If thats the case then, I believe our medico's screwed the pooch on that call because there was no way known Meatball shouldve had to attempt to walk from one side of the ground to the other in the state he was in.
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Game Day - Geelong V Richmond
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I'm not taking this one well Jack; I'll admit that. I hate those *smile*. It's bad enough when we lose those games due to our own ineptitude but we were genuinely robbed tonight. We made mistakes but we were slaughtered....now how did I know that answer was forthcoming.................. I hear you mate, trust me, I hear ya.
Ive just mellowed over the years to the point where I refuse to let a game of (today's at least) Football dictate my mood for the next week, isnt worth a heart attack or ulcer, I'd rather be around to see what happens next week to be honest, doesnt mean for a second I'm not shattered by that loss and how it came about, but we'll bounce back, this team has shown me a bit this year that certainly wasn't there last season, so I still remain optimistic we can play Finals.
I can honestly say I have not said that very often.
Holy
!!So now we are entering into Underbelly territory ........... it was "A HIT"
Did anyone notice Gatto, Toby Mitchell or Jakey King in the crowd ?
Robbed like the Great Train mate, I do agree, that umpiring was beyond disgraceful and it makes me sick to the stomach to have to witness (in any game to be honest, but especially our games).
My entire Family (now that Dad is gone) are Geelong supporters mate and my sister is married to a 200 gamer just for fun too and living down here and among them 24/7 isnt much fun either, let me tell you, but gives us that one day a year in Sept (or Oct) when we know what to expect, makes it all worthwhile when you just look at them and smile without a word needed to be said, its pure bliss.
Agree - that was as pointed as I have heard Dimma speak - he was not happy and I reckon this will be our defining game this year and Dimma knows it.
To have to adjust our game after Prestia went down, the team had been rattled early and was shaken by his hit and we were 30 odd points down - to steady and regain our composure and the game was extraordinary, we settled, took control and dominated the game and should have won.
Dimma knows we can beat anyone now and the boys know it to.
Hugo, Junior, Ross and Juddy will learn so much from this game - and for us to nearly win it speaks volumes of the squad. If they are needed for a finals game, todays experience will be invaluable.
Dimma knows finals are more contested games than what we saw tonight and that suits our players more than it does the cats. There is no way Stewart down back and Stengle will be allowed that space and time in a final. Bring it on says the coach, Dimma wants us to play them in a final this year - we will be ready for the fight.
I am really pissed we didn’t win, but we learn more from our losses and we tend not to lose to the same team twice in a season - so I agree with others, this season is wide open and I am more than confident now in our chances to give this season one almighty shake.
We are building some incredible form at the right time of the year - but even though we are still doing so much wrong, ie there is so much improvement left in this team - we can know we can match it with anyone.
Let me guess .......you are on double-secret Probation or day leave from Pentridge ?
Did someone steal your electronic device Dimmbo ?
I wouldnt be sending Gibcus anywhere, he's proven his worth, one game doesn't define his performances or importance to this team, had an off night, kid will be back next week, shows maturity well above his age and he'll be fine, you dont dent his confidence at this stage and rest him or play him in the Magoo's.
That was a good game of footy, exciting to the end and, although I am very p!ssed off at the way the umpires treat us differently, I am hopeful as we just lost a game by less than a kick against a very good team without our best midfielder.
The first quarter and a half we were fumbly, dropped marks and some real missed opportunities. Geelong took advantage of this as we were poor in the first quarter and a half. The only saving grace was that we did restrict Geelong's scoring so they weren't as far ahead as they could have been.
Throughout the whole game there were too many passes which went straight to the opposition. We have to fix this. I don't mean things like a dump kick out of defence under pressure, there's little any player or team can do about those. It's the passes which are short or long and end up right in the lap of the opposition. Every team does this but we do it too often. This is a clear area for improvement.
But what a comeback. Richmond showed that we can play at the level required to win finals and go deep into September. Plenty of good signs there, we wrested control back and managed to get a good lead. Just wasn't enough in the end.
A few bad losses earlier in the year are going to cost us as we should be higher up on the ladder. The *smile* decision not to grant the 50m against Sydney will also likely cost us. But, the loss against Adelaide was probably the worst. In the StKilda game, StKilda took control and we couldn't stop them. The Carlton game they so comprehensively dominated the centre clearances we had no answer. Those 2 were winnable but it was our lack of competitiveness at crucial times which lost us those games. The Adelaide one we just should have won.
The umpiring was simply putrid. That free against Lynch when Riewoldt took the mark, well, if that is a free kick then Lynch is owed about a dozen frees, and that's just tonight. In the first quarter Lynch took a good mark after forcing himself out of the clutches of his opponent . . . oh, wait a minute, forcing his way out of the clutches of his opponent, while the ball is travelling towards him? Surely not, if he was being held would he not get a free kick? Laughable, happens every week, Lynch gets held so often in marking contests, even held away from the marking contests so he can't compete for the mark, it is truly a farce, although I will say it happens to a lot of players these days, open season on holding players so they can't contest the mark. Then they randomly pay one against Lynch at a critical moment in the game? Go figure, complete joke. The adjudication of this game is an absolute joke.
The Prestia incident. Hmm, nasty dog act by Stewart, his so-called contrition means nothing because he chose to iron Prestia out. They should have stopped the game. A player is in the ground, knocked out by an opponent, where is the duty of care AFL? Where is the 50m penalty? Farce. The media seem to think Stewart will be rubbed out for this, I reckon they will likely only give him 2 weeks. I'm sure some will defend Stewart's actions, TBR is no doubt defending Stewart's actions as I type, just as he defended Dangerfield knocking out Vlastuin which was apparently all fine despite what the rules say. No problem, some think knocking out opponents is fine, most of us understand that getting rid of those sorts of acts of thuggery was a good thing. Those who defend such dog acts are just gutless apologists for the woeful way the game is run these days.
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The first quarter and a half we were fumbly, dropped marks and some real missed opportunities. Geelong took advantage of this as we were poor in the first quarter and a half. The only saving grace was that we did restrict Geelong's scoring so they weren't as far ahead as they could have been.
Throughout the whole game there were too many passes which went straight to the opposition. We have to fix this. I don't mean things like a dump kick out of defence under pressure, there's little any player or team can do about those. It's the passes which are short or long and end up right in the lap of the opposition. Every team does this but we do it too often. This is a clear area for improvement.
But what a comeback. Richmond showed that we can play at the level required to win finals and go deep into September. Plenty of good signs there, we wrested control back and managed to get a good lead. Just wasn't enough in the end.
A few bad losses earlier in the year are going to cost us as we should be higher up on the ladder. The *smile* decision not to grant the 50m against Sydney will also likely cost us. But, the loss against Adelaide was probably the worst. In the StKilda game, StKilda took control and we couldn't stop them. The Carlton game they so comprehensively dominated the centre clearances we had no answer. Those 2 were winnable but it was our lack of competitiveness at crucial times which lost us those games. The Adelaide one we just should have won.
The umpiring was simply putrid. That free against Lynch when Riewoldt took the mark, well, if that is a free kick then Lynch is owed about a dozen frees, and that's just tonight. In the first quarter Lynch took a good mark after forcing himself out of the clutches of his opponent . . . oh, wait a minute, forcing his way out of the clutches of his opponent, while the ball is travelling towards him? Surely not, if he was being held would he not get a free kick? Laughable, happens every week, Lynch gets held so often in marking contests, even held away from the marking contests so he can't compete for the mark, it is truly a farce, although I will say it happens to a lot of players these days, open season on holding players so they can't contest the mark. Then they randomly pay one against Lynch at a critical moment in the game? Go figure, complete joke. The adjudication of this game is an absolute joke.
The Prestia incident. Hmm, nasty dog act by Stewart, his so-called contrition means nothing because he chose to iron Prestia out. They should have stopped the game. A player is in the ground, knocked out by an opponent, where is the duty of care AFL? Where is the 50m penalty? Farce. The media seem to think Stewart will be rubbed out for this, I reckon they will likely only give him 2 weeks. I'm sure some will defend Stewart's actions, TBR is no doubt defending Stewart's actions as I type, just as he defended Dangerfield knocking out Vlastuin which was apparently all fine despite what the rules say. No problem, some think knocking out opponents is fine, most of us understand that getting rid of those sorts of acts of thuggery was a good thing. Those who defend such dog acts are just gutless apologists for the woeful way the game is run these days.
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Agree 100% on that point, that's why I said it was "definitely deliberate on Stewarts behalf, losing a player of Meatballs talents certainly didnt help our cause in the least, as not having the likes of Chimp in for the grunt inside hard stuff was bad enough and put us behind the 8 Ball early. But I still say Stewart is and has been a ball first player that goes hard and never puts in a short one, he overstepped the mark badly this time around and WILL pay for it.
That is of little help to us now, 3 hours after the game still pondering a tough loss I understand, but Meatball will be back in a couple and no doubt leading the way hopefully as we push on to Finals again.
What bothers me more after-the-fact is as to WHY Dimma or some Coaching staff member didnt assign someone to make sure Stewart's influence on the game wasnt limited in anyway whatsoever and he in fact was allowed to dominate the game even after putting Meaty into LaLaland ? Its not like its not well known what he is capable of off the back flank, yet we allowed him to do at will all night long unopposed ! .............Hell, I couldn't even tell you who his opponent was the entire game, any clue ?
29 posessions and 17 INTERCEPTS
says to me that someone on the field and in the Coach's box ISN'T doing their job very well.
Gutless call by the umpire when the game is on the line, let go 50 times a game, every game, that hold, but wasnt happening tonight under any circumstances by those 3 Clowns who made a mockery of the rules today. Didnt even have time to appreciate the mark for what it was ................. a throwback Speccy to the Good Ol' days of Roachy.
That 3rd quarter. Scintillating footy from us. Like our best of the 2017-2020 years. But the misses from Bolton, Lynch and Dusty. Cmon fellas that kills us. Absolute sodas.
What about the headshot to Baker 25m out dead in front? Sorry Richmond player; play on!! A free kick to 17 other clubs but of course not us.
It appears the head is only sacrosanct if that head is on the player of a club that is not Richmond.
What about the headshot to Baker 25m out dead in front? Sorry Richmond player; play on!! A free kick to 17 other clubs but of course not us.
It appears the head is only sacrosanct if that head is on the player of a club that is not Richmond.
I was just about for bed and you dragged me back in ......
Now Im fired up again.
- Dusty eats those for breakfast usually, was disappointed to say the least.
- Bakes hit to the head ! ........I'm more surprised they didnt pay a Cats free for a headbutt "below the *smiling* knees on Bakes.
... where's the cricket ? looks like an allnighter at this stage ! 44 seconds to go Tigers 3 points down. Short hacks the ball off the ground to a contest 20m out from goal where Sniper Stewart takes an intercept mark whilst Kolawhatever holds Jack R by the arm impeding him to get to the contest. Was a free kick paid? Of course not. It's Richmond.
I think you'd be doing pretty well at family dos since 2017Robbed like the Great Train mate, I do agree, that umpiring was beyond disgraceful and it makes me sick to the stomach to have to witness (in any game to be honest, but especially our games).
My entire Family (now that Dad is gone) are Geelong supporters mate and my sister is married to a 200 gamer just for fun too and living down here and among them 24/7 isnt much fun either, let me tell you, but gives us that one day a year in Sept (or Oct) when we know what to expect, makes it all worthwhile when you just look at them and smile without a word needed to be said, its pure bliss.
F$%*k this round; as Dimma said we need a bit of rage in June.Still not sure why the morons in the media are calling that game of the year.
Prestia doesn't get king hit, Cotch and Balta play and we get 3 umpires that aren't on the take, we win that by 6 goals!
Not much of a contest really
Prestia doesn't get king hit, Cotch and Balta play and we get 3 umpires that aren't on the take, we win that by 6 goals!
Not much of a contest really
Clarke did bugger all. Should've just asked him to hassle Stewart. Or give him a roundhouse, he'll need a spell after this anyway.Agree 100% on that point, that's why I said it was "definitely deliberate on Stewarts behalf, losing a player of Meatballs talents certainly didnt help our cause in the least, as not having the likes of Chimp in for the grunt inside hard stuff was bad enough and put us behind the 8 Ball early. But I still say Stewart is and has been a ball first player that goes hard and never puts in a short one, he overstepped the mark badly this time around and WILL pay for it.
That is of little help to us now, 3 hours after the game still pondering a tough loss I understand, but Meatball will be back in a couple and no doubt leading the way hopefully as we push on to Finals again.
What bothers me more after-the-fact is as to WHY Dimma or some Coaching staff member didnt assign someone to make sure Stewart's influence on the game wasnt limited in anyway whatsoever and he in fact was allowed to dominate the game even after putting Meaty into LaLaland ? Its not like its not well known what he is capable of off the back flank, yet we allowed him to do at will all night long unopposed ! .............Hell, I couldn't even tell you who his opponent was the entire game, any clue ?
29 posessions and 17 INTERCEPTS
Yeah all that. Not too mention the 3 sodas missed in the 3rd quarter and Lynch dropping a mark, that an under 11 would be dragged for, 15m out from goal in the 1st quarter.
This one will take a while...........................
The longer that idiot Scott stays at the cattery the less chance they have at winning one. Fish rots at the head and this flog still has'nt grown up.
Can you imagine if his mob was on the end the the umpiring we've had to deal with for years ??
Great post. Another attack which could have ended as badly was Cameron coat hanger on Bolton, which led to Marlons intervention and to Cameron’s eye gouge response.
Following the. Dangerfield elbow early in the 2020 GF, (Vlastuin, Dion and Bolts). I think there is now an understanding that Geelong will sink to any depth.
Looking forward to September,
