Does Geelong actually exist?

[Cataholic]

Well the Freo-o-o ites are claiming that Lyin knows he has our measure after the last game. Ho hum. What will be will be, but I don't think so.

It's all mind games, trying to get inside each other's heads.

Remember Port and Williams trying that with us prior to the 2007 GF

 

[FredLeDeux]

It's all mind games, trying to get inside each other's heads.

Remember Port and Williams trying that with us prior to the 2007 GF

That was very helpful, the Port players realised that even their coach thought they were stuffed.
Lyon tried it before our last game.
Hope he tries it again.

 

[Teriyakicat]

It's all mind games, trying to get inside each other's heads.

Remember Port and Williams trying that with us prior to the 2007 GF

He who blinks first... and all that
(That wasn't a blink, by the way. I'm trying to wink!!)

 

[allrighty]

Not at all relevant but what the

And then there's this:

 

[son of meto]

 

[RegHickeyStand]

Well the Freo-o-o ites are claiming that Lyin knows he has our measure after the last game. Ho hum. What will be will be, but I don't think so.

Yeah. He was absolutely fuming with a minute or two to go. They could not break us, and he knew it. Then the tide turned a little, and it looked like they would sneak through. Lyon went from angry to happy. Then, he must have realized there was a chance it could go either way, so he affected a smarmy grin for the last kick.

Nah. Lyon went to beat us with as good a game as Freo can muster, and he could not break us. And he knows we are building, so its all bravado.

 

[allrighty]

Yeah. He was absolutely fuming with a minute or two to go. They could not break us, and he knew it. Then the tide turned a little, and it looked like they would sneak through. Lyon went from angry to happy. Then, he must have realized there was a chance it could go either way, so he affected a smarmy grin for the last kick.

Nah. Lyon went to beat us with as good a game as Freo can muster, and he could not break us. And he knows we are building, so its all bravado.

Spoton

 

[Teriyakicat]

Not at all relevant but what the

And then there's this:

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Very pretty, allrighty

 

[Teriyakicat]

Yeah. He was absolutely fuming with a minute or two to go. They could not break us, and he knew it. Then the tide turned a little, and it looked like they would sneak through. Lyon went from angry to happy. Then, he must have realized there was a chance it could go either way, so he affected a smarmy grin for the last kick.

Nah. Lyon went to beat us with as good a game as Freo can muster, and he could not break us. And he knows we are building, so its all bravado.

I was a bit worried by the smug grin he wore for his presser- almost as if he was saying, "that was your best shot but we still have a couple of secret weapons". I know Walters would be one. Perhaps Morabito would be another. Hopefully McPharlin is all-but done and Smug-face gives it one last roll of the dice in the finals but McPharlin has to be subbed off in the first quarter.
I'm just hoping the Shockers get hit harder by the injury stick.

 

[Duskfire]

Everyone tells me that every other team is going to go up a notch, but no one seems to think geelong can. Which I find weird. I don't give us much chance at all really, but at the one of the day, I am happy with what the club as accomplished this year. And if we beat hawthorn first week of the finals, we are in there with every chance.

 

[Turbocat]

The close games in a season can have a drastic affect on ladder position , we are 7 and 0 in games 13 & under , and that's not all skill.
So as much as we have been in front , its fair to assess us as a bit under awesome. Beat Hawks in W1 of the finals , even in a close one and all will acknowledge our assistance

 

[allrighty]

Very pretty, allrighty

You have to question whether there is any end to this strip?

 

[Teriyakicat]

You have to question whether there is any end to this strip?

Analogous to this thread?

 

[Rainfall]

If we won the premiership:

If we waited for a team like Fremantle to win a premiership we would be first:

 

[Catfish Alley]

I guess if we know we're holding back and lose by a small margin, thus gifting the Hawks the 4 points and keeping them where we want them on the ladder, that would be better in the minds of the players than winning by a small margin knowing the Hawks have had a few things stacked against them before the first bounce.
Having said that, there are enough players who must detest the HFC, and who will want to win at all costs. And enough supporters baying for blood

Yep. I'm hoping for a 2011 type performance. A 96 point win to demoralize the Hawks

 

[RegHickeyStand]

I was a bit worried by the smug grin he wore for his presser- almost as if he was saying, "that was your best shot but we still have a couple of secret weapons". I know Walters would be one. Perhaps Morabito would be another. Hopefully McPharlin is all-but done and Smug-face gives it one last roll of the dice in the finals but McPharlin has to be subbed off in the first quarter.
I'm just hoping the Shockers get hit harder by the injury stick.

I'd be worried if that smug grin was on his face for most of the last quarter, but it wasn't. He was fuming. We have a ton more upside than Freo. Their key is Sandilands. And he could not play any better that day. We have Freo covered.

 

[Strangled Cat]

I'm pretty sure that Geelong exists, I was there last weekend.

 

[allrighty]

Analogous to this thread?

Nope just a moebius type thought. Bit of circular thinking - I think. OT - careful.

 

[allrighty]

I'm pretty sure that Geelong exists, I was there last weekend.

Good to hear, I'm driving there today.

 

[JUBJUB]

I'm pretty sure that Geelong exists, I was there last weekend.

So I do still exist then ?
Thank goodness,wasn't sure where I woke up this morning

 

[Sttew]

Freo beat Hawks and they are the in team with headlines everywhere saying "Back in town" or "Freo un stoppable" yet we beat Freo and are sitting equal top but nothing, I repeat nothing about Geelong anywhere. There's even more about Richmond "possibly" playing finals.

Isn't there enough hate for Geelong out there? I am delighted to be flying under the radar. There's enough pressure as it is.

 

[allrighty]

Apart from Geelong, do any of us really exist? What is existence? Boy we could start an existential discourse on that one! But let's not.

 

[devonmx]

We have the runs on the board thus far, but honestly I feel kind of like having seen an opener score a double hundred but having also given up 5 chances along the way that were grassed. We still had to make the runs to get the unbeaten 200 but it has not been chanceless.

Funny, as Wisden will recall the chances offered up but thats about it. Everyone else with just remember the 200.

Im very excited as our best is good enough to win, ( think David Warner / Adam Gilchrist) in full flight) but we just have not put it all together for a full game.

As such, the lid is still very on. Im happy with that too. Let them eat their Freo and Hawks flavored cake.

2nd at end of H/A season is fine for the same team that was too old and too slow.. in 2011 and are clearly, still VERY relevant.

Oh, and they'd like us to not exist. WE have been around WAY too long for their liking…

GO Catters

Delicious!

 

[Partridge]

Who do supporters really care if media rate us or not? Does it really affect you that much not being talked up by Journos?

As each season as gone one, I've cared less and less about what the media or opposition fans think. It really doesn't matter.

 

[Partridge]

We didn't beat Freo, they lost with a poor kick after the final siren, and we only beat Carlton because of a soft free given to Bundy. I think those results compared to Freo's win over Hawthorn, and the rise of Richmond is not screaming "powerhouse" deserving all the headlines. I think this time the media has got it right. The Cats still have a lot to prove and if we beat hawthorn next week then you can expect some headlines to make you feel good.

As far as I'm concerned we most definitely beat Freo. They never led at any point. They came back hard in the last quarter, but we were clearly the better team for the first three. And I don't subscribe to the notion that if a team comes back in the final quarter but fails narrowly they are unlucky - they had 3 quarters before that to win the game, or establish a lead, and couldn't do it. Tough shit.

Carlton is the same, they had 3 minutes after Christensen kicked the goal to win the game and couldn't do it. They had plenty of chances and couldn't do it. They weren't unlucky, they just weren't good enough.

Are we as good as last year? Hard to say, maybe not. Are we as good as from 2007-2011? Almost certainly not. But that doesn't matter. If you'd said we'd be 16-4 now to me in February I would have been giggling hysterically. We have needed luck at times (as all sides do), but at the same time, we aren't there by accident. As critical as we've been of their form at times (and I've absolutely been vocal in that area), they're still winning, which is the main thing. All while getting a ton of games into Guthrie and Horlin-Smith and Caddy and Blicavs, as well as introducing Lang and Hartman and Kersten. Overall it's nothing but positive.

I agree, we still have a lot to prove. But better to be involved than not. I'm just hoping for a win this week.