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[Arsene Wenger]

I like to come on our next opponents board to see how you lot are travelling with injuries form etc. I watched you guys on Saturday night and you really seem to be struggling with personnel. Who may come back in this week. ??Should be a very very interesting game. I am not a confident port supporter leading into this week. We have a bad record on your patch.

Whats the feeling like with you cat fans..

cheers

 

[kriso182]

At this stage it looks like we will get Playfair, Ling and Rooke back. Ottens is 50/50.

Will be very tough for us to win. Lucky its at Geelong, gives us a chance.

 

[jmain14]

Whats the feeling like with you cat fans..

my feelings are not very good. I too, am not very confident about this week. injuries are killing us. that along with some of our better players being down.

 

[jmain14]

At this stage it looks like we will get Playfair, Ling and Rooke back.

h back - I thought he was 1 or 2 still away!!??

 

[linga_is_no1]

I dont know who we get back because we are always told someone is coming back and they dont. However with saying that I think Ling,Rooke,Playfair and King are coming back.I think this game will be very intresting I think the cats by 3 goals.

 

[Arsene Wenger]

excuse the ignorance - but what exactly is ur injury list - Well who didnt play last week that would usually get a game?

King, Ling, Ottens, rooke, PLayfair??

We will be close to cull strength minus Brogan and a fit salopek

 

[JUBJUB]

excuse the ignorance - but what exactly is ur injury list - Well who didnt play last week that would usually get a game?

King,Ling,Ottens,D Johnson,S Johnson,Rooke,Playfair,Harley,Enright and Wojcinski.

 

[patdman]

King,Ling,Ottens,D Johnson,S Johnson,Rooke,Playfair,Harley,Enright and Wojcinski.

Jeez, even after all the discussion in the other threads, that is still sad to see.

Still, if we get some of our spine back (playfair, king, ottens would be a nice start ) and Linga comes back, we should give a good showing this week.
Hard to make a comment on this game until we have a real idea on who's coming back.

 

[RoyalBlue]

Come on guys, don't forget you're playing the same team that lost to Collingwood at the dome.

Chins up!

 

[scottydeewah]

I think we will win regardless.

 

[Ricketts]

I'm confident we can turn it around this week.

Playfair would be a massive inclusion.

Port aren't what they were in 2004,2003,2002 so i reckon we can win.

 

[Kegs44]

If we get Playfair and Ling back i think we will win. Playfair just gives our forward line such a better structure and we have really missed that and we all know how good Lingy is. Its not just what he does but the believe he gives others with his leadership etc.

 

[Mr Magoo]

Good luck to you guys this week as i have a soft spot for Geelong considering i'm related to a few of your players from the 1970's-80's. Also a few people in my family have barracked for Geelong their whole life, so best of luck to you guys this week and hopefully you guys can go all the way this year and win the big one.

It should be a very good game as i can see the following match up among others
Scarlett - Tredrea (He always does a good job on Tredders too)
K Cornes - Ling (possibly)
Ablett - Wanganeen (Possibly)

 

[Copernicus]

Geez a few of those back would help. I'm not at all confident but hopefully with a few top-flight inclusions we'll give a better showing than last week. Thank god it's at home. The heart says us by about two goals....

 

[outback jack]

big win coming up boys and girls, port power won last week, so you're just about guaranteed to win this one.

 

[tusk]

It wasn't that long ago that we lost to Freo @ SS.

Not only do we need to get some KP players back but we need to get some consistent form throughout the list. That means the likes of Bartel, Ablett need to show a 4 quarter effort.

 

[catempire]

Injury update from Herald Sun:

GEELONG
Brad Ottens (groin) test
David Johnson (hamstring) test
Steve Johnson (ankle) test
Henry Playfair (jaw) test
Corey Enright (knee) 2 weeks
Matt McCarthy (shoulder) test
Tom Harley (leg) test
David Wojcinski (knee) season
Steven King (calf) test
Jarad Rooke (thigh) test

 

[tusk]

That list is starting to look a bit better.

Lets hope that a few of those tests transfer into healthy inclusions back into the squad.

 

[kriso182]

Injury update from Herald Sun:

GEELONG
Brad Ottens (groin) test
David Johnson (hamstring) test
Steve Johnson (ankle) test
Henry Playfair (jaw) test
Corey Enright (knee) 2 weeks
Matt McCarthy (shoulder) test
Tom Harley (leg) test
David Wojcinski (knee) season
Steven King (calf) test
Jarad Rooke (thigh) test

Actually;
Harley was listed as 1-2 weeks
Enright was listed as 3 weeks
McCarthy was listed as 4 weeks

 

[LongBomb]

I'd love to see Steve Johnson out there.
Just the spark we could do with at the moment.

 

[catempire]

Actually;
Harley was listed as 1-2 weeks
Enright was listed as 3 weeks
McCarthy was listed as 4 weeks

Not in the herald sun they weren't (http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/results/0,8058,aflInjuries,00.html). It appears there's a discrepency between it and other lists going around though so probably wise to take it with a grain of salt.

 

[Hulk_Hawkins]

Not in the herald sun they weren't (http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/results/0,8058,aflInjuries,00.html). It appears there's a discrepency between it and other lists going around though so probably wise to take it with a grain of salt.

Not holding out much hope for at least 1/2 of those players playing this week, but it would be great. I think at least we can expect King, Ling, Rooke to play with question marks over DJ, SJ & H - maybe another week away. Ottens could be the big unkown here, not sure of the extent of his injury yet - does anyone know if he has trained?

 

[cats2rise]

Who would you want to come out of the team though?? Egan.. rahilly.. Blake???

 

[D0nk]

It's been very slow for any news on the GFC website this week. Last story was on Sunday with Thompson saying that Ling, Rooke and Playfair are most likely to return.

Well well well, just as I speak

This from the GFC website:

Injury crisis easing
3:33:54 PM Wed 13 July, 2005
Paul Gough
Sportal for afl.com.au

The injury crisis at Geelong appears to have passed with the Cats expected to regain several stars for Saturday's crunch game against Port Adelaide at Skilled Stadium.

The Cats had more than a dozen players out injured last week and were forced to make three late changes just before their nine-goal loss to Sydney while several players also went into that game suffering from flu.

So bad was the Cats' injury situation that the club's VFL side featured just four senior listed Geelong players so it was little wonder that Geelong coach Mark Thompson was a relieved man on Wednesday night as he pondered the return of up to half a dozen key players.

"Last week was a disaster, to be honest," he said.

"We only had 24 vying for a game and three others had flu during the game."

But Thompson said the Cats were expected to welcome back two of their late withdrawals from last week in Cameron Ling (flu) and Jared Rooke (thigh) as well as David Johnson (hamstring), Henry Playfair (jaw) and Andrew Mackie (leg).

"It will be good to have a few fit players back this week and we should get a few more back next week as well," he said.

And skipper Steven King, who was a late withdrawal last week with a calf injury, is also a chance to return.

"He is a pretty reasonable chance to play and if he gets through training he will play," Thompson said of his skipper.

However Brad Ottens is still at least another week away with Thompson denying the former Tiger was suffering from the dreaded osteitis pubis groin condition.

"He has had a muscle tear which has put pressure on that area but it's not full blown osteitis," Thompson said.

Thompson said key forward Steve Johnson, who has missed much of the season with ankle problems, would also return this week but would resume via the VFL.

Despite the Cats' injury problems, Thompson was disappointed with last week's nine goal loss to Sydney - particularly the second term when they conceded nine goals to two.

"It doesn't matter where your team is at, you can't afford to allow a team to kick nine goals in one quarter," he said.

And although the Cats are still third, despite four losses in their past six games, they are just one and a half games in front of 10th-placed Port so there is no room for error on Saturday.

"It is a very important game for us," Thompson said.

"We are at nine wins and six losses at the moment so we are a chance to get to 10-6 or drop to 9-7 but obviously some of those other teams that are on 9-6 at the moment (Sydney, Kangaroos and Melbourne) are going to win so we have to win to stay where we are on the ladder at the moment."

How much better does it feel to hear that?

 

[Kegs44]

Bloody good indeed. Wish Steve Johnson was returning via AFL though. Oh well.