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zippadeee

zippadeee

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All year we heard of mr sport science, David Buffiant
Maybe he isn't as good as he thinks he is, couldn't get Jolly going all season, had to send skinny back to arizona mid-season and dutchy holland part 2 Dawes couldn't recover from a calf after 2 months missing.
Where was his science going into the finals?
Is there a science that can make Didak & Davis put there heads into a contest?
For a super fit side they run out of puff with 6 weeks in the season to go.
Collingwood would have a 100 flags if the GF was played in April.
But it's not his fault, his at Collingwood, they couldn't win a flag with Hafey.
They sooked that they trained too hard leading up to the GF. Only Collingwood.
 
IIRC they went really hard in the NAB Cup playing alot of their stars. 4 extra weeks going hard there and starting to fail in the last 4 games?
 
All I can say is they were lucky they came up against a crap side in St kilda last or else they would still have the wobbles.

Collingwood and Geelong are lucky they have been decent sides in an overall comp talent low period.
 
GEDS1 said:
All I can say is they were lucky they came up against a crap side in St kilda last or else they would still have the wobbles.

Collingwood and Geelong are lucky they have been decent sides in an overall comp talent low period.
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U seriously think Geelong have been lucky? They would have beaten many good sides over the years. Though i think Brisbane may have had them covered at both teams peaks.
 
tigs2010 said:
U seriously think Geelong have been lucky? They would have beaten many good sides over the years. Though i think Brisbane may have had them covered at both teams peaks.
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Yep that Geelong side yesterday wasn't great and yes the Lions would have them easily covered just like Hawthorn did a couple of years ago.

That Lions team was a premiership team.
 
GEDS1 said:
Yep that Geelong side yesterday wasn't great and yes the Lions would have them easily covered just like Hawthorn did a couple of years ago.

That Lions team was a premiership team.
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The Cats have won 105 out of 125 games over the last 5 years (84%!! :eek:) .

A record that neither Brisbane, Essendon or Hawthorn could match in their heyday.
 
GEDS1 said:
Yep that Geelong side yesterday wasn't great and yes the Lions would have them easily covered just like Hawthorn did a couple of years ago.

That Lions team was a premiership team.
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Their side yesterday wasn't great but their other premiership teams were fantastic. Hawthorn fell over the line. Cats kick straight and history is changed.

JR8 said:
The Cats have won 105 out of 125 games over the last 5 years (84%!! :eek:) .

A record that neither Brisbane, Essendon or Hawthorn could match in their heyday.
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IMO Brisbane could have if they wanted to. They nursed their way through seasons to make sure they won each grand final.

Cats may have a better premiership record if they had done the same. Who knows.
 
What I liked about this GF was that after all the cr@p about fitness, strategies, and what-have-you, it was the skills which won it for Geelong.

This is a great team. As I wrote in another thread, they are the first team to win premierships four years apart since Richmond in 1969 and 1973 (and they won one in the middle which we didn't do). It may be a meaningless stat, and it is certainly an anomaly that Hawthorn didn't manage it between 1983 and 1991 despite winning five premierships across those nine seasons, but it is a measure of how difficult it is to maintain that greatness and hunger over an extended period, draft or no draft.
 
Joel Selwood has played in 4 grand finals in 5 years...and played in a prelim every year since his debut season. That record is pretty impressive and demonstrates how good Geelong have been.
 
JR8 said:
The Cats have won 105 out of 125 games over the last 5 years (84%!! :eek:) .

A record that neither Brisbane, Essendon or Hawthorn could match in their heyday.
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Yep they deserve to be right up there. Have maintained a very high standard over 5 years.
 
its fair to say bomber thompson cost them another one last year and another was pinched of them by hawthorn

great team
 
I wish we were as "lucky" as Geelong and Collingwood!
 
LidsBling&Cotch said:
its fair to say bomber thompson cost them another one last year and another was pinched of them by hawthorn

great team
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Any reasoning behind that? History shows it's very hard to win back to back flags which puts Brisbane's recent effort in perspective.
 
I think Geelong is now the greatest team of the modern era.

Brisbane terrific side but never actually topped the ladder which counts against them IMO in terms of invincibility.

Looking back I think Thompson probably was a big factor in them losing in 2008 and 2010. Never had a plan B and it counted when things went awry in those years. Also his behaviour last year was all about me rather than team. Cats must love the fact they have someone like Scott.

Maybe Brayshaw got the Scotts confused two years ago.
 
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