Geelong vs. Fremantle preview | Strategy 2026 with Brenton Sanderson (12.03.26)

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Your third game is Jolong and free mantle, Sando. What are you making of the cats from opening

round? Yeah, I wanted to talk about the cats, Jared, only because I'm not really sure,

and I know the cats fans would be the same is how we assess that first game that they've played.

They just gave up so much score from turnover. And the times that they did look to control the

game and take the speed out of it, they're kicking air is just really opened them up defensively.

I know a lot of people and I'm one of them would say Cameron and Dangerfield back into that

side would make significant difference, but they just looked like they had too many players off

their best and a lot of key statistics that we typically correlate to playing well, they got badly

beaten in. So yeah, I just think the sons were able to get a front half game, their forward

pressure, the cats weren't able to absorb. Suns dictated the way that the game was played and

and I just think you can forgive the cats on that poor performance, but they are coming off

a grand final loss which they were disappointing and then an opening round loss which they were

disappointing as well. So I just think this might be unique for the cats. I just think those

explosive players that the sons had and the players around the footy, they'll have to learn from

that. We know they're well coached, they get home this week to get in a park where they play

much better footy. So yeah, I think it's their mulligan, it's their opening round poor start,

but this will be a free man or side which I rate highly and this will be an interesting game,

it won't be all on the cats terms, that's for sure. All right, lay free mantle out for us. What do

you need to see from the docus in this game and early in the season? Yeah, I really like free

mantle this year. I just think their forward line is mobile and dynamic. I like their tools,

Voss, Tracy, Amos, they've got some small electric forwards, they all hit the scoreboard,

Reed, Boltons, Kowsky, Fredericks out this opening game and I love their way that they defend

as a team. So it's not actually their defenders, like Pierce and Ryan, our excellent defenders,

Clark gives them that run and punch off of half back, but they do set the ground up really

well defensively. And I know one area that I've been critical of free metal in the past and a lot

of us have been is they move the ball quite slow offensively, but I think that's a strategy from

from Justin Longmere that when they do turn the ball over, they don't get exposed going back

the other way. So I think this week the cats, if they if they can't score from turnover,

they've got to find a way to score from stoppage, but but their midfield is so good and it's young,

Jackson, Bradshaw, Sarong, I think young will play modified minutes this week, but he's a really

good player and they recruited Judmick V from Melbourne, who I really like as well. So this is a good

emerging young midfield as any other midfield in the competition. So plenty to like about

free metal going into this season. What's on your wild board for what free mantle need to do to win?

I think they're going to need a front half game. They've got to make sure the cats can't find

marks on their exits, and I think there'll be times when when free mantle will slow this game down

as well defensively. I think the cat's correction will have to be take the game on a little bit more,

look for a bit more speed in their offense. So I think that's where free mantle's focus will be

is to expose Jolong's offense, get free mantle's wings back, get them playing with a bit more of a

defensive bias, have a really high discipline defensive system this week at Kininea Park,

and then look to express themselves a little bit of their own offense. So get it to those,

you know, dynamic forwards a little bit quicker. But yeah, I think the beauty of not playing last week

for the sides that didn't play is that you can see what mistakes were made by those sides that

lost last week. So if I'm free mantle, I wouldn't go in with a really safe offensive game plan this

week. I'll be looking to take the cats on. And what are the corrections you'd like to see from

the cats? A bit better ball movement, some better patterns, increased pressure, a bit more of an

intercept game. I know the cat's stoppage game looked okay last week. It was just the transition

where it was completely out of balance last week. So they're preventing Brasios Sarong out the

front of contest will be really important. You know, allow Stuart to come off and be that 1v2

aerial intercept defender. He was having to play man-on-man defense all last week. But yeah,

free mantle don't have a great record like most sides at Kininea Park. I think they've only had

five wins from 21 visits there. But I typically ignore those stats. I think just the long

meal sides typically defend well. They'll like the narrow ground. If they can get their offence

humming, they're going to be a really hard side to beat. So I've just got a sneaky feeling in this

game, Jared, that we might find free mantle a way to win it. I don't feel good though in the same

breast tipping against the cats. But I do really like free mantle this year. I think they're going

to start the season off really well with a way win against the cats. Have you got a min top four

contention? Is that top four to top six? Yeah. I really liked free mantle. I was really liked

them last year. But put in a hood Simo before. So he probably thought they weren't ready either.

But but yeah, I think it's it's a season to be really excited for if you're a free mantle docker.

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