Yes, many people called it years ago. Again. And again. And again. This makes you a broken clock, not Nostradamus.
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Geelong - Too old, too slow?
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14 years actually as people started writing us off in the back end of 2009 home and away season.
I'm confident we'll bounce back much sooner than people think, and opposition supporters hoping we'll spend years out of the finals like Hawthorn have are in for disappointment.
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We could easily go either of two ways but I just want us to try.
If we try and we fail I don’t care. I just don’t want us to adopt a loser mentality of not aiming as high as we can
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Customers?You Geelong customers don't realize how big of an impact there is with such a large list turnover.
Won't happen anyway. Chris Scott will want to keep most of the list together and you'll go with top ups again. I fully expect your club to target Brodie Grundy
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For a moment there, I thought you sounded like the rock LoLFINALLY
And may they stay out of the finals for at least the next 10 years
Finally the rock has come back I WrestleMania lol
Oh I used a Hogan wrestling gif on Bay 13 earlier
Have to contain my excitement here and now
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As for eagles ...
No disrespect to you, as you are a decent poster.
Yes eagles are never down for long. However, this eagles rebuild will take a while.
Eagles longest stint if finals is 3 years. That's 2008-10 and this current one of 2021-23. I would be shocked if eagles make finals in 2024 or 2025.
Cats had their run. It was a good run
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Oh yeah realistically we're another 3 years away at least. It'll be a strange feeling, but as long as we are really rebuilding I can live with that.
in honour of Jessie today?Oh I used a Hogan wrestling gif on Bay 13 earlier
Have to contain my excitement here and now
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Reasonable and fair criticism
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Will Hawkins go around for another year?
He still has the ability, but the cliff will surely come next year and he’d have to be questioning why he’d be doing it with no success on the horizon.
He still has the ability, but the cliff will surely come next year and he’d have to be questioning why he’d be doing it with no success on the horizon.
Yes another season
Last game at home might be seen as a nice time to call it a day for some other players
Smith has already announced his retirement.
Touhy, possibly Rohan could call it time.
If he has some things lined up post career, Dangerfield may be the surprise call
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Blicavs, Stanley, Rohan, danger, Hawkins should all pull the pin if they don't want to end up like the eagles.
Disagree, I think that is the fastest way to end up like the Eagles.
Staggering it makes more sense.
The last time that Geelong had Win Percentage under 50% after 22 matches played was in 2006. Any 'old-timers' here might remember what happened in 2007.
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Ah yes, I see it now
Ratagolea= Scarlett
Zac Guthrie = Ablett jnr
Parfitt = Bartel
From 2004 it's been:
PF
SF
Miss finals
Premiers
GF
Premiers
PF
Premiers
EF
PF
SF
Miss finals
PF
PF
EF
PF
GF
PF
Premiers
Miss finals
20 years where the longest sequence of failing to make a grand final is 8 seasons, failing to make a preliminary final is two seasons and failing to make finals is one season.
It can't last forever but gravity has been denied for a while.
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Could’ve still made finals if they had a captain like Selwood. He was one of the best captains competition-wide for a reason. Dangerfield’s leadership is nowhere near his, which is why he failed to inspire them enough.
Perhaps they should consider another captain for next year. Maybe someone like Stewart.
Perhaps they should consider another captain for next year. Maybe someone like Stewart.
I'd say Hawkins definitely will go again.
Although he's one of the oldest (now that Smith has retired he might be the oldest), his decline hasn't been as pronounced as others. Plus, there's still no replacement anywhere near ready. I can't see any chance at all that a lot of veterans step away or are pushed at once. It'll be 2-3 names at most I would think. The same the next year and so on.
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We've got 6 or so solid years of rebuilding so captaincy at the moment is irrelevant.
When we're ready to contend again Clark will be captain.
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Oh yeah Clark. I just realised that I haven’t heard much about him this year. Genuinely curious, how’s he tracking for Geelong?
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