Game Day Rd 22 - Geelong V Saints - Sat Aug 14 2021- 435 pm @ GMHBA

[dazbroncos]

Henry has been close to All Australian this year. If he's makeshift then I'd love for us to pick up more makeshift players.

young Robert does like to get a litte over dramatic at times.

Hence Henry and makeshift..he should know better.

GO Catters

 

[Pollywaffle]

Those are outliers. More often than not it tanks your season.

We have a terrible record of "covering" for big losses in finals since 2011. Any time we've been missing a player of major significance to us (for either structural or quality reasons), we've lost.

2012: SJ missed Elimination Final (LOST)
2013: Enright missed Prelim due to injury; Chapman missed Prelim due to suspension; Simpson missed Prelim due to injury (LOST)
2014: Johnson missed Semi Final with injury; McIntosh injured in Qualifying Final and missed Semi Final (LOST)
2019: Hawkins missed Prelim due to suspension (LOST)

I could include others but these were all the biggest examples of missing players, and all of them have major effects on the eventual outcomes.

Semi final 1994.
Missing Michael Mansfield, Garry Hocking, Mark Bairstow and Paul Couch, against heavily favoured Carlton side, cats came out and blew them away..
I remember not even bothering to listen to that game as I thought we were roadkill. Let’s not underestimate our second tier guys.
I’m backing Zuthrie to morph into Stewart 2.0.

 

[Strange Cat]

yes i was in it.... 60k car - he got placed on the priority order list - 5 exist in the world - he wants and will get 2 in the first 10 - its good to be the king

GO CAtters

Which car? I’m guessing the new lotus?

 

[Hello Kitty]

Comes back so Scott can play him forward.

GOLD!!!

 

[Burtyl78]

There has never been a time in history where losing an individual player has meant less

 

[Kobe Gryant]

There has never been a time in history where losing an individual player has meant less

That's going a bit far

 

[dazbroncos]

Which car? I’m guessing the new lotus?

New electric Kia.

Looks like the Lambo SUV

Go Catters

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

ABC Radio saying Tom Stewart confirmed out for the season.

*.

 

[Hamingja]

There has never been a time in history where losing an individual player has meant less

Our biggest weakness, save for the ruck, is key position defenders and they've just lost their shield. Will get ugly in finals.

We won't have the courage with ball movement with no Stewart. Chip, chip, chip will be worse than ever.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Henry has been close to All Australian this year. If he's makeshift then I'd love for us to pick up more makeshift players.

Literally was a makeshift when he started as a highly delistable forward

 

[fpm84]

Our biggest weakness, save for the ruck, is key position defenders and they've just lost their shield. Will get ugly in finals.

We won't have the courage with ball movement with no Stewart. Chip, chip, chip will be worse than ever.

I assume Blicavs will go back now, he and Henderson are perfectly adequate as our KPDs.

Ball movement is what will be impacted most. We literally have nobody to replace what Stewart gives us.

 

[you pick one]

ABC Radio saying Tom Stewart confirmed out for the season.

fu**.

Houston we have a problem.

 

[dazbroncos]

Not changing my Avatar - Long live Stewy!!

Go Catters

 

[ninjahcat]

There has never been a time in history where losing an individual player has meant less

Thanks Winston.

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

We've done it and other teams have done it all without key players. Let's not completely throw the toys out in despair.

Oh wait, that's right it's big footy.

 

[cats_09]

We've done it and other teams have done it all without key players. Let's not completely throw the toys out in despair.

Oh wait, that's right it's big footy.

And the best part is that the melting began last night upon the news of him being out this week, and now on social media speculation

Be good if the melting could at least wait until we've seen an update from the club

 

[catpremier 07]

Stewart out is massive obviously but there is no stand out teams this year. Definitely still a big chance.
Need to win today though

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

I assume Blicavs will go back now, he and Henderson are perfectly adequate as our KPDs.

I see this too, with Savrat taking over as the second ruck. Unless the MC decides to replace Stewie with Kreuger.

 

[cats_09]

Close with a haircut?

 

[Cataholic]

And the best part is that the melting began last night upon the news of him being out this week, and now on social media speculation

Be good if the melting could at least wait until we've seen an update from the club

Some of us mighn't live that long!!

 

[cats_09]

Some of us mighn't live that long!!

It might give things away though when he's still 2-3 weeks from playing in 2025...

 

[Baudolino]

Once Tuohy returns he will probably have to play in D50 more to compensate for the loss of Stewart's rebound so that our ball movement isn't ultra-conservative coming our of defence.

 

[Tony Barber]

I want to see that front half pressure we saw V Fremantle. Run down tackles from Close, Dahl, Simpson, Parfitt etc.

That is the barometer for Geelong.

I agree. The Stewart issue is bad for the finals.

But we haven't been sticking tackles. Parfitt is the barometer. They are slipping through his grasp.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Once Tuohy returns he will probably have to play in D50 more to compensate for the loss of Stewart's rebound so that our ball movement isn't ultra-conservative coming our of defence.

Tuohy, and a bit more reliance on Smith for half back transition I reckon.
Blicavs goes back more to cover the defensive side.

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

If Stewie is out for 2021, the guys today need to put that aside and concentrate on the match. They'll be devastated about it, I suspect.