As you know, Geelong hasn't had the killer season they were hoping for. They have lost the close games and have lacked some skills that were used to win last year's Grand Final. Some of the skills were their fast ball movement and applying pressure unto the other teams. However they still have some experienced players that keep the team moving forward, but whether Chris Scott has change the style of game, or that those skill are just a lost art, we don't know.
Below is a video of some great skills used in the 2011 season:
As you can see in this video,
there is lots of fast ball movement that applied great pressure to the opposing
team. The Cats looked for the handball just about every time they mark the
ball. There was no waiting around, waiting around is not the Geelong style of
game. Thanks to the maker of this video to prove my point. If you have watched the games
that Geelong has lost through the 2012 season, you would have noticed (or the
commentators did for you) that they lack, sometimes, that fast movement that is
present in that 2011 highlight clip. The Cats seem to become under-pressure and
nervous, which they never would before. So how can the Cats improve
on their game? I think that the coach needs to look back on the 2011 season and
point to the players everything that worked and didn't work. Geelong needs to
improve if they can keep the spot in the final 8, or maybe even make it to the
top 4 (unlikely, but possible)
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