Recent content by Jackington

Reckon this needs to be a big percentage banger, and hope we don't do the usual and cruise once getting to five or six goals in front. Nightmare 9 week stretch coming after before a reasonable run home. Win this one and win big, go 4-5 at worst in the middle, and come home strong.

Don't bring Jack Flash into this, they're never happy. Worst example of the average Geelong BigFooty fan.

The Back Pocket has been back up and about in 2024. Three episodes for your listening pleasure (or displeasure, I won't begrudge a hate listen), with a new one to come tonight/tomorrow. Get around it. Spotify 🎙: Apple 🍎:‎ YouTube 📺: https://www.youtube.com/@thebackpocket7851

Thanks to the update from Will Day, we'd probably swap out youngster Josh Draper for Blake Hardwick. Borderline: Ivan Soldo > Mark Pittonet/Todd Golstein Griffin Logue > Josh Weddle Chad Wingard > Matt Phillipou/Alex Davies Rory Lobb > Tom Fullarton/Taylor Goad

Bit of silly season stuff, as it's too early for me to decide if players or teams are good or bad yet; The Back Pocket Presents: The "Basketball Background" 22. This took some backbreaking googling and archived article searching, but we finally arrived at a full 22 of players who had a serious...

Was stoked with Parfitt as a long time fan of his, and really loved that we really got to see the future of the midfield in the final term with Conway, De Koning, Bruhn, Bowes, Clark and Parfitt. All three games have tried to give me heart attacks, but I would have taken 3-0 at 130% in a...

This was my highlight of the game. Nick Watson is my new least favourite player, has such a mouth on him for a kid with 0 wins and 2 goals 7 from 12 shots.

Expect Adelaide to be far too strong at home. With the exception of the heat-stroke-induced loss to Richmond, I think the only home game they lost last year was to Collingwood by a point? Geelong's defence is good and they have a surprisingly good record at Adelaide Oval, but the Crows midfield...

Late to the thread, but feel that I'm happy enough with that performance whilst also being very frustrated. Won the centre clearances with Bruhn, Clark, Atkins and Holmes (+ Danger) against a Steele + Crouch midfield that should have been much stronger. If Bruhn plays 100% game time he probably...

This is a big part of what skews the "incredibly good at Kardinia Park" stat in Geelong's favour. More games against Victorian teams when they're strong rather than just "Weak Victorian Teams + Interstate Away Teams" would paint a clearer picture. That said they've also been quite good at...

Heavily loaded question, but what are the top three stats for a defender to be marked on? Comparing it to something like goals, score involvements and marks for a forward or disposals, contested possessions and tackles for a midfielder.

Try telling that to Cats fans between 2016 and 2021. There weren't many of us left defending him, and let me tell you we were in the absolute trenches. But in principal you're right. Strong advocate for the club, sticks to his guns (even if those guns are loving Dahlhaus and Ratugolea too...

What about if they're a boozy sex pest? Do you not hate Hitler just because you never met him, or are you willing to accept that you can hate someone based on their character?

He's uncontracted but he's not a free agent. If he goes to the draft there is no guarantee he is available at pick 25 (probably a significantly later pick at this point), and if he goes to the pre-season draft, Geelong have a far earlier pick than Port.

Is 24 probably overs for Esava? Sure. The problem is that trade week(s) is so long, that when you're Geelong and you have no other deals to negotiate, you can play hard to get when you have the listed player and hold all the power. Can't see why Mackie would be in a rush to finalise the Sav...