"Geelong brushes aside the pretenders"
Greg Baum - The Age
"THIS was football's biggest stage; these were the game's biggest names."
"We failed to capitalise: Malthouse"
Martin Boulton - The Age
"COLLINGWOOD coach Mick Malthouse said there are parts of his side's performance that must be placed ''under the microscope'' after failing to handle a fast-finishing Geelong last night."
"Cat burgled"
Dan Silkstone - The Age
"The first half of any season is part breakaway from the peloton, part intelligence-gathering exercise."
"Classy Cats sweep past Pies"
Michael Gleeson - The Age
"They were the nine minutes in the third quarter when the Cats answered the call of Collingwood in this game and responded with an emphatic statement that the competition still had work to do to catch them."
"Collingwood goes to water on big stage"
Michael Horan - Herald Sun
"GEELONG kicked Collingwood out of top spot and claimed undisputed flag favouritism with an emphatic 36-point win against the Magpies at the MCG last night."
"Cats pull away to win by 36 points against the Pies"
Scott Gullan - Herald Sun
"THEY were challenged early but Geelong showed Collingwood emphatically who is still the boss of the AFL in tonight's MCG blockbuster."
"Why did we ever doubt them?"
Mark Robinson - Herald Sun
"When Collingwood got hold of the game either side of halftime, when a young Dayne Beams played as if he was Peter Daicos, the mighty Geelong empire looked as if it was about to fall."
"Mick Malthouse rues failure to convert chances"
Bruce Matthews - Herald Sun
"WASTED opportunities was the tale of woe in Collingwood's dressingrooms at the MCG last night."
"Cats have 'still much work to do'"
Scott Gullan - Herald Sun
"HE'S happy to take the four points, but Geelong coach Mark Thompson wasn't getting carried away with the significance of his side's brilliant second-half demolition of its main challenger."
"Cats cook Pies"
Michael Auciello - Geelong Advertiser
"GEELONG made a statement that it remains the team to beat for the 2010 premiership, after dispensing Collingwood by 36 points last night."
"Cats flex muscles to bury the Magpies"
Nick Wade - Geelong Advertiser
"NEITHER club would dare entertain it mid-week, but there was an unmistakable finals-like intensity cast across the MCG last night."
"Collingwood still to prove 'contender' status"
Michael Auciello - Geelong Advertiser
"THE Magpie Army has retreated to the trenches."
"Geelong Cats expose fraudulent Collingwood Pies"
Courtney Walsh - The Australian
"GEELONG, in running away from Collingwood in an emphatic six-goal victory at the MCG last night, again exposed the rawest of wounds of a rival desperate to end a premiership drought of two decades."
