I'd throw caution to the wind next week. Bring someone like Tarca in as a small forward to debut. Bring some energy. If we do the same thing again we'll lose so lets try something different. Drop a defender. Maybe even two. Bring two more mids in.
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Autopsy Geelong defeated by Port by 16 points.
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Lack of pace, playing zone accentuated that. Scott has to ditch the leaking zone that doesn't hold up in finals. Narkle in for Atkins or Dahlhaus who hardly laid a tackle. Narkle gives us that extra midfielder if Dangerfield goes forward. Clark in for Taylor or Henry.
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Yep. Bitterly frustrated tonight but I am nowhere near throwing in the towel. It hurts and sucks to see the same result of us collapsing in finals but heck me, look at some other clubs. Geelong still brings me a lot of joy.
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Ok I will again ask this question that you keep ignoring.
Did Port Adelaide earn a final in a fair and even fixture, or were they advantaged?
Answer the question, your not Dan Andrews.
And the game being in port had nothing to do with us losing, are you taking the piss?
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You don't get that in finals.
Just on that point - i think Justin Longmuir of Freo has got the right idea - he comes accross as a nice guy - but he is ruthless - and he has got a simple philosophy - if they are not good enough eg McCarthy Matera etc - then get rid of them
With Henry - his game tonight - - caught holding the ball in the 3rd qtr - and if you go back to the Eagles game - he was hopelessly outmarked right on the 3qtr time siren - his papers should have been stamped then - he is not good enough - put him on the trade table and see if you can get anything for him
The 3rd qtr tonight was like the Rich 3rd qtr - deplorable
Geel need to have a Nth Melb type cull - but rather than delist - see if you can get anything for them 1st - it wont be much - but you can add it to the 3 early picks theve got already
I think if they get eliminated next week ( who really cares - it will be next week or the week after ) - the president Carter should ( but he wont of course ) come out and say - look we are having a change of philosophy and say we are prepared to go down the ladder - but we are going to go the youth approach - that would be the sensible thing to do - given those 3 picks theve got
I mean the Geelong footy club - has become like the blooody lost dogs/animal refuge shelter where lost and strayed and troubled former locals come back to a caring home
No more top ups please - put a focus on youth
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Art Vandelay_ will tell you he was good..so wait for it...no doubt he will post a spirited, yet delusional defence of Kolo. .
Kolo very poor yet again. Trade him for Witherden....at least he delivers to team mates.
Miers was terrible until late...Henderson our best.
With respect but these threads do my head in
We domt kick goals because the ethos isnt to attack, its to play a slow cautious build up
Its the root cause for our failure
We lost the game in the 1st half. Killed them and should've been at least 4 goals up.
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Wow, looking back over the thread now that I've written my bullshit and I am surprised at just how vitriolic this place is; maybe I am more surprised that I am less disappointed...
Like I said, I thought we played a Finals brand of footy, but unfortunately we absolutely muffed our chances - more scoring shots than Port and we were on top for all but a brief (and admittedly decisive) period in the 3rd quarter.
I expected we'd lose, but I am oddly at peace with the way in which we lost; gave a good account of ourselves imo.
Like I said, I thought we played a Finals brand of footy, but unfortunately we absolutely muffed our chances - more scoring shots than Port and we were on top for all but a brief (and admittedly decisive) period in the 3rd quarter.
I expected we'd lose, but I am oddly at peace with the way in which we lost; gave a good account of ourselves imo.
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cats looked to me, a better group than port
Mistakes really killed us tonight
Why they don't play Ratagolea is a confusion to me
Hawk gets double teamed and we fall to pieces up forward
We desperately need a second key forward for Hawk's benefit.
Selwood was a soldier tonight
Rhys tried hard
Henderson really good
O'Connor played really well under pressure
Guthrie and Blicavs very ordinary again in finals
Mistakes really killed us tonight
Why they don't play Ratagolea is a confusion to me
Hawk gets double teamed and we fall to pieces up forward
We desperately need a second key forward for Hawk's benefit.
Selwood was a soldier tonight
Rhys tried hard
Henderson really good
O'Connor played really well under pressure
Guthrie and Blicavs very ordinary again in finals
Nah. The location, crowd and umpiring didn’t factor into the result in my opinion. The cats had plenty of chances to have a sizeable lead in the first half. From then on, it was more about the lack of composure from the cats and the power’s pressure game and dirty tigers style.
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Nah we will beat them then lose to Richmond same as last yearm
Henderson was good but he came into the pack, went the spoil, took out himself, Dixon and Taylor, punched the ball to their goalsquare and Motlop ran on for a cheap goal.
We have dumb footballers.
He, Selwood and blicavs looked the only ones interested for 4qrts. Thought he was good but at least you know he'll give his all. Really need more players with heart on the list
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I especially liked that bit where he layed two tackles. Two tackles....
Watching the replay and I'm not sure for the whole game but Kolo was running with Motlop when the ball was bombed long to Dixon in the 2nd qtr, Taylor is on Dixon, and Henderson is able to get back as the 3rd man up and gets a fist on the ball towards goals. But Kolo stops and Motlop keeps running just before the marking contest and it's actually Harry that ends up having to give chase to Motlop running into an open goal because Kolo is still standing there. Really poor defensive work by Kolo there and was purely a lack of work ethic to run with Motlop.
Where else would you play it? Port earned a home final. Matches can be played in Adelaide. Therefore they earned a home final. Why would they be forced to play in QLD?
If the roles were reversed and WA and SA were locked down, and Port got a "home" final against us at the MCG how is that fair?
Ryan and Kelly will destroy us.
Mids were garbage as per usual in finals...
Danger and Selwood the best of them. No surprise.
Parfitt was one of the few who showed intensity and didn't look scared. He seemed unfazed by the occasion. Okay, that's a positive. Tbh if he wasn't such a poor decision-maker and ball user I would probably like him. But sadly he IS poor when he has the ball. Reliably so. He annoys me more than anyone else on our list.
Duncan was meh. Had a few good moments here and there but overall didn't offer enough. I really hope that pass off to Hawkins was due to not knowing how much time there was on the clock (which is bad enough) instead of just abdicating responsibility because he *knew* how much time there was on the clock and didn't want the pressure of an after the siren kick before a booing crowd. We have a right to expect more of one of our senior mids. Mitch has played 17 finals now. How many of those have been genuinely A-grade finals performances? The Sydney Semi Final in 2017 is literally the only one I can think of that I'd describe as better than B-grade standard.
As others have pointed out, Guthrie went back to the toe pokes tonight. Could not possibly be more disappointed by him, since it feels like he's back to square one now. If all of the improvement he made isn't going to change his finals performances, then what's the point? The main change to his game this year has been the smoothness of his ground ball gets in traffic and in contested situations. None of that was anywhere to be seen tonight. Instead we got a return to the cop-out efforts of old.
Menegola was a passenger, as has been the case many times before with him in finals.
Danger and Selwood the best of them. No surprise.
Parfitt was one of the few who showed intensity and didn't look scared. He seemed unfazed by the occasion. Okay, that's a positive. Tbh if he wasn't such a poor decision-maker and ball user I would probably like him. But sadly he IS poor when he has the ball. Reliably so. He annoys me more than anyone else on our list.
Duncan was meh. Had a few good moments here and there but overall didn't offer enough. I really hope that pass off to Hawkins was due to not knowing how much time there was on the clock (which is bad enough) instead of just abdicating responsibility because he *knew* how much time there was on the clock and didn't want the pressure of an after the siren kick before a booing crowd. We have a right to expect more of one of our senior mids. Mitch has played 17 finals now. How many of those have been genuinely A-grade finals performances? The Sydney Semi Final in 2017 is literally the only one I can think of that I'd describe as better than B-grade standard.
As others have pointed out, Guthrie went back to the toe pokes tonight. Could not possibly be more disappointed by him, since it feels like he's back to square one now. If all of the improvement he made isn't going to change his finals performances, then what's the point? The main change to his game this year has been the smoothness of his ground ball gets in traffic and in contested situations. None of that was anywhere to be seen tonight. Instead we got a return to the cop-out efforts of old.
Menegola was a passenger, as has been the case many times before with him in finals.
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