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Re: All 9 Cats make AA team

Dont know if its that Shaw is over rated , he seems to have tired alittle over the last part of the season but I put that down to him being in his rookie years. But he sure was sensational in the early parts of the season and should have been close to AA. would be one that will give us a headache come Friday night.


I think Stokesy will be giving him a head ache!
 

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Dont forget that the All Australian team is announced live at 8.30 tonight on Fox sports 1 if anyone does know already guys
 
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what do you guys think of the pies having 0

think its fair Or think we got all duds.

jus curious of what the cats fans think.

and how much honestly do you think the cats will win by this week?
Duds.

Well - a few duds and a lot of battlers. Surprised you made it this far. No one worthy of AA.

70-80 point win to the mighty cats.
 
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all 9 in the AA team?? I don't believe it

Collingwood have a good team and a great coach. They've also rolled a few "6s" to get an declining Sydney and then injured West Coast in the finals

However, you only have to beat the team in front of you and the Pies have done just that and still have a chance to do it to us!

but all things being equal, if the pies play the same way they did v eagles, and we play same way we did v kangaroos it will be a rout

Lockyer and Byrnes probably should have been on AA shortlist but ahead of who?
 

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Re: All 9 Cats make AA team

the pies remind me of us in 2004. A lot of consistent performers with few really standing out. I think give the pies another season and things will change for them. They have some good young players.
 

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How embarrasing have 9 players in the AA side

This is shocking... there is no way that 9 players from the Geelong side are AA standard and I don't care what the judges say or other Geelong supporters say, as far as selection goes its embarrasing.

This is the worst thing possible for Geelong as well. Having 9 players being awarded AA selection just adds more pressure to the side to win this week. I reckon they will but its just unrequired pressure...

Mooney, S. Johnson, Corey..... lucky....
 
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Re: How embarrasing have 9 players in the AA side

This is shocking... there is no way that 9 players from the Geelong side are AA standard and I don't care what the judges say or other Geelong supporters say, as far as selection goes its embarrasing.

This is the worst thing possible for Geelong as well. Having 9 players being awarded AA selection just adds more pressure to the side to win this week. I reckon they will but its just unrequired pressure...

Mooney, S. Johnson, Corey..... lucky....
Dude, the worst thing possible is losing to Collingwood this Friday.
 
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"worst possible thing" ??

what sort of cats fan are you?

It's freakin' AWESOME!!!!

If anybody has any worries about the team then read this article by Chip Le Grand - it will allay any doubts you may have had. Important information in bold

Cats swallow cream of All-Aussie team

Chip Le Grand, Australian Football | September 18, 2007
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22435215-2722,00.html
THE town of Geelong has fallen madly, deeply in love with its all-conquering football team.​
Geelong's domination of the All Australian team is a good omen for its premiership drive.
On last night's evidence, the All-Australian selectors feel much the same way.
A staggering nine Geelong players were named as All-Australians, making the 2007 Cats the most decorated team in history. Never since the All-Australian concept was formalised in 1982, has one club been so disproportionately represented.
As September portents go, Geelong couldn't have asked for a more favourable sign as it heads into a preliminary final against Collingwood on Friday night and perhaps, a grand final beyond.
While the All-Australian selection process is highly subjective and invariably contentious, it is to premiership success what Golden Globes are to the Oscars.
As for Collingwood, the only preliminary finalist without an All-Australian player this season, the omens are not so good. Not since 1991, when Hawthorn won its last premiership, has a team won a flag without receiving at least one Australian gong.
The Geelong nine are midfielders Gary Ablett, Jimmy Bartel, Cameron Ling and Joel Corey, defenders Darren Milburn, Matthew Scarlett and Matthew Egan and forwards Cameron Mooney and Steve Johnson.
The previous team to take such a lion's share of national gongs was the fabled Brisbane team of 2002, arguably the best within coach Leigh Matthews' premiership triumvirate, with six All-Australians.
Carlton had five representatives in 1995; the year the Blues won 20 regular-season games and were declared by then president John Elliott, in typically humble fashion, as the greatest football club in the world.
When Essendon won 24 of 25 matches in their "perfect" 2000 season, the Bombers had only three All-Australian representatives.

The selection imbalance reflects both Geelong's dominance and the preparedness of AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou's eight-man selection committee to reward form ahead of reputation.

The most controversial of the Cats' inclusions is likely to be Mooney, who in effect has kept St Kilda star Nick Riewoldt out of the team. Where Riewoldt is a two-time All-Australian and a favourite for this year's club best and fairest, Mooney was given the nod for his greater consistency and ability to bring team-mates into the play.
Johnson is another inclusion which will raise eyebrows outside Geelong, given he missed the first five games of the year due to a suspension for off-field misbehaviour imposed by team-mates.
But in his 17 matches -- the same number as Daniel Kerr played this year -- Johnson averaged nearly 20 touches and kicked more than 40 goals as a small forward.
The other Cat inclusions will barely warrant debate. Ablett is a raging favourite for the Brownlow Medal, along with Bartel, after a destructive season in the midfield. Ling has become a black hole for opposition stars and developed into one of the competition's surest kicks for goal, with a dead-eye return of 21.4 for the regular season.
Corey was this year's most complete onballer. He was the only player to rank within the competition's top-five for possessions, tackles and clearances. Milburn, an 11-year AFL veteran, has enjoyed a career-best season. Egan has been the cornerstone of the competition's most miserly defence.
This has left Scarlett, unburdened, to play as a match-winning, running defender.
The flip side of Geelong's over-representation is that six clubs missed out completely. This will ensure that Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has plenty of company today as the perennial arguments rage
 
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#49
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I agree with Mooney d'King, losing is the worst possible thing, whether that is Friday, or next Saturday.

I can't wait, not only to watch the 9 selected players, but also the likes of Ottens, Chapman, Selwood and co. I can't believe a cats supporter would be embarrassed!
 

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#50
Re: How embarrasing have 9 players in the AA side

This is shocking... there is no way that 9 players from the Geelong side are AA standard and I don't care what the judges say or other Geelong supporters say, as far as selection goes its embarrasing.

This is the worst thing possible for Geelong as well. Having 9 players being awarded AA selection just adds more pressure to the side to win this week. I reckon they will but its just unrequired pressure...

Mooney, S. Johnson, Corey..... lucky....

Dustin Fletcher selection was an absolute joke. Foley was the no1 clearance player in the AFL and wasn't selected. And McLeod? Gimme a break.
 
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