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Game Day Geelong V Richmond 2020 AFL Grand Final
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Er, no.
Everything you just said only holds true if all flags are exactly equal in terms of difficulty, quality and merit. Which they aren't.
Actually could not care less if it rains. No excuses.
Would be nice to belt them in the rain actually.
Would be nice to belt them in the rain actually.
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Fingers, Toes, and everything crossed 
I’m really nervous
I’m really nervous
Wtf. Surely that’s a piss take.
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Try not to go in with massive expectations.Fingers, Toes, and everything crossed
I’m really nervous
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If it keeps raining I've got a feeling slightly browner Sean Simpson is going to be very important for us.
Obviously Tommy. Up there with Libba as the best wet weather player you'll see.
Richmond will be hard to beat though with their tap ons and soccers. It ain't no fluke, they do it all the time and are in sync with each other.
Obviously Tommy. Up there with Libba as the best wet weather player you'll see.
Richmond will be hard to beat though with their tap ons and soccers. It ain't no fluke, they do it all the time and are in sync with each other.
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Such a strange feeling knowing it's either going to be a horrible day, or an epic one.
No in between.
No in between.
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Yup I've said this a few times, In our sport (and a lot of others in fairness) ultimate glory is only a small degree away from ultimate failure. Losing a Grand Final is the biggest failure IMO, you've put yourself in a position to win a flag and fallen short and to compound that you have the second worst draft position.
There's no in between to how I'll feel. Either ultimate happiness and joy or ultimate sadness and frustration.
Don't forget, they still have to make another GF too, on top of that. Would say that tops back to back flags, IMO
Regardless of their dipsh*t supporters though, if they win today, they will have actually earned the title of 'dynasty side' - and I can accept that if they beat us fair and square
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Anyone already got their premiership tattoo yet?
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This year has presented challengers that 12 months no one would have predicated, and think it’s fair to say that for the most part, a year we’d rather than not relive
From a football perspective, on the afternoon of Sunday March 21 with 2 matches to still be completed in round 1, the announcement was made that the AFL season would be postponed until at least May 31. While the full impact wouldn't be immediately felt, it was known that all areas of the football clubs would be affected; pay cuts to the players, club employees to be let go
Chris Scott has long had his critics, but it was during this period that we learnt of his class - "In the background as all of this unfolded, quietly, and without any fanfare or desire for recognition, Chris Scott approached the hierarchy at Geelong to tell them he would work for free."
It wasn't a decision made to generate public support and fair to say that he would have been happy for that information to never hit the media. But it's a decision that had a positive impact around the club, and as we learnt at the time it also inspired others to opt out of receiving their salary so that colleagues with families to support or mortgages to pay would continue to receive an income. It's unclear how many jobs were saved due to the sacrifice of Scott & others, but one thing that is clear is the effect this had on the club:
"It sent a message to every single person at the Geelong Football Club: we will get through this season together.
The board, the executive, the staff and the players could not help but be moved by his selfless gesture."
During the extended layoff the emphasis was on the players to find the motivation to keep up their training and ensure they were in playing condition should the season resume. Unlike some of their fellow countrymen at other clubs, our trio of Irish lads opted to stay in the region; and with training in pairs permitted it presented our top draft pick from 2019, Cooper Stephens, with the chance to be training partner with Joel Selwood
The extended break also allowed those who maybe weren't 100% at round 1 the extra time to get their body's right ahead of the season restart - the likes of Kolodjashnij, Bews, and Selwood
On May 15 we learnt that season 2020 would resume on June 11, with strict protocols in place. The first match after the restart was a rather dour affair between Collingwood & Richmond; thankfully just 24 hours later we got a faster, free flowing game with Geelong running out 61 point winners over Hawthorn at KP.
And for the best part of the next 5 months, for a couple of hours each week & sometimes more frequently than that, we could turn on the TV and escape back into the world of AFL
The season took another turn just 4 rounds into the restart with the news that games would be temporarily suspended in Victoria and teams would temporarily be moving into interstate hubs; as we found out that temporary situation would become a permanent agreement for season 2020, and we'd ultimately spend over 100 days in hub life
After a quick trip to Sydney, our first interstate hub was to Perth before eventually being settled on the Gold Coast, and turning the GABBA into our home away from home. The challenge now was to adapt to the new environment - October 13 marked 100 days in hub life, and while there was preliminary final to prepare for, the club did take time out to celebrate the milestone, and showed that the club had not only successfully adapted to it but they also embraced the challenges of season 2020
It's seems a strange thing to say about a 30yr old, 250 gamer with a Brownlow medal, 4 time club b&f and a lazy 8 All Australian blazers, but 2020 may well be the coming of age of Patrick Dangerfield. Long known for the cheeky smile and jovial interactions with the media, they've been replaced with a steely look of determination with unfinished business to take care of. And gone is the "Danger Show" in the midfield, replaced by more even contributions from all who roam through there, allowing Dangerfield to be played where he can be most dangerous for what's required
The Goat returned home to Geelong for one last chance at a premiership and tonight in game #357, the final time he'll be taking to the field he'll get that chance. He may not be the same player as when he left the club, but as we saw last week he still knows the right spots to be in, how to put the ball through the big sticks and he's still got a step to be jealous of
And as we farewell one father & son we are seeing the emergence of another. Taken as a rookie back in 2016 and given the time to develop, Sam Simpson showed this year that he isn't the Auskick kid that we saw debut against GWS in 2017. After winning the clubs VFL b&f last year I lost track of the number of comments I read about how the voting system was flawed because there's no way he should have won, that apparently Constable was the better player - 12 months on I dare say that the coaches got it right. And in just his 15th game he will play in his first grand final at the age of 22, the same age his dad was when he pulled on the hoops in the 92 grand final
Above all else, regardless of the score come the final siren tonight, as Geelong members & fans we can be proud of what we've seen this year. Our club - the players, coaches, administrators, families and all others involved with the GFC, can hold their heads high for not just the results we've seen on the field but for how they have conducted themselves off it and embraced the challenges of 2020
Thank you to the Geelong Football Club for what you have given us this year
Now let's finish the season in style
From a football perspective, on the afternoon of Sunday March 21 with 2 matches to still be completed in round 1, the announcement was made that the AFL season would be postponed until at least May 31. While the full impact wouldn't be immediately felt, it was known that all areas of the football clubs would be affected; pay cuts to the players, club employees to be let go
Chris Scott has long had his critics, but it was during this period that we learnt of his class - "In the background as all of this unfolded, quietly, and without any fanfare or desire for recognition, Chris Scott approached the hierarchy at Geelong to tell them he would work for free."
It wasn't a decision made to generate public support and fair to say that he would have been happy for that information to never hit the media. But it's a decision that had a positive impact around the club, and as we learnt at the time it also inspired others to opt out of receiving their salary so that colleagues with families to support or mortgages to pay would continue to receive an income. It's unclear how many jobs were saved due to the sacrifice of Scott & others, but one thing that is clear is the effect this had on the club:
"It sent a message to every single person at the Geelong Football Club: we will get through this season together.
The board, the executive, the staff and the players could not help but be moved by his selfless gesture."
During the extended layoff the emphasis was on the players to find the motivation to keep up their training and ensure they were in playing condition should the season resume. Unlike some of their fellow countrymen at other clubs, our trio of Irish lads opted to stay in the region; and with training in pairs permitted it presented our top draft pick from 2019, Cooper Stephens, with the chance to be training partner with Joel Selwood
The extended break also allowed those who maybe weren't 100% at round 1 the extra time to get their body's right ahead of the season restart - the likes of Kolodjashnij, Bews, and Selwood
On May 15 we learnt that season 2020 would resume on June 11, with strict protocols in place. The first match after the restart was a rather dour affair between Collingwood & Richmond; thankfully just 24 hours later we got a faster, free flowing game with Geelong running out 61 point winners over Hawthorn at KP.
And for the best part of the next 5 months, for a couple of hours each week & sometimes more frequently than that, we could turn on the TV and escape back into the world of AFL
The season took another turn just 4 rounds into the restart with the news that games would be temporarily suspended in Victoria and teams would temporarily be moving into interstate hubs; as we found out that temporary situation would become a permanent agreement for season 2020, and we'd ultimately spend over 100 days in hub life
After a quick trip to Sydney, our first interstate hub was to Perth before eventually being settled on the Gold Coast, and turning the GABBA into our home away from home. The challenge now was to adapt to the new environment - October 13 marked 100 days in hub life, and while there was preliminary final to prepare for, the club did take time out to celebrate the milestone, and showed that the club had not only successfully adapted to it but they also embraced the challenges of season 2020
It's seems a strange thing to say about a 30yr old, 250 gamer with a Brownlow medal, 4 time club b&f and a lazy 8 All Australian blazers, but 2020 may well be the coming of age of Patrick Dangerfield. Long known for the cheeky smile and jovial interactions with the media, they've been replaced with a steely look of determination with unfinished business to take care of. And gone is the "Danger Show" in the midfield, replaced by more even contributions from all who roam through there, allowing Dangerfield to be played where he can be most dangerous for what's required
The Goat returned home to Geelong for one last chance at a premiership and tonight in game #357, the final time he'll be taking to the field he'll get that chance. He may not be the same player as when he left the club, but as we saw last week he still knows the right spots to be in, how to put the ball through the big sticks and he's still got a step to be jealous of
And as we farewell one father & son we are seeing the emergence of another. Taken as a rookie back in 2016 and given the time to develop, Sam Simpson showed this year that he isn't the Auskick kid that we saw debut against GWS in 2017. After winning the clubs VFL b&f last year I lost track of the number of comments I read about how the voting system was flawed because there's no way he should have won, that apparently Constable was the better player - 12 months on I dare say that the coaches got it right. And in just his 15th game he will play in his first grand final at the age of 22, the same age his dad was when he pulled on the hoops in the 92 grand final
Above all else, regardless of the score come the final siren tonight, as Geelong members & fans we can be proud of what we've seen this year. Our club - the players, coaches, administrators, families and all others involved with the GFC, can hold their heads high for not just the results we've seen on the field but for how they have conducted themselves off it and embraced the challenges of 2020
Thank you to the Geelong Football Club for what you have given us this year
Now let's finish the season in style
Wet weather is huge for Richmond, unfortunately.
I feel so little confidence going into this. Why do we keep doing this to ourselves, year after year, in an uncaring universe?
Anyway I'll leave this here. Go cats, not sure I'll be online much today.
I feel so little confidence going into this. Why do we keep doing this to ourselves, year after year, in an uncaring universe?
Anyway I'll leave this here. Go cats, not sure I'll be online much today.
Hope our Geelong supporting friends in Brisbane found out which hotel Richmond were staying at and made us much noise as possible all night so they couldn't get any sleep.
arent they staying at the same spot as geelong?
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Everyone says that, but I've always been happy to make it.
Obviously 95 was way too much but this is our first one in 10 years.
Whatever happens happens. No pressure tonight.
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I usually never read posts that are even close to that long but that was really good.
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While it will be shattering and crushing if we lose, we’ve done bloody well to make it after the year we’ve had.
Grand Final day will go to the pub for a feed and a few beers to start the day soon as it is a prick of a day rain and more rain.
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