Geelong rorting the system

[north_lad]

This thread is so awesome

 

[STPer18]

The biggest welfare club

This thread isn't about North Melbourne/Tasmania/Perth Kangaroos.

 

[FlyHigh18]

This thread isn't about North Melbourne/Tasmania/Perth Kangaroos.

$340m in welfare . It’s a fact.

Your reply is childish deflection bc you don’t have a valid response.

 

[STPer18]

$340m in welfare . It’s a fact.

Your response is childish deflection bc you don’t have a valid response.

How much did North chip in for their home ground? Our next rort will be to buy your club for half a bottle of Pepsi and shut it down.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

It wouldnt even be an AFL approved ground if it weren’t for the upgrades over the last 20 years. So yes, the stadium gives you your own home ground and advantage.

You know this how? I assume you mean in relation to facilities? If so then that's precisely why hundred's of millions was spent on it. If you mean oval dimensions well they've been unchanged since the 1940s and 80 years of VFL/AFL administrations haven't objected. And unlike every other club in the competition we have tipped money in for the redevelopment of our ground. FACT.

more fans at stadium is louder fans, a well known helper in home ground advantage. Do I really need to continue with this silly argument.

And pretty much since the opening of VFL Park Waverley until the first stages of redevelopment we played 7 of 22 games in Geelong. Which has slowly increased but still not 11 games. 50 years of playing less home games than everyone else.

Every other club has to share their home ground. You don’t. It’s literally the leagues biggest advantage. The biggest welfare club in addition to being professional rorters of the cap.

Get a map. Pin the locations of all Vic clubs and then ours.
There's your answer. Hard to share a ground when you're in a 1 team town.

Tiring it back to your original post, yes if Geelong were shit we wouldn’t be talking about it. But you’re not shit and havnt been since, proving it works, so we are.

So we got there in the end.
As I thought, the only reason people complain about us is we're now good.

P.S. I don't usually go at NM fans as knowledge of both our histories means I have enormous respect for your club. And 100 years in 2025 is worth celebrating. But you are in the competition solely thanks to the GFC so some respect back would be nice. That is a fact btw.

 

[Munich]

I mean, there is also the $340million in taxpayer funds to improve your home ground advantage in that time. But I guess we can just gloss over that. No biggie.

Don't pretend like oppo fans enjoy going to Geelong.

It's still bagged out royally.

 

[Whiskers]

Are actually trying to convince us the $340m in upgrades didn’t improve your home ground advantage?

You might laugh and I know this thread is about something else but no the upgrade wasn’t done to help out our on field advantage.
It’s just an upgraded venue now more opposition fans can get into and as the poster you replied to said, the grandstands have taken away the wind advantage. It’s almost like any other stadium now.

 

[Munich]

It wouldnt even be an AFL approved ground if it weren’t for the upgrades over the last 20 years. So yes, the stadium gives you your own home ground and advantage.

more fans at stadium is louder fans, a well known helper in home ground advantage. Do I really need to continue with this silly argument.

Every other club has to share their home ground. You don’t. It’s literally the leagues biggest advantage. The biggest welfare club in addition to being professional rorters of the cap.

Tieing it back to your original post, yes if Geelong were shit we wouldn’t be talking about it. But you’re not shit and havnt been since, proving it works, so we are.

Brisbane don't. Sydney don't.

A norf fan talking about welfare

 

[Mr Meow]

You might laugh and I know this thread is about something else but no the upgrade wasn’t done to help out our on field advantage.
It’s just an upgraded venue now more opposition fans can get into and as the poster you replied to said, the grandstands have taken away the wind advantage. It’s almost like any other stadium now.

Our home vs away win rate has actually decreased since the last couple of upgrades, which further backs up your point.

 

[The Casey Cat]

Been our home ground for 80 years.

1944-2007: No one said anything about it as a ground. Geelong was also a shithole no one would want to play for.

2007-25: Our ground is not fit for purpose, and we get an unfair advantage chasing players.

I wonder what changed to cause the mental gymnastics of the average BF nuffie.

And if we take all KP games out of the equation this century also wonder who has won more games than any other side.

 

[Sttew]

It wouldnt even be an AFL approved ground if it weren’t for the upgrades over the last 20 years. So yes, the stadium gives you your own home ground and advantage.

more fans at stadium is louder fans, a well known helper in home ground advantage. Do I really need to continue with this silly argument.

Every other club has to share their home ground. You don’t. It’s literally the leagues biggest advantage. The biggest welfare club in addition to being professional rorters of the cap.

Tieing it back to your original post, yes if Geelong were shit we wouldn’t be talking about it. But you’re not shit and havnt been since, proving it works, so we are.

So, the fact Geelong fought hard to keep its home ground in Geelong while Melbourne based teams capitulated so easily and moved to Marvel, is another rort?

You do realise the football club does NOT even own the stadium?

Should we add that the restaurants at GMHBA Stadium are better than the food outlets at Marvel?

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

More seats and better facilities for fans... While maintaining the same oval shape, grass and arguably taking away the grounds biggest advantage... The wind.

Odd stance to be honest.
The surface the game is played on has not changed one bit.

You haven't maintained the same oval shape, the wing on the Moorabool st side has come in at least once.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

You're trying to convince me seats, concrete and concession stands help the team win more? Blimey.

The poster is saying that the $340 million for 8 games a year is a rort.

 

[Sttew]

The poster is saying that the $340 million for 8 games a year is a rort.

Take that up with the governments or the owner of the stadium

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Take that up with the governments or the owner of the stadium

Yes, it's a real community hub isn't it? Except that the community aren't allowed to go on the ground ever.

 

[Sttew]

Shouldn’t you be at school Aristotle?

Yes, it's a real community hub isn't it? Except that the community aren't allowed to go on the ground ever.

How would you know? Youve Never been there


Foo fighters concert.

The local league grand final. Geelong Cricket Club. Western United - all use the ground along with GFC.

BTW. Can the public walk onto the MCG oval at their leisure?

You don’t seem to understand the ground isn’t owned by the Cats. Never has been and never will be. But for some reason you find that funny?

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Shouldn’t you be at school Aristotle?

How would you know? Youve Never been there


Foo fighters concert.

The local league grand final. Geelong Cricket Club. Western United - all use the ground along with GFC.

BTW. Can the public walk onto the MCG oval at their leisure?

You don’t seem to understand the ground isn’t owned by the Cats. Never has been and never will be. But for some reason you find that funny?

I have been there ffs. What does it matter that you don't own it? You may as well own it, doesn't make a diff.
Rort!

 

[STPer18]

Aristotle Pickett: "I remember, I was engaged in rigorous discussion about the Geelong Football Club at the time!"

 

[Mr Meow]

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Aristotle Pickett: "I remember, I was engaged in rigorous discussion about the Geelong Football Club at the time!"

That was really sad.

It would be like if we were in a Richmond rebuild thread during a Geelong final last year.

I wanted to delete AP's posts for him to stop that embarrassment.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

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Aristotle Pickett: "I remember, I was engaged in rigorous discussion about the Geelong Football Club at the time!"

Only takes a moment to fire off a reply after Richmond kick a goal. You missed a great game while obsessing about the Geelong rort thread Chugga.

 

[Mr Meow]

Only takes a moment to fire off a reply after Richmond kick a goal. You missed a great game while obsessing about the Geelong rort thread Chugga.

Don't you have friends or loved ones to share a Richmond game with? Richmond game day thread to post in?

You're seeing them kick a goal and then going "ah God - I REALLY need to chat to Geelong supporters about their club!".

 

[STPer18]

Only takes a moment to fire off a reply after Richmond kick a goal. You missed a great game while obsessing about the Geelong rort thread Chugga.

I watched the entire thing. Why were Geelong on your mind though when Richmond were pulling off a great upset win against their biggest rival?

 

[Sttew]

I have been there ffs. What does it matter that you don't own it? You may as well own it, doesn't make a diff.
Rort!

So by extension, being ripped off with take away food prices at the MCG. We can accuse Richmond of rorting the public?

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Keep the insults to the bay my good friend. The arse-tearings you've suffered over there don't need to be dragged over to the main board.

Keep on topic please . The topic is Geelong rorting.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

So by extension, being ripped off with take away food prices at the MCG. We can accuse Richmond of rorting the public?

Take away food is a rort by the AFL and MCC but this thread is about Geelong's salary cap rorts, Hocking rorts, goverment charity millions rorts, Cotton On Chris Scott ect.