From a 7-0 ladder leader to an also-ran just struggling to make the eight, is it time for Geelong to answer a question they’ve been delaying for decades?
Carlton produced 79 points off Geelong turnovers, 48 points from its defensive half and 41 points from its forward 50 – all season-high numbers for the Blues. And the fact the Cats conceded 21 goals from 58 inside 50s was “efficiency unheard of for a Geelong team”, according to Fox Footy’s Nathan Buckley.
“Poor through the midfield, no real ruckman, Tom Stewart shut down … Zach Guthrie’s not as good when that happens, Zach Tuohy’s really aged and struggling out on a wing, ‘Hawk’ is a big issue – the injury could be a saviour a little bit for them for what decision they could have had to make on Tom Hawkins,” Lloyd told 3AW post-game.After winning their first seven games of this season, Scott’s troops are now scrapping to stay in the top eight after a sixth loss from their past seven games.
On Friday night, the Cats had six players over the age of 33: Mitch Duncan, Gary Rohan, Patrick Dangerfield, Zach Tuohy, Mark Blicavs and Tom Hawkins. Rhys Stanley remains on the sidelines too, while Cam Guthrie has struggled for continuity due to persistent injury setbacks in recent years. The traditional Cats approach would be to prioritise the duo at season’s end and, in Smith’s case, sacrifice some draft capital to bring him into the club, especially as Smith could help fill the growing chasm in the Cats’ midfield.
Then Lloyd threw up a, previously unthinkable, point prospect Cats players might now have to consider.Carlton cook the Cats real good | 02:40Ken Hinkley has copped plenty of criticism and absorbed persistent pressure during his 12-year Alberton tenure, but the external discontent is arguably scratching all-time high levels.
“With a midfield that Rozee, Butters and Horne-Francis, they got beaten at stoppage by 55 points. This is a team that thought they had a good midfield — they don’t.” “We don’t know what we’re going to get from Port Adelaide,” Riewoldt told Fox Footy on Saturday night. “It’s probably getting to the point where he’s starting to look at those efforts and go ‘is this playing group really playing for me now, like they have done for 12 years?’
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