No Oppo Supporters Geelong defeated by Richmond in PF by 19 points

[Benny78]

When a team is on and they kick it into their f50 their players just mark it uncontested all the time. I remember seeing the same crap when Isaac Smith ruined Hawthorns 4peat chances. Holes everyhere and Blicavs on the wing was stupid

 

[hokee]

Feeling pretty flat having just got home, the effort was there but sadly the 4 quarters wasn’t.

Most important trade-draft period for us since 2010, really need to get some key positions in and how we use the picks for Kelly is vital.

Can’t agree more. We must make the most out of Kelly’s picks. To me we need a key defender and midfielder/small forward. Hope Wells gets this time right as he doesn’t tend to pick well with first round drafts

 

[Chinacats]

Didn't realise there was something wrong with looking for positives to take away from things - surely better than only looking at the negatives

And what's the "tow the GFC line about" - not sure about the other mods but I currently have no direct connection with the GFC and as such not sure what the line to tow would be.

Just sounds like it. Seem agreeable to everything Geelong & Scott & positive despite September flops. I thought it might be part of the job criteria.

 

[Chinacats]

Can’t agree more. We must make the most out of Kelly’s picks. To me we need a key defender and midfielder/small forward. Hope Wells gets this time right as he doesn’t tend to pick well with first round drafts

Ruckman? Small forward not the issue.

 

[Captain chaos]

He is a professional victim.. thevgiy has won 5 finals in 8 years,.. the party is over!

 

[Moley Russels Wart]

We threw that away.
Couldn’t go with their run, and their s**t game plan.

Parfitt as trade bait for mine

Get your own name, Nakia

 

[Nankervis brothers]

Ridiculous thoughts tbh. We finished on top, yet it was clear we are not premiership material?? Yes we blew it! Effin dogs 16, & s**tty tigers 17 won the god damn thing.
Don’t be content with failure! Ever!

Thanks for sharing your opinion. Mine is different to yours.

 

[Moley Russels Wart]

difference was a tall marking forward.
Thank you Hawkins.
You let us down and that is simply a fact

Well, that and the fact they played their full back at.. full back. Scott continually choking with his final selections. Piss him off please, we need a new look desperately

 

[cats_09]

Just sounds like it. Seem agreeable to everything Geelong & Scott & positive despite September flops. I thought it might be part of the job criteria.

Respectfully, I disagree - I've read plenty of posts by mods venting frustrations and their annoyance; we are fans & supporters

And how I post now is how I've posted since I joined bigfooty - trying to find a balance. After we loss it's easy to focus on the negatives, so sometimes it can be good to look at what positives came out of things as a whole

 

[Moley Russels Wart]

Our full back plays on the wing, gets 10 possessions, while their full forward has 19 possessions, 8 marks and kicks 5 goals in a 19 point win.

Mind boggling decision by Chris Scott.

Wait until this bloke who cant kick, cant handball, cant make a decision wins his third B&F.

 

[Nickoo]

Question marks? Mounting? The kid was a revelation in his first year...another 22 possession effort tonight and was excellent in the first half....and never gave up throughout.

He'll play a lot of football for Geelong...more than just a small forward.

He was that good Richmond went after him. Kidney thump in tackle them when hurt kept hitting him.


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[CatRiot]

Miers our new Stevie Johnson wannabe - a cynical player who can at times be very good.

I'm not sure he'll ever butter up again as he did in 2019, nonetheless he redeemed his own finals series when question marks were mounting.

Tonight was Gryan's ceiling in a nutshell imo.

Dude, Miers was solid. 22 touches, + 2.1. He was the pick of the bunch from last year's draft, and probably our best talent under 22yo on our list.

How about Guthrie, Parfitt, Narkle, Dahlhaus, Henderson, Atkins and Bews tonight?!? No where near Gryan's energy and output tonight.

Even SavRat as flashy as he looks, didn't hit the scoreboard as a Key Forward, so its a Fail from him too.

 

[CatRiot]

Marks inside 50. Cats (7)- (18)
One percenters. 38. -58

That's the stats that killed us.
Have to admit, Blicavs on Lynch would've stopped half a dozen of those... Oh well, monumental blunder just like Reid on Hawkins in 2011 GF

 

[CatRiot]

Hendo was horrible. Just play Smith in the Goal square.


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Smith is a dud, lol.

 

[Frappe]

Wait until this bloke who cant kick, cant handball, cant make a decision wins his third B&F.

If that happens it will only vindicate what frustrates many of us in the board.
Played well key back all year. Gets switched up the ground for finals with a double whammy. Not enough impact in the midfield and detracts from our backline setup.

 

[Moggy]

I actually started to believe tonight, against my better judgement...
"we can beat these... then just the pies left....couldn't be worse that we were in the QF...this could be our year after all..."

Of course, getting torn a new one in the first 3 minutes of the 3rd quarter jolted me back to reality... It was actually painful to watch.

Still, I saw good things, especially Miers, Atkins, Sav, Sel and TK.
Some strong moments from Kolo, Henry, O'Connor, and even Stanley at times (those handballs though!)

The mistakes in the second half though, and our inability to counter Richmonds play. Massively frustrating.

And something for the coach - to borrow the words of Samuel L Jackson
I've had it with this mothaf--king middle-distance runner, on this muthaf--king wing!

Why? Just, why? If the question isn't running around a lot and effecting the odd spoil, then Blicavs is not the answer. Ever!

 

[Frappe]

I actually started to believe tonight, against my better judgement...
"we can beat these... then just the pies left....couldn't be worse that we were in the QF...this could be our year after all..."

Of course, getting torn a new one in the first 3 minutes of the 3rd quarter jolted me back to reality... It was actually painful to watch.

Still, I saw good things, especially Miers, Atkins, Sav, Sel and TK.
Some strong moments from Kolo, Henry, O'Connor, and even Stanley at times (those handballs though!)

The mistakes in the second half though, and our inability to counter Richmonds play. Massively frustrating.

And something for the coach - to borrow the words of Samuel L Jackson
I've had it with this mothaf--king middle-distance runner, on this muthaf--king wing!

Why? Just, why? If the question isn't running around a lot and effecting the odd spoil, then Blicavs is not the answer. Ever!

Stop complaining about Blicavs. He’ll win the B&F this year and render our frustrations null and void.

 

[Jimmy Willis Jawline]

I hate losing prelims. Seems to be this particular group's legacy.
I want Chris Scott gone. Yes we could do worse. Hes a coach that cant seem to do better though
I hope Hawkins is crying into his Milo tonight though. Silly man.

 

[Boxhead_31]

Wait until this bloke who cant kick, cant handball, cant make a decision wins his third B&F.

Wins his third bnf playing a position the coach refused to play him in any of the finals the team played you mean

 

[Frappe]

Wins his third bnf playing a position the coach refused to play him in any of the finals the team played you mean

I think that’s lost on a few sitting back smugly thinking their views are vindicated.

 

[Moggy]

Small defenders that can profoundly influence a game with their rebound and kicking skills, who would have thought.

It's a tough lesson but perhaps we can garner something from this and not continue with our plodders back there who simply lack the basic skills of an AFL player.

It’s the truth, and the difference that Clark made at HBF is all the evidence required.

That said, I would keep O’Connor, Stewart and Henry. Not sure about Kolo.
But I would be happy if I never saw Blicavs, Bews or Tuohy pull on a gfc guernsey again.
We haven’t signed any of them up to new deals recently have we?

 

[romeohwho]

Game was like our season. Great first half then ran out of puff and had an ordinary second half.
Made the tigers look pretty ordinary for a half of footy but really good teams take their chances and we didn’t and they were always going to come after us and take theirs.
We missed Hawkins, Duncan and Clark-who knows-might have been different but as it is Richmond are a good team and were too good for us last night. Blicavs needed to play on lynch.
Players tried hard but tired. Ah well. Exceeded most people’s expectations this year so thank you to the team. Still feels disappointing and we are not that far off it, but we are just not quite good enough.
Can’t see them beating the tigers but -Go pies!
Ps the long wait for the trains at flinders st on Friday night after the games have been pretty ordinary too!

 

[Whit3y]

It looked to me we ran out of legs...Whether we like it or not, the Tigers are a very good side.

I thought the heavy training load or htl was supposed to prevent this happening come finals

 

[Shell]

Cant sleep

Listening to my "sad songs" playlist is not helping matters either

 

[Shell]

I actually started to believe tonight, against my better judgement...
"we can beat these... then just the pies left....couldn't be worse that we were in the QF...this could be our year after all..."

Of course, getting torn a new one in the first 3 minutes of the 3rd quarter jolted me back to reality... It was actually painful to watch.

Still, I saw good things, especially Miers, Atkins, Sav, Sel and TK.
Some strong moments from Kolo, Henry, O'Connor, and even Stanley at times (those handballs though!)

The mistakes in the second half though, and our inability to counter Richmonds play. Massively frustrating.

And something for the coach - to borrow the words of Samuel L Jackson
I've had it with this mothaf--king middle-distance runner, on this muthaf--king wing!

Why? Just, why? If the question isn't running around a lot and effecting the odd spoil, then Blicavs is not the answer. Ever!

That play in the second qgot me thinking we could definitely win.. all those smothers in the backline. Everyone in the ponsford stand stood up and was going nuts.. i almost had tears in my eyes ive never heard the crowd like that.