How do we beat the Cats? That depends on how good Stewie Dew and Stewie Maxfield are with baseball bats in the Cats' dressing room.
How do we beat the Cats? That depends on how good Stewie Dew and Stewie Maxfield are with baseball bats in the Cats' dressing room.
On a very serious note ..... who do we beat the Cats with!
As I see it, we have 18 who are pretty much assured of places. Then we have White, Everitt, Lamb, Mitchell and Morton (he has been declared ready for selection this weekend) and Rohan. Six players and 4 spots available! Which 2 are going to miss out? I would say definitely White and Rohan in, possibly Everitt too. I want Lamb to stay in but how can you leave Mitchell out this week too, and it would be good for Morton, the forgotten one, to get a game. I am so thankful that I am not a selector!!!!
Excellent analysis of the way to beat Geelong. They prey on the fact that 90% of the time the opposition bomb the ball into the forward line and that's were they get most of their drive from. Even though Tippett is very good he will not be able to handle Harry Taylor plus Enright or another Geelong player coming over the top in marking contests. The Swans need to be much smarter with their forward entries. Benny Mcglynn becomes a very important player against Geelong.
Sadly, I don't think Morton will get another run and I think Lamb will go for Mitchell as great as I think they are.
White is cementing himself in the team further every week. His defensive work, marking, work around the ground and imposing presence are excellent. Seems to have a great partnership going with Tippett as well. Don't know if he'll be ensconced deep enough to hold off Goodes though!
Everitt is needed for height down back and ability to swing forward. I think he's safe for now, at least until Reid comes back. Even then, I doubt Horse will toy with a working and settled back 6.
Next week will be even harder if tonight's injury update was anything to go by. Who would you drop for Jetta if he goes well this weekend? Is it Rohan v Jetta or do we play two speedsters? I suspect one of these two will probably be the sub for every game from now. However, I hope Rohan gets a full game this week so he gets a real chance to show what he can do. And where does Reid fit in?
Some very good players are going to lose their spots or miss out in the coming weeks. We will certainly have the most imposing emergencies in the AFL!
Why is Simmonds Stadium so difficult to win at? Shallow pockets? Winds? Hostile crowd? Seems they historically have a ridiculous home ground advantage.
All of the above. After the recent decline at home by West Coast and Adelaide, Geelong arguably have last claim in the AFL on the word "fortress".
We did, however, beat them there a couple of years ago.
The simple answer to the question posed in this thread title is that we have to score more points than them. Therein lies the key for mine. Restrict their scoring opportunities and rely on our good average in season long scoreboard pressure. We are probably going to score at least 80-85 points which means that restricting them to 12 goals should see us over the line.
Some hard tagging and 2005-style contested footy.
Their home ground advantage, 40 wins out of the last 41 games played, is probably inflated by the fact that teams like Ess, Coll, Carl, Haw, rich don't play down there. More often than not games down there in recent years have been against interstate teams (travel factor) or hopelessly undermanned Vic teams (Melbourne )
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On that basis our season average points against of 74.5 should get us home.
Spot on , Doc J. Fewer tickets available for away fans at KP,too. I cannot go this week , but in the past it has been fun to be amongst "hostile" fans.
Geelong deservedly start favourites , but there is no reason for us to fear them.
Here's an idea - get Benny to tag Selwood. So if you don't enjoy the football game , you can enjoy the "fireworks display".
The fascinating thing on the McGlynn match up on Selwood is whether our little man can lower the usual number of head high free kicks Selwood gets awarded each week.
Didn't Mcglynn play on Selwood, and beat him , last time we knocked them off down there ?
I think we need to try and lock down on a number of their players..
McGlynn to Selwood (bash and crash all day)
Shaw to Stevie J (Run off him)
McVeigh to Christinsen..sp? (Hurt him the other way)
Smith to Motlop (smother him)
Bird to ummmm....someone ( maybe to one of their halfbacks...Enright perhaps)
Any,way I think we have plenty of run-with type players to man them up effectively....
Then all we have to do is score more goals than them ...Easy......not.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT
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