Congrats Cats!!

[silkykanga]

Congrats guys very impressed with that burst in the third quarter pure class

Although i was exstatic with the way we fought back in the last quarter against a quality side you guys definately are a Premiership side this year and would be happy to see you guys bring it home

Still think we could match it if we played you guys in the finals and we played very well to bring the game back to 14 points when it could've blown out to 10 goals but definately alot better side on the day - we are about where you guys were 3 years ago almost there but not quite!!

Good luck for the rest of the year guys

Go Roos!

 

[haywood jablome]

Thanks buddy !! Kangaroos came back well in the last.

 

[Barabbas]

I really rate the roos as one of the tougher teams out there. They play a good brand of testing footy.

 

[WynyardCat]

Spoken like a gentleman, Silkykanga.

Rest assured we rate the NMFC very highly as an opponent.

 

[silkykanga]

Thanx guys - i love the way we play this year but its silly turnovers and crap kicking for girl that have hurt us the last 2 games - probably more last week than today, we should've beaten the Eagles

But that comes with getting games under our kids belts and we will polish that off soon enough - but too many honourable losses are getting too hard to handle =]

 

[FrangaRoo]

Good luck in September guys

 

[Ashley B]

After some ribbing before the game with Cats supporters, i dips my lid. Cats r now tougher harder than ever. Great team effort and can i say Gary Ablett Junior WOW, could go the double this yr Cats brownlow and Premiership, stick it up the Eagles.

 

[Tonycam*]

Good Luck to you guys also, hope we meet you in the finals , keep the interstaters out

 

[cancat]

After some ribbing before the game with Cats supporters, i dips my lid. Cats r now tougher harder than ever. Great team effort and can i say Gary Ablett Junior WOW, could go the double this yr Cats brownlow and Premiership, stick it up the Eagles.

As long as you put it back on!

 

[Ashley B]

As long as you put it back on!

The lid is well and truely off at Kardinia Park last seen hurtling into the ocean somewhere , the only question now will the Cats be the Greatest Team of All in 2007, pretty hard to say no at this stage. Very even plenty of depth hard at it , but the Finals are different of course. Just think the only thing that stands in Geelongs way now is themselves for those last 2 weeks in September. Cant see anyone beating Geelong the first week in the Finals but the last 2 Finals are always the toughest mentally and physically.

 

[bigdroppunt]

The lid is well and truely off at Kardinia Park last seen hurtling into the ocean somewhere , the only question now will the Cats be the Greatest Team of All in 2007, pretty hard to say no at this stage. Very even plenty of depth hard at it , but the Finals are different of course. Just think the only thing that stands in Geelongs way now is themselves for those last 2 weeks in September. Cant see anyone beating Geelong the first week in the Finals but the last 2 Finals are always the toughest mentally and physically.

i think the lids is starting to rust away but its nice to see so many people at the games.like today i was bound to put a few dollars into the NMFC piggy bank and hopfully keep em here in melb.

 

[MARIO TURCO 18]

I would like to extend my congrats as well guys, awsome display yesterday and been terrific all season, also good behavior from your crowd which made for a enjoyable day even though we lost.
Good luck in the finals and if we dont win it I really hope you guys do.

 

[fusion]

Well done to Geelong. We've played some reasonably good footy against West Coast and Geelong (and lost both). West Coast's midfielders were awesome against us - they were supreme at the ruck contests, and were able to set up play thru Cousins and Kerr over and over again.

However, their forward line is no where as good as Geelongs. You've got the right combination of talls with Ottens and Mooney and brilliant guys like Chapman and Johnson who always kick goals.

Geelong's use of the centre corridor was excellent - always a player there to link up to, and it allowed the forwards to lead to a ball coming down quickly in the middle of the field. It meant that you took many marks in front of goal.

But what impressed me most was the way Geelong used handballs around the packs. If a player was under pressure, he always found a teammate with a handball, and eventually worked the ball free from the contested situation and got the ball into the open. It reminded me of what North did to other teams in the mid 90s.

There is no weakness in the team - the backs all can take marks and run off their man. Harley and Scarlett were very good again, and of course Bartel and Ablett are pure class in the middle.

Well done cats, and you are definately the best team in the competition. You will beat West Coast from what I've seen over the last 2 weeks. If you can beat Port next week it will give you the edge over them too come finals time.

 

[Contra Mundum]

Well done pussies - beat us fair and square. Please pump West Coast in the Grannie - I hate them and their supporters more than Collingwood now!

 

[MmkMrMackie]

Thanx guys - i love the way we play this year but its silly turnovers and crap kicking for girl that have hurt us the last 2 games - probably more last week than today, we should've beaten the Eagles

But that comes with getting games under our kids belts and we will polish that off soon enough - but too many honourable losses are getting too hard to handle =]

Yeh, we're not very good at that either.

 

[JerryWexler]

Thanx guys - i love the way we play this year but its silly turnovers and crap kicking for girl that have hurt us the last 2 games - probably more last week than today, we should've beaten the Eagles

But that comes with getting games under our kids belts and we will polish that off soon enough - but too many honourable losses are getting too hard to handle =]

Colin Sylvia board.

 

[TheTimeCometh]

surprising crowd numbers, too.

 

[Lidge]

Well done lads & I'll look forward to the next encounter, 1st week in September.

 

[Solstice Raver]

Congrats guys very impressed with that burst in the third quarter pure class

Although i was exstatic with the way we fought back in the last quarter against a quality side you guys definately are a Premiership side this year and would be happy to see you guys bring it home

Still think we could match it if we played you guys in the finals and we played very well to bring the game back to 14 points when it could've blown out to 10 goals but definately alot better side on the day - we are about where you guys were 3 years ago almost there but not quite!!

Good luck for the rest of the year guys

Go Roos!

You beautie silky.

I honestly think that you guys are going to make an impact in September. Should make for some quality finals action.

Best of luck to the Roos too.

 

[Ry009]

Great friendly atmosphere yesterday


The amount of contested marks you blokes took against us was unbelievable.

Can't wait for the next encounter, hopefully week 1 of the finals at the G.

 

[Tonycam*]

Great friendly atmosphere yesterday


The amount of contested marks you blokes took against us was unbelievable.

Can't wait for the next encounter, hopefully week 1 of the finals at the G.

It was a good atmosphere after the game also. couldnt help notice Cam Mooney shaking hands and hugging every Kangaroo player. great stuff. Well done Roos on a great game.

 

[MmkMrMackie]

It was a good atmosphere after the game also. couldnt help notice Cam Mooney shaking hands and hugging every Kangaroo player. great stuff. Well done Roos on a great game.

I've been reading a few Roos threads, and apparantly Cam didn't want to leave the Kangaroos, but Pagan gave him the boot. He's still mates with a lot of the guys up there. He won a Premiership with them ffs - mates for life I'd presume.

 

[MmkMrMackie]

Great friendly atmosphere yesterday


The amount of contested marks you blokes took against us was unbelievable.

Can't wait for the next encounter, hopefully week 1 of the finals at the G.

I did the ladder predictor and had the Roos and Cats lining up in the first week and the LAST week of the finals.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Well done Catters

It was so good to be at a game in Melbourne with a large passionate crowd, without trouble, and watching a game played the way footy should be played..............no scientific "zoning" of players ala the Swans/Hawks/Saints etc...............just good hard tough footy.

You guys definitely have the setup right to have a massive go at the big one this year. We couldn't handle your options forward, particularly your talls..........your backline's solid and tough to crack, and your mids are working their backsides off and using the pill very very well.

I can see us meeting again in week one of the finals and of course that'll be a whole new ball game but, for now, congrats to the Cats!!! Too good and definitely far better and more complete than those jokers out West, from what we've seen.

T'toes

 

[Twinkletoes]

I did the ladder predictor and had the Roos and Cats lining up in the first week and the LAST week of the finals.

Geez I hope you're right. You guys would be definites, I would think. Us? Well, if we make it then the finals series would've been an absolute belter to watch. I hope you're right.

If you are, and with it being Archer's last game, it wouldn't surprise me to see Cam go the tongue, he'll be that overcome with emotion and given how affectionate they were on Sunday

Cam will forever be remembered as one of us, being a premiership player, and he's made no secret of the fact that Arch was his idol.............great to see his maturity this year as he may well hold the key for the Catters in September.

T'toes