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March 06, 2007
Cats win thriller in extra time
Djerrkura shows off his class in the wet
To be honest there isn't a lot to say about this match. The terrential downpour it was played in made the game more of a trench fight than a football match with players throwing their bodies around to gain valuable metres on the field.
Seeing the weather on the pub TV screen I stated to my mates "50 points will win this thing". If I was telling the truth Geelong were in a lot of trouble by the end of the 1st quarter as Port had kicked out to a 25 to 8 lead.
But for the next two quarters it was pure Geelong dominance as we took a 3 goal lead going into the last quarter thanks to many desperate efforts all over the field.
But a Chad Cornes inspired Port Power came back hard in the last quarter and took the lead with not much time to go. Jimmy Bartel snapped a vital goal for the Cats and when the siren went 52 exhausted players hung their heads knowing the level scores meant this game was going to be settled with at least 10 more minutes of football in horribly tough conditions.
Port will be wondering how they lost this match. In the first short half of extra time Ebert took a mark 10 metres out in front of goal only to play on & kick on his non-preferred side only to manage to hit the post and out of play for a behind.
In the second period Geelong got their only score via a tough Mooney mark and conversion from 20m out to take a vital lead only for Joel Corey to give away a 50m penalty for knocking the ball out of Chad Cornes hands when he was 60m out from goal with half a minute left. Cornes shooting for 9 points which would surely bury the Cats also only managed to find the goal post and the ball once again go out for a behind. Ebert then dropped a mark he should have taken with 5 seconds left as Geelong stole a hard fought victory in a monsoon.
Can't comment a lot on the players as it's hard to judge them in such conditions. Djerrkura did two masterful one handed pick ups in the wet, one of which resulted in a goal to himself (see pic above). Selwood threw himself around in the wet like a crazy man, looks our best new prospect in a long time. While Reynolds looks to have a good set of hands, but his kicking is questionable although he did managed to get two goals.
The only negatives were the injury to Timmy Callan who seems cursed and the report of Stokesy who the tribunal will no doubt come down hard on because it's their new target agenda.
PORT ADELAIDE: 0.4.1, 0.4.6, 0.4.6, 7.15 (57)
GEELONG: 0.1.2, 0.4.4, 0.7.6, 0.9.6 (60)
NINE POINT GOALS: Port Adelaide: Nil
Geelong: Nil
SIX POINT GOALS: Port Adelaide: White 2, Cockshell 2, Gray, Burgoyne, Lade
Geelong: Mooney 4, Reynolds 2, Byrnes, Djerrkura, Bartel
BEST: Port Adelaide: K.Cornes, White, S.Burgoyne, Rodan, Wilson
Geelong: Bartel, Mooney, Enright, Byrnes, Scarlett, Selwood
INJURIES: Port Adelaide: Nil
Geelong: Nil
REPORTS: Mathew Stokes (Geelong) for rough play on Dom Cassisi (Port Adelaide) in the third quarter
UMPIRES: McBurney, Kamolins, Ryan, Nicholls
CROWD: 4,804 at TIO Stadium
So now it is off to the Telstra Dome for Friday night football as we take on the Lions and have a good chance of making the pre-season grand final for the 3rd time in 4 years. If only we could match that in the regular season.
Posted by Sammy D at March 6, 2007 08:08 PM
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