Preview Round 18, 2019: Geelong Cats v Hawthorn, 21 July 2019, 1.10pm @ MCG

[rei154]

Gunston to miss another imo, as will Scrimshaw. Gunston has been struggling for a fair while and I think giving him a couple weeks rest is warranted- Scrimmers I don't want to rush back and Geelong will be a fiery game and there's no point risking him in it.
Would love for the team to go in unchanged for this one- a bit of continuity could do us the world of good!

 

[OnTheRocks]

Easy win. Gone from Pick 2 to July Premiers.

Go harder

 

[Bugs1977]

IN: Jones (debut)

OUT: Puopolo


B: Stratton, Frawley, Hardwick

HB: Birchall, O'Brien, Sicily

C: Henderson, Shiels, Smith

HF: Burgoyne, Gunston, Wingard

F: Breust, Lewis, Hanrahan

R: McEvoy, O'Meara, Worpel

INT: Scully, Jones, Impey, Howe

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Our run home looks like this:

Geelong (MCG)
Brisbane (UTAS)
North (Marvel)
GWS (UNSW)
Gold Coast (Marvel)
West Coast (OS)

We are sitting on 7-9 and 2 games out of the 8 with a decent percentage so don't be surprised if we are a smoky chance to make the finals if we can somehow beat the Cats on Sunday. I'm not expecting us to make it but it would be awesome to see the melts if we did.

 

[Hawker55]

I reckon Gunners will play only because we're still a smoky for Finals. When that chance is gone (if we lose the next two) we'll start resting players for next year.

 

[tige19]

Funny feeling we get this done

 

[Pessimistic]

Funny feeling we get this done

Stevic?

 

[Jaeger]

Geelong board's preview thread is 'Good vs Evil'

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Richardson the first coach to call out the ride Geelong get from the umpires.
Will that make things better or worse for us?

 

[RoughysMullet]

Richardson the first coach to call out the ride Geelong get from the umpires.
Will that make things better or worse for us?

About time someone did- Diverfield and duckwood the most protected species in AFL history

 

[Soft as malaxos]

Geelong board's preview thread is 'Good vs Evil'

Well they are pretty evil so it’s a fair description of Hawks v Cats.

 

[Agent Smith]

In: Gunston, Scrimshaw
Out: Howe, Coniglio (knee)

 

[Tassie Cryptik]

Hadn't won two on the trot until now, no change.

 

[crazywildhorse]

My last game of seeing the Hawks live unless we make Finals, off to Europe for 7 weeks.

If we beat the Handbaggers I will be still drunk when I get on the plane.Then top up in the airport lounge at Singapore airport, before that god awful 13 hours to London.

Nothing beats handing out a loss to the Handbaggers, I hope Clarko hammers the boys with a “We have nothing to lose” mentality.

Good news, now I won’t be alone stuck at Australian night time with the gang of Euro Geelong flogs.

 

[TBoyleSuperstar]

Go in unchanged. I actually reckon Poppy has been really good over the past few weeks, his forward pressure has been outstanding.
Unless Gunston is absolutely cherry ripe, I'd leave the side as it is.

 

[Changa10]

Hopefully Gunners just needed the one week to freshen up. I'd like to see him back. Who for? NFI, which isn't a bad thing either is it?

Would be nice to get a win against this mob though.

 

[A Cut Above]

No wonder Geelong have been down the last couple of weeks, they've been saving themselves for their Grand Final on Sunday.

What's funny is they desperately need to give Scablett a rest but won't dare knowing how well he plays against us. So long as Duckwood is there the scars of 2008 will continue to fester and games like this will mean a lot more to them than us, and though they'll play out of their skins as usual I expect we will prevail. Geelong have a very soft underbelly and our ability to pressure them into mistakes will be a prelude to their September collapse.

 

[Carl Spackler]

I expect the backline (with a midfield assist) to hold the Cats to around 80 points. So, will the forward line kick straight enough to win? That's the question.

Geelong have averaged 13.8 goals a game and 10.2 behinds for 24 scoring shots a game. The Hawks have averaged 10.9, 10.9 for 21.8. The boys will have to hit those two sitters from dead in front when they tend to miss every match plus pull one or two out of their backsides to give us a winning score.

Defensively, Geelong allow 10.2 goals against per match while the Hawks only allow 8.

Perhaps there's a chance we'll be able to turn up the defensive heat on them enough and get enough offensive output that we'll pull a victory. I reckon there's a good chance the boys can do it.

 

[TylerDurden]

If Gunston feels fit, he will be named.

 

[Mrzohs]

Very happy to see the great man Birchall get thru and Hanarahan input.
Lets not get to far ahead of ourselves 3 goals upto 3qtr time against the pies and a win against the worst performed side over the last month next to goldcoast.

A win this week will have us only 1 game out of the 8 with the crows and bombers facing off. The next 2 weeks cats & lions will test how far we have come. The side is starting to look a lot better with names like Birchall,Wingard,Gunston in.

Gunston - Nash.

 

[Off The Couch]

Gotta love the confidence in this thread
1 v 10 and we’re the winner - has me smiling

I see neither Grimshaw or Moore played for box hill, so the only change will be gunners - unfortunately unless there’s an injury somewhere I can’t see anyone other than Hanners being left out

 

[Carl Spackler]

if gunston comes back then I reckon it’s at Poppy’s expense.

 

[TheFourPillars]

if gunston comes back then I reckon it’s at Poppy’s expense.

Unlikely mate he performs a role no one else does at this stage

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Scrimshaw would have to come back via the twos.

 

[Kanga Commando]

Geelong board's preview thread is 'Good vs Evil'

Seriously headf****d

 

[becalm]

I reckon Gunners will play only because we're still a smoky for Finals. When that chance is gone (if we lose the next two) we'll start resting players for next year.

I can't see him playing this week. When we had the bye he had 2 weeks rest but still he was not right with the injury he
had, whatever that is.