The Cats have been almost unbeatable at Kardinia Park but the Bulldogs looked much more comfortable as conditions turned back the clock
Geelong’s imposing record at GMHBA Stadium has been shattered as Western Bulldogs handed them a third defeat at home this AFL season.Geelong’s imposing record at GMHBA Stadium has been shattered as Western Bulldogs handed them a third defeat at home this AFL season.historian and former vice-president, Bob Gartland, told the ABC in March that “the stadium precinct is probably the glue that holds us all together”, it is unlikely that he had in mind the mud at Kardinia Park.
The football may not have been as adroit, but it was absorbing. And, as Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings”.– particularly when it comes to scoring from them – and despite going into the game with three tall forwards, looked to be better suited to the conditions. After a quarter of football, it was perceptible.
Geelong captain, Patrick Dangerfield, also had a dirty night, and could only find the ball half a dozen times in the second half. But he had plenty of company, with the Cats soundly dismantled on just about every category that matters, not least the scoreboard in a 47-point defeat. None of the Cats’ goals came during either the first or last quarter – something that hasn’t happened since 1970.
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