Review Geel defeat Bombers by 44 points.

[Zouz Kitty]

Do you mean the same Brisbane that had a draw against North and then when they played Essendon at the GABBA had an 18 point win...

Was tonight our best game - no

But folks are going to get disappointed if they expect us to be playing at our peak every week

Right now it's more important that we get our planning for September right than it is that we win every week by 90+

Yes.

I asked if our expectations are too high.

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You have nailed it cats_09

 

[BigCat1]

I actually thought Clark was ferocious at the ball tonight. A few sensational efforts

Didn’t get enough of it but he looked really dialled in.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Henry not strapped apparently.
Injury awareness. Sounds precautionary.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Knevitt didn't have a heap of impact but you can see the way they want to use him. Defensive square intercept mark, forward square target, running up and down the wing. I feel like that sounds good enough on paper that we put some faith in him again.

Jack Henry

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Jack Henry

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192cm

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96kg

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10.3

3star

K

7.3

3star

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2.9

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.2

4star

MG

142.6

2star

D

8.6

2star

K

6.7

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.1

3star

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142.6

3star

D

9.6

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

2.6

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.0

4star

out unsettled the backline a bit i think. Stengle was off. Smith burnt it a lot. What was with Holmes getting caught htb over and over again?

How is goldy still a good ruck? Wasn't he born in the 70s?

We lost a heap of clearances one after the other and against a good side i feel like that kind of run just punishes us. Defensive mids are good, offensive mids are good, but find a man who does both please.

Only 9 disposals for Mullin, feels like the number got written down wrong

 

[Baudolino]

Think back 3 years ago- he will get back there.

I want to believe, trust me.

But it's been 60 games of this shit performance level now. 60. That's a large sample size. How much longer can he keep living off the credits of what he did 3 years ago?

 

[Romeoh1]

Didn’t mind that. Good to see the bombers have a dip. Tried hard. Some of the htb decisions against us were laughable- Comon umps.
Cats missed plenty of easy shots so should have won by more but I’m happy. Chugging along ok. Go cats.

 

[catstorm]

I actually thought Clark was ferocious at the ball tonight. A few sensational efforts

Didn’t get enough of it but he looked really dialled in.

6 disposals and 1 tackle in half a match as a midfielder is poor.

 

[Vdubs]

I want to believe, trust me.

But it's been 60 games of this shit performance level now. 60. That's a large sample size. How much longer can he keep living off the credits of what he did 3 years ago?

He is still valuable though. I'm happier when he is selected than when he's out.

 

[BigCat1]

Think back 3 years ago- he will get back there.

I’m not sure he will. He is and always will be handy but he’s not suddenly going to turn his intensity around. He’s 25 after this season.

His height and reach save him but he’s been hurt badly a few times and he now really picks and chooses.

 

[Zouz Kitty]

I don't wish death on the guy sitting behind me but some sort of accident that permanently removes his ability to talk, 2ould be ****ing great.

The football wasn't great but to listen to the constant loud and obnoxious verbal diarrhea from that **** wit, drained any enjoyment I could possibly get out of tonight.

Unfortunately it was painfully obvious that any attempt to tell him to shut the **** up would be seen as a challenge to ramp ip just how obnoxious he could be

You took one for our team tonight

I have a solution. . .



Wednesday Addams is our girl

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I actually thought Clark was ferocious at the ball tonight. A few sensational efforts

Didn’t get enough of it but he looked really dialled in.

He definitely brought intent

 

[thegerman]

6 disposals and 1 tackle in half a match as a midfielder is poor.

He clearly wasn’t playing midfield

 

[Kobe Gryant]

6 disposals and 1 tackle in half a match as a midfielder is poor.

I'm a Clark critic, but you're kidding yourself if you think he was a midfielder tonight.

He had one CBA. He played behind the ball, and occasionally rotated up to stoppage, same as what he's done in the VFL recently.

 

[BigCat1]

6 disposals and 1 tackle in half a match as a midfielder is poor.

He didn’t play midfield at all.

Thanks for pointing out this stats that we can all read. My comments were actually on how he played and what he bought to the team.

 

[Reg Hickey]

He is still valuable though. I'm happier when he is selected than when he's out.

Yeah, I'm not sure about that.

I'd rather COS, Henry, Blitz and Kolo.

I feel like SDK has been the weak link for 3 seasons now.

 

[Seeds]

Think back 3 years ago- he will get back there.

He was also pretty good earlier this season.

 

[Vdubs]

Henry not strapped apparently.
Injury awareness. Sounds precautionary.

praying

 

[Reg Hickey]

I actually thought Clark was ferocious at the ball tonight. A few sensational efforts

Didn’t get enough of it but he looked really dialled in.

I agree. He didn't get a lot of it, but several times he went HARD. A whole lot harder than a couple of his teammates, that's for sure.

 

[MacStradbroke]

Yeah, I'm not sure about that.

I'd rather COS, Henry, Blitz and Kolo.

I feel like SDK has been the weak link for 3 seasons now.

Sam Darcy loves this post.

 

[hoopla]

The cats got the job done. The bombers threw everything at them and made it interesting. It was a good challenge in the end with the bombers having excellent patches of high pressure football.

The umpiring was definitely sub-par with a few more dodgy decisions falling the bombers’ way, but it only helped make the game heat up and demand a response from the cats.

It also got a bit heated in the Geelong game day thread. Hopefully people have calmed down now

 

[DangerHere]

Just got home from the game, we won but that was shite

 

[Reg Hickey]

He was also pretty good earlier this season.

He's had a few good patches this year, but just as many or more like tonight. Lacking consistency.

 

[Seeds]

He clearly wasn’t playing midfield

Its pretty poor anywhere on the ground except maybe full back. Also saw him in the centre bounce a number of times.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Its pretty poor anywhere on the ground except maybe full back. Also saw him in the centre bounce a number of times.

That would be strange Seeds, considering he literally went in there once.

You know you can check this stuff, right?

 

[catstorm]

He clearly wasn’t playing midfield

I'm a Clark critic, but you're kidding yourself if you think he was a midfielder tonight.

He had one CBA. He played behind the ball, and occasionally rotated up to stoppage, same as what he's done in the VFL recently.

He might not have been at centre bounces but he was at plenty of ball ups and throw ins.

The guy had 6 disposals 1 tackle 1 contested possession and 1 mark and of his 6 disposal only 4 of them were effective. He did **** all of anything in a half of football, just how low is the bar you guys have set for him?