Review Cats stone Crows with 19 point win

[mcwilrob]

Underrated part of the win: Crows can't blame the umpires for the loss

No doubt they will try though!

 

[cats_09]

I drank half a case of it one arvo and it felt like I was on a mystical mushroom trip

I'm not sure which ones worse

West End Draught or Swan Draught

 

[Baudolino]

Loved Scott singled out Atkins for praise in the post-match presser. That was a SPECIAL game from him.

 

[Smurph18]

Such a good win, and after a highly contested game like that, its great to have a week and a half off before playing our next game! Bring on Easter Monday!

 

[joe444]

No doubt they will try though!

 

[ShadowCat]

Loved Scott singled out Atkins for praise in the post-match presser. That was a SPECIAL game from him.

Shades of the Port game last year where he just willed us over the line, Selwood style. Got his sidestep back as well, and is every bit Best 18 starting midfielder that he looked halfway through last year.

 

[cats_09]

10k Goals Conceded

With Brad Close kicking Geelong's first goal tonight, Adelaide have joined the exclusive 10,000 goals conceded club. Other members include:

St Kilda 31085
Melbourne 30799
Sydney 30334
Essendon 29765
Richmond 29696
Carlton 29393
Collingwood 29294
Geelong 29279
North Melbourne 28098
Hawthorn 26827
Western Bulldogs 26453
Fitzroy 22350
West Coast 11490

 

[Cursed Cat]

How the hell did they get that done with the backline outs? That's pretty stupendous, all things considered.

Thought SDK really stood up in the D50; plenty of spoils, plenty of run, was never out-pointed in a genuine marking contest that I saw. On the lead maybe once or twice at most.

 

[thegerman]

I was very pessimistic during the game, as I knew their form and have watched the Crows play this year and reminded me of an upcoming young Cats in 2005 and 06. A sprinkling of veterans and a bunch of hard running kids.

To beat them in Adelaide is extraordinary. I believe their home ground advantage is as good as ours.

Praise must go to those who played at the level required for the longest. I think Atkins and Danger was at that level the entire game, Holmes and Smith just slightly below.

The rest came on board the half.

What a win, probably one of our best away wins in 10-15 years given the context.

 

[thegerman]

Thought SDK really stood up in the D50; plenty of spoils, plenty of run, was never out-pointed in a genuine marking contest that I saw. On the lead maybe once or twice at most.

That’s because he excels there. We tried him in a position that he has absolutely no confidence in

 

[Baudolino]

I always enjoy listening to the KRock wrap up. Especially after a win. Thought some others here might, too. https://www.krock.com.au/match-audio/

Thanks mate. Love listening to these!

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Enjoy every moment of it

And celebrate with a Farmer's Union

I am going to drink so much farmers union they'll send us Darcy Fogarty on store credit

 

[standupand]

One of the great wins this one.

A real arm-wrestle for most of it. Then mid-way through the 4th you could see we had them.

The pressure. The gut running. The 1%ers. Just gutsy stuff. The looks of exhaustion and seeing guys like Atkins and COS pushing past it. The exquisite soccer skills and deft touches from the likes of Close and Miers. The captain this year leading us from the front. Smith like a running machine. Holmes becoming an on-field leader. Guthrie already one of the finest. Blicavs just unable to be beaten in any role over 120 minutes.

The mantra seemed to be leave it all out there tonight and earn yourselves the win.

Adelaide - make no mistake - are a quality side. They didn't look like they were doing too much wrong for much of the game. I'm sure their own fans will dispute it and maybe the previous week game took a bit of a toll, who knows. But in my opinion it's the type of game that supporters of the losing team (whether it was us or them) should be like "hats off", because that was good, too good.

Do we play them again? I think there's a fair chance at September.

 

[My Tilly]

Bowes kicked out of his locker spot

De Koning looks 7ft'3 in that photo

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Enjoy every moment of it

And celebrate with a Farmer's Union

I spent the whole game sitting next to Canadian swans fans who were super excited to see football, hugged a few random crows fans that wished me well, and ended up in a basement off hindley St listening to some duelling harmonicas in a blues open mic.

Gather round is both weird and amazing

 

[CatToTheFuture]

You have to be kidding me, he was one of our better players up to half time IMO. You don't like pink booties or something?

He fumbled a lot first half but got cleaner late

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Was that Miers worst game since being recognised as a good player?

From where I sat he looked bad. I absolutely love what he brings but it requires some space to work in. When he got it he was still Gryan but the Crows, however they did it, denied him space to pick off a target.

I think he could have done better but I think this was mostly a reflection of a team that couldn't give their outside player outside space

 

[cats_09]

I am going to drink so much farmers union they'll send us Darcy Fogarty on store credit

You need to send a photo to Doedee

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Stanley might be playing best football of his career. It is almost like this unexpected Indian summer that he didn’t expect to have has freed him up to be the best version of himself.

We need to keep the big man fresh.

He won't play much for a while but hopefully will be fresh for finals.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

That’s because he excels there. We tried him in a position that he has absolutely no confidence in

He's going to go back there Stanley can't go the year.

 

[cats_09]

 

[catsfootyfan89]

Watching the replay - I love how Kingy was so up and about before the comeback

 

[standupand]

Tom Atkins turns 30 in September.

 

[#6 Thorp #7 Selwood LOL]

Underrated part of the win: Crows can't blame the umpires for the loss

Trust me, they tried.

Biggest bunch of sooks you will encounter. Every free kick against them was a crime against humanity.

As time was expiring I let em know that we had won it fair and square. The response was to head for the exits to beat the traffic. Ciao.

 

[Ratcat]

That Atkins is like a little Bull Terrier at any bouncedowns, love his full-on determination to win the ball.