are our best...be great to knock off the Pies.

I see you got a thumbs down from one poster....I feel your pain.

The Pies are batting 100% in semi's in that time frame it's guna be a slog.

 

[Stan The Caddy]

I dont know why we dont try Gazza one on one out of the goal square and get Rohan on his bike (which he can do from a pocket or flank). That give us Danger back into the midfield.

I think that Rohan has spent enough time riding things already thanks...

 

[Seeds]

Absolutely ridiculous. The idea that you have to be a one club player to be a club legend is farcical.

If you did a poll of Cats fans, 99% love GAJ and view him as as legend. Don't project your own feelings towards him on to others.

And 99 percent of geelong supporters boo ex players that wanted to stay at geelong but the club kicked out. The masses arent well informed.

 

[you pick one]

No Howe, no Beams, no Sidebottom, no Langdon....

...but all I want is no Razor Ray....

Handy foursome.

 

[catempire]

Yep...looks like semi's are our best...be great to knock off the Pies.

I see you got a thumbs down from one poster....I feel your pain.

I don’t know if I’ll recover TBH.

 

[nohairandfair]

De Goey with his 5 goals more or less won the last encounter off his own boot. Klenched Kolon if Kolo lines up on him again.

 

[Seeds]

De Goey with his 5 goals more or less won the last encounter off his own boot. Klenched Kolon if Kolo lines up on him again.

Kolo will definately line up on him. Scott doesnt make mistakes.