Opinion

Preliminary final loss a reality check for stunned Cats

By Howard Kotton
September 13 2021 - 4:00pm
SEASON OVER: A dejected Geelong leave the ground after its preliminary final loss to Melbourne. Photo: Daniel Carson/AFL Photos via Getty Images
SEASON OVER: A dejected Geelong leave the ground after its preliminary final loss to Melbourne. Photo: Daniel Carson/AFL Photos via Getty Images

Geelong has defied gravity in the past decade with its enviable ability to stay in premiership contention, but surely the Cats' feeble capitulation to a hungry Melbourne in last Friday's preliminary final was a stark reality check.