Where do you rate this win?

[Geelong Fella]

Since the streak started back in round 6 2007, in a game coincidently qutie similar to our win over Melbourne, we've had some great wins. Where do you rate this one, obviously the two Grand Final wins will always be top 2. Despite the fact that we might have well have been playing an under 12's team, our skills and ball moment were just phenomanel. My favourite, outside of the GF's will always our win over Hawthorn after the siren in 2009. So where do you rate it?

 

[Willo_]

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I'll answer that question at the end of the season I think...

The tigers win for mine was the win that got us going and up and about... leading to a break thru flag..

If this win has does the same for us and we steamroll our way to a flag I will look back very very fondly at yesterdays game... if we don't then realistically it will just be an awesome win against a pretty bloody ordinary opposition and won't really be rated or mean a hell of a lot.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

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Was the best ive seen them play for a long time. The fact that they went flat out for 4 quarters was great. It's a shame the team are not really recieving much credit for just how good they were. All the talk is on how shit Melbourne were (which they were) but Geelong were just incredible. As close to a perfect game as you can get.

 

[Goggin Our Best]

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Rating it against say our other plus 100 point wins-and there have been quite a few of those . 186 points is a hell of a margin -so it takes a bit of beating .

But personally i thought there were 2 other 100 point demolition jobs which i enjoyed more and i rate higher . The 135 point win against West Coast on their home ground Subiaco is a record that i dont think will be ever broken -to go over there and win by that much -incredible

But my alltime favourite 100 point win has to be the win over North Melbourne in 2007 qualifying final-just the standard of football that day was brilliant -can remember a couple of Wojincski runs-electrifying -and there was a goal i think in 2nd quarter where the ball was taken from deep in defence with a chain of handballs ended up with Mooney -and big Cam kicked this low flat hard drop punt -geez it was an awesome goal

 

[Willo_]

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Rating it against say our other plus 100 point wins-and there have been quite a few of those . 186 points is a hell of a margin -so it takes a bit of beating .

But personally i thought there were 2 other 100 point demolition jobs which i enjoyed more and i rate higher . The 135 point win against West Coast on their home ground Subiaco is a record that i dont think will be ever broken -to go over there and win by that much -incredible

But my alltime favourite 100 point win has to be the win over North Melbourne in 2007 qualifying final-just the standard of football that day was brilliant -can remember a couple of Wojincski runs-electrifying -and there was a goal i think in 2nd quarter where the ball was taken from deep in defence with a chain of handballs ended up with Mooney -and big Cam kicked this low flat hard drop punt -geez it was an awesome goal

The coast to coast goal!!!
I still remember the gasp or reaction when Selwood shimmed around a north player in the middle of that passage.

 

[Geelong Fella]

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What about that one we kicked in the third quarter, when Bartel somehow kept it in, to Enright who looked like a wide reciever with his feet inside the line, Wojo burns off Watts ends with a Stevie J goal

 

[winty]

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Was the best ive seen them play for a long time. The fact that they went flat out for 4 quarters was great. It's a shame the team are not really recieving much credit for just how good they were. All the talk is on how shit Melbourne were (which they were) but Geelong were just incredible. As close to a perfect game as you can get.

I totally agree with the bolded. If you look at the stats, Melbourne laid 82 tackles yesterday and 44% of their possessions were contested (123 out of 282), so it wasn't like they weren't having a dip. They just ran into a white hot team on the day. I don't think the Pies would've got within 10 goals of us yesterday the way we were playing.

 

[LifeSpan-Void]

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I totally agree with the bolded. If you look at the stats, Melbourne laid 82 tackles yesterday and 44% of their possessions were contested (123 out of 282), so it wasn't like they weren't having a dip. They just ran into a white hot team on the day. I don't think the Pies would've got within 10 goals of us yesterday the way we were playing.

We won't get any kudos for the win for the same reason that commentators barrack against us actively in games - we've become a victim of our own standards, and now subject to tall poppy syndrome. The reality is that of all the current teams playing in the comp, Melbourne wouldn't have been in the top 5 candidates for teams likely to get a 150+ point belting from anyone in 2011. it's as if now there's a "Oh, but it was just Geelong" caveat to any loss like we're a team of sorcerers resorting to dabbling in the dark arts to keep winning rather than just being able to play well.

 

[topic97]

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We won't get any kudos for the win for the same reason that commentators barrack against us actively in games - we've become a victim of our own standards, and now subject to tall poppy syndrome. The reality is that of all the current teams playing in the comp, Melbourne wouldn't have been in the top 5 candidates for teams likely to get a 150+ point belting from anyone in 2011. it's as if now there's a "Oh, but it was just Geelong" caveat to any loss like we're a team of sorcerers resorting to dabbling in the dark arts to keep winning rather than just being able to play well.

Yeah I really loved the headlines on the HS "Catch us if you can" etc etc after the pies win yesterday, then our win was all about how bad Melbroune was and not much was said about how good we were.

I think majority of the top teams would have been able to over run the Bombers who were two players down and used their sub by the first quarter.

I just sorta think that I dont really mind the underdog tag for the Cats, if something does happen and we dont make the grand final then we havent been hyped up to be shot down.
But then imagine if we do make the grand final and beat the Pies who will be "red hot favourites"........

 

[fpm84]

To me, yesterday's win was our best four quarter effort since the Subiaco win in 2008. I thought we'd lost the ability to win by 100 points, and I certainly never saw a result like that coming let alone against a team still in a fight for a finals spot.

We were just absolutely breathtaking all day. Everything worked - we broke every tackle, we were kicking goals from everywhere, every single ambitious play (like over-the-head handballs and Varcoe's runs through the middle) came off. It was like poetry in motion! I agree with winty that we would have beaten any other side yesterday.

In terms of 'favourite' games though, I much prefer rewatching closer games... the after the siren win v Hawthorn in 2009 is still my favourite H&A game of all time.

I'll be buying Saturday's game from Name A Game this week though

 

[CF]

a great game for Geelong. I have the 1992 game in my collection and this one will add to it. I do rate this win as bad as Melbourne was, Geelong was amazing.

 

[rocker_oz33]

on a cold winters day in july skilled stadium was on fire.and the buzz at half time when everyone stood and cheered the boys of was amazing.it was great to be there.

 

[rocker_oz33]

And that win was a coach killer as bailey got the boot the day after.

 

[James1970]

Anyone hear Caro on the radio yesterday about the game? - 'The Cat's aren't that good'.

I usually have respect for her, but is just shows just how much envy there seems to be with some in the media at how well we continue to travel. As Corporal Jones would say, let's stick it up 'em!!!

 

[LifeSpan-Void]

Anyone hear Caro on the radio yesterday about the game? - 'The Cat's aren't that good'.

I usually have respect for her, but is just shows just how much envy there seems to be with some in the media at how well we continue to travel. As Corporal Jones would say, let's stick it up 'em!!!

Taking my previous post into account, this game will probably be more significant to Melbourne than it will to Geelong - For us it was business as usual, albeit much more prosperous. For Melbourne, it looms as the game that either makes them or breaks them for the next 10 - 20 years. Caro is a bit out of line by phrasing it negatively to Geelong, but then Richmond has barely given a yelp since 2007's smashing so I guess it is a raw nerve she is drawing from.

 

[Roadie]

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The coast to coast goal!!!
I still remember the gasp or reaction when Selwood shimmed around a north player in the middle of that passage.

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[Shell]

And that win was a coach killer as bailey got the boot the day after.

Lol, I said during the match that I was suprised this didnt happen;

Qrt time: Bailey had the "full support of the board".

Half time: Bailey sacked.


The fact he lasted till the next day was a pretty good effort I thought..

 

[Scruba]

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I was at the game when you smashed us by 101 pts in rd20 last year. I had never seen my team get dominated so much in my 10yrs of watching. I remember Wojo burning off 2-3 of our players after gathering the ball from the centre bounce. ****ing amazing! Good luck for rest of season guys

 

[S for September]

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Wrong thread...

 

[winty]

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Yeah I really loved the headlines on the HS "Catch us if you can" etc etc after the pies win yesterday, then our win was all about how bad Melbroune was and not much was said about how good we were.

I think majority of the top teams would have been able to over run the Bombers who were two players down and used their sub by the first quarter.

I just sorta think that I dont really mind the underdog tag for the Cats, if something does happen and we dont make the grand final then we havent been hyped up to be shot down.
But then imagine if we do make the grand final and beat the Pies who will be "red hot favourites"........

Good post. I find it somewhat funny when the commentators seem to blow their load over anything Collingwood do like they're the best thing since sliced bread, yet openly support whoever we're playing.

I guess after four years of Geelong being at or near the top, all and sundry are getting bored with praising us up, and have jumped on board the new flavour of the month.

Like you, I'm loving being the underdogs at the moment. We're building beautifully for another finals tilt, but the fact no-one seems to be noticing it is sweet. Long may it continue.

After watching the beautifully brilliant brand of hard running, precise, attacking football we displayed on Saturday afternoon first hand, that night's Freo-Hawks game and yesterday's Pies-Bombers games were as boring as batshit in comparison IMO. So much so, I turned the game off halfway through yesterday and watched a DVD.

 

[WinmarToLockett]

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I enjoyed watching the replay of the game. I was expecting to see the most demoralising and pathetic effort by a team ever, given the margin, but I was much more shocked at how great Geelong were than devestated at how terrible Melbourne was.

I'd love to see any team even attempt to match that in a Grand Final.

 

[Willo_]

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Good post. I find it somewhat funny when the commentators seem to blow their load over anything Collingwood do like they're the best thing since sliced bread, yet openly support whoever we're playing.

I guess after four years of Geelong being at or near the top, all and sundry are getting bored with praising us up, and have jumped on board the new flavour of the month.

Like you, I'm loving being the underdogs at the moment. We're building beautifully for another finals tilt, but the fact no-one seems to be noticing it is sweet. Long may it continue.

After watching the beautifully brilliant brand of hard running, precise, attacking football we displayed on Saturday afternoon first hand, that night's Freo-Hawks game and yesterday's Pies-Bombers games were as boring as batshit in comparison IMO. So much so, I turned the game off halfway through yesterday and watched a DVD.

yeah its never us winning and being good.... its always the poor opposition we are playing..

Its becoming a touch frustrating to continually read the different way the games are being reported.... I have said it since the weekend.. We won that game so easy because apparently Melbourne were terrible... If the Pies had won in the exact same circumstances it would have been because of how magnificent they were...

 

[winty]

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I enjoyed watching the replay of the game. I was expecting to see the most demoralising and pathetic effort by a team ever, given the margin, but I was much more shocked at how great Geelong were than devestated at how terrible Melbourne was.

I'd love to see any team even attempt to match that in a Grand Final.

I would love to see us pull out a performance like that against Collingwood on grand final day. Would be the sweetest victory of all if we could smash those arrogant tools on the grandest stage of all.

 

[Tuggacat]

The Pies will always get the good press - they have too many feral supporters to upset. The Herald Sun would lose half its feral readership and Rupert Murdoch would have to close another paper.

 

[oozeboss]

I think that far too much is being made of Melbourne's alleged deficiences & not enough being made of those elements of our performance which were down to us and us alone.

What I saw was tremendous defensive discipline, with outstanding spacing, balance and communication. I saw tremendous endless gut running, with so many players sprinting end to end over and over again (the mid season hard training schedule & that manic bench rotation policy being the primary reasons for that). I saw brutal tackling & smothered kicks from the very get-go (remember that our opening goal came from a scrimmage where we blocked 2 kicks & decked four opposition players before Jimmeh's ferocious attack on the ball won him the free).

I saw enormous creativity, passion & vision, but not to the point of selfishness or showboating. I saw a complete committment to attack, whether we had the ball or we did not. I saw incredible focus and a full four quarters of utter intensity which was unparalleled as long as I can remember (2007 GF, possibly).

I saw, at the end of the game, Geelong players bent over & utterly exhausted because they had given absolutely everything they had.

Melbourne were rubbish because we turned them into rubbish. We hit, ran and worked harder than they could imagine, and we obliterated whatever spirit or faint flickering flame of optimism that they may have had before the game. We ripped their hearts clean out of their collective chests and destroyed them. If you put the finest cuts of meat through a mincer enough times, it still ends up as unedifying slop.

That's what we did to the Melbourne Football Club, and what I fully expect is that the very same ravenous beasts will be unleashed upon the Suns this Saturday.