The Wash-Up – GDFL Round 12

By Tom King
Updated: July 7, 2019

WINNERS

“THE” RESULT

Adam Donohue went from agitation to elation in the space of 30 minutes as Inverleigh held off Geelong West for a 12-point win, putting the runner-up of the last two year’s in the box seat to claim the double-chance for a sixth consecutive season. However, Donohue wasn’t completely satisfied with what the Hawks served up at West Oval. “I was a bit agitated at three-quarter time; we weren’t really playing the way we planned to,” he said. “We were going really quickly at all costs and didn’t really control the footy. The message was “just to control the footy, make them defend, make them do something stupid, and we’d score from that. We were pretty lucky we got a goal early on to go out to 18 points (in front).”

RESULTS FALL BLUES WAY

Winchelsea overcame a slow start against Myers Reserve to beat Bell Post Hill for just the third time since entering the GDFL in 2002. The Blues, who hadn’t beaten the Panthers at ‘Fortress Myers’ since the opening round of the 2010 season, gave up the first four goals before kicking into gear and snapping a two-game losing streak with a 70-point win. The victory has Winchelsea in the box seat to play finals for the first time since the “Menschelsea” era finished in 2014 after East Geelong, Geelong West and North Geelong all lost. “It was a pretty good day all-around, but 10 minutes into the first quarter I wasn’t in a great frame of mind; Bell Post Hill kicked the first four goals of the game and I thought “here we go again”,” coach Brendan Forssman said. “It took us a while to get into the game, and we’ve spoken about that the last couple of weeks. Against Werribee and Belmont similar things have happened. But to the boys’ credit yesterday (Saturday), we started to get an appetite for the contest about 15 minutes into the contest, and from that point on we were pretty dominant for the rest of the day.”

ROOS READY TO “SHAPE THE FIVE”

Anake’s finals drought will extend to 22 years despite upsetting East Geelong to the tune of 25 points. And the Roos hope the Eagles aren’t the only team they catch on the hop before 2019 is out. Chris Moore’s men take on four teams inside the top five, seventh-placed Geelong West and the struggling Corio over the final six rounds. “Our goal for the remaining games is (to) shape the five, and get a few scalps and get a bit of momentum going into 2020,” Moore said.

CAN ANYONE CATCH MITCH?

Three goals in North Geelong’s loss to Werribee Centrals has helped Mitch Habib maintain a handy lead in the race for the GDFL goalkicking award. Habib sits on 43 goals, 11 clear of Winchelsea’s Will Lord (32) who moved into second spot on the table after kicking six majors in the Blues’ big victory over Bell Post Hill.

DEVIL OF A DAY FOR CORIO

Records aren’t comprehensive, but it would be fair to say Corio being held scoreless in Saturday’s clash with Thomson at Godfrey Street is, thankfully, a rare occurrence in local football. The Tigers slammed home 33.29 (227) with veteran duo Paul Davis and Luke Forbes both kicking seven goals. Their percentage jumped 40 per cent from 225 to 265 making the reigning premier’s two-game gap on Inverleigh at the top of the ladder as good as three games with the Hawks 100 per cent behind.

SOCIAL

Yeah the Roos 🔴🔵🦘🏉Congratulations to our senior boys on taking out the win against East Geelong today.

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Congratulations to these two Legends for showing great loyalty and dedication to the club over the years. James Brumby played game 150 and Jamie Spiller game 100 in our reserves win over Geeolong West.

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ON POINT

Anakie: 45/45
Bannockburn: 35/40
Bell Post Hill: 25/40
Belmont Lions: 30/45
Corio: 32/47
East Geelong: 45/45
Geelong West: 39/40
Inverleigh: 38/40
North Geelong: 28/43
Thomson: 40/40
Werribee Centrals: 35/43
Winchelsea: 39/43

THE INTERVIEWS

LADDER – ROUND 12

POS	TEAM	P	W	L	D	FOR	AGST	%	PTS
1	Thomson	12	12	0	0	1540	581	265.06	48
2	Inverleigh	12	10	2	0	1206	729	165.43	40
3	Bannockburn	12	9	3	0	1104	703	157.04	36
4	Werribee Centrals	12	8	4	0	1226	795	154.21	32
5	Winchelsea	12	7	4	1	1241	805	154.16	30
6	East Geelong	12	6	6	0	929	776	119.72	24
7	Geelong West	12	5	6	1	1019	754	135.15	22
8	North Geelong	12	5	7	0	917	1018	90.08	20
9	Bell Post Hill	12	4	8	0	742	1135	65.37	16
10	Anakie	12	3	9	0	764	1106	69.08	12
11	Belmont Lions	12	2	10	0	891	1252	71.17	8
12	Corio	12	0	12	0	249	2174	11.45	0

LEADING GOAL KICKERS – ROUND 12

Player	Club	M	G
Mitch Habib	North Geelong	12	43
Will Ford	Winchelsea	11	32
Jack Elliott	East Geelong	12	31
Brent Jacques	Bannockburn	11	30
Casey Meehan	Inverleigh	11	27
Dan Freeman	Thomson	7	26
Paul Davis	Thomson	10	26
Alex Blair	Geelong West Giants	12	25
Tom Gillies	Bannockburn	12	25
Adam Donohue	Inverleigh	12	24