Post Match. Pies win thriller. All comments, please.

[simon tonna]

You mean we were paid frees for holding the ball. I thought that was a rule

[Pies2016]

It all starts with Grundy, it always does against the Cats.
They do not have a ruckman and Grundy exploits it every time.
The Cats are still good team but they continue to get exposed against good ruckman and wide wings.

Treloar was excellent. He is certainly marked very hard by most on here.
On wet nights, metres gained is everything.
He got it 30 plus times and played his roll perfectly.
As P4SHAW pointed out, Phillips metres gained went greatly unnoticed also.
He was another one who had a good game and hopefully regained some confIdence along the way.
Good signs against good opposition.

[BazBoy]

Talent is as we know important and we have our share

But the talent most pleasing is the above the shoulders talent we applied last night

Compare the pair. Us versus GWS and Essendud
“. “. Us versus Dorks and Cats

Thing that separates the ordinary to the best is maintaining the give no quarter mindset

[Clifton Hill-Billy]

Despite WHE's crap banana which ruined a fantastic mark and Adams reverting to fatal turnover mode ala 2016-2017 in the last quarter, we won thanks to JDG, Grundy, Crisp and Dependlebury. Got nervous when they got within 10 with 2 minutes to go. Good reposte from Grundy, Crisp and JDG. Roughy did some uncharacteristic dumb stuff. Glad Cox didn't play but Noble, Brown Atu and Wills were all sub par, but at least we won in the wet, beat the filthy handbaggers and got no injuries.

[simon tonna]

You mean we were paid frees for holding the ball. I thought that was a rule

[BazBoy]

[simon tonna]

Please stop talking about flags baz

[BazBoy]

[Abdul The Bull]

To be fair, throw Selwood into it and the Cats get the win.

I have to agree. The four points are welcome but that was another example of not being able to 'finish' a side. We had the run of the green with the umpires and the Cats had two on the bench for the last half, including Selwood.
Our forward structure can still be easily picked apart. There aren't too many that have the work rate necessary to keep opposition defenders uncomfortable.
If I continue to see players fail to convert simple set shots, I'll go mental. We nearly coughed it up and that would have been inexcusable.
I would be surprised if Buckley was happy with that performance.

[the fuzz]

Fantastic win. Great team performance!
My votes went to Treloar, De Goey, Pendlebury, Grundy, Crisp, although Adams and Maynard could have been in there.
I was impressed by Noble. His call up was more than justified.
Highlight was the Grundy/Crisp/De Goey clearance. Bang!

Most of Geelong's goals came from our mistakes, which can happen when you take the game on. Turnover goals hurt, but this gamestyle is what has helped us win the last two weeks. We don't want to revert to slow predictable down the line football.

Speaking of the last two weeks - wins over Hawthorn and Geelong. Doesn't get much better. Lets do the trifecta next week and beat the Eagles.

[slangman]

Make no mistake, we are the best team in the competition.
We kick most of our goals via our work rate whilst our simple errors (dropping simple marks, not punching the ball for a behind etc) contribute to the majority of the oppositions goals.
If we tidied up our elementary errors, most opposition teams would struggle to kick more than 4 goals against us.

We are the benchmark and the only things that will stop us are also things that are within our control.
Self doubt in how good we are/can be and cleaning up those little errors mainly across half back.

[Pies2016]

To be fair, throw Selwood into it and the Cats get the win.

I have to agree. The four points are welcome but that was another example of not being able to 'finish' a side. We had the run of the green with the umpires and the Cats had two on the bench for the last half, including Selwood.
Our forward structure can still be easily picked apart. There aren't too many that have the work rate necessary to keep opposition defenders uncomfortable.
If I continue to see players fail to convert simple set shots, I'll go mental. We nearly coughed it up and that would have been inexcusable.
I would be surprised if Buckley was happy with that performance.

So then we beat GWS if Howe hadn’t gone down ??
Injuries during a match are all part of the game. Win some, lose some.

The Cats were two players short after 10 mins ( including Duncan ) against the Lions last week and that didn’t stop them from giving the Lions a touch up.
The Cats are a good side ( at least they were a week earlier ) They were also second on the ladder before last night, so I would be a little surprised if Buckley wasn’t at least very content with an ugly win against good opposition.

We can be better and yes, we need to improve but it’s a long journey.
These guys can’t even train together this season.
Right now it’s all about ladder position, not picture perfect performances week in, week out.

[SteveH67]

The DH's complaining about the free kick count.

Jenkins etc.

If it was the other way, the discussion wouldn't be happening.

[LaurieHolden]

Work rate and metres gained. Not exactly the new black (& white) but its what our game is based on.
It was an ugly win again but an important one against a respected opponent. I can imagine losing a game like that would have brought a lot of scorn but you don't beat Geelong unless it's on your terms and we ground it out, got the 4 points, we move on.

Okay, Phillips is my whipping boy but he gained valuable meters last night, perhaps his best game for the year.
A2B2 struggled, maybe just the conditions but he'll be struggling to hold his spot. On a dry Optus deck I'd still be tempted to play him.
Varcoe, c'mon, lets call time on this. With Sidey on the cusp of a return and the likes of Tyler Brown, Shaz, Bianco, Sier etc, that's whom we should be getting games into.

The forward line is still a work in progress. I'm sure Cox will be given another chance next week.

Go Pies.

[didick]

The DH's complaining about the free kick count.

Jenkins etc.

If it was the other way, the discussion wouldn't be happening.

Don't know what they are complaining about. They were pressured and harassed all night and never looked comfortable against us. It reminded me a little at times about one of our greatest games ever, the 2010 prelim. If anything, the umps missed a few blatant holding the ball decisions against them. As another poster mentioned, all but about one of their goals were total gifts due to howlers on our part. I think the scoreline flattered them.

And we still have plenty of upside.