Watching the boys on friday night, it had the feel of the way we played in 04 05 06 when we used to pressure the ball carrier, stick tackles and the skill level was high. We did all these to the cats and smothered them into making mistakes they wouldnt normally. They can use all the excuses as to why they lost but when you are out on the ground they mean nothing. Especially for a team like Geelong against a team that is 10th. LIke i said before the game, winning or loosing didnt matter, the young blokes showing improvement and the ability to match the best was the important thing, IMO they did all of that x10.
People are saying to keep a lid on the win etc etc, why? you celebrate winning games like that, and the young blokes will strive to feel like that again and again. That would have been the best moment in Sloane, Henderson, walker, Tippet, Dangefield, Mckay, Davis, Griffen and Jeansch career to date. They now know the level they need to perform at each week to get results like that.
On the crowd and the 19th man concept, as NFC said it was the best atmosphere and crowd involvment at a game i have been to at AAMI and ive been a season ticket holder since 1997. When the 19th man thing came on the screen the crowd participated and while outsiders may criticise it, it obviously works to get the crowd involved more.