Preview AFL GF 2025: Geelong V Brisbane Sat 27th Sept MCG 2:30 pm

[cats_09]

Resource Post - I'll endeavour to update this post with info and links relevant to what's happening over the coming week

- Meet Up, Live Sites & Viewing Party discussion

Meet Up - 2025 Meet Up Thread - Grand Final Edition... including Live Sites info

https://gardenstatehotel.com.au/ 101 Flinders Lane. It opens at noon on Sunday.

www.bigfooty.com

- Grand Final Ticket discussion (please don't start separate threads for ticket sales)

Resource - 2025 Finals Ticket Discussion - Grand Final ticket discussion

Where can I find my Cats Membership Barcodes? OR When do we get Cats Membership Barcodes? Checked online : geelongcats.com.au website and Cats Mobile App

www.bigfooty.com

 

[Stokey]

WTF do we do with Stanley? If he's fit and available then my preference would be to select him rather than going in unchanged, as I would like us to have the ability to use Blitz as a defender if we're leaking goals in Stewart's absence. But that being said, I feel like picking players with injury clouds hanging over them always backfires in Grand Finals, so there's another part of me that would err on the side of caution.

Tricky call!

I'd rather select Duncan.

 

[catsfootyfan89]

I'd rather select Duncan.

He's a bit old and slow now. And we don't need his vision / kicking as much with our revamped run 'n gun midfield.

Don't need to worry about picking our way through opposition zones when Smith / Atkins / Holmes / Miers can just run the ball through.

Just my opinion

 

[Stokey]

I want them to play Neale. Not because he is injured but what he has had to do to get.

First bounce just be into him like we did in the 2022 Prelim. Tired him out. It won't take much.
How effectual was he anyway in the QF?

 

[Stokey]

He's a bit old and slow now. And we don't need his vision / kicking as much with our revamped run 'n gun midfield.

Don't need to worry about picking our way through opposition zones when Smith / Atkins / Holmes / Miers can just run the ball through.

Just my opinion

I just agree with Lethal's take on The Couch.

Blitz isn't a great tap to advantage player but he nullifies and brings the ball to ground. Atkins and Danger and even himself take over. Stanley better be trained to do the same.

 

[Stokey]

Adam Kingsley about us on 360 - “they’re gonna win.”

Hardwick, although winning 3 flags, comes across as a bit jealous of C Scott. He doesn't want his record equalled or diminished.

 

[Stokey]

Playing Lachie Neale three weeks after what was reported as a 4-6 calf injury would be something - and the QF was his first game in a month after returning from a quad issue.

Dunkley in a moonboot as the team arrived home overnight.

Pray for Jack Henry’s feet

Why do players just rehab a soft tissue in home and away but when finals come around they hop onto the hyperbaric chamber.

If it's so effective why not do it all.the time

 

[catsfootyfan89]

Why do players just rehab a soft tissue in home and away but when finals come around they hop onto the hyperbaric chamber.

If it's so effective why not do it all.the time

Not a doctor, so take with a grain of salt. But my guess is that it's more a hail-Mary type thing, which is why it's not widely used throughout the season. The fact that Neale is using it now probably speaks to how desperate he is to find a way back into the team. The data on whether it heals damaged muscles faster is tenuous at best.

HBOT also comes with a range of possible side-effects, including:

• Lung damage, including collapse of the lung
• Fluid buildup or bursting (rupture) of the middle ear
• Sinus damage
• Changes in vision, causing nearsightedness, which usually goes away days to weeks after the last treatment
• Oxygen poisoning, which can cause lung failure, fluid in the lungs, or seizures. Seizures from oxygen poisoning don't typically cause brain damage

Source:

Complications of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used to treat many conditions from severe burns to carbon monoxide poisoning. But like all medical procedures, it has some risks. Here's what you need to know about.

www.hopkinsmedicine.org

So yeah, it's not complete hoodoo, but the data is very mixed on how much it actually does, and it comes with a range of risks. Hail-Mary move with no other options at hand? Worth a shot. But in the regular season, you would be better to rehab the injury the natural way, without any risks to your cardiovascular system, given the high-performance nature of the game.

 

[Zouz Kitty]

I got cats and storm in the next few weeks. Cats stopping brisbane b2b amd storm stopping Penrith 5 in a row would be amazing.

Cats + Panthers

 

[Zouz Kitty]

Just having breakfast in bed, car packed + I’ll begin my trek to Geelong.

Usually stop in Finley, for sentimental reasons + for some good luck.

It’s a wonderful drive from New England. Love the drive through Pipers Creek. Similar granite country to here.

Very excited + emotional.

Every GF I’ve been to, we’ve won!*


*2011

 

[patience]

Safe travels Zouz Kitty .

 

[Zouz Kitty]

Safe travels Zouz Kitty .

Thank you patience

 

[catpremier 07]

This week feels like its going relatively quickly in comparison to last week.

 

[joe444]

I hope they play Neale; it's not only an insane risk because of the short turnaround from the injury, but because it occurred in his first game back from a stint of the sidelines with another injury to his quad. And Berry? Remember he dislocated that shoulder in Round 23 already. Play 'em. And Dunkley in a moon boot? I've seen sides get away with that trick on defenders and forwards, but it's a hell of a lot to expect of a mid.

So your dose of optimism is a reminder that it's going to be insanely hard to beat Brisbane ... next year.

Odds are they'll have Oscar Allen

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Oscar Allen

Age

26

Ht

196cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

8.6

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.2

4star

up forward, Neale, Berry, Payne, Coleman, Anesworth, Doedee, Hipwood and maybe even Link back. Sam Draper will be a bit more of a handful in the ruck.

But I'll trade getting smacked in a redemption game next year

 

[CatToTheFuture]

This week feels like its going relatively quickly in comparison to last week.

The build up is one week not two so that tracks

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I hope they play Neale; it's not only an insane risk because of the short turnaround from the injury, but because it occurred in his first game back from a stint of the sidelines with another injury to his quad. And Berry? Remember he dislocated that shoulder in Round 23 already. Play 'em. And Dunkley in a moon boot? I've seen sides get away with that trick on defenders and forwards, but it's a hell of a lot to expect of a mid.

So your dose of optimism is a reminder that it's going to be insanely hard to beat Brisbane ... next year.

Odds are they'll have Oscar Allen up forward, Neale, Berry, Payne, Coleman, Anesworth, Doedee, Hipwood and maybe even Link back. Sam Draper will be a bit more of a handful in the ruck.

But I'll trade getting smacked in a redemption game next year

Yeah I'd be staggered if he comes in. He played that one Qualifying final but the game before that was 2nd of August.

Nearly 2 months since a game he didn't get a soft tissue injury in.

Can't see it

 

[fpm84]

Yeah I'd be staggered if he comes in. He played that one Qualifying final but the game before that was 2nd of August.

Nearly 2 months since a game he didn't get a soft tissue injury in.

Can't see it

Just heard Luke Hodge on SEN saying he’s confident Lachie will play, but questioning whether he should be the sub. When you look at how conservative we’ve been with Holmes in 2022 and Stanley this year, it seems like a huge risk.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I hope they play Neale; it's not only an insane risk because of the short turnaround from the injury, but because it occurred in his first game back from a stint of the sidelines with another injury to his quad. And Berry? Remember he dislocated that shoulder in Round 23 already. Play 'em. And Dunkley in a moon boot? I've seen sides get away with that trick on defenders and forwards, but it's a hell of a lot to expect of a mid.

So your dose of optimism is a reminder that it's going to be insanely hard to beat Brisbane ... next year.

Odds are they'll have Oscar Allen up forward, Neale, Berry, Payne, Coleman, Anesworth, Doedee, Hipwood and maybe even Link back. Sam Draper will be a bit more of a handful in the ruck.

But I'll trade getting smacked in a redemption game next year

Also though on dunkley - sounds like it was just a rolled ankle. He'll be fine

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Just heard Luke Hodge on SEN saying he’s confident Lachie will play, but questioning whether he should be the sub. When you look at how conservative we’ve been with Holmes in 2022 and Stanley this year, it seems like a huge risk.

If they're trying to have a bet both ways making him the sub then he clearly shouldn't be playing.

 

[cats_09]

Yeah I'd be staggered if he comes in. He played that one Qualifying final but the game before that was 2nd of August.

Nearly 2 months since a game he didn't get a soft tissue injury in.

Can't see it

That was a question Collingwood was having to ask themselves before the prelim regarding Howe & too a lesser extent, Hill who they opted against selecting

The last full game that Howe played was June 28, while for Hill it was a week earlier on June 21, so questions were asked if they could risk either/both of them

We saw them select Howe, but it's likely the extended time missed in terms of full games both had missed then worked against Hill earning a recall

Meanwhile, they took Pendles into a game when he was battling a groin injury on one leg before he pinged a calf on the other. At the Brownlow last night he sounded a little surprised it was the calf that went on the other leg compared with the groin injury he had been dealing with, but surely it's not that surprising as he had likely been compensating for the injury to an extent

 

[joe444]

Also though on dunkley - sounds like it was just a rolled ankle. He'll be fine

100%. But for us a moon boot is better than dancin' shoes.

 

[cats_09]

Also though on dunkley - sounds like it was just a rolled ankle. He'll be fine

Is it a "standard" rolled ankle or a syndesmosis type injury?

 

[MisterMarcus]

Also though on dunkley - sounds like it was just a rolled ankle. He'll be fine

Do players normally wear a moon boot and openly talk about how 'sore' they are, if it's just a standard rolled ankle?

 

[00VicWard001]

Both those moves impact our forward line though. Just need our forwards like Close, Stengle and Mannagh to be aware of him to pressure and have our setup right so he's got very few options.

Stengle, Mannagh and Close do not give anyone space in that forward line. Zorko will be under max pressure and any mistakes he made will be punished. It will be a head to head situation. If he gets the ball, the guys up the ground have to force him to take a wide option.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

100%. But for us a moon boot is better than dancin' shoes.

I personally would have preferred him hit the D floor with Luke Beveridge at the brownlow.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Do players normally wear a moon boot and openly talk about how 'sore' they are, if it's just a standard rolled ankle?

Yeah not typically I guess