Highway to the Danger Zone
So the Cats will be making the trek up the highway to visit for the first time since June, 2016. If you don’t remember that game, don’t bother checking, it won’t make you feel good.
Unfortunately, it does look they’ll be bringing Patrick Dangerfield with them who has had a reasonable run against the Dogs in recent years, averaging 35.3 touches and three goals since he joined the Cats a couple of years back.
Interestingly, in nine previous encounters as a Crow he never once hit 30. Probably irrelevant.
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Streaking
Stats can be boring but It’s hard not to mention them when they look like this.
First the good news. There was a reason that Geelong players’ IG feeds were swamped with pics of the Gold Coast – the Cats were looking for fresh ways to break an historical post-bye hoodoo.
That’s right, the Cats haven’t won after the midseason break since 2011; that’s six years of losses since they lost to the Swans in round 13, 2012.
The bad news is that the Dogs haven’t been Geelong, period, since August 2009. Urgh.
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Ways to skin a cat
Harry, Ron, and Hermione; Steph, KD and Klay; Luke, Leia and Han; Blink 182… history is littered with great trios and it’s impossible to talk about Geelong without talking about Ablett, Dangerfield and Selwood.
One thing we can be reasonably sure of is that Josh Dunkley will likely spend some time alongside at least one of them, possibly Dangerfield. As for the other two, and you can’t forget Mitch Duncan either, we’ll find out more on the night.
Interestingly, despite the horsepower in the middle, the Cats are the lowest ranked clearance team in the League at 10.2 per game.
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Mission accomplished
This week the we celebrate our 10-year relationship with the longest serving major partner in our history, a brand that’s now part of the very fabric of our Club, Mission Foods.
To help mark the occasion there will be loads of Easton Wood and Marcus Bontempelli bobbleheads, yes bobbleheads, up for grabs this Friday night.
At the gates, the merch outlets, they’re everywhere and they’re FREE. You know you want one.
Oh, you can also win 25 grand by nailing a shot 45m out directly in front, just be in your seat by 7.20pm.
Imagine how many corn chips you can buy with that.
