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Seems to me to me that as we Geelong supporters get closer to the big stage we are almost taking a back seat to Port in terms of arrogance and confidence. Not suggesting we resort to the crap that Mark Williams Chad Cornes and Co have been dribbling but I certainly think we should be more confident than many posters on here appear to be.
fact: we're the #1 attacking side in the afl
fact: we're the #1 defensive side in the afl
fact: we're one of the best clearance sides in the afl
fact: we're one of the best tackling sides in the afl
fact: we have arguably the best 2-3 midfielders on form (ablett - bartel - corey dominated brownlow voting over the 22 weeks)
fact: bookies have us red hot favouries $1.30 to Port $3.50 (they can't have the market framed that poorly)
fact: yes - Port have a slight advantage with Brogan and Lade but it was only worth a narrow victory a few weeks back.
fact: in that same game we were missing a brownlow medallist - all australian and the 2007 rising star (and propably 80+ quality stats) and got beaten with the last kick of the day)
I honestly think we played our grand final last week in terms of some players being over-awed by the occasion. You can't tell me that Ling Chapman Selwood Mackie and others will play 2 games like that in a row.
That Pies game is arguably the best hitout we could have had - whereas Port were running around high fiving each other from after half time. Both sides come from a "fish-bowl" environment where the weight of expectation is massive - so I don't subscribe to Chad Cornes theory that we have more to lose (it's a grand final for gods sake) You don't honestly thing at the 20 minute mark of the final qtr Gary Ablett Jnr will be thinking about what Gary Ablett Snr did out there in 1989 ?????
I think Port can argue a slight advantage in the ruck and 10 players with premiership experience - as for the latter, once the first 5 minutes are out of the way it's irrelavent.
So please - can we see more positive commentary from our own and let's not get sucked into the mind games before the ball is even bounced.
Something horrible will have to go wrong for us not to be very excited come 5.30pm on Saturday.
Seems to me to me that as we Geelong supporters get closer to the big stage we are almost taking a back seat to Port in terms of arrogance and confidence. Not suggesting we resort to the crap that Mark Williams Chad Cornes and Co have been dribbling but I certainly think we should be more confident than many posters on here appear to be.
fact: we're the #1 attacking side in the afl
fact: we're the #1 defensive side in the afl
fact: we're one of the best clearance sides in the afl
fact: we're one of the best tackling sides in the afl
fact: we have arguably the best 2-3 midfielders on form (ablett - bartel - corey dominated brownlow voting over the 22 weeks)
fact: bookies have us red hot favouries $1.30 to Port $3.50 (they can't have the market framed that poorly)
fact: yes - Port have a slight advantage with Brogan and Lade but it was only worth a narrow victory a few weeks back.
fact: in that same game we were missing a brownlow medallist - all australian and the 2007 rising star (and propably 80+ quality stats) and got beaten with the last kick of the day)
I honestly think we played our grand final last week in terms of some players being over-awed by the occasion. You can't tell me that Ling Chapman Selwood Mackie and others will play 2 games like that in a row.
That Pies game is arguably the best hitout we could have had - whereas Port were running around high fiving each other from after half time. Both sides come from a "fish-bowl" environment where the weight of expectation is massive - so I don't subscribe to Chad Cornes theory that we have more to lose (it's a grand final for gods sake) You don't honestly thing at the 20 minute mark of the final qtr Gary Ablett Jnr will be thinking about what Gary Ablett Snr did out there in 1989 ?????
I think Port can argue a slight advantage in the ruck and 10 players with premiership experience - as for the latter, once the first 5 minutes are out of the way it's irrelavent.
So please - can we see more positive commentary from our own and let's not get sucked into the mind games before the ball is even bounced.
Something horrible will have to go wrong for us not to be very excited come 5.30pm on Saturday.
Read in the Herald Sun that the last time a team won a PF by 80+ points they crashed and burned in the grand final to the tune of 61 points.
Port Adelaide beat the Kangaroos by 87 points in a final in 2005. The following week they played the team who finished the H&A season on top of the ladder and were thrashed by 83 points. Their margin over the Roos last week? 87 points, and we all know where Geelong finished on the ladder after the H&A season.
It's been a while since I recieved my membership pack, and for the last few months I've had no idea where my stickers and such had gone. I'd also woken up after a big one the night after we beat the hapless kangaroos, and checking my wallet, I had no idea where my membership card was. I assumed that I had been showing it off all night, and had misplaced it somewhere.
Well, today, it was a bit cold, so I decided I'd wear my jacket. I reached into my jacket pocket, and there was my membership card! Score = 1. When I got home, I decided I'd have a look for my members pack, and I'd wear some members stickers on whatever I wear on grand final day... Now, my house is a ****ing pig sty, and it's hard to find the sink, let alone a tiny members pack... But guess what, underneath the first pile of junk I turned over, there was my members pack, and to make the find even sweeter, all the stickers and what not were inside the plastic envelope - all still in perfect condition!!! Score = 2!!!
How happy I am! Anyway, just thought I'd share that with you guys! The signs are looking good! I'm optimistic! GO THE MIGHTY CATTERS!
