Finals heat exposes soft underbelly
FINALS footy has a brutal way of cutting fact from fiction.The fact is Geelong just isn’t good enough. At least not yet.Premiership favourites before the humiliating preliminary final defeat at the hands of a clinical Sydney, that mantle was quickly dispelled as fiction as the Cats were exposed in a manic opening to the match.Sydney toyed with Geelong. That shouldn’t happen in a final. Finals are about two fiercely combative teams playing a contested brand of footy. These games are meant to show..>> view originalBig names take aim at the Cats
AFL superstar Wayne Carey believes Geelong has too many passengers and rely on too few in big games.And he has pointed the finger at the Cats’ middle tier of players, who have not developed at the rate that the club would have hoped or expected.“I think the problems with the Cats are the players that they already had at the footy club. I think your (Mitch) Duncans, who they have put to half back, now, your (Josh) Caddys, all of these guys, (Steve) Motlop is another one, they just haven’t gone on..>> view originalAFL greats say Steve Motlop future at Geelong hangs in balance ...
Geelong's Patrick Dangerfield a certainty to win Brownlow Medal
Absent doctor cause of Geelong delay
A roster miscommunication was the reason behind the delayed start to Sunday’s Geelong meeting. The meeting was scheduled to commence at 1.10pm, but punters and racegoers learned just minutes before that that the meeting would not proceed as scheduled owing to the absence of an on-course doctor. Racing Victoria steward Corie Waller told the racing.com broadcast that regular procedure had been followed but the doctor assigned to attend the meeting was not in the area. “Due to a misunderstanding o..>> view originalGeelong court: Teen accused of Hamlyn Heights hose-ruse bashing
A YOUNG Victorian man has fronted court over an alleged attack that left a man looking like this.The image shows the extent of Hamlyn Heights man Wally Janeczko’s injuries immediately after an alleged assault by a stranger in his home.Kyle Elston, 19, of Lofty Ct, Corio, was arrested early yesterday in relation to an alleged violent home invasion and then faced Geelong Magistrates’ Court.Police will allege Mr Elston visited the Chaucer St address on August 22, where he threatened Mr Janeczko’s 9..>> view originalAFL finals: Geelong, GWS contemplate impact of pre-finals bye
City sports precinct in revamp plans
ST MARY’S Sporting Club chiefs are refining million-dollar plans for an upgrade of their Kardinia Park West headquarters, including adjusting ground dimensions.President John McMahon said the long-discussed concept had been put to the City of Greater Geelong, outlining a $1.2 million clubrooms upgrade, $300,000 ground realignment and re-sizing, and $360,000 installation of new lights.They aim to make one of the city’s busiest grounds busier and better for a wider spectrum of users.“Everything’s ..>> view originalIn honour of a life well lived
PATIENTS weren’t the only people to seek wisdom from Torquay GP Bill Williams. Clinical colleagues also knew him as a generous and unerring source of clarity and balance on life’s trials and vexations.“Any issues or problems, Bill would be the one we would go to,” fellow Surfcoast Medical Centre GP Dr Anne Stephenson said. ““He would take it in and listen, and digest it all and then he’d give you the most sound advice you could ever get. He’d also do it with some humour and being quite upbeat an..>> view originalShot kangaroo suffered for weeks
A WILDLIFE rescue group has reported one of the worst cases of animal cruelty it has come across, after discovering a kangaroo which had been shot in the jaw and left to suffer for weeks in Bellbrae.Jason Cichocki of Surfcoast Wildlife Shelters Group said the starving large, male kangaroo was discovered on an Eaglepoint Rd property on Friday morning.The bottom half of the kangaroo’s jaw had been shot off, leaving him unable to eat, Mr Cichocki said.“I observed him trying to tug out grass with hi..>> view original
Sunday, September 25, 2016
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