Cats' game changes and match-ups?

[letsgetiton!]

Geelong are overwhelming favourites according to the punters. Obviously form doesn't count whatsoever  ???

Geelong  $1.29
Richmond $3.65

centrebet.com.au

None of the so called "experts" at the Herald-Sun have tipped us either  .

not even on league teams and the footy show!!!

can u believe gary lyon the d i c k saying we are not in form!!

i think many ppl are judging this game based on history, but recent history says we only lost by a pont last yr, and since then we are a better team imo.

i really hope we win, living in geelong will be sweet if we do! and i am confident we wont just win , i am confident we will win comfortably as long as we jump out of the blocks in the first quarter and crush the pussies confidence.

remember the days when the bombers, hawks and cats had feild days v us, well they are over!

lloyd , the bomber tool, just picked the cats cos he hates us and no other reason, davey picked the cats because he was licking lloyds balls all night being a footy show virgin he was nervous and a sheep, sam and billy are cats so u can understand that, but lyon the d head, u would think he would have a mind of his own but still followed the others!

that was the first footy show i have seen in 3 yrs or so, and wont ever watch it again

[Ox]

Armstrong said: "We couldn't put three players in the side who are under an injury cloud."

but two is acceptable ?

Moron.

Screw Johnson man,he'll just rip the heart out of what they have been able to achieve the last 3 weeks without his rudderless leadership.

[Ox]

Dud.

[letsgetiton!]

Armstrong said: "We couldn't put three players in the side who are under an injury cloud."

but two is acceptable ?

Moron.

Screw Johnson man,he'll just rip the heart out of what they have been able to achieve the last 3 weeks without his rudderless leadership.

i agree! his disposal is poor also.
i reckon the tigers should really consider dropping him as captain at yrs end. he is slow and only drags our team down.
the tigers were brainwashed when we picked him, just because he played in a premiership team, btw , that premiership team carried him and he was prob the worst player on that list skill wise.
we should chase cousins! he has 5 or more yrs left in him and is a true leader on the feild where it counts and has gr8 skills! i would hand cousins the captaincy if he came over! that may upset or offend some ppl, but he is exactly what we ned in our midfeild, hey judd would be handy too , but i like cousins!

but

i really think white will debut and sugar wont pass fitness test, word has it his hammy isnt just quite right, fingers crosed

[tiga]

I think we have to keep a very close eye on the return of Monica. Before his lengthy stint on the sidelines with injury, he was a gun and could damage us off the bench. I hope Cogs doesn't get him.

[mightytiges]

Armstrong said: "We couldn't put three players in the side who are under an injury cloud."

but two is acceptable ?

Moron.

Screw Johnson man,he'll just rip the heart out of what they have been able to achieve the last 3 weeks without his rudderless leadership.

i agree! his disposal is poor also.
i reckon the tigers should really consider dropping him as captain at yrs end. he is slow and only drags our team down.
the tigers were brainwashed when we picked him, just because he played in a premiership team, btw , that premiership team carried him and he was prob the worst player on that list skill wise.
we should chase cousins! he has 5 or more yrs left in him and is a true leader on the feild where it counts and has gr8 skills! i would hand cousins the captaincy if he came over! that may upset or offend some ppl, but he is exactly what we ned in our midfeild, hey judd would be handy too , but i like cousins!

but

i really think white will debut and sugar wont pass fitness test, word has it his hammy isnt just quite right, fingers crosed

All got through training although I've heard whispers about White too X.

Btw I didn't see Sugar out there when the Swans smashed us in the midfield and pumped us by 118 points. Remember it was Johnson and Joel playing across HB that was the major reason we almost got across the line last year at Kardinia Park.

[mightytiges]

Field umpires: McBurney, Davis, Chamberlain

I don't know who's worse - McLaren or McBurney   

[letsgetiton!]

Armstrong said: "We couldn't put three players in the side who are under an injury cloud."

but two is acceptable ?

Moron.

Screw Johnson man,he'll just rip the heart out of what they have been able to achieve the last 3 weeks without his rudderless leadership.

i agree! his disposal is poor also.
i reckon the tigers should really consider dropping him as captain at yrs end. he is slow and only drags our team down.
the tigers were brainwashed when we picked him, just because he played in a premiership team, btw , that premiership team carried him and he was prob the worst player on that list skill wise.
we should chase cousins! he has 5 or more yrs left in him and is a true leader on the feild where it counts and has gr8 skills! i would hand cousins the captaincy if he came over! that may upset or offend some ppl, but he is exactly what we ned in our midfeild, hey judd would be handy too , but i like cousins!

but

i really think white will debut and sugar wont pass fitness test, word has it his hammy isnt just quite right, fingers crosed

All got through training although I've heard whispers about White too X.

Btw I didn't see Sugar out there when the Swans smashed us in the midfield and pumped us by 118 points. Remember it was Johnson and Joel playing across HB that was the major reason we almost got across the line last year at Kardinia Park.

lol, so true mt

and on channel 10 sugar implied he iss ready and the team has lifted its intensity also. sugar as i believe will play, unless they are playing funny games

[mightytiges]

Thanks for that X.

According to Cats Claw, 3AW through Craig Hutchinson said that Ablett is rumoured not to be playing tomorrow. Pulled up from some sort of injury at training during the week.

[one-eyed]

Cloud over Geelong with Riccardi out
27 May 2006   Herald Sun
Scott Gullan

GEELONG veteran Peter Riccardi is out of today's crucial clash with Richmond at Skilled Stadium.

Riccardi was ruled out last night because of a strained calf while there is speculation star forward Gary Ablett is also under a cloud.

Geelong high performance manager Steve Hocking confirmed Riccardi had not come up for the club's season-defining match against the Tigers.

But Hocking was confident Ablett would line up.

"He'll play," Hocking said.

Ablett suffered a knock to his knee during a marking contest on Wednesday night and immediately left the training track.

Only 15 Cats joined in light training yesterday with Ablett away from the main group and restricted to stationary skills.

Richmond officials are expecting at least one other change from Geelong with their suspicions heightened by a late change to the Cats' emergencies yesterday.

Young ruckman Mark Blake was replaced by forward Charlie Gardiner on the emergency list.

The Cats were last night still deciding whether pacy rover Mathew Stokes or midfielder Paul Koulouriotis will come in to replace Riccardi.

Another making his debut for the Cats today is new club doctor Chris Bradshaw who has returned to Australia after a two-year stint with English soccer club Fulham.

Bradshaw, who previously headed up Richmond's medical team, said he had learned a lot overseas which he hoped could help Geelong overcome a recent bad history of soft-tissue injuries.

"I now have some fairly firm ideas on how not to do stuff from a sports medicine point of view," Bradshaw said.

"With Richo (Matthew Richardson) at Richmond we found that if you keep him on the track he doesn't break down as much.

"You have to tread a fine line. At Richmond for a while there we probably went the wrong way and put too much emphasis on recovery and holding blokes back rather than running them a bit more.

"It's all about treading that fine line and treading it successfully, and Geelong seem to have a good handle on it."
 
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,19266784%255E19771,00.html

[julzqld]

Who will play on Ling?  Remember Ling's comments from a couple of years ago, having no respect for the Tigers.  He always seems to have a field day against us.  Where's Tim Fleming when you need him?