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Geelong's VFL Cats thrashed in the contest

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GEELONG VFL coach Dale Amos said his side must get better at winning contested possessions after the Cats crashed to a heavy defeat against Coburg on Saturday.

The Tigers continued Geelong's winless start to the season with a 27.16 (178) to 16.8 (104) victory at Coburg's City Oval.

Geelong VFL trio to be blooded

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GEELONG will blood three new players in its VFL side when the Cats take on Coburg this afternoon.

Former Geelong Falcons teammates Kane Smith (Lara) and Sam Hughes (Leopold) have been rewarded for their excellent starts to the season at local level with a spot in the Cats' line-up to take on the Tigers at Coburg City Oval.

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A NEW era for Geelong's VFL team starts today when new coach Dale Amos and new captain James Podsiadly lead a squad full of fresh faces against Collingwood at Visy Park.

Luckily for Amos, what looked to have been a ruck shortage crisis during the week has eased, with Shane Mumford (cork) and Dawson Simpson (ankle) both named.

Eager Moles digs in

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IF timing is everything, rookie Geelong defender Brodie Moles picked a good time to deliver his best performance in a Cats jumper.

Less than 24 hours after Josh Hunt's season ended with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, Moles starred in the VFL as the Cats went down to Collingwood by 14 points.

James Podsiadly to lead the VFL side

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GEELONG'S high-profile VFL recruit will make his first appearance for the Cats in today's practice match against Collingwood's VFL side at Skilled Stadium.

Key forward James Podsiadly will skipper the Cats side, which includes several AFL-listed players, including ruckmen Trent West and Shane Mumford, Nathan Djerrkura and Jeremy Laidler.

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GEELONG dasher David Wojcinski made a flying return to football but scholarship rookie Ranga Ediriwickrama appears set to be sidelined for a while through injury.

That was the mixed report card from the VFL Cats' 60-point thumping of Williamstown in a practice match at Skilled Stadium on Saturday.

Raidme determined to make the VFL cut

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Ben Raidme FOR Grovedale youngster Ben Raidme, the disappointment of missing past VFL cuts continues to fuel his determination to play at the highest level he can.

The 21-year-old midfielder has just fallen short of winning a spot on Geelong's 20-man VFL squad in two of the last three seasons.

But, throughout the failed attempts and near misses, he never lost sight of his quest to eventually crack it at VFL level - one day.

Following a breakout season with the Tigers at GFL level last year, Raidme knows his time to impress has now arrived and is hoping 2009 emerges as third time lucky.

"I trained pretty hard when I knew I was coming down here, so I got pretty fit," Raidme said.

"I knew what to expect because this was my third time around trying to make the list, so I've been training pretty hard."

Securing VFL spot will be real Cat fight

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COMPETITION is fierce for spots on Geelong's VFL list this season - and that's exactly the way new coach Dale Amos wants it.

A squad of about 30 local footballers from GFL, GDFL, BFL and CDFNL clubs are training with the Cats in the hope of winning a berth and Amos said a lot of them had impressed in their bid to step up to the next level in their careers.

Amos, a three-time premiership coach at South Barwon, said he wanted to use his new role to encourage local footballers to have a crack at VFL football every season.

"The strength of the local competitions has been proven in the last couple of years and certainly the GFL has got stronger and stronger," Amos said.

"So it's great for the young guys in those competitions to get the opportunity to come down here and show what they can do at VFL level for a Geelong-based side.

"The guys that are down here, they have certainly grabbed it with both hands and have been extremely committed, turning up to training and training really hard as well.

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