Did the Cats play?

[maryjames]

OP I agree... Media always looks for the negative.. Stynes probably has his phones tapped by media outlets...

 

[Triptanes]

Beat Melbourne during regular season get 4 points and some percentage.
Win the premiership and you'll get all the credit and praise you want.

 

[serenityNow]

For a club who has had their knob polished for nearly 5 years you sure are a needy bunch.

THIS^^^^^



Melbourne doing a lay down sally is the bigger news...

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

Melbourne media mate. We don't do non-Melbourne clubs. Should be happy we're treating you better than the other interstate clubs.

Edit: I heard you'll get plenty of love in the advertiser.

Probably why there's not much about Hawthorn either, cept in the Mercury.

 

[Flukey!]

The opposition was that bad how can you measure Geelong?
Meaningless result really.

 

[giantsully]

Have only caught highlights. What would people say in % terms was the balance between Cats were so freakn awesome vs the Dees were so freakn spineless?

 

[watermelonslice]

Melbourne were shockingly bad for any sort of standards. Not even Gold Coast has been thrashed by this much and they've only been in the league for 6 months! In today's competition, when a team wins by 186, it means one team was great and the other was absolutely pathetic. Everyone knows we're good. I don't think anyone thought Melbourne could sink this low. That's why Melbourne is the bigger story. But also there are major ramifications with the loss - starting with the sacking of Dean Bailey. What's there to talk about with Geelong? "Hmmm, gee. I wonder how Geelong is gonna cope with being so bloody fantastic against witches hats."

(Clearly I would love to hear people talk about our awesome performance, but I can understand why they don't in favour of talking about the Melbourne situation.)

 

[Conan Troutman]

It was pretty amusing I thought, when The 5th Quarter showed a graphic about the game as Melbourne getting the record for most goals conceded, and the 2nd largest loss (among other Melbourne records).

I understand it's all about the negative stories, and that media have been licking their lips in anticipation for most of the year, and are now going in for the kill on Bailey, but a 200+ score is pretty rare too.

 

[Kong]

Completely agree with the OP.

It's a shame, that's just the way the media is. Save a life, get a small article on page 37; lose a life, get a front page picture and article. Disaster sells.

Literally an unbelievable performance by Geelong.

 

[caddyhawk]

Probably why there's not much about Hawthorn either, cept in the Mercury.

Keep your trolling in Bay13 Doris.

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

Keep your trolling in Bay13 Doris.

Not sure if you read the post I was replying to?

 

[OldStyle2007]

It's hard to tell. I need to watch the game again.

General feeling I have is that comparing to 2007 Richmond thumping, the Tigers still put a fair effort in that day and the cats were playing really well

Watching the match, I thought the cats were lucky a few times, Dees missed a few shots they could have made.... I don't know. I'm tending towards Melbourne were ordinary

 

[caddyhawk]

Not sure if you read the post I was replying to?

Not sure if your understand how local media work. To reiterate ... WA media - WA clubs, SA media-SA clubs, Melbourne media-Melbourne clubs. Always have, always will be.

 

[The Magenius]

FMD wooden spooners eagles piss all over the bullies by over 100 points and you don't see us having a cry about all the attention being on the dogs.

In the current day with salary caps and drafting no team should be that far ahead of another side, there is something seriously wrong if that happens.

Well done cats but seriously Melbourne were pathetic.

 

[ExecutoR]

Watching the match, I thought the cats were lucky a few times, Dees missed a few shots they could have made.... I don't know. I'm tending towards Melbourne were ordinary

LOL...

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I'm sorry, but the reason why Geelong is not as big a talking point as Melbourne, is simply because Geelong was NOT as good as Melbourne was bad. No team in our salary capped competition is 186points better than another team.

Geelong playing as well as they did, would NOT have beaten ANY other team by even close to that margin.

Well done for the amazing win Geelong, however, the reason for the 186 point drumming was not Geelong, it was Melbourne.

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

Not sure if your understand how local media work. To reiterate ... WA media - WA clubs, SA media-SA clubs, Melbourne media-Melbourne clubs. Always have, always will be.

WA, SA, Melbourne. Pick the odd one out.

 

[caddyhawk]

WA, SA, Melbourne. Pick the odd one out.

SA media- primarily based in Adelaide, WA-Perth. Demarcated buy volume of readership. Just use your common sense.

Eg. 2 stories. Great win by non Melbourne club or fluff piece on Melbourne based player getting new tats. Guess which one a Melbourne editor will choose.


That's it for me, have gone way off the OP.

 

[Public Enemy No1]

geelong won by 30 goals because they are so freakin awesome

No need to look any further

 

[Mitchemx]

OP made me laugh. You need constant validation?

Yes it was an awesome performance. You saw it with your own eyes. Isn't that enough?

The story was always going to be about Melbourne. Just enjoy barracking for a great side and be happy you don't support the demons.

 

[RegHickeyStand]

OP made me laugh. You need constant validation?

Yes it was an awesome performance. You saw it with your own eyes. Isn't that enough?

The story was always going to be about Melbourne. Just enjoy barracking for a great side and be happy you don't support the demons.

I think the bitchiness from most of us Cats supporters is the fact that most of the so-called media experts wrote Geelong off at the start of the year. Fair enough, but there is a strong feeling whenever Geelong flex their muscle - particularly in the second half of the season - the media experts want to talk about anything else but. Because then they would have to admit maybe they aren't the all seeing experts they like to think they are.

 

[Crhferrari]

I think a low profile may be benefitial for us.
Not drawing too much media attention in the premiership compaign may be a good thing. The Ablett saga last season did have some negative impact.

 

[LongBomb]

Nothing to see here. How good were the pies on the weekend?

 

[Quinz]

I think games with margins that high say more about the losing team than the winning team.

 

[Scotland]

I think 10 goals between Hawkins and Mooney tells the story...

 

[Smokeyr67]

My big brother beat up my bullies little sister, who gets the press?