Cripps and Hayes missing EVERYTHING from reasonable straight-forward set shots certainly didn't help...

I thought Saad played well also.
With Cripps, Harry and Weiters all down we were never going to beat the Cats.

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It was a very quiet train trip home.

Pre match the supporters were buzzing.

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Thought that was the biggest factor for the night, Cats kept the ball moving forward and gained territory and we could not. Fix that and the intercept marks, the undisciplined 50s and in it up to our eyeballs
Super disappointing, but hopefully we learnt a lot
Next 3 weeks will tell a lot…..

Some players are are judged on higher standards I guess. Walsh had 33 at 88%. 12 contested, 8 clearances and 5 score involvements
Thought he was easily our best. Fisher & Charlie also pretty good and probably next best

We certainly need more foot speed around the pill
Other than Fisher we don’t have leg speed in the middle
Cripps
Walsh
Kennedy
Cerra
Hewett
Are not quick

I would love Saad to play further up the ground
I thought Stocker played well last night
With Williams back it gives us the opportunity to try it
Look at Atkins lately
Geelong were massacred in the middle in the preliminary last year
Scott went to work and addressed the problem by playing Atkins there this year after he had played in defence
We are very one paced in the middle

Obviously Cats are the more hardened, physically mature , experience thence poised in the heat of the contest.
We played reasonably well, in patches , it wasn’t a horrible game just not up to knocking off a quality 2022 top 4 team and Cup contender.
The challenge now for the Baggers is to not to drop their bundle, go on to defeat GWS & Crows.
As long as we get a taste of finals action it’s the cream on the top of an extraordinary revival & turn around on and off the field in 2022.

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The second high free to Selwood in the middle of the ground when he was clearly HTB . Drove me flower bonkers.

I think you mean Fisher. He got plenty of the ball but his disposal and decision making wasn't great.
I thought Walsh was our best. Kennedy, TDK, Charlie early. Our best pressure came from Motlop. I though he was good.
I'm not sold on Durdin. I haven't liked his last month of football.
IMO Jack Martin is our best small forward and we cannot get him back soon enough.
Jack SOS would be well served just going back to basics. He had a couple of clangers early and a few undisciplined acts.
They outplayed us. We can tidy up a few areas and hopefully with a few senior bodies back be better for it in finals.

Hayes having a poor game doesn't make LOB a good player. Just means they are both shit.

A good wake up call for the club. It’s a sign of how far we’ve come that we’re this disappointed.

I think the positive thing is Geelong can’t play much better than that and we’ve got lots to improve on.

Watched the replay and couldn’t help but lose it at what was the constant rough end we got from the umps. Every HTB or incorrect disposal was let go for Geelong whilst we were constantly pinged.

And as for the defending of Selwood by Carey and co. “Oh it’s ok because he puts his head over in”. Players should not be rewarded for leading with their heads. If you had an U12 doing it, you’d tell them to stop.
He is worse than Ginnivan yet is constantly rewarded.

I really hope the club takes a stand and asks for a few please explains.

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As strange as it sounds I believe we are missing Boyd. He was the BP missing link for us. He could lockdown on a Stengle and his run, speed and elite ball use made us better

We need Boyd McGovern & Williams back before finals. It will make our defence to much better.

B: Boyd Young McGovern
HB: Docherty Weitering Saad (Williams)

Is as good as any and so much better than having Plowman Stocker Newman and Newnes plying down there

And of course the Saints game.


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Meanwhile Cripps catches a head high bump while bending for the ball and it's crickets from the umpires and commentators.

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We allowed Hawkins to contest a boundary throw in unopposed AND didn’t have a goalkeeper to stop a slow dribble goal. One glaring example of how poor we were last night.

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McGovern may or may not make a difference, but he's played so few games, let alone good games, he is an unknown quantity. A bit the same with Williams really.

Weitering was @#$%&! terrible

McGovern is the only one who could reasonably expect to have an impact this year

Pros:

Thought Walsh was best on ground.
Fisher very good.
Liked Kennedy's competitiveness.
Curnow, Young and De Koning.
Encouraging performance from Motlop.
Someone shut down Duncan. Cottrell?
Hayes showed he can find the ball. Pity he doesn't kick it like O'Brien.

Cons:

Margin flattered Geelong.
Looked outsized and outmuscled. Getting a couple of big boys back will help.
Horrible defensive performance. Geelong kept getting players goalside and in space. They scored every 2nd time the ball got forward. Not going to win allowing that.
Centre clearances.
Unforced turnovers. Can't believe how many times we kicked it out of bounds.
Umpiring was really horrible. Soft undeserved clearances to stagers. And even worse, undeserved free kick goals. Geelong ruckman seemed to be allowed to cross the centre bounce line at will to stop De Koning's leap. Something Pittonet was repeatedly penalised for. Double standards with holding the ball. Etc.
Harry and Weitering. Hard to win when 2 of your best players are ineffectual.
Newman's had a terrific year, but kept turning it over.
Ball seemed to keep bouncing to Geelong's advantage.

Yeah, hard to fault that summary.

Agree with this. I also thought the match up with Blicavs on Cripps was pretty good coaching. Selwood's being playing wing for much of the year, but they really loaded up with their big bodies to counter our strength.