Preview Round 11: Geelong vs Big Big Sound, Sat 27 May @ 4:35pm at KP

[foxdog50]

The game hasn't been played yet. Suspect that Ceglar will be off for the final quarter at least

Rather Ceglar playing 3/4 of a game than SDK playing 3/4 in ruck

 

[cats_09]

Ohhhh it's such a shame not seeing SDK playing ruck

Wouldn’t be surprised to see a late out with Ceglar watching from the stands…

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Wouldn’t be surprised to see a late out with Ceglar watching from the stands…

"Managed" out for Knevitt starting 22, would make it a double debut with Bruce

 

[foxdog50]

Wouldn’t be surprised to see a late out with Ceglar watching from the stands…

If that happens Ceglar is a late out, my shout for a , if Ceglar plays you by me a slab of

 

[cats_09]

If that happens Ceglar is a late out, my shout for a , if Ceglar plays you by me a slab of

That sounds a bit lop sided

 

[Willo_]

Wouldn’t be surprised to see a late out with Ceglar watching from the stands…

Geeze I hope so

 

[catempire]

If that happens Ceglar is a late out, my shout for a , if Ceglar plays you by me a slab of

Jon, don’t you get enough in matchies to buy your own beer?

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Geeze I hope so

Neale picked the worst time to get injured.

 

[Jumping Jack]

Geeze I hope so

I saw Ceglar in a wheelchair today.

He was practicing centre bounce taps at the time out on the ground during training.

In Ceglar we trust


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[cats_09]

Geeze I hope so

No doubt the guy is trying his heart out, but can see he’s running on fumes

This week seems the best chance to give him the rest/managed treatment, as they may decide he has value going up against English a week later

 

[Footy Smarts]

No doubt the guy is trying his heart out, but can see he’s running on fumes

This week seems the best chance to give him the rest/managed treatment, as they may decide he has value going up against English a week later

I would've thought English would run him off his legs and Blicavs is actually a very good matchup for English. If we need him to play one or the other I'd prefer him against Briggs on the smaller ground.

 

[Willo_]

I saw Ceglar in a wheelchair today.

He was practicing centre bounce taps at the time out on the ground during training.

In Ceglar we trust


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So he's looking more mobile at least?

 

[Willo_]

Neale picked the worst time to get injured.

Yeah it's hard to disagree, lucked out early on as he would have gotten games to let Hawk build more fitness and now he arguably would have played the last few in the ruck.

Just following the pattern we've had with luck really all season

 

[Footy Smarts]

Looking at that team there's got to be a real chance of Cameron lining up in the centre square at the opening bounce.

 

[GeelongFTW]

Yeah it's hard to disagree, lucked out early on as he would have gotten games to let Hawk build more fitness and now he arguably would have played the last few in the ruck.

Just following the pattern we've had with luck really all season

we had decent luck last year. in the PF we had the best possible team on the ground.

 

[foxdog50]

That sounds a bit lop sided

Ok.. we will go a 6 pack for each

 

[Footy Smarts]

we had decent luck last year. in the PF we had the best possible team on the ground.

Had some issues through the year but got ourselves cherry ripe by finals. Fingers crossed it all comes together this year too.

 

[DV2000]

I think we just have to accept that we won't be making the top 4 this year, and instead we need to focus on getting our best 22 fit and firing for September whilst winning enough games to finish 5th/6th. Then from there, with a fit team and a little bit of luck, I'd back us to win all of our finals (especially if we get lucky with opponents and get to stay in Victoria). It's not the ideal path to a flag, but it's been done before (most recently the Dogs in 2016) and our poor start to the year has given us no other feasible option (we still have 5 games against top 4 teams to come in the H&A season! )

 

[Pure_Ownage]

No Himmelberg and Kelly helps. Who will run with Tom Green?

Atkins.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

I would've thought English would run him off his legs and Blicavs is actually a very good matchup for English. If we need him to play one or the other I'd prefer him against Briggs on the smaller ground.

Yes but sdk will have to play back next week on either naughton or lobb so he wont be able to ruck hence ceglar rucking. Whereas gws dont have as many talls.

 

[Footy Smarts]

I watched those highlights again from his first VFL game.

I don't really get the people saying he's a long way off it. He's physically miles ahead of your average debutant. And his composure, skills, etc from that clip are ahead of many debutants.

I remember watching that game and he looked more ready to debut than Clark or Whyte did. Same with Knevitt last year. So I'm not surprised they've named him for a full game rather than coming in as the sub.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Yes but sdk will have to play back next week on either naughton or lobb so he wont be able to ruck hence ceglar rucking. Whereas gws dont have as many talls.

Blicavs and SDK could just go directly head to head with English and Lobb respectively. And Henry back gives us lots of options. I don't see any team really stretching us for height if we have all of 2x Henry, Hawkins, Cameron, Rohan, Blicavs, SDK, Kolo and Ratugolea in the team.

 

[cats_09]

Any body has that tweet on games of experience of each club has missing with injuries

Swamp hasn’t released on this week

 

[CatRiot]

Take a deep breath grasshopper.

Knevitt and Simpson both need a rest. Mullin will surprise - and I’ll assume at this stage you’ve done zero research.

Sport science team at the club say they’ve never seen an athlete like him walk through the doors. Tuohy refers to him as the equivalent (in Gaelic) to Nick Daicos and says no one at the club gets near him in most of the testing.

Have some faith. Do you honestly think they’d pick him just to take the urine?


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I must admit when I first saw Mullin two years ago when they said they would recruit him back then, I thought he looks like a bit of a specimen. Can only say he would've improved in strength and fitness since then.

Tbh, he probably more resembles someone like Andrew McGrath at Bombers in terms of fitness and type of athlete. McGrath was a No1 draft pick if people still recall. Not saying he will play like him, but on physical attributes as an athlete, would be very similar.

 

[ShaunWDT]

Knevitt omitted but Simpson only "rested" is strange. I thought Simpson was miles worse than Knevitt.

Knevitt butchered it 2 weeks in a row but with our injury situation Id have thought he would have held