Game Day Rd 10 Geelong v Gold Coast Thu May16 730pm at TIO

[kickazz]

I wonder how much the officiating over the first 1.5 quarters has impacted us over the last 40 odd minutes?

The effort & intensity was there over the first 1.5qtrs, and yes we made a few mistakes we were right in the match, but we weren't getting rewarded for the efforts & work rate

And then just before GC went on their goal run mid way through the second quarter we started to see some questionable free kicks, especially in the middle of the ground and wouldn't be surprised if that started having an impact, especially between the ears & second guessing ourselves with our approach

Maybe just the feeling of fighting an uphill battle and eventually it breaks you

Umps kept them in it early.

After QT it's been all just a lack of effort

 

[dazbroncos]

Bruhn 8 touches to 3/4 time... Needed more.

got 3 x more than Guthrie did.

Go Catters

 

[catters05]

Will be interesting this last quarter, will Gold Coast chase the 100, will Cats put up a fight and bring this margin down.

 

[TEDDY24INC]

I wonder how much the officiating over the first 1.5 quarters has impacted us over the last 40 odd minutes?

The effort & intensity was there over the first 1.5qtrs, and yes we made a few mistakes we were right in the match, but we weren't getting rewarded for the efforts & work rate

And then just before GC went on their goal run mid way through the second quarter we started to see some questionable free kicks, especially in the middle of the ground and wouldn't be surprised if that started having an impact, especially between the ears & second guessing ourselves with our approach

Maybe just the feeling of fighting an uphill battle and eventually it breaks you

Yep, there is a breaking point

 

[PzBlinky]

Bruhn 8 touches. Can't question his work ethic, he tries his heart out, but at best he's a B grader player, and at worst I fear he's quite often a C grader. He,Parf and and Atkins give their heart and soul but are ultimately very limited players without stars around them.

I fear when Danger, Blitz and Cuth are gone

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Well, if we're making judgements based on tonight, Cuthrie (9 disposals before being subbed off) and Blicavs (6 disposals) won't be any loss at all.

Fortunately, the ones in charge aren't so emotionally influenced as us fans.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Anderson, Rowell, Miller and Flanders have 116 possessions between them and it's not even 3/4 time yet.

Not just that.

83, 65, 71, 80 disposal efficiency.

Compared to Parfitt 52, Bowes 26 , Holmes 59, Miers 69, Conway 50, Atkins 72, Dempsey 55.
Our principle ball winners are by and large butchering the footy as well.

 

[Cataholic]

I wonder how much the officiating over the first 1.5 quarters has impacted us over the last 40 odd minutes?

The effort & intensity was there over the first 1.5qtrs, and yes we made a few mistakes we were right in the match, but we weren't getting rewarded for the efforts & work rate

And then just before GC went on their goal run mid way through the second quarter we started to see some questionable free kicks, especially in the middle of the ground and wouldn't be surprised if that started having an impact, especially between the ears & second guessing ourselves with our approach

Maybe just the feeling of fighting an uphill battle and eventually it breaks you

Yeah, I can see how that might affect them, but we've been poor at handballing and tackling for a long time now.

 

[Strange Cat]

Not sure how that was a free when he spoiled the ball and didn’t infringe the player but it’s been one of those nights

**** me the umpiring and the midfield has been terrible tonight

 

[Lana]

True. But Gold Coast played there 5 days ago. We shouldn’t be the ones running out of gas, relatively speaking.

They're more acclimatised to the conditions.

 

[winty]

Leading possession winners to 3/4 time

Miers 23
Holmes 22
Dempsey 20
Parfitt 17
Conway 16
Stewart 16

 

[Interdimensional Bigfoot]

Geez Guthrie is terrible tonight …can’t drop him sadly we have no one else

Sounding like a broke record now but we have Hardie, I'm sure he could manage 4 touches. We literally got him because we desperately needed mids last year, nothing has changed, I believe someone said he was leading VFL votes playing as a mid, might not be a beast, but we could use a guy who can rack up even 25.

 

[Falconx]

31 marks for the match and probably 10 of them are from a Miers kick. Just no creativity. All just straight down the line where it spills out and they crumb it and do what they please from then on out.

 

[Cataholic]

Is he not allowed to spoil?

Not with an arm over his opponent's head, no.

 

[Lana]

Mercy rule please

 

[Sttew]

our % is taking a battering. Already down to 112%

 

[feelinfeline]

Positives: Conway, Mullin ... Parfitt's trying his guts out.

 

[kickazz]

Kind of hope Scott doesn't defend the effort tonight. It's one thing to have the boys' backs, but a bit of accountability wouldn't go astray.

 

[allrighty]

that may the most useless 1/4 I have ever watched. Pack it in, take the loss and move on.

But make some serious changes.

Despite the umps Hardwicks chaos play has shat on us tonight

 

[winty]

Not sure how that was a free when he spoiled the ball and didn’t infringe the player but it’s been one of those nights

heck me the umpiring and the midfield has been terrible tonight

Suns have well and truly been the better team on the night, but the umpiring has been absolutely deplorable.

 

[winty]

15.4.94 to 3.7.25 since 1/4 time.

 

[Sttew]

And another thing. I do NOT like Hardwick!

 

[Goggin Our Best]

Keep the margin under 100 pts and alls good , and its quickly forgotten

You have to look at the circumstances and the conditions

One good thing with a big thrashing is blokes like Hardie and Mannagh ( yes i know the circumstances this week ) and a few others might be given an opportunity

Normally when you get flogged it stings a fair bit but im very relaxed about it - but just keep it under a century and we all move on

 

[TheCattery2007]

I’ve never seen Atkins lack effort but I’ve seen it twice tonight. That speaks volumes.


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[MattyJayJ]

Bruhn 8 touches. Can't question his work ethic, he tries his heart out, but at best he's a B grader player, and at worst I fear he's quite often a C grader. He,Parf and and Atkins give their heart and soul but are ultimately very limited players without stars around them.

I fear when Danger, Blitz and Cuth are gone

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Blows my mind that anyone would disagree with this. Maybe in a perfect world Bruhn becomes an A grader in the future, but it doesn’t look likely right now and your assessment overall seems pretty accurate.

 

[Finknottle]

Ok games by Mullin, Stengle, Miers, Ollie Dempsey. The rest not so good. Neale and Conway haven't done their chances any good.

I think it's time to swap in the VFL midfield. Hardie has to come in.