A pillar of the Tigers’ dynasty has been their ability to be the best team in September, if not throughout the AFL season
There are a number of ways one could choose to interpret Geelong’s dominant victory over Richmond on Friday night. The temptation is always to focus on the winning team. Could this be the triumph the Cats will reflect upon as catalytic in yet another push to the deeper climes of September? At a time when there is an orderly queue of knockers wanting to pick holes in Geelong’s bona-fides, surely this is a shot across the bow from a team very much in the premiership mix. After all, there is arguably no greater scalp in footy than Richmond at the MCG.
In the fullness of time all of this might well end up being true about the Cats. But when a team such as Richmond, one that is gunning for a fourth flag in five seasons, have their pants pulled down at home for the second time in little over a month, the conversation will inevitably come back to them.
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