	{"id":105739,"date":"2025-06-29T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=105739"},"modified":"2025-06-25T19:39:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T09:39:19","slug":"cats-to-move-forward-after-lions-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/sport\/cats-to-move-forward-after-lions-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Cats to move forward after Lions defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GEELONG Cats coach Chris Scott said his side won&#8217;t be dwelling too long on last Friday&#8217;s loss to the Brisbane Lions.<\/p>\n<p>The Cats went down by 41 points in Patrick Dangerfield&#8217;s 350th AFL match, unable to wrestle the momentum in key moments of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane led at every change throughout the match, with forwards Logan Morris, Cam Rayner and Kai Lohmann getting off the chain for the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>For Geelong, Jeremy Cameron kicked four goals, while Bailey Smith, Max Holmes and Tom Atkins also put in their best efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We played a really good team and they were sharp and we were the opposite,&#8221; Cats coach Chris Scott said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We thought we were getting enough chances to be competitive, but it just felt like one of those nights where, I sort of said this to the players, what could go wrong did go wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That happens, it happens to the best teams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Moving forward you sit back and think okay, we are 10-5 going into the bye, we have got opportunity. 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