what we learnt

[Bojangles17]

That once again Geelong will be a pretty formidable side up until at least Queens B'day

Any less that 100% effort from the tiges wont cut it

Browny will return to his brilliant best

Polak will be good, 20 possies was a good hitout, love to see his big mits around the leather a little further up the ground

Polo , your excused

Howat, " "

Foley, " "

Knobel proved he has little to offer, immdeiately get some games into young Angus

Without talls in Simmo, sarge, KK, B2 absent we had a limp looking forward line with richo looking like an engine out of tune...this is where our upside will come from.

MIA, Krak...were you out there young fella?

all in all , a p#$ poor performance...had we known that result was on the cards...5 or 6 kids should have been played

 

[Prodigal Sons]

As a Cats supporter I thought this might be one of the closer games of the round.

Just can't help but scratch my head at some of the comments made by your coach during the game when they crossed to the box ....

"We're not playing well in the conditions" ???? What conditions ???? It was dry / only a couple goal wind to one end /

"We're trying a few things today - like Tuck in the ruck" ....good luck if he plans on trying that during the year !

Best of luck for 2007

 

[Bojangles17]

As a Cats supporter I thought this might be one of the closer games of the round.

Just can't help but scratch my head at some of the comments made by your coach during the game when they crossed to the box ....

"We're not playing well in the conditions" ???? What conditions ???? It was dry / only a couple goal wind to one end /

"We're trying a few things today - like Tuck in the ruck" ....good luck if he plans on trying that during the year !

Best of luck for 2007

thx pal. i really think the cats would have touched up anyone today on their own dung heap, only the margin would have varied

 

[tugga]

That once again Geelong will be a pretty formidable side up until at least Queens B'day

Any less that 100% effort from the tiges wont cut it

Browny will return to his brilliant best

Polak will be good, 20 possies was a good hitout, love to see his big mits around the leather a little further up the ground

Polo , your excused

Howat, " "

Foley, " "

Knobel proved he has little to offer, immdeiately get some games into young Angus

Without talls in Simmo, sarge, KK, B2 absent we had a limp looking forward line with richo looking like an engine out of tune...this is where our upside will come from.

MIA, Krak...were you out there young fella?

all in all , a p#$ poor performance...had we known that result was on the cards...5 or 6 kids should have been played

Pretty good summation there BJ17. As much as I love the big man, I'll stand by the comment that we will never win a premiership with Richo playing. Two more years for the loveable scamp at best.

 

[SkiddyMcGhee]

Also that Hartigan, Jackson + to a lesser extent Moore are on very thin ice already.....

 

[Stripes666]

We learnt Deledio is quality. Bounced back well after he was tagged early

White, Jackson and Moore have little to offer the club and IMO are playing for their carrears

Tambling looked good early but faded away.

Need our backs to play smarter and harder.

Without Simmonds our ruck stocks are depleted.

New hands in the back rules will affect the backs in a big way. IMO if the umpires arent to touchy on it then itll be positive.

 

[PLSC]

i dont understand why we had guys like mcguane and riewoldt in the curtain raiser when we had no tall options in the senior game

people would be wrapped richo is injured because hacksley was bought in for "cover" well i think tuck playing in the ruck shows where our psd pick shouldve gone

 

[Calcium Man]

Also that Hartigan, Jackson + to a lesser extent Moore are on very thin ice already.....

Moore was alright!! Did a job. I think he just needs time with the big boys!!

The other two i agree with. Hartigan looks well out of his depth at this level.

I've always had high hopes for jackson to become that tough nut we need but clearly is not good enough!!

 

[gocats88]

when will thursfield be back you really need him darren gaspar looked really bad playing on ottens t'day

 

[Bojangles17]

i dont understand why we had guys like mcguane and riewoldt in the curtain raiser when we had no tall options in the senior game

theyll get there chances over next few weeks...Jackson and Moore looked ordinary

 

[Calcium Man]

when will thursfield be back you really need him darren gaspar looked really bad playing on ottens t'day

Thursty i think comes back about rd 1. Im not sure i i would want him on Ottens as he would give away a fair bit of hieght. Then again a better option then gasper who is clearly past it, especially with this new in the back law!!

 

[Stripes666]

Maybe it was unwise to think that the addition of Polak would equal a fine backline. There are still obvious problems.

 

[Truetiger]

We learnt Deledio is quality. Bounced back well after he was tagged early

White, Jackson and Moore have little to offer the club and IMO are playing for their carrears

Tambling looked good early but faded away.

Need our backs to play smarter and harder.

Without Simmonds our ruck stocks are depleted.

New hands in the back rules will affect the backs in a big way. IMO if the umpires arent to touchy on it then itll be positive.

Your An idiot as well. White is a young player who has not been with us that long. To say he is playing for his career is just stupid. Shows to me you know ******** all about football. White will be a good player give the kid a go.

 

[davey_23]

Gaspar
Meyer
Jackson
Hyde
Hartigan

Are all not up to it.

 

[PLSC]

meyer is up to it not sure if he wants to be up to it

 

[davey_23]

meyer is up to it not sure if he wants to be up to it

He would be up to it if he had somes strengh, courage and a good attitude.

 

[Calcium Man]

meyer is up to it not sure if he wants to be up to it

My thoughts and my worry!!

He could be an exceptional player i feel but something is not right.

 

[blxx]

meyer and tambo just need one more thing and they'd be legends...

GOOLIES

 

[davey_23]

meyer and tambo just need one more thing and they'd be legends...

GOOLIES

I agree

 

[itsintheblood]

That once again Geelong will be a pretty formidable side up until at least Queens B'day

Any less that 100% effort from the tiges wont cut it

Browny will return to his brilliant best

Polak will be good, 20 possies was a good hitout, love to see his big mits around the leather a little further up the ground

Polo , your excused

Howat, " "

Foley, " "

Knobel proved he has little to offer, immdeiately get some games into young Angus

Without talls in Simmo, sarge, KK, B2 absent we had a limp looking forward line with richo looking like an engine out of tune...this is where our upside will come from.

MIA, Krak...were you out there young fella?

all in all , a p#$ poor performance...had we known that result was on the cards...5 or 6 kids should have been played

Players who add nothing and should go at end of 07

Krak, knobel, moore, hartigan, gaspar. On notice, pettifer. Very disappointing today.

 

[PLSC]

meh give meyer time i see him as a robert murphy type who took ages also

murphy still looks like a kid but is very smart hopefully meyer is the same

 

[_RT_]

We learnt that we have a long way to go to match it with the better teams even without compensating for the guys who missed our lower end players anre not capable of matching it with teams in the 8 and their lower end players.

 

[Bojangles17]

Maybe it was unwise to think that the addition of Polak would equal a fine backline. There are still obvious problems.

B2 will add some finesse, Newman and Polak with some games under their belts are all going to add something

 

[DanA]

I think you blokes are being a bit negative.

* Foley looked all class and will be a great player for you guys this year.
* Newman has recovered well
* Deledio didn't do much but in the second half he showed how good he is
* Same for Nathan Brown

I was dissapointed JON was not selected.

Your biggest problem is Ruck depth. Noble is just not ready to be your No.1 ruckmen and using Tuck in there is just criminal. Lets hope Simmonds returns round 1 and is not underdone.


Remebering Geelong picked their best 22. Chappy, Rooke & Gamble were all injured and Steve Johnson is out until round 6. So you did not do too badly.

 

[Bojangles17]

I think you blokes are being a bit negative.

* Foley looked all class and will be a great player for you guys this year.
* Newman has recovered well
* Deledio didn't do much but in the second half he showed how good he is
* Same for Nathan Brown

I was dissapointed JON was not selected.

Your biggest problem is Ruck depth. Noble is just not ready to be your No.1 ruckmen and using Tuck in there is just criminal. Lets hope Simmonds returns round 1 and is not underdone.


Remebering Geelong picked their best 22. Chappy, Rooke & Gamble were all injured and Steve Johnson is out until round 6. So you did not do too badly.

thx dana, your being a bit kind, but I agree on one thing the Cats were very good and would have trounced just about anyone at Kadinia pk yesterday....we gutsed out the game where at one stage it looked like it could get real ugly...and with talls set to return id be keeping my powder dry on assessing the tiges prospects until then