Stuart Waitley

So I just think for the Cats, I think the forward pressure wasn't there.

Carlton took close to 100 marks, which would have frustrated Chris Scott.

They just simply couldn't take the ball off them often enough.

And I just think maybe the short week comes at a good time for Geelong.

It just might be what they need to just quickly get back.

to their best footy.

And sometimes a short break can help you do that.

Crows, it's two weeks since we saw them.

It was disappointing in Launceston against Hawthorne on that occasion.

So use the bye.

I feel like this is an important bye period for Matthew Nix.

Yeah, I agree.

They only lost that game by nine points.

And if you remember back a couple of weeks ago when we previewed that Adelaide and Hawthorne game, I really did sing the praises of Adelaide.

I thought that they were getting their game back to that really good balance of defence and offence in their game.

They do make it really hard for the opposition to score.

They do take the ball off the opposition.

They don't let them mark it.

But those sort of icy, wintry conditions in Tasmania, it looked like it just didn't suit the Crows at all.

And even in the last quarter, they had some chances.