by Tim Murphy
At Docklands:
Geelong 8.2 13.6 15.11 20.18.138
Footscray 3.1 4.4 6.8 9.9.63
The p*ssy juggernaut rolled on, crushing the Doggies for their eleventh straight win. Peaked too early, have Geelong. The Doggies are a bit fragile and like many mid-table battlers, found themselves worried out of it by the Cats’ fierce pressure. The Dogs’ disposal was very poor again, but unlike last week they didn’t get away with it. Footyscray picked up some more injuries too, to Gilbee, Hahn and West which they don’t need. The Geelong side here was weakened by the late withdrawal of in-form full-back Matthew Scarlett (‘flu) while Travis Varcoe was dropped, in came Shannon Byrnes and David Johnson, who’s let his hair grow back so he doesn’t look like Chapman any more. The Bulldogs had defender Dale Morris pull out with back spasms and dropped Dylan Addison, Scott West returned and Cameron Wight was called up.