The cats were amazing in third quarter but outside of that it was the worst I’ve seen a Geelong side play since I don’t even know when - probably a good ten years or so. The third made the rest of the game seem more close than it was. For sure the umpiring was crap mainly in West Coasts favour and Geelong were playing off a six day break but ultimately Geelong didn’t have the talent on the park today to cover what West Coast dished up. Geelong are missing Taylor, Henderson, Duncan and for reasons only their match committee understand or playing spuds like Stanley (against Hawthorn) and Blicavs (today) in the ruck - I thought the new kid looks good tbh and would’ve been fantastic if mainly against Lycett instead of Nic Nat. Zac Smith whilst not a gun if the competition is lower middle range of the starting no.1 rucks in the league and would at least be able to restrict Nic Nats impact. West Coast are full strength minus JJK and Duggan (who’s done SFA this year).
Also like to add Essendon always seem to lose after a trip to Perth. It’s almost like playing after flying is difficult but it’s not like there’s two teams that do the same journey almost on a weekly basis.