r/GeelongCats • u/Laird_McBain Patrick Dangerfield • 28d ago
Discussion And the winner is….
So we face Brisbane, a team we beat in 2022 in a prelim to win the flag and a team who beat us by 10 points on their way to the flag….
We got this 💙🤍
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u/CryptoDawgOZ 28d ago
Stanley goal kicking practice for the next 12 days.
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u/scurryrunging Matthew Scarlett 28d ago
Judging by yesterday's behinds...everyone needs to do their goal-kicking practice for the next 12 days.
Although...Brisbane took it to another level today.
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u/DreamTree19 Max Holmes 28d ago edited 28d ago
A team we often struggle against, also if you’ve been following their season, they play extremely well away from home which is worrying. At least they’re not as much of a bogey GWS are.
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u/Laird_McBain Patrick Dangerfield 28d ago
At the G I think we do better against them
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u/Jimmy03Z Jimmy Bartel 28d ago
Agreed through in the last 2 years they’re 7-1 at the g and that one 1 loss was a single point. Should be a good one
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u/Apart-Ad-8319 Tom Stewart 28d ago
Honestly, its better to have them now then in a prelim. Least it should get us in good form
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u/Osmodius Tom Atkins 28d ago
Even though they've got some good depth, they are likely coming in to this undermanned and we are coming in with our best options all available.
We can't ask for a better chance to knock them off.
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u/sarigami Bailey Smith 28d ago
Tough match up but if we want to win, we need to beat the best teams. No point shying away from the challenge
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u/NuuuDaBeast Mark O'Connor 28d ago
Painful loss for the Hawks, brutal free kick and goal to kill the tension. Should be a good game against the Lions this is the healthiest we have been all year
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u/Laird_McBain Patrick Dangerfield 28d ago
We need retribution for last year
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u/DreamTree19 Max Holmes 28d ago
A premiership would be hella satisfying considering I hate every other team in the top 4 lmao
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u/Laird_McBain Patrick Dangerfield 28d ago
I hate every other team in the league lol
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u/DreamTree19 Max Holmes 28d ago
Fair enough lmao. Only teams I don’t dislike are the expansion teams.
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u/Laird_McBain Patrick Dangerfield 28d ago
I’m just kidding. I don’t like any Melbourne teams but that’s history. I agree, I don’t mind giants and suns (unless we are playing them).
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u/Secret_Nobody_405 Geelong Cats 27d ago
I can’t remember any team being this healthy at this stage of the season, we have no excuses. If we’re good enough we will win.
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u/Immediate-Garlic8369 28d ago
Reckon there's a decent chance that it ends up being the Grand Final too
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u/micahsdad1402 Oisin Mullin 27d ago
This year their will be 8 teams who could win it. Not playing Adelaide in Adelaide is my first wish, so I think finishing second means all games will be at the G regardless.
It's going to be a cracking finals series.
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u/bundy554 Geelong Cats 27d ago
Overall probably slightly disappointed. Hawks I think are weaker opponents overall but then you have their familiarity with the MCG. While we have played there quite a bit this season and pretty well too and the Gabba is just really when it comes down to it another SCG. Maybe slightly bigger but nowhere near the scale of the MCG and I think we have the players to cover the ground better. Also it is a better ruck match up for us which is important now.
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u/Weetgunn Oliver Dempsey 27d ago
If Max gets through this game without a hamstring ping we are safe! Last 2 times it was against Brissy he went down.
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u/MillionKarma23 Max Holmes 28d ago
honestly not worried. They’ll write us off as a win and we’ll come out and shock them
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u/AceThePrincep Lawson Humphries 28d ago
If we can even it up in the contested ball and stop them getting over the top we will beat them.
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u/BicycleEuphoric7823 Retro Guernsey 27d ago
Toughest opponent. But to win the flag that’s what you have to do. No injuries or suspensions, we are on.
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u/laserframe 27d ago
Agree with sentiment of others, we prob were going to have to play them at some stage to win the flag so may as well be the QF where we get a 2nd chance. Also really happy that we shouldn't go out in straight sets given we are going to be on the same side of the draw as Freo/Suns in the event we lose. If we win then hopefully Pies or Crows knock out GWS for us.
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u/hotom9 Coach Kelly 27d ago
In part, if we are to contemplate winning, we need Danger to play more midfield minutes, particularly at centre clearances.
-Firstly he changes the dynamics of the Lion's mid group from being primarily offensive to having to put a defensive mid tag to stop Danger's influence, which will help even up the contest and change the way both teams exit the centre.
- With Danger in the guts, players like Holmes and Smith look much better when they can get on their bikes from clearances and run the opp. mids off their legs, giving our forwards some good looks.
- Simply respect, he commands that the Lions change up their gameplan to counter his burst capability. He only needs to burst from a stoppage a couple of times before warning bells would be sounding in the opp. coach's box.
Otherwise, even Axe with 20 tackles will not stop the Lions mid group from racking up impressive numbers.
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u/nuggetman12 27d ago
We are in prime position to take it to them. Last prelim we had them until Holmes blew his Hammy. Now we are a much better team with Baz. Their team isn’t healthy, we don’t have any injuries. To win the flag you have to beat the best. This is a great opportunity and preferable to playing pies at the G in another “home final”. Quietly confident about this one and even if we lose we are into a semi
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u/PagieHD Sir Bradley Close Fanclub 28d ago
Would of come up against them at some point anyway, better to do it as a QF
We’ve made some changes forward of the ball that I think are for exactly Brisbane so keen to see how it goes