Geelong (Cats) seemed un-stoppable and back in form poised for the upset of the season in the first two quarters against a highly fancied West Coast Eagles, But the game game turned and West coast dominated the last quarter and a half to turn a 54 point defecit into a 3 point victory, one of the greatest comebacks in recent history.
The Coaches Said :
Thompson Said :
"That's as about as bad as it gets. To play so well for a period of the game and lose it, not showing fight, missed tackles, opened up the ground to them. It was pretty tragic," Thompson said."We've got a game in seven days against Essendon. It's a pretty defining game. They just ran and work harder than us. I thought we had some good players out there today but just in the end the Eagles just overran us."
Worsfold Said :
"At three-quarter-time I was hoping we would carry on and continue (the way we had played late in the third quarter) and maybe win the last quarter," Worsfold said."But after we kicked the first goal of the last quarter (in the first minute through Adam Hunter) I thought we were an outside chance if we could keep the pressure on them.""We were still five goals down but the breeze was worth three so we thought we might have a chance."
GEELONG: 7.2, 10.4, 14.8, 15.8 (98)
WEST COAST: 2.1, 4.1, 9.2, 16.5 (101)
GOALS – Geelong: Mooney 3, Chapman 2, S Johnson 2, G Ablett 2, Bartel 2, Kelly, Mackie, Enright, N Ablett
BEST – Geelong: Corey, Kelly, Egan, Milburn, Enright, Mooney, Bartel, G Ablett
INJURIES – Geelong: Harley (shoulder)
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
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