When considering the development of Mark Blake, it is not too hard for the some of us old-timers to recall his father’s career as a point of comparison.
Some of the parallels of the two are interesting – height, weight, sometime clumsiness and in particular the ridicule they received from many GFC supporters in the early [...]

Carlton fans are a passionate bunch of people that is for sure. Discussion about the pending match next Monday has been very brisk on the BigFooty Geelong Board. Carlton fans are positive that their win against us late last year means that they have our measure as stated in the following post by Carlton [...]

Some BigFooty Geelong Board Posters recently discussed how a change of Tactics and player management last year will be the way forward for Geelong in 2010. Contrasting this with the win all games at any cost mentality of 2008 which seen us lose the Grand Final that year. Here is what some of our posters [...]

Managed to pop down to training yesterday at Elderslie Reserve. Only stayed for about 40 minutes but it was enough to be able to let people know how the boys are traveling.

When I arrived they just started a simple length of the ground kicking drill. It appeared to be more of a warm than anything [...]

I’ve been thinking about this the last week. But since Harley annouced his retirement it made a few things clearer…

Upside

* Hawkins will get another strong Pre Season under his belt (touchwood), and should have a breakout season.
* Taylor (with another Pre-Season alongside Scarlett). would have gained some confidence from a great finals performance.
* Selwood will [...]

Carey was a great footballer, and among the very best I have seen. Yet I find it laughable that he is considered as good or better than Ablett.

Carey dominated as a CHF, but that was more or less the one role he played. His career also started to fade by the time he was 29. [...]

As the sunsets on the 2009 season some in the outer are wondering or dreaming about the Mighty Cats going for a flag in 2010. This is not just a flight of fancy or day dreaming, but given our list it seems a real possibility. But as we all know winning a flag is not [...]

Most Cat fans from the 70’s onwards would have seen some fantastic play, joyous footy and huge scores but between 1982 (the last of the reserves hat-trick of flags) until 2001 we had won no silverware of any sort at the club. 1989 we lost all three grades of Grand Final by one, three and [...]

An interesting question to ask as we head into our third Grand Final in a row. It hasn’t always been this good considering the 44 year drought we had to our 2007 Flag and the countless disappointments along the way. We have ridden the highs and lows always in the hope of that next Premiership. [...]

Dark clouds are now above, with light drizzle, as the MCG quietly sits and waits, as do the players, coaches, media and fans. It all comes down to these final moments. The heart beats a little faster, the anxious moments kept at bay by thoughts of past glories, and of the realisation that, on paper, [...]

The weekend’s win over Hawthorn was one for the ages. It was awesome to see the team show so much ticker and character when we were in dire trouble and undermanned.

However, looking at the bigger picture, I think that there was an even bigger positive to come out the weekend. I saw a fair bit [...]

Mooney Fights on!

It absolutely staggers me that after one of the best wins in the club’s history, people are still taking potshots at our players after yesterday’s game. The amount of sheer guts and intestinal fortitude that it took the guys to pick themselves off the canvas and come back from the best part [...]

Can Buddy have a big game against Scarlett?

Well ladies and gents, the time has come once again for us to meet our long time nemesis in Hawthorn. I must say before getting into it that I am less than amused, and not at all surprised, that they have just happened to have found their [...]

My first memories of the VFL supporting the Cats was in 1977, a season where Hawthorn inflicted a whopping 107 point win over us. Indeed, Geelong has suffered very few 100 point losses in that span, Hawthorn have been a side to inflict three (1977, 1986 and 1990). Only Collingwood in 2006 and Sydney in [...]

I have a very firm belief that they must get games into this kid and do it quickly.

There’s the usual supporters around at the minute preaching doom and gloom (particularly after another loss Sat night) … but consider the following and you might have a similar view – or not !

1) The kid has some [...]