Oppo Camp Non Geelong football (AFL) discussion 2021

[Strange Cat]

Damn the academy cheats won...oh well at least we have Ess second round draft pick

 

[Spearman]

like how Buddy plays dead after a spoil glances his head, then pops up after he notices teammate has played on lol

 

[Turkey Tom]

Turned it on for the last 10 minutes...Hame (inane), Darce (boring) and Jobe (boring and a drug cheat). What a combination. lol Glad I didn't have to put up with them for longer.

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

Gold Coast was second on the ladder after round 4 last year, they finished the season 14th. I suggest caution on Sydney at the moment, the season is a marathon, not a sprint.

 

[Strange Cat]

Gold Coast was second on the ladder after round 4 last year, they finished the season 14th. I suggest caution on Sydney at the moment, the season is a marathon, not a sprint.

Yeah I’m guessing they’ll gas out at some stage before the finals

 

[JohnZ]

Yeah I’m guessing they’ll gas out at some stage before the finals

Shame we play them Rd7 and not Rd18

 

[catscollector]

Gold Coast was second on the ladder after round 4 last year, they finished the season 14th. I suggest caution on Sydney at the moment, the season is a marathon, not a sprint.

Gold Coast are a pathetic club. No culture and barely have two or three elite footballers.
Swans have a whole batch of A graders and then a good mix of B graders who are all young and developing.

The only way Sydney fall into a heap from here, is injuries. Franklin should be rested next game given they are now sitting on top of the ladder at 4-0.
Not worth the risk.
Heeney will miss a few with a busted finger too.

They beat the next two teams (Gold Coast & GWS), they are certainties for finals.

 

[David the Cat]

I thought young Braedon Campbell looked fatigued in the second half tonight. You can add McDonald as well.

This is the big hurdle facing the Swans...can the kids keep contributing at such a high level.

As BlakeyNoFlakey pointed out...its a marathon, not a sprint.

I enjoyed watching them, all the same.

 

[JohnZ]

They beat the next two teams (Gold Coast & GWS), they are certainties for finals.

So their next games are Giants, Suns then Us. That's good. They should romp it in against those two clubs, and then we can be their reality check. Genuine 50/50 game, but we'll make it a slog and we'll tire their kids.

 

[00VicWard001]

LOL Oops....

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Who exactly ends up paying to fix this stuff up? Ratepayers.

 

[dazbroncos]

Guldren and Warner are already better players in game four of their careers than some of our 50+ game players.

Wells bid on Guldren i think you'll find. And bc of the acadeny stuff. they got him

GO Catters

 

[goyoucatters]

Wells bid on Guldren i think you'll find. And bc of the acadeny stuff. they got him

GO Catters

Definitely bid on Gulden. And some maybe wondered about that at the time. Nobody is wondering now.

IWWT.

 

[JohnZ]

Who exactly ends up paying to fix this stuff up? Ratepayers.

Eh most city gardeners are on salary so it won't cost any extra, just some pruning that will have to go an extra 2 weeks before being done.

 

[cats_09]

 

[Goggin Our Best]

Some of these injuries players are getting these days ( non knee ACL) are just incredible -

 

[Strange Cat]

Some of these injuries players are getting these days ( non knee ACL) are just incredible -

You can only push the human body so far before it breaks

the sport asks for an incredible amount in terms of endurance running with Body impacts at the same time.

 

[cats_09]

Last year Shuey did both hamstrings in the same match, and not sure if he required surgery on either or both of them at that time

And this latest hamstring injury was occurred in his first match back from a hamstring injury - twice injured in his calf during the preseason, then injured his hamstring in the lead up to round 1, returned for round 3 and injured his hamstring again but this time he needs surgery

The guy just can't get a break the last 18 months or so

Wonder if our club looked at this, then looked at Cameron and decided "if an extra 1 or 2 weeks on the sidelines now means he's ok for the rest of the season, that's preferential to bringing him back too early and something going wrong again"

 

[cats_09]

What do we all think of this team...

 

[catscollector]

That back-line is pretty slow and getting long in the tooth.
Forward line is killer though.

 

[catempire]

Caddy omitted. Guess he’ll finally get the midfield time he was after.

 

[goyoucatters]

Caddy omitted. Guess he’ll finally get the midfield time he was after.

Did laugh at this. And was then reminded of his two premiership medals.

Still, I'm totally satisfied that we were right to move him on when we did. Wouldn't have been a key difference-maker for us over recent seasons. And Parf will be a very long-term contributor to our team in a way that Caddy could never have managed with the hoops. As a half-forward type, he fitted the 'ultimate mugby' game style like a glove. And reaped the benefits accordingly.

 

[Down at K Park]

Caddy omitted. Guess he’ll finally get the midfield time he was after.

I was thinking about this when I heard he got dropped. He's that far into his career and still gets dropped to the vfl regularly, so it's pretty clear we did win that trade with parfitt now.

 

[catempire]

To be clear, I think the trade was win-win. We offloaded his salary and got Parfitt and Richmond got a dual premiership player who was excellent in one of the years.

 

[Strange Cat]

Caddy omitted. Guess he’ll finally get the midfield time he was after.

Last time I watched him he was in the backline so he’s doing great work

He’s either in the VFL or injured...I can’t recall the last time he played well tbh

 

[Mad_Hatter]

To be clear, I think the trade was win-win. We offloaded his salary and got Parfitt and Richmond got a dual premiership player who was excellent in one of the years.

Yeah that would have happened no matter what though, not like Caddy had much impact at that club.
Win - break even perhaps, we win cos we got Parfitt, break even cos they got a handy player for 1 season.
I mean win for Caddy, he doesn't win 2 flags if he stayed at the Cats.