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I don't pretend to kow much about Geelong young players hence I. Asking
But apparently they were good enough to piss off hunt
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I don't pretend to kow much about Geelong young players hence I. Asking
But apparently they were good enough to piss off hunt
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I'm definitely concerned for them but I'm not saying cooked just yet...next week will tell us more.
totally agree. Bartel was a highlight.
First Round is no clear barometer on anything. It looked more like a fitness issue as their first qtr and a bit was highly competitive.
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Taylor Hunt has smashed Carlton before.Did nothing for 2 years after that game though.
If you watched every game on the weekend you wouldn't think Geelong are on the slide.
Hawthorn just have an unfair advantage because they are running 2 books for their player payments, or their players (including recruits) are taking pay cuts to play for them. The AFL do need to look at the salary cap because it obviously doesn't work. Hawthorn could stay at the top forever if players just say I'll take a pay cut and move there as a free agent. It's just stupid.
Hawthorn just have an unfair advantage because they are running 2 books for their player payments, or their players (including recruits) are taking pay cuts to play for them. The AFL do need to look at the salary cap because it obviously doesn't work. Hawthorn could stay at the top forever if players just say I'll take a pay cut and move there as a free agent. It's just stupid.
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Two years ? Dam
You mean like Buddy?
Didn't Hunt hurt a shoulder or something a couple of years ago? He took a while to recover from it and then went through a form slump. The abruptness with which he fell out of favour was weird, though, so maybe something went on behind closed doors that we don't know about but he was a gun a few years back. He carved up our small forwards that's for sure.
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Cats hit the showers post game:
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He was never the same after his shoulder injury.Prior to that he was a regular in the best 22.
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still only 23-24
He seems to be as good now.
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Shit like this is said every time we lose, and then we go on to make the top 4.
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We have signed 1 free agent in our entire history while losing 5 including arguably the best player in the game but ok
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I just hope both of the Scott brothers jobs are safe, their expressions in the box always make me laugh. I wouldn't be against having a camera fixed on them for the entire game that is displayed at the bottom right of the tv.
Geelong are as cooked as this guy. Marvelous recovery powers
Seeing them live today Geelong were completely destroyed on the outside by pace. Non-competitive after quarter time. Enright, Kelly, Bartel all looked very slow out there. Just based on footy smarts they may still sneak into the eight, but nowhere near a premiership contender
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I dont think cooked... Hawks were that much hungrier then the cats.. stranger things have happened though and the premiership can be won by anyone.
That's the thing, though. Geelong has for the last seven years matched the Hawks for that hunger, but you couldn't even at least match them for that. If you can't get up for your nemesis, then who can you get up for?
A shocker today against the likely premiers. The ensuing few weeks will give us a better picture of where we fit in the scheme of things. Only the most ardent of Cat supporters expected us to be serious flag contenders even before today's disaster btw.
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I'd love to say I told you so, but the reality is I've been thinking the cats would fall every year since 2010.....
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
I was thinking a smarter coach. I think Clarkson changed a few things up and Scott didn't have an answer.
Not sure a team can be unfit enough to only last a quarter, or lose that much skill during the quarter time break.
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I respect the Danger, but please, don't get silly about it. Sometimes you need to pay more than market rates for what you need in a side, but anything close to $1 million for a one-in-a-dozen midfielder? Leave that insanity to others.
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