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Commentators passing off this just as an "off night " for Geelong.

But i think this is false for two reasons:

1) brisbane has exposed what Geelong depend upon in terms of their ball movement forward, and how to hinder it. Don't think it hinges on Dangerfield and Cameron directly, but on the impact of Smith and Close, who Brisbane nullified tonight.

2) Geelong reacted to this massive challenge by capitulating (something alien to us).
 

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1. Brisbane used the angles going inside 50, thus nullifying Stewart et al.
Lesson - don't bomb long.
2. If I could have one player from Brisbane it would be McCluggage.
3. We should have drafted Logan Morris instead of HDM.
 
Commentators passing off this just as an "off night " for Geelong.

But i think this is false for two reasons:

1) brisbane has exposed what Geelong depend upon in terms of their ball movement forward, and how to hinder it. Don't think it hinges on Dangerfield and Cameron directly, but on the impact of Smith and Close, who Brisbane nullified tonight.

2) Geelong reacted to this massive challenge by capitulating (something alien to us).

I mentioned it on the main board game day thread, but does this also expose the biggest weakness Geelong has that was mentioned during the week. Their draw is so weak they don’t play another top 8 side for the rest of the season and this game comes after a glorified training run against Essendon.

Heading into September without a tough game since June is going to be mighty interesting to see.
 
Brisbane did us a big favour tonight beating Geelong.

We have a massive chance with two games in hand compared to Geelong and Brisbane. If we're able to beat both St Kilda and West Coast, we'll go 10 points ahead of Brisbane and 12 points ahead of Geelong.

Let's seize on the opportunity.
 
I mentioned it on the main board game day thread, but does this also expose the biggest weakness Geelong has that was mentioned during the week. Their draw is so weak they don’t play another top 8 side for the rest of the season and this game comes after a glorified training run against Essendon.

Heading into September without a tough game since June is going to be mighty interesting to see.
Yep, agree. That's why I don't mind that every team supposedly plays their GF against us. If we have to play at a consistently high level each week, I see that as a positive..rather than having heaps of soft kills & not really knowing where you're at when the heat does come.
 

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I mentioned it on the main board game day thread, but does this also expose the biggest weakness Geelong has that was mentioned during the week. Their draw is so weak they don’t play another top 8 side for the rest of the season and this game comes after a glorified training run against Essendon.

Heading into September without a tough game since June is going to be mighty interesting to see.
It cuts both ways.
with such a dream draw, they will no doubt make finals, with minimal injuries/expenditure of energy.
 
Yep, agree. That's why I don't mind that every team supposedly plays their GF against us. If we have to play at a consistently high level each week, I see that as a positive..rather than having heaps of soft kills & not really knowing where you're at when the heat does come.

Hopefully this year the draw is in our favour. A couple of light weeks where you can rest up, a 3-4 week challenging window then a training run before finals when we’re hopefully still 3 games clear on top.
 
Brisbane did us a big favour tonight beating Geelong.

We have a massive chance with two games in hand compared to Geelong and Brisbane. If we're able to beat both St Kilda and West Coast, we'll go 10 points ahead of Brisbane and 12 points ahead of Geelong.

Let's seize on the opportunity.

Yeah.

Win the next 2 and we'll effectively have to lose 3 more games than Brisbane and Geelong throughout the remainder of the season to be overtaken by either.

Nothing is guaranteed but win the next 2 and it'll be hard for us to be dislodged from top spot.
 

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