Toast Jake Kolodjashnij
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TBH, I feel it was the MF that beat Cameron. But what geeed me up about Kolo was how, on a contest on the wing, he flashed through to support, got the handball and continues the forward movement. Damn that reminded me of the Geelong of old.
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Not a fan we he plays on smalls, but was very solid tonight, prefer him on bigger blokes.
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4. Don't sleep on the Cats' 'lesser' lights
While the bigger Geelong names of Patrick Dangerfield, Gary Ablett and Tom Stewart certainly had an influence, it was a few lesser lights that helped the Cats' advance to their first Grand Final in nine years. Brandan Parfitt was super physical with his eight tackles, Sam Simpson banged bodies and finished with 14 touches and Gary Rohan had some big moments to bury his finals demons with three goals. After a tough first quarter against Charlie Cameron, Jake Kolodjashnij ended up doing an exceptional job on the Brisbane livewire, keeping him goalless after the first change.
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While the bigger Geelong names of Patrick Dangerfield, Gary Ablett and Tom Stewart certainly had an influence, it was a few lesser lights that helped the Cats' advance to their first Grand Final in nine years. Brandan Parfitt was super physical with his eight tackles, Sam Simpson banged bodies and finished with 14 touches and Gary Rohan had some big moments to bury his finals demons with three goals. After a tough first quarter against Charlie Cameron, Jake Kolodjashnij ended up doing an exceptional job on the Brisbane livewire, keeping him goalless after the first change.
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He had a really good moment in the last where I believe he took a mark, played on and hit a nice kick
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Love Kolo. Loved his game. We need players like him, concentrated all night, no miskicks.
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He reminds me a little of Andrew Mackie in that when he's on, when his intensity is up and the attitude is correct he's a damn good player, but when/if he lapses he can become really sloppy and a liability at times.
Mackie of course improved to the point those lapses became rarer and further apart to turn himself into a genuine Star, Kolo might be able to do the same.
Mackie of course improved to the point those lapses became rarer and further apart to turn himself into a genuine Star, Kolo might be able to do the same.
I think the Yabber-Mack had a few more strings to his bow. He could thread ten sledges into a five-word sentence and he was a bloody nice shot for goal to boot.
Mackie had license 4 or 5 years in (once he won his stripes) to play off his man. Resulted in quite a number of important long goals sailing thru. Pretty sure Kolo will never match that but what he is developing over Mackie is the capacity play on the smalls and on mid to talls.
I watched an interview after he and his brother had been drafted at 41 and his twin at 5. Kade did all the talking and our Kolo just chimed in occasionally. I thought then that this might work (our pick).
Kade was more talented but injury and circumstance has hurt him. Our Kolo has just applied himself and along with 6 or 7 other late to rookie to state league picks has continued improving year on year.
4. Don't sleep on the Cats' 'lesser' lights
While the bigger Geelong names of Patrick Dangerfield, Gary Ablett and Tom Stewart certainly had an influence, it was a few lesser lights that helped the Cats' advance to their first Grand Final in nine years. Brandan Parfitt was super physical with his eight tackles, Sam Simpson banged bodies and finished with 14 touches and Gary Rohan had some big moments to bury his finals demons with three goals. After a tough first quarter against Charlie Cameron, Jake Kolodjashnij ended up doing an exceptional job on the Brisbane livewire, keeping him goalless after the first change.
Five things we learned: The Little Master had one last Grand plan
Gary Ablett really wanted one more game, the Lions have found a long-term defender, plus more preliminary final lessons
Was delighted for Kolo last night. After the early goal conceded on the lead, and the Henry HTB (which, of course, was not Kolo's fault at all), I don't think he got beaten by Cameron in a 1v1 for the rest of the night. Several of them took place right in front of us, and Kolo just kept preventing Charlie winning clean possession.
Covers the ground exceptionally well for his size. And is diligent to a job, improving in his confidence in the air, and using the ball better (as well as getting more involved) in transitioning the ball out of the back half.
Still, all to be expected, I suppose. Given how early he was picked (third round), he would supposedly be rated in the top half of the 'Misfits'.
Ha. He should have doubled down!
"Victorious Geelong coach Brad Scott shouts Kade Kolodjashnij burgers and chips after the game..."
How many twins can Stafford wrong-foot in the one tweet?
So McDs is the Cats' secret recovery regime? Better not let ASADA know.
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So McDs is the Cats' secret recovery regime? Better not let ASADA know.
Grilld.
Miers mentioned it in the post match Stanley "wander around", called them "healthy" burgers, which they might be compared to McDs, but not at all compared to anything else around!
Usually that kind of food is perfect post game, burger, chips and a coke, lots of fat and carbs to replenish the body straight afterwards.
yeah but what about all the roids put into that 'beef' when it was still on the hoof eh?
That was very noticeable. In the past that mark may have been dropped to see Cameron run into an open goal. I still have some doubts when he's under the pump but he's better than he was.
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Kolo to kick first goal of his career in the Grand Final
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Yep, bumping a much deserved toast thread:
By Connor Schmidtke - 7 hrs ago ---
Jake Kolodjashnij has returned with a flourish into the Geelong AFL team, following an interrupted pre-season that saw him miss the opening three games of the season through injury.
With the Geelong defence undermanned, Kolodjashnij’s return in round four flew under the radar but he has proven to be a crucial factor in Geelong’s revival over the past month.
The Premiership backman has become a key pillar in the Geelong backline after debuting in 2015, evolving into one of the most reliable lockdown defenders in the competition.
Kolodjashnij says the Cats' defensive unit is crucial to the style of game Geelong wants to play.
“It can kick start a lot of our attacks, and we can build a lot of really good looks off the back of our intercepting,” he told Triple M’s Rush Hour.
“It helps to feed our forwards, obviously we have some unbelievable threats when their up and going in Jez and Hawk.
As long as we can keep feeding them off the back of some good intercepting, it definitely plays a big part.”
Kolodjashnij said that playing alongside a number of talented defenders helps the Cats structure down back.
“I think we’ve got a few threats down in our back half that can intercept the ball really well," he said.
"Obviously Tom Stewart is one of the best in the game at it, big Esava Ratugolea has really come a long way in that category and he is reading it really well. Sam De Koning, will be held back a bit with injury but obviously a beautiful mark of the footy also.
“We’re pretty cool calm and collected back there, with Stewart leading the charge. We are a really tight knit unit, and we love playing alongside one another down there.”
Kolodjashnij was a standout last weekend against Adelaide, taking an equal career-high 11 marks in the win over the Crows.
Speaking on the, ‘To the Final Bell,’ Cameron Ling and Meg McDonald touched on Kolodjashnij’s importance to the Geelong team.
“Kolodjashnij is playing brilliant football right now," Ling said
"He is rock solid one on one, his decision-making with ball in hand has improved and he has just gone to another level."
McDonald agreed.
"I think we said a couple of weeks ago when he was out, we realised how important he was and that has been reiterated when he is back in the team.
"He can play on all sizes too, occasionally he plays on smaller forwards but often he can play on forward's far bigger than him. It is such a huge asset in defence if you can play on both taller and smaller forwards.”
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Blue Collar Kolo Getting the Job Done
Jake Kolodjashnij's return to the Cats' backline may have gone under the radar to some, but his importance can't be overstatedBy Connor Schmidtke - 7 hrs ago ---
Jake Kolodjashnij has returned with a flourish into the Geelong AFL team, following an interrupted pre-season that saw him miss the opening three games of the season through injury.
With the Geelong defence undermanned, Kolodjashnij’s return in round four flew under the radar but he has proven to be a crucial factor in Geelong’s revival over the past month.
The Premiership backman has become a key pillar in the Geelong backline after debuting in 2015, evolving into one of the most reliable lockdown defenders in the competition.
Kolodjashnij says the Cats' defensive unit is crucial to the style of game Geelong wants to play.
“It can kick start a lot of our attacks, and we can build a lot of really good looks off the back of our intercepting,” he told Triple M’s Rush Hour.
“It helps to feed our forwards, obviously we have some unbelievable threats when their up and going in Jez and Hawk.
As long as we can keep feeding them off the back of some good intercepting, it definitely plays a big part.”
Kolodjashnij said that playing alongside a number of talented defenders helps the Cats structure down back.
“I think we’ve got a few threats down in our back half that can intercept the ball really well," he said.
"Obviously Tom Stewart is one of the best in the game at it, big Esava Ratugolea has really come a long way in that category and he is reading it really well. Sam De Koning, will be held back a bit with injury but obviously a beautiful mark of the footy also.
“We’re pretty cool calm and collected back there, with Stewart leading the charge. We are a really tight knit unit, and we love playing alongside one another down there.”
Kolodjashnij was a standout last weekend against Adelaide, taking an equal career-high 11 marks in the win over the Crows.
Speaking on the, ‘To the Final Bell,’ Cameron Ling and Meg McDonald touched on Kolodjashnij’s importance to the Geelong team.
“Kolodjashnij is playing brilliant football right now," Ling said
"He is rock solid one on one, his decision-making with ball in hand has improved and he has just gone to another level."
McDonald agreed.
"I think we said a couple of weeks ago when he was out, we realised how important he was and that has been reiterated when he is back in the team.
"He can play on all sizes too, occasionally he plays on smaller forwards but often he can play on forward's far bigger than him. It is such a huge asset in defence if you can play on both taller and smaller forwards.”
Blue Collar Kolo Getting the Job Done
Jake Kolodjashnij's return to the Cats' backline may have gone under the radar to some, but his importance can't be overstated
This is so accurate. I've brought it up a few times how Stewart and Kolo both being back was what settled us. Stewart did try his best in the Gold Coast game but we still lacked a quality lockdown tall (who can also rebound). Plus the midfield was out of sorts. I did think on an individual level Kolo took a while to get going - some great moments and a few poorer ones that looked like rustiness - but it definitely came together for him on the weekend.Yep, bumping a much deserved toast thread:
Blue Collar Kolo Getting the Job Done
Jake Kolodjashnij's return to the Cats' backline may have gone under the radar to some, but his importance can't be overstated
By Connor Schmidtke - 7 hrs ago ---
Jake Kolodjashnij has returned with a flourish into the Geelong AFL team, following an interrupted pre-season that saw him miss the opening three games of the season through injury.
With the Geelong defence undermanned, Kolodjashnij’s return in round four flew under the radar but he has proven to be a crucial factor in Geelong’s revival over the past month.
The Premiership backman has become a key pillar in the Geelong backline after debuting in 2015, evolving into one of the most reliable lockdown defenders in the competition.
Kolodjashnij says the Cats' defensive unit is crucial to the style of game Geelong wants to play.
“It can kick start a lot of our attacks, and we can build a lot of really good looks off the back of our intercepting,” he told Triple M’s Rush Hour.
“It helps to feed our forwards, obviously we have some unbelievable threats when their up and going in Jez and Hawk.
As long as we can keep feeding them off the back of some good intercepting, it definitely plays a big part.”
Kolodjashnij said that playing alongside a number of talented defenders helps the Cats structure down back.
“I think we’ve got a few threats down in our back half that can intercept the ball really well," he said.
"Obviously Tom Stewart is one of the best in the game at it, big Esava Ratugolea has really come a long way in that category and he is reading it really well. Sam De Koning, will be held back a bit with injury but obviously a beautiful mark of the footy also.
“We’re pretty cool calm and collected back there, with Stewart leading the charge. We are a really tight knit unit, and we love playing alongside one another down there.”
Kolodjashnij was a standout last weekend against Adelaide, taking an equal career-high 11 marks in the win over the Crows.
Speaking on the, ‘To the Final Bell,’ Cameron Ling and Meg McDonald touched on Kolodjashnij’s importance to the Geelong team.
“Kolodjashnij is playing brilliant football right now," Ling said
"He is rock solid one on one, his decision-making with ball in hand has improved and he has just gone to another level."
McDonald agreed.
"I think we said a couple of weeks ago when he was out, we realised how important he was and that has been reiterated when he is back in the team.
"He can play on all sizes too, occasionally he plays on smaller forwards but often he can play on forward's far bigger than him. It is such a huge asset in defence if you can play on both taller and smaller forwards.”
Blue Collar Kolo Getting the Job Done
Jake Kolodjashnij's return to the Cats' backline may have gone under the radar to some, but his importance can't be overstated
Was desperately unlucky not to get votes. He and Sav in the air, and Stewart on the ground - were pillars back there. Only Adelaide's brilliant conversion and some mishaps further up the field kept their score ticking along. Minus Dangerfield they really held up.
Kolo will go down as one of the more underrated defenders I reckon, with folks only recognising some improvements he's made the past year and not his fantastic overall body of work.
Very happy to admit I was wrong in having doubts about his ability to adapt to our new game style in 2022 but he stepped up , made quicker decisions and was so much more self assured with the ball in his hands. Played a fantastic Finals series and has kept that form in 2023.
Players like Kolo and OConnor ( who has also improved dramatically) are testimony to our player development and specialist coaches
Players like Kolo and OConnor ( who has also improved dramatically) are testimony to our player development and specialist coaches
Was solid in the finals last year Hasn’t put a foot wrong since coming back in this year. Has got some pace back too.
