Gryan Miers admits he by no means is aware of what to anticipate from Geelong teammate Jeremy Cameron.
However it’s that unpredictability that defines the All-Australian celebrity, a rustic lad who famously misplaced his premiership medal to a cow and posted the proof on social media.
“We’ll be down a objective in a remaining and he’ll come as much as me and say, ‘do you scent the meat pies within the crowd?'” Miers mentioned forward of the Cats’ qualifying remaining towards Port Adelaide on Thursday.
“You are simply undecided what you are going to get from him, after which he’ll go on and kick the profitable objective.
“It is simply the enjoyable of taking part in with Jeremy and the character he’s.”
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Cameron has led Geelong’s goal-kicking for the second successive season in 2024, standing up within the absence of injured spearhead Tom Hawkins.
The 31-year-old’s 58 majors in the course of the home-and-away marketing campaign earned him a second All-Australian blazer and steered the Cats again into flag rivalry after lacking finals final yr.
It is his X-factor that Miers believes makes his high-profile teammate so helpful.
“Despite the fact that he is the perfect, he is the toughest to know what he’ll do,” Miers mentioned.
“It is thrilling and it makes it unpredictable for us in a predictable group.
“It is nice to have one or two of these gamers that you already know you possibly can belief are going to do the job however you are simply undecided how they’ll do it.”
Cameron will once more lead the Cats’ assault after they tackle the Energy at Adelaide Oval on Thursday evening.
Veteran ahead Hawkins has been lacking since June due to a foot harm, opening the door for inexperienced tall Shannon Neale.
Former Collingwood ahead Ollie Henry and Rising Star winner Ollie Dempsey have additionally shone in an evolving ahead combine.
The latter trio are amongst six Cats — together with Cameron, Tyson Stengle and Brad Shut — who’ve every kicked greater than 20 targets within the competitors’s third-most potent assault this season.
“Hawk’s management is one thing that you simply simply cannot exchange, so we have all needed to step up in numerous methods,” Miers mentioned.
“However it’s enjoyable having that new period of Cats that we’re bringing to the forefront.
“Taking part in with Ollie (Henry) and Shannon Neale has simply been a lot enjoyable to have new, contemporary faces.”
Membership nice Hawkins is ready to return via the VFL this week and will but function within the Cats’ AFL premiership push earlier than retiring on the finish of the season.
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“I’ve performed with Hawk for six years and I do not assume we would actually missed taking part in a recreation collectively, so it has been completely different,” Miers mentioned.
“Hopefully Hawk could be on the market one or two extra instances, however we’ll see what occurs.”
Miers has been a Geelong common since his debut in 2019, however shot to prominence final yr when he broke the competitors document with 41 goal-assists in a season.
The 25-year-old leads the Cats once more in that division this yr with 24 goal-assists, and is getting into his fifth finals sequence in six seasons as he eyes a second premiership medal.
“I have been completely blessed and put in a state of affairs that I may solely have dreamed of,” he mentioned.
“I have been capable of struggle for finals yearly and play in finals (virtually) yearly.
“Typically they’ve gone unsuitable, typically they’ve gone proper, and I’ve simply had superb experiences alongside the way in which.”
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