Cliffhanger Cats: Why are Geelong so good in close games?

They're obviously doing it badly then. Their free kick differential is 23 against which is the highest F.A. in the league and 6 above the nearest team. They have had less frees than any team they have played against this season so your argument does not hold water. Never let a little prejudice get in the way of facts. I sometimes wonder by some comments if I am watching the same game but in a parallel universe.

fair comment Mr right.

Geelong were one down on the interchange bench for the last QTR and that should have tilted the game Hawthorns way .Just as Tigers GF win last year even more meritorious for having a player out early .Went to game didn't think umpiring favoured either team Tom Hawkins 9 marks in the F50 the difference .

A Hawks Premiership in the next 4 years!!

Che Gazzo voi.

Now you are seeing the light. Keep watching your footy thru that clean & polished set of clear glasses.

Mr Right, I didn’t say that. Umpiring infuriates me but it is what it is. I didn’t complain. I just said others shouldn’t. Such a classic Hawks, Cats duel. Hawks in their rebuild should be proud.

Yatts, not for a moment am I blaming anyone for the Hawks loss besides themselves & their own ugly errors. I actually congratulated you on the win in good sporting fashion yesterday. My post was responding to Dean’s strange post. I thought the umpiring was poor yesterday but overall it didn’t favour any particular side. You stated “The only reason the game was close was the umpiring favouring Hawthorn”? You better clear your blue & white glasses & start viewing the game thru a clean pair. Next thing you are going to tell me is that Mark Blicavs disposed of the ball legally in the last minute the week before????

Mr R, 17 frees to Cats 24 to Hawks. Two very dubious frees to Hawks resulting in goals final quarter. Dropped mark late third quarter paid, resulting in Hawks goal. The only reason the game was close was the umpiring favouring Hawthorn. I wasn’t complaining because Razor and his band don’t like teams trying to freeze the game. I don’t either. But please don’t say the umpiring favours the Cats.

Dean, the umpire last week was not unsighted, he viewed the incident & clearly called play on. Yesterday Tom Mitchell was knocked over off the play, the umpires missed it which often happens no problem. But the umpires didn't miss it when he stupidly retaliated. Hawkins clearly copped a high shot & he received a 50 metre penalty. The best outcome that Geelong could have asked for. So what point are you trying to make? Yes Koschitzke’s penalty was a poor decision but the free kick downfield from Selwood’s kick downfield leading to a Geelong goal was an incompetent umpiring from an AFL umpire. I am sure the Umpire boss will be educating him on the proper ruling that should have been made in his game review.

They don’t win Other sides cough it up Team of champions

Each year they use some of their nine lives. However maybe they are just a team that never gives up and fights till the end and creates their own luck. Is their anything wrong with that. Man it’s in uk football had more last minute winners than I can remember in the Fergie era but were a great side Yes they not playing great footy and if my hawks had better kicking skills we might of got the win. But don’t let the cats form hide the fact that they have Rohan, Cameron , danger and menegola to come back. The latter 3 can change that side hugely. Still think they will contend. The Game this week against demons will be intriguing. Hopefully for a hawks fan sake they don’t use one of their nine lives in a grand final.

Free kicks in Adelaide v Geelong was 31 - 16. Geelong this year is 54 - 78 in terms of free kicks for/against. The fact that one umpire made a mistake against Brisbane while probably unsighted, and also made a mistake giving Selwood's kick downfield, doesn't change the fact that there were other decisions which went against Geelong, like Koschitzke's first goal which was for a non-existent hold. Rohan is suspended for a hit to a shoulder, Dangerfield for a bump which has been legal for 100 years and Hawkins was punched in the back of the head on the weekend, but because they don't collapse like children like Neale, and know how to brace/protect themselves so they don't go nose-first into opponents they can see, there's no suspensions against them. People call Selwood a flopper, but if the cats flopped like their opponents do, there would be a lot more suspensions being handed out. All Hawkins would have had to do was lie on the ground holding his nose for a few seconds and Hartigan would have got 2 weeks. I doubt if the Cats are talking about the umpires they're talking about how lucky they are.

Yeah, nah... thank the umps!

The cats are playing shiet. They were beaten in the first round by a team tipped to win the wooden spoon. They almost got beaten yesterday by a team tipped to finish bottom 3. Some very ugly errors by the Hawks in the last qtr & a finger nail touch got the Cats home. And we all know how they got home last week at Kardinia. The AFL publicly came out & apologised for the Blicavs blunder call. I'm tipping Melbourne next.

Short answer: Selwood is the best captain in the AFL. He never believes the game is over until the final siren has sounded.

Bliclavs should have been done holding the ball against Brisbane when Bailey got him and he should’ve been pinged again yesterday when CJ got him. Both would have resulted in almost point blank shots for the win.

Correct, between Scott, Hawkins & Duckwood no one is better at waving their arms and pressuring the umpires then Geelong.

Cats are playing ok footy,but need to belt sides when needed.

Same as last year good enough for finals but cant play under pressure there game is polished wont stand up