Autopsy Blue beat Cats by 18 points.

[you pick one]

Wouldn't be surprised to see us play a tighter zone or even man on man at times , especially when the opposition have a run on.
Can't play it all game but definitely could be an advantage at times to arrest opposition momentum.

They tried that for a while in the last quarter however Curnow and McKay had their tails up by then and destroyed us one on one in the marking contests.

 

[iameviljez]

Whoosh

Poe's law

 

[Vdubs]

The quality of opponents is roughly the same as the last 4 collectively, except 2 games are in Geelong. In reality you would be predicting a big downturn in form to lose all 4. Which to be clear is fine, but it's not something our previous month is representative of.

Winning some and losing some is a lot more likely than a clean sweep of wins or losses. Of course it can be fun to be dramatic and envisage total failure after losing a game of football. It remains as silly as predicting an unbeaten month after winning last week.

Which was the prediction last year after a win. But as you have read, many here have suggested our next 5 games after the Hawks were going to be a real challenge. And so it has started. Beating the Pies this week would certainly be joyous, and gladly, we will not be favourites

 

[STPer18]

Reckon they're close to giving the CRIMSON CHIN George Stevens a crack in the seniors? Must be close being held over as an emergency for this one. Shame he missed the VFL this week for it but based on the presser prematch Knevitt's foot was going to keep him out for at least a couple more weeks.

 

[STPer18]

No accountability. This one of four or five I've seen just in the highlights there are worse examples too.

The dreaded 'loose zone' strikes again.

 

[cats_09]

Guessing they base this on stats - I know Jezza kicked 4 goals, but was it really team of the week worthy?

 

[cats_09]

From yesterday

 

[standupand]

Hey, if you decide to watch the replay I have a suggestion for you.
Roll up 3 pairs of socks and have them next to you on the couch.

Otherwise you're going to throw something far heavier at the TV.

Brilliant idea! I should just do this every week. Also one for the mouth to muffle the expletives.

 

[GlenMiddlemissed]

Reckon they're close to giving the CRIMSON CHIN George Stevens a crack in the seniors? Must be close being held over as an emergency for this one. Shame he missed the VFL this week for it but based on the presser prematch Knevitt's foot was going to keep him out for at least a couple more weeks.

Wilthshire had a 'puff piece' on the GFC website on 8/4, was named emergency and 3 weeks later was in the team. George had his puff piece published last week (22/4), named emergency last weekend, so he will be in for the game after Colljngwood, haha.
Seriously, one is a light goal sneak who relies on others to get the ball to him. The other goes in and gets his own. I think we need the 2nd more. If he can get a few out to Holmes on the outside, that would be a good result (Max can use his speed better when he is not in congestion.

 

[Jumping Jack]

My take on yesterday's result is probably a bit different to others.

Rather than it being a game we coughed up and were expected to win - I think it's more a case of Chris Scott

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5.4

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5.1

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1.6

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0.4

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13.2

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having coached very well in a few other matches to get the 4 points in games where we still looked undermanned and might have expected a loss. At the start of the season I had Freo / Hawks / Saints / Carlton and Collingwood as 50/50 games for a variety of reasons (how we match up / recent results etc). So really, we've gone 50/50 with wins in 2 of those 4 games - and it therefore raises the importance of the Pies game which I see as a bit of an 8 pointer.

And the glaring one for me yesterday was efficiency inside 50. Even Voss made the point in his presser that Geelong are a strong offensive unit and that he was very happy to keep us to 76 points. I don't have the stats handy but I reckon in the last 5 years (or more) we'd have lost a high proportion of our games where we score less than 80 points.

Fox Footy mentioned yesterday that some of our half time stats in key areas were our worst on record. That doesn't help our cause but it just seemed to be one of those games that the club will review and move on from pretty quickly. And there are still a few red flags for me but I back Scott and Co to manage smartly.....
-- When do they rest Stanley (he looked tired off the 6 day break but did battle hard)
-- What does the backline look like with J Henry and Kolo back (does SDK go forward and we drop Neale for a few)
-- Midfield still looks one polished player short to me. Miers being out really had an impact on how we transition the ball but who else steps up?
-- Holmes needs to be able to break the heavy tag or find a way to stay in the game. That's 2 games now (Blues and Saints) where he's been well held and we've lost.

 

[Seeds]

Didn't hear that, but yeah, it's reasonable that there's an adjustment period. Henry's form is probably the biggest fall-out from the "Danger forward" move.

Still, it's not unreasonable to expect Neale to make more than 1 mark in a game and at least bring the ball to ground more times than not.

Henrys form has absolutely nothing to do with danger. Zip.

 

[My Tilly]

Guessing they base this on stats - I know Jezza kicked 4 goals, but was it really team of the week worthy?

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Have to say, there was a moment where we had all the momentum and it was only 2 goals the difference. Cameron won the ball near the wing and he managed to slip the tackle, he hand balled to Neale who butchered it but had he received the ball back, he would have slotted that goal from fifty and who knows what would have happened from there.

 

[standupand]

... it is the moment before the centre bounce, so fair enough

It's like you've got a photographic memory.

 

[Jumping Jack]

Have to say, there was a moment where we had all the momentum and it was only 2 goals the difference. Cameron won the ball near the wing and he managed to slip the tackle, he hand balled to Neale who butchered it but had he received the ball back, he would have slotted that goal from fifty and who knows what would have happened from there.

The blame for that squarely sits with Cameron not Neale. Neale was standing flat footed with 2 opponents on him and Cameron took the wrong option.

You're right though - we had momentum and better use inside 50 on that play and I think we might have just about got over the line. That was the worst 4 goal game I've seen from a Geelong player for a long time.

 

[Jumping Jack]

Miers importance as a link player for us was really highlighted yesterday.

There were a couple of important plays when we were transitioning from half back to half forward that O'Connor in particular absolutely butchered with terrible handball. The two I'm thinking of both resulted in turnover scores from memory.

The blokes in the gun are Clark (looked a level below again when the heat was on) / Neale (it's not quite working for him and a run in the VFL might help) and O'Connor (not sure he's still best 22 based on ball use - unless played solely as a lockdown player on opposition midfielder).

 

[bombersboy]

Fair. We still have a looming issue with Henry and Kolo about to return. You can't play all of SDK, Henry, Kolo, COS in the same backline (let alone Blicavs, Zuthrie and Stewart too). Whether it's SDK into the ruck or someone else switching to wing/forward, something will need to change. Personally, I'd be putting Stew in the middle once the defenders return.

Not sure Stewart's knee would stand up to playing in the middle. He is struggling with straight lines. Getting Henry and Kolo back gives us flexibility to try a couple of them forward. Most likely Henry or Cos.

 

[PzBlinky]

Henrys form has absolutely nothing to do with danger. Zip.

What would you put it down to? He's always been a bit up-and-down but has kicked almost 80 goals in his 2 seasons with us so far...but right now he'll be lucky to hit 25 goals for the season.

Some opposition teams might have worked him out, but he seems out of position a lot, not clunking marks he might normally take, and generally having zero impact.

I guess his problem is that he's a bit of a one-trick pony (i.e. was always good for a couple of goals a game) and once that trick is gone, he doesn't have anything to fall back on.

 

[Strange Cat]

I guess after calming down a little bit, we were not in an ideal structure down the back or in the middle and relied on too many younger players with an undone Stewart down back

The loss is frustrating but in the context of everything isn’t too bad all things considerering . All of our losses have been close which makes it frustrating and hopefully we can get a full fit list on the field sooner rather than later

 

[you pick one]

Henrys form has absolutely nothing to do with danger. Zip.

Form no but it has negatively affected his space to work in with limited tricks,up to him now to find another way to get dangerous.

 

[My Tilly]

The blame for that squarely sits with Cameron not Neale. Neale was standing flat footed with 2 opponents on him and Cameron took the wrong option.

You're right though - we had momentum and better use inside 50 on that play and I think we might have just about got over the line. That was the worst 4 goal game I've seen from a Geelong player for a long time.

Cameron was the only bloke trying to make something happen. How can it be his fault in that situation?
Neale concerns me as a forward. I hope he isn't a standard lead-out-mark forward because we desperately need another tall who is reactive and alert to plays unfolding like we saw in that particular passage of play.

Perhaps it will come in time but I guess this is the difference between elite forwards and standard forwards.

 

[you pick one]

Cameron was the only bloke trying to make something happen. How can it be his fault in that situation?
Neale concerns me as a forward. I hope he isn't a standard lead-out-mark forward because we desperately need another tall who is reactive and alert to plays unfolding like we saw in that particular passage of play.

Perhaps it will come in time but I guess this is the difference between elite forwards and standard forwards.

I'd need to have another look sometime but live I recall saying WTF Cameron.

 

[Spearman]

Sure. And the eye test told me we were smashing them for a period in the last quarter too. Was it 10 in a row or something?

You haven’t quite got the definition of a clearance right by the way. A toe poke that doesn’t clear congestion isn’t a clearance.

In any event, clearances were not the reason we lost this game. Not by a long stretch.

watching the post game chitchat between players, I never realized Cripps was about as tall as Stanley. At least it looked that way. I understood he was huge, but jebus.

 

[iameviljez]

I'd need to have another look sometime but live I recall saying WTF Cameron.

Commentary was specifically "why the hell did he not just get it in there while the smalls are running hot?".

 

[cats_09]

I'd need to have another look sometime but live I recall saying WTF Cameron.

Same

Watching from the top deck I couldn't work out why Cameron went to Neale when at best we'd get a stoppage and at worse it would be a turnover with Carlton having the out number

I was wondering if Cameron isn't comfortable bouncing the ball as he had the time & space for that, followed by a shot on goal

Or even simply kick the ball long as we did have a teammate deep in the 50

Instead he took the lowest percentage option

 

[you pick one]

Maybe over estimated the skills of Neale looking for the one two shot on goal is my guess.