Last week’s performance only emphasized how well the Cats structures and systems have worked in the past and that’s exactly where Geelong will head.
Following last week’s devastating loss, senior coach Chris Scott admits the Cats will have to turn back the pages to the chapter where they were playing reliable and contested footy.
“By making sure we stick to the things that have worked for us in the past,” Scott told Cats TV on Tweet the Coach.
Despite how difficult it was to review Thursday’s performance, the Cats always come together and face their demons to ensure they get back on top. As Scott says, poor games should never be unheeded.
“We never ignore a poor performance, be at training or in a game, and that goes for the players and coaches as well,” Scott said.
“The first thing we do is we make sure we identify the issues and face up to them and get to work rectifying those things.
Scott concludes that a good team must know their strengths and how to uphold them.
“We’ve done that in our review, we’ve trained well this week and we’re really clear on the things that makes us a good team.”
So far Tom Hawkins is the Cats leading goal kicker on 28 and next in line is Jimmy Bartel on 13.
Scott confesses that an extra tall forward would bolster the Cats scoreboard but unfortunately injuries have not allowed this to happen.
“Yeah absolutely, there’s no doubt that we would like to have another Hawk or a key forward that could complement him,” Scott said.
“We’ve been a little bit unfortunate in that we made the decision to let James Podsiadly go on the basis that we had high hopes for Shane Kersten, Nathan Vardy, Daniel Menzel to an extent and Mitch Brown and all those guys have been injured at one time or another.
“So it’s not as if we don’t have options on our list they just haven’t been available.”
Tom Lonergan and Scott Gullan discuss the Cats next step on Argue the Toss, following Geelong’s unsettling loss to the Swans last Thursday night.
After witnessing the Cats dismantling from the sidelines, Lonergan says the players must take a few steps back and inject their form from the beginning of the season. He confirms the turnaround will occur as early as Friday night.
“Hopefully it was just an aberration and we get back on the horse,” Lonergan said.
“I mean we’ve played pretty good footy all year but the last few weeks have been a bit scratchy… we know the type of footy we can play – we just need to get back to that as soon as possible and it starts on Friday night.”
Despite the enormity of the shock waves that hit the Cats and their fans last week, Gullan is confident that such a devastating drilling will only strengthen and better Geelong’s younger playing group.
“I think it’s perfect for the young guys, I mean they come into a club like this where things go well 90% of the time – it’s a reality check – if you don’t work hard and you’re not on your game the this can happen, so it will be a great coaching tool for (Chris Scott) him for that younger group…” Gullan said.
