Geelong V Western Bulldogs R11, Thursday 22/5/25 at GMHBA Stadium at 7:30pm

[JanLorMill]

Sure mate, whatever you say.

No worries buddy

[JanLorMill]

he did but it should have been straight to him on the chest. The cats player just got in Ed’s space enough for him to fluff his kick

More upset with McNeil’s terrible pass when a point would have put us up

[Scorlibo]

Classic bad mistake.

always say when I am helping my daughter play piano, the wrong note at the right time is better than the wrong note at the wrong time.

he could have kicked it to Buku properly, immediately. Or carried it up and had a ping. Instead he hung on to the footy a little longer than needed and kicked it over his head.

Is this like the yellow dress / blue dress?

No way known should Buku have dropped that mark, ball was a lollipop right on top of his head, he had an eternity to take ONE step back and with no one within 15 metres. Not trying to crucify him because he gave us a good contest all game, but come on that was his rudimentary skill error, not Richards!

[Grantysghost]

It felt like dejavu. Freo game. Lost it in the second, worked back into it, had numerous chances and couldn't nail it.

The Suns and Pies game we did similar.

Just need to tweak a few things we are so close to being awesome.

Kennedy > Bazwanka.

[SonofScray]

Just saw the JOD free kick. That was chook lotto. He drew that free kick. He played for it.

is that what we want? Seriously.

Ludicrous call to give the game up on.

[angelopetraglia]

Ludicrous call to give the game up on.

To decide a game on a chook lotto rich contest when they win the free kick count 26-12 is crazy.

[JanLorMill]

Fingertips at his fully stretched out reach, backwards momentum. Richards could have just dropped it into the ten metres of space in front of him.

Anyway, 5 posters and countless missed running into goals probably bigger factors.

If Richard had time to put it in front then why did he even pass it? Kick the goal. Have a look at the front on.

[EasternWest]

If Richard had time to put it in front then why did he even pass it? Kick the goal. Have a look at the front on.

Why even pass it? A clean mark 25 out directly in front seems a pretty good reason to me.

What an odd question.

[JanLorMill]

Why even pass it? A clean mark 25 out directly in front seems a pretty good reason to me.

What an odd question.

Odd for you
Again there was guy coming straight at him. If had time to lace Buku out then he had time to shoot.

[EasternWest]

Odd for you
Again there was guy coming straight at him. If had time to lace Buku out then he had time to shoot.

Got it. No more passing to guys in better positions.

Who said anything about "lacing Buku out"? He just had to drop the kick two metres shorter and Buku could have run on to it.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Richards blew it. Took 1-2 too many steps, overkicked it. In an ideal world Buku would have been able to back pedal quicker but that is on Ed.

I can't believe we lost that game.

I hope this burns the group to the core.

[Eastdog]

I’m disappointed but still feeling pretty good despite that loss. Our form line is trending in a good direction. None of our losses have been bad. Sucks to lose another close one.

We definitely are still a chance for top 4 with how we are playing but is challenging with how close the comp is.

The first half tough particularly that 2nd quarter just turning it over far too often and they capitalised most of the time from them. Poor disposal etc from us were a feature in the first half and you need players who use it well if you want to go far.

The second half was really good from us and the come back started in the 3rd quarter. They were rattled much more 2nd half with our pressure. Much better and fought it out as best we can to the end.

Another strong offensive game (although could have executed better on some more chances) and not the greatest defensively but guys like Lobb etc still fought hard.

The umpires made some poor calls which certainly had an influence but it is what it is.

Good to have the bye and then play the Hawks at Marvel Round 13 which is even more important now in the context of the season.

[kickit2Koly]

frustrating.

I thought we looked sluggish in the first half. 2nd qtr was a disaster.

tidy up a few errors, get an even run with the umps and a change of venue and we win that easy.

[dog town]

We should be upset but rinsing guys that have been going well on a narrow loss in Geelong when we missed a tonne of chances is silly.

[kickit2Koly]

Ps I’ll take Richard’s 28 and 2 plus 3 goal assists over the other blokes 33 any day.