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

[Cataholic]

I hope we operate better tomorrow night than BF does every time it gets busy

 

[Wojcinski]

Yah I know reading can be hard for some people.

Lol you expect me to search 56 pages for your post instead of just telling me? God some people on this board are truly insufferable

 

[year of the cat]

Is that from a source or a hunch?

Source. Apparently is struggling with the fall out from his off field indiscretion. Mentally not focussed. The Hawkins belting him rumour is garbage btw.

 

[My Tilly]

Source. Apparently is struggling with the fall out from his off field indiscretion. Mentally not focussed. The Hawkins belting him rumour is garbage btw.

ah ok.
That's good news then. Probably means Ratugolea is the late in which completely shifts the game in my opinion.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

The Hawkins belting him rumour is garbage btw.

Absolutely it is. It might be for the best if Rohan misses. Ratogolea comes in.

 

[JohnZ]

ah ok.
That's good news then. Probably means Ratugolea is the late in which completely shifts the game in my opinion.

Yup makes us slow and predictable in the F50.

 

[year of the cat]

ah ok.
That's good news then. Probably means Ratugolea is the late in which completely shifts the game in my opinion.

Not saying he will. Just he’s fragile atm and if this doesn’t improve then a change will be made. Hope he can compartmentalise it.

 

[year of the cat]

Absolutely it is. It might be for the best if Rohan misses. Ratogolea comes in.

Possibly. Not sure what you’re hearing but apparently a mess is what I’ve heard.

 

[Vdubs]

17 is a smaller sample size than 22, so yeah. But could you say we were better H&A team than Port, Bris and Rich? I can’t.

We were definitely better than Collingwood though. So if we lose to them now it is an abject failure.

The reasons we looked better than Pies need to be looked at though. And in fact, they did beat us, then went and lost a significant number of key quality players, who are now back in, except for SS and Howe.
All year we have been saying we can't write them off once they got their stars back. AND HERE WE ARE?

 

[catempire]

The reasons we looked better than Pies need to be looked at though. And in fact, they did beat us, then went and lost a significant number of key quality players, who are now back in, except for SS and Howe.
All year we have been saying we can't write them off once they got their stars back. AND HERE WE ARE?

If you start to apply the logic of “they beat us” in H&A it’s only fair to point out we flogged Brisbane and Port. Truth is, none of that matters when you get to finals.

 

[Moggy]

True, but he is still a lighter player compared to the Pie's mids. A lot lighter.

Daicos is no bigger. Perhaps that’s the matchup.

 

[Baudolino]

You’re letting your emotion dominate Seeds. View attachment 981386

 

[catman2006]

Let’s just hope we take the game on instead of slow tempo footy

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Possibly. Not sure what you’re hearing but apparently a mess is what I’ve heard.

Nothing other that what occurred with the trainer and the Hawkins part being crap.

I was advocating for Sav all week, I think he can stretch Collingwood's defence and take the focus of Moore and Roughead double teaming Hawkins.

I know Scott clearly stated there would be no late changes, but it was the last part after a pause that made me sit up so you might be right.

 

[year of the cat]

Nothing other that what occurred with the trainer and the Hawkins part being crap.

I was advocating for Sav all week, I think he can stretch Collingwood's defence and take the focus of Moore and Roughead double teaming Hawkins.

I know Scott clearly stated there would be no late changes, but it was the last part after a pause that made me sit up so you might be right.

I think Sav should play too. Not at the expense of a sound Rohan, but instead of a tall defender.

 

[Commando]

I think Sav should play too. Not at the expense of a sound Rohan, but instead of a tall defender.

Henry or Kolo

 

[Down at K Park]

I hope we operate better tomorrow night than BF does every time it gets busy

You’d think they would upgrade the servers. Crashes during every game.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

I will remind you of this quote by Chris Scott after losing the final last year to Richmond crazy . . .

"I think we'll be a better team next year than we are this year"

you quote a coach saying he wants the team to improve like it’s a bad thing. Or anyone saying a positive thing about geelong is reason to troll and attack them. It’s like someone saying they like Donald trump in a Democratic city.

 

[My Tilly]

you quote a coach saying he wants the team to improve like it’s a bad thing. Or anyone saying a positive thing about geelong is reason to troll and attack them. It’s like someone saying they like Donald trump in a Democratic city.

He has put pressure on himself by saying it in the first place.
He also said it a day before we played Collingwood in the QF as though he was insinuating that if we fail in the finals (again), we will be back bigger and better in 2020.

 

[year of the cat]

Henry or Kolo

Kolo

 

[geelong_crazy26]

He has put pressure on himself by saying it in the first place.
He also said it a day before we played Collingwood in the QF as though he was insinuating that if we fail in the finals (again), we will be back bigger and better in 2020.

his fine. I wouldn’t expect anything less from him in terms of his commitment to improvement. This may come as a shock to you but there are other elements involved in the teams success besides the coach. I don’t think you quite grasp that from reading a lot of your very simplistic black and white style posts that are almost ultimatum type scenarios of if x or y doesn’t happen so and so is successful or a failure.

 

[My Tilly]

his fine. I wouldn’t expect anything less from him in terms of his commitment to improvement. This may come as a shock to you but there are other elements involved in the teams success besides the coach. I don’t think you quite grasp that from reading a lot of your very simplistic black and white style posts that are almost ultimatum type scenarios of if x or y doesn’t happen so and so is successful or a failure.

If he's committed to improvement as you say, he would't want to go out in straight sets then.
He has an opportunity to ensure it does not go that way by actually picking the correct team to topple Collingwood. Had a similar opportunity to a similar thing last year.
Decided against playing a ruckman v Grundy though.

 

[Bc2341]

Because we selected a young player to come into the semi final team?

More like players like dalh, atkins and kolo constantly gettings games over clark and narkle

 

[frggr]

How many did McFly miss?

Check the Sports Almanac, duh!

 

[frggr]

The late change will be Stanley out, Ratugolea in