Why is geelong fav for the flag when the pies creamed them?

Question

last year the cats were lucky to make the GF

Answer 1

yer we match up really well against them, but they werent playing well wen we played them

Answer 2

Because they are the best team in the comp, we haven't seen a team so dominant since Essendons short run in 2000. They have proven this and sometimes it doesn't even look if there trying. Yes Geelong did get smashed by the pies, but every team has an off day. I don't think that the Cats, were lucky to get in the grannie last year, thats a bit of a joke. Just because it was close game, doesn't mean it was lucky for them to get in, it means that in the end there the better team.

Answer 3

i just wanna win collingwood becuase of well reasons go the blue boys grand finalsts 2010

collingwood wooden spooner 09 and actually carlton will win al the games stkilda yes bullodgs yes sydney yes brisbane yes north melbourne yes adeliade yes port yes hawthorn yes go THE BLUE BAGGERS

AND GEELONG ONLY BATE CARLTON COZ THEY LOST BY 80 POINTS THE FOLLOWING ROUND SO BEWARE CARLTONS ON THE LOOSE

Answer 4

1) Because they are on top of the ladder.

2) They have the most even list in the comp.

3) They smash sides and make them look like amatures.

Do you think Collingwood should be flag favourites ? Please go and loose another few games and you will be struggeling to make the 8. Your list is very ordinary. If Malthouse wasn't there you would be challenging Melbourne for the spoon.

I'm not even a Geelong fan but a Hawthorn fan. I don't even think Hawthorn will make the Grand Final this year as long as they SMASH Collingwood if they scrape intot the finals I'll be a happy man.

Answer 5

at the end of the day, any team can beat any team, on any day. thats just footy and always has been. its just a case of who plays better on the day.

Answer 6

spoken like a true pies fan

Answer 7

last years grand final should of been colling woods just slipped but bulldogs r un-noticed this season as well , if buddy keeps playing like he has in the pass thew games hawks wont make the GF he's having shockers last 2 or 3                        CARN PIES!! 15 flag this year

Answer 8

how do the pies expect to even make the grand final when they lost to Carlton (go the Blues!!) twice in one year?

Carn The Blues!!!

Answer 9

Well the Cats were due for a loss and the Pies match up well against them. I think people should be focusing their attention on the Doggies though. they are slipping through un-noticed while everyone is only interested in the Cats or Hawks. but yea i agree the Cats were lucky to make the GF last year. Man now that i think of it, it could have been the year of the Magpies. We are still in with a chance this year though.     GO PIES!!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

I've got two words for ya;

Carlton twice!

Answer 11

What a load of c**p !!

You know we ALL barrack for ANYONE who is playing the pies....

the CATS were not just lucky....

they were THE BEST !!

Answer 12

brisbane creamed collingwood , well almost, they should be favorites  but will struggle to hang on to seventh

Answer 13

I am a die hard maggies supporter and I'm so upset at the odds. But I have to say that they have won 5 more games then us and they are in very good shape. I'm not being a traitor, I am just saying that this season and last season they have been or are a very good team.

Answer 14

cos all the other 15 teams will get killed when they play them

lol they just having a lucky run

Answer 15

because the geelong smash you guys last year and now collingwood smashed geelong so now it's even.

And geelong have only lost 1 game while magpies lost a few games

Answer 16

lucky? they dominated the season

geez someone is still bitter

u cant honestly say cats didnt deserve the flag when they were the best team all yr

and this yr theyve played one bad game out of 14

give them a break

theyve lost 2 out of their last 34 matches

theyre far ahead of collingwood

Answer 17

If the best team in the comp was lucky to get in the GF, then it was a miracle the Pies got into the top 8.

If you look at the ladder, you see Geelong at the top while Collingwood is fighting to remain in the top 8. Geelong has only lost 1 game while Collingwood's win/loss ratio is less admirable. Geelong has a unbelievable team. No team can win every game. The Pies did smash Geelong, but Geelong wins when it matters and it won in the preliminary final against the Pies. And generally, teams that are 6/7th aren't favorites for the flag.

Maybe that's why Geelong are the favorites for the flag.

Answer 18

well geelong have been great this year, with only one loss, against the mighty magpies! COLLINGW08D =D

but the cats hav been consistent all year, i have to admit that i believe the cats played much better football last year, thats why they made it to the grand final.

Pies smashed the cats from that 86 point win which was great, but i think that geelong where not playing their best football at that time, while the pies where goal after goal and to me when the pies vs great teams such as geelong, bulldogs ect they play fairly well but when it comes down to other teams which arnt playin der best footy such as carlton and nrth melb. they seem to lose their feet but anyway, i believe it'll be cats vs the doggies at this yrs GF

:)

CARN PIES

Answer 19

collingwood suks!!

Answer 20

Oh come on XMan - you been on the turps or what?  Pies flogged the Cats ... yep ... a great (single) game ... a good flogging that we needed.  Since then the Pies have lost, what?...  four games from 6 or something stupid and are struggling to stay in the eight!  The Cats on the other hand have won every game since by an average of maybe 80 points!  Cats are 30 odd competition points clear of the Pies.

Yep - Thanks again Pies - you gave us the scare we needed in the Prelim Final last year too.  They're doing us a lot of favours.  I'm not putting the flag in the bag just yet but I can't see the Pies taking it from us.

Put ya glass eye back in mate!

Answer 21

Coming from a fellow Pies supporter, Collingwood only beat Geelong because we match up with them well, like we do against Sydney, or like Carlton does to us. Geelong can thump pretty much every other team, and are still the best team in the comp.

Funginator - When did Geelong smash us last year? They beat us by 16 in the home and away season and 5 in the prelim.

Answer 22

doesnt mean they arent genna win just cause they got crushed by my team

Answer 23

I think its most likely because Geelong have been rather consistent throughout the year, and because they always play decent footy. Even if they were 'lucky' to make the Grand Final last year, they still won it.

Answer 24

carlton beat collingwood twice this year should they be favourites

Answer 25

Because Geelong is a more consistent team and they show great team work ............Collingwood is not

Answer 26

**Two losses in 34 games suggests that Geelong are a VERY good side and thoroughly deserved to make the Grand Final last year and is exactly the reason that they are favourites for this year's flag.

Every team has 'off' weeks where they're just not on the game.  It so happened this was the night that Geelong played Collingwood and they paid the price.

That shows us that Geelong are only human and do have bad days.**