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August 02, 2006
Midweek Happenings
The backlash from our pitiful performance in Canberra has started with all & sundry sticking the boot in & fair enough in my opinion. Here's a bit of a round up of what's going on.
Geelong's worst fears have not been revealed as star playmaker Gary Ablett has been cleared of a serious shoulder injury, but he will still miss up to three weeks of football.Ablett was crunched by Jess Sinclair in the first quarter of the Kangaroos' win over the Cats on Sunday at Manuka Oval and took no further part in the match - he went to the rooms after the incident before returning to the bench with his arm in a sling.
But scans taken on Monday of the injury have revealed that Ablett - who has not missed a game this season - has suffered 'grade one' damage to his AC joint and will not require surgery.
I'd sit Gazza for the rest of the season. His body is always battling to be fit during the week & this is the perfect chance to give him so rest with finals out of the picture. I know he won't want to call it a day on his season, but there are more important things at hand than winning Geelongblog.com Player of the Year.
Geelong has decided to accept a one-match ban handed down to the wayward Cameron Mooney by the AFL match review panel on Monday - his third suspension of 2006.Mooney was reported for charging the Kangaroos' Daniel Pratt on Sunday in what was his first game back after having just served his second one-match suspension of the season.
Oh Moons, I think you could be a great leader of the GFC but with these indiscretions repeatedly popping up it will never ever happen will it? Good to see the club have finally fined you. If you're going to going to get reported for 3 weeks a season you might as well sit them all at once and actually damage your opponent rather than getting a week each for all these soft acts.
Kent Kingsley is out of contract and contemplating his footballing future. The four-time leading goalkicker has fallen out of favour at the Cattery after a lean year and, with only five rounds remaining in the AFL season, is yet to even start negotiating a new deal with Geelong.Unless the Cats bring something to the table soon, he may have to accept a rival club's offer, with at least one Melbourne-based team understood to have floated a three-year deal.
Although Kingsley's manager, Paul Connors, could not confirm the offer yesterday, there is an increasing amount of interest in the 27-year-old.
Could this be the end of the KKK? Call me crazy but I hope not. I expect him to be recalled after his 6 goals in the reserves on the weekend and I think despite all his flaws he is still the 3rd best tall forward we have behind Ottens & Mooney.
Having observed him on the weekend he seems to have altered his kicking style a touch & is kicking through the ball a lot more than previously. Whether this helps his accuracy problem or not is yet to be seen, but with a tall forward clearout expected at the end of the season Kent is a player I'd be keen to hold onto for another 1-2 years unless a dream trade offer came along.
And finally we come to,
Bomber Thompson
No articles for this one as it is all speculation. With the club almost certain to miss the finals this year, in a season which promised so much at the start Bomber's position is under a huge amount of scrutiny.
I've heard many theories recently. Some tend to think Bomber will fall on his sword 'if' we don't make finals. This makes sense to me, Thompson has never said he was in the coaching gig for the long haul and seems like the guy who is willing to admit he has taken the club as far as he can take it & come up short.
Another one is Cook & Costa are sharpening the knives for various reasons. The first reason is pretty obvious, they'll cut the cord 'if' (there's that bloody word again) we don't make the eight. The other one is way too personal to be aired on the blog but it will result in Thompsons sacking nonetheless.
So hypothetically Thompson goes, who comes into replace him? Cresswell seems to be a popular choice but here's a name I will throw up just because I heard it two weeks ago in one of the aforementioned rumors...
Wayne Carey
Thoughts? Feel free to voice them in the comments section or here @ Big Footy.
Posted by Sammy D at August 2, 2006 01:15 PM
Comments
Hmmm, I agree with you but I don't think our season is over...yet. If we lose to St.Kilda than yes, its over. Thompson looks pretty shaky and I have to say, I think we still have a strong team maybe just a change in team management might be enough to take us to the next level. I dont see any other really good senior coaches though. KKK's career is as good as over in Geelong which is unfortunate because if the side had been doing better, he wouldnt be in this predictment. Anyway, good article.
Posted by: Mr.Chicken at August 6, 2006 05:12 PM