Review Cats defeat gallant Pies by 6 points to get into another PF

[you pick one]

Low grade medial for Kolo should be available for the prelim.

 

[catempire]

Joel Selwood. Enough said

Absolute ****ing king.

 

[Pollywaffle]

STOP BLOODY SLIPPING OVER, PUT PROPER BOOTS ON FFS!!!

Do proper boots still exist?

 

[you pick one]

What was Stanleys injury groin or something similar we may have rolled the dice and played him not 100% fit.

 

[catstragic]

I also thought danger was poor. Not his effort. His attack on the ball and power is amazing. But not sure he actually gets us in better positions.

Moot point as he has to play “just in case his best comes back”. But if that is keeping parfait out that is where I start to question whether we might regret it

I don't think having Parfitt V Danger has a big impact on our overall team efficiency. They are both good in the contests, Danger gains more ground through both run and carry, Parfitt is more accountable. If I had to chose id probably lean towards Parfitt as well tbh, but I think our best team has both in it.

Next game Kolo out for Parfitt, MOC as Sub again imo.

 

[Zouz Kitty]

Wow!!! That massive Mark by Rohan

 

[catstragic]

Wow!!! That massive Mark by Rohan

That mark and goal clear game highlight. Amazing.

 

[Cataholic]

And sometimes that's finals footy - while this time of year is about the best teams, it's not always the best display of the game

Tonight wasn't necessarily a match we'd want to watch on replay, but I actually really like how we dug in & stayed in the contest even when we weren't at our best

In past finals campaigns, when the heat has been turned up we've been found wanting, and while it wasn't the perfect response tonight, we did respond & found a way to stay in the game even when it wasn't on our terms

Sometimes a win like tonight says more about the character of the team, than one when you win by 10+ goals

All true......

Just a bit disconcerting that we turn in such poor footy with alarming regularity in finals. Glad we got away with it this time.

As you pointed out, our usual cohesion was nowhere to be seen, and I hope that's addressed after another week off.

 

[The_Koulouriotis_Fan]

That mark and goal clear game highlight. Amazing.

Epic finals moment!

 

[Reppie]

I actually thought we would go through this final series undefeated.
May still be true but today scared the shit out of me thinking we can can go back to that style of play.
Hope its just a glitch in the system because thats not winning a grand final.

 

[catstragic]

NGL, 6 points down against the Pies with 2 minutes to go was pretty much the worst possible scenario V the Pies.

I also think we are lucky that scores ended up tied when they kicked their final goal instead of a behind and us up by 5. Can totally imagine the Pies picking off the kick-in for a 7 point play then locking it up for the final few minutes like we ended up doing. With scores tied, we need to score, we move the ball aggressively, they can't defend, easy goal, game over.

 

[standupand]

Score at the top of this page has us winning comfortably 100-72.
Why was I so stressed?

 

[Romeoh1]

How good is footy? What a great game.
Ah well, pies were very good. We didnt bring our best but we fought on and got the win. Go Cats- well done.
Good to get our first nervous final out of the way- we will be ok now.

 

[you pick one]

I actually thought we would go through this final series undefeated.
May still be true but today scared the s**t out of me thinking we can can go back to that style of play.
Hope its just a glitch in the system because thats not winning a grand final.

Some credit to Collingwood and the upside it's the hit out we really needed to go all the way.

 

[catempire]

How good was the shot on the siren of our supporters all rising.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Me thinks playing Blitz as a full time mid was a poor choice .
Esp vs the pies .

 

[Reppie]

Some credit to Collingwood and the upside it's the hit out we really needed to go all the way.

yes agree they played way better than we did but somehow lost...i dont understand how myself

 

[FredLeDeux]

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Hope Scott ticks off Cameron and Rohan for rolling on the ground, makes them look like losers.

 

[Grimoz]

Day beers just sit differently to night beers, eh?

Most definitely!!!

 

[catstragic]

Me thinks playing Blitz as a full time mid was a poor choice .
Esp vs the pies .

I like him there tagging, but not as an offensive mid. Pies don't really have a big mid to put him on.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I think the talk of how badly we played is very much underselling the Pies. They're a very well structured team and their pressure was ******* immense from start to finish. The game was on their terms all night - gotta give them their due credit.

100% this. We played badly because the Pies made us play badly. Credit to us for overcoming it, but credit to the Pies for smothering us more convincingly than pretty much any other side this year

 

[cats_09]

Holmes, who’s running power made him look like he was playing at a different speed to the fatiguing players around him in that pulsating final term, was cramping when the matchwinning play began to evolve.

The chain started with Tom Stewart’s deft kick finding Cam Guthrie at centre half-back.

At that time, Holmes inside Collingwood’s forward-50, with more than six Magpie defenders between him and the Geelong goal.

By the time Jeremy Cameron

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Jeremy Cameron

Age

32

Ht

196cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.5

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.6

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

7.1

3star

HB

2.9

2star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

G

1.9

5star

D

8.2

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.4

4star

G

2.0

5star

blasted it to Gary Rohan

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Gary Rohan

Age

34

Ht

189cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.6

2star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.8

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.3

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

4.2

5star

G

1.2

4star

– who would spill a routine chest mark – Holmes was alone in the goalsquare.

 

[rocker_oz33]

I like him there tagging, but not as an offensive mid. Pies don't really have a big mid to put him on.

Yep .
Pendles would break the blitz tag .

But he's too slow brain to hand or foot.
First give Blitz.

He's a very good second ruck type .

 

[CatToTheFuture]

If I could pick one fault with this Geelong outfit, it was that we didn’t play many close games like this one. We won 13 games in a row heading into tonight but only two were great games like tonight: Port and Richmond.

I felt we needed to drop a game on the run home to prepare us for a qualifying final and I was wrong.

Truly thrilled

Winning the way we did tonight was basically losing a game for 3 quarters and shambling it together in the end so I'll count it

 

[Romeoh1]

Little guthrie and Holmes - great- only know how to go forward. Go lads.