Match thread. THE GRAND FINAL!!! Swans v Cats.

[ugg]

This is 2014 all over again...

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We were only down 20 points after the first quarter in 2014

[barry]

Our midfielders are standing behind their Geelong opponents. Unless hickey starts spiking it, we are toast

[Daisi]

Is it just nerves from the big occasion? Or are Geelong that good ? Or are we beaten up from last week?

[Maltopia]

Oh man… hope we can close the margin this quarter. Prospect of watching another three quarters where we don’t have a chance is horrifying after such a great season.

[Scottee]

I know Rowbottom was a bit slow getting rid of it but it looked like he kicked it.

Centre clearances are bad bad bad!

FairyCats

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[Foreign Legion]

67 disposals to 113 - says it all.

Capitulation

[Bill Posters]

Only good player so far has been Fox. Where are our midfielders? Where is the pressure?

[Markwebbos]

Crossing everything that was nerves and we are going to be a different, better side after quarter time.

[Ludwig]

If we could only play like Geelong, we'd be doing okay.

We are working hard to improve our draft hand.

[barry]

This is 2014 all over again...

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It's 2014 crossed with 2016.
Free's 6:3 in favour of cats including a 50.

[Nico]

Midfield non existent. Geelong are too quick and easily closing us down.

[SwanSand]

Sadly [emoji20]

They are doing what they usually do to Brisbane. Use their big bodies and break through tackles. And we are slow to react from throes broken tackles resulting in overlap play and easy run down the lane. Game is over unless we get better at that and covering for the direct man.
And then when they are getting the ball out of their defensive half it is very much not much pressure at all allowing easy marks.
We are overawed coz we cannot be making so many basic mistakes.

[wolftone57]

2014 all over again

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[dimelb]

Unbelievably awful. Not quick enough, not sending the ball where the man is, forced into error by a quicker side.
We can do better.

[dejavoodoo44]

Well, that was an unfortunate start. Nervous kicking meant we were missing targets that we usually hit. Also missing tackles that we usually make and not getting any clear possession from clearances. That said, luck has definitely been going Geelong's way, in that almost every loose ball has bounced towards a Geelong player.
Not gone yet, but to state the obvious, we really need a few goals this quarter.