Club Focus Geelong 2024

[Ticky009]

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[MisterMarcus]

I've seen nothing of him, but on face value Hardie seems very unlucky. Made the VFL team of the season this year.

I've said this elsewhere, but I was a bit frustrated that he was never even given a shot. If he'd played a couple of games and was obviously short of AFL standard then at least we'd all know.

Given our midfield lack of depth, I can only assume the club must have seen some significant drawback/flaw in him to not even allow him 1-2 games.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Surprised they delisted Hardie he was really good in VFL this year.

I'm not, didn't really seem to have transferable skills to senior level. Free to good home

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Surprised they delisted Hardie he was really good in VFL this year.

Hes good but vfl is his level one paced and poor skills. Writing was on the wall once we didnt play him.

 

[Tonythetiger]

Big chunk of players to let go in one fell swoop, but all pretty understandable although could have seen Rohan get a one year deal. Additional retirements to come? Stanley? Duncan?

Could be true end of an era end of next year if Danger, Guthrie, Blicavs call it quits then. A bit like with us and having Riewoldt/Cotchin one year and then Dusty and Grimes the following.

This offseason and next offseason will be a big test of the Cats ability to continually contend. I don't think this crop of list changes is going to impact them immediately although it really comes down to who you replace them with. A cooked Hawkins will still give you more than say a first year full forward. Pretty interesting couple of years ahead.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Big chunk of players to let go in one fell swoop, but all pretty understandable although could have seen Rohan get a one year deal. Additional retirements to come? Stanley? Duncan?

Could be true end of an era end of next year if Danger, Guthrie, Blicavs call it quits then. A bit like with us and having Riewoldt/Cotchin one year and then Dusty and Grimes the following.

This offseason and next offseason will be a big test of the Cats ability to continually contend. I don't think this crop of list changes is going to impact them immediately although it really comes down to who you replace them with. A cooked Hawkins will still give you more than say a first year full forward. Pretty interesting couple of years ahead.

I think if the other older guys were going it would have been announced today albeit i know that stanley has a bung knee and was definitely retiring earlier this year-but with conway injured again the club may have convinced him to go 1 more if we cant get another ruck in.
Sounds like bews and duncan will go on which i disagree with.
Rohan was always up against it with how well ollie henry and mannagh are now playing.

In terms of other retirements guthrie we've basically coped without for 2 years anyway.
The hard ones to replace will be danger because hes so elite and his leadership and blicavs because he gives us a lot of role flexibility (but if we bring in another ruck or kpd it will help cover him).
Obviously the most elite players are cameron and stewart but the club will be hoping they can play til 35 (particularly stewart who was a late starter) like hawkins did.
I think long term we will do ok as our young group is decent but there's definitey a couple of years of missing finals ahead.

 

[Tonythetiger]

I think if the other older guys were going it would have been announced today albeit i know that stanley has a bung knee and was definitely retiring earlier this year-but with conway injured again the club may have convinced him to go 1 more if we cant get another ruck in.
Sounds like bews and duncan will go on which i disagree with.
Rohan was always up against it with how well ollie henry and mannagh are now playing.

In terms of other retirements guthrie we've basically coped without for 2 years anyway.
The hard ones to replace will be danger because hes so elite and his leadership and blicavs because he gives us a lot of role flexibility (but if we bring in another ruck or kpd it will help cover him).
Obviously the most elite players are cameron and stewart but the club will be hoping they can play til 35 (particularly stewart who was a late starter) like hawkins did.
I think long term we will do ok as our young group is decent but there's definitey a couple of years of missing finals ahead.

Be interesting to see what the strategy is moving forward. In years gone past it seemed more like if you were over 30 and your club was only offering you a one year deal, Geelong would be the ones two give you two or three. Guys like Isaac Smith, Higgins, Ceglar etc, but more recently you guys have been getting in guys quite a bit earlier. Bailey Smith could be another example though he's not going to bring the kind of leadership that you got when you brought in Danger.

I think you are right, in terms of almost like Stewart takes over the Danger leadership role and Cameron becomes what Hawkins has been the past couple of years. You guys have been the best in the business in terms of keeping the list competitive, just unsure as to currently what the right strategy is.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Its odd to sign Jack Martin

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Jack Martin

Age

29

Ht

186cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.2

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.7

5star

G

0.9

4star

D

14.9

4star

K

7.9

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

3.6

4star

G

1.1

5star

D

8.2

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.6

3star

but get rid of Gary Rohan

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Gary Rohan

Age

33

Ht

189cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.6

2star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.8

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.3

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

4.2

5star

G

1.2

4star

in my eyes but it appears to be what they plan on doing. They tend to know what they are doing so think we can trust the process on this one

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Its odd to sign Jack Martin but get rid of Gary Rohan in my eyes but it appears to be what they plan on doing. They tend to know what they are doing so think we can trust the process on this one

I'm not a martin fan (due to injuries mainly) but theres a variety of roles he could play including wing or hbf etc. Whereas rohan really is a one position 3rd tall forward only and ollie henry squeezed him out. So it's not as linear as that.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

I'm not a martin fan (due to injuries mainly) but theres a variety of roles he could play including wing or hbf etc. Whereas rohan really is a one position 3rd tall forward only and ollie henry squeezed him out. So it's not as linear as that.

Honestly think Martin is zero chance of playing wing or HB and id view Martin as a slightly more versatile forward then Rohan was.

Not sure it matters that much as its a free gamble

 

[Footy Smarts]

Its odd to sign Jack Martin but get rid of Gary Rohan in my eyes but it appears to be what they plan on doing. They tend to know what they are doing so think we can trust the process on this one

It's basically a 4 year younger replacement right down to the injury issues. If it's a 1 year deal with triggers for a second it's basically zero risk and Martin's best footy is excellent.

 

[Tonythetiger]

Not sure they can get everything done but genuinely intrigued as to if the can get Smith, Oliver and Martin onto the list and all playing their best footy, another top 4 finish awaits.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Loving the literal tons of salty tears our approach to trade period is causing. Inject into my veins.

Yes. We will target all these players. We will also be under the cap, as you'd expect from a well run club.
All the lame property and sponsorship jokes is just jealous copium.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Loving the literal tons of salty tears our approach to trade period is causing. Inject into my veins.

Yes. We will target all these players. We will also be under the cap, as you'd expect from a well run club.
All the lame property and sponsorship jokes is just jealous copium.

Imma postpone the victory lap a few weeks but man it has been fun seeing the reactions

 

[A1fromDay1]

Don't get where the salary cap questions are coming from besides Jezza is any other Cat in the top 50 paid players in the afl?

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Don't get where the salary cap questions are coming from besides Jezza is any other Cat in the top 50 paid players in the afl?

Everyone is either a geriatric on veterans rates or kids who haven't earned it yet.

The response is asking the wrong question, the right question is why equalisation in isn't consistently functional which is a fair question

 

[Wojcinski]

Don't get where the salary cap questions are coming from besides Jezza is any other Cat in the top 50 paid players in the afl?

Stengle's new deal probably puts him up there.

 

[The_Todd07]

Don't get where the salary cap questions are coming from besides Jezza is any other Cat in the top 50 paid players in the afl?

Tom Stewart is our 2nd highest paid this year and falls just outside the top 80. Stengle and Holmes jump up a bit but we didn't overpay them

Jez and Danger are the only 2 big name recruits on our list (let's not forget their contracts were low enough to be matched), otherwise we brought in young guys or old guys and the old ones are all going or already gone.

 

[halfback dasher]

SDK …..

 

[CatToTheFuture]

SDK …..

Anything change in the last 24 hours?

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Don't get where the salary cap questions are coming from besides Jezza is any other Cat in the top 50 paid players in the afl?

No apart from Stewart we don't have many guys on huge wages.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

No apart from Stewart we don't have many guys on huge wages.

Cameron the only player over a mill

 

[Crow till I die]

Cameron the only player over a mill

On the books

 

[CatToTheFuture]

On the books

Who on our list would you pay more than that?

 

[longdonkey]

Don't get where the salary cap questions are coming from besides Jezza is any other Cat in the top 50 paid players in the afl?

That's the entire point.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

That's the entire point.

The point is that our list has two stars and everyone else is either over the hill, good-average footballers, or kids