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Either way it was massive. Almost nobody would voluntarily give up $1.4m for just a small chance of some more flags. At that stage we were unlikely to win 2017 as well. If that isn’t good deal by the club idk what it. Keeping your drafted players and managing your cap is also a skill.
Don’t forget the rigged ground. I honestly don’t know how you do it man. You’d be a great CEO steamrolling everybody in your way, morals out the window.
Are we talking about that rigged ground called the MCG where we have won four grand finals at and 5 preliminary finals at in the past 16 years?? What a spooky place for us.The rigged ground that’s almost the identical dimensions of West Coast’s home ground for 30 years. Yeah. Good one.
The rigged ground that we leave to beat all the other teams on.
The rigged ground where if we didn’t even play, we’d still make finals ever season based on our away percentage over the past 17 years.
Yeah. Dunno how I do it, man.
He didn’t give up $1.4 million, his deal with the Tigers was believed to be between somewhere between $1.2 and $1.3
Now I can’t knock a guy for taking a lower offer - good luck to him for doing it. But he gave up somewhere around, at a guess, $150,000 a season.
The people knocking Ablett for things like disloyalty and knocking Geelong for not being able to keep him?
The gap between what we could offer him and what the Suns could offer, and remember that the AFL were funding their bid to sign him, was nearly a million bucks a season.
I’m taking off my ‘just s**t on everything Falcon says’ hat here and talking normally.
It’s not a like for like comparison mate and no sensible analysis would ever claim that it is.
And by the way, even the ‘at that stage we were unlikely to win’ part further proves your lack of willingness to bother backing up your words.
‘At that stage’ it was August 31. Round 23 had just been completed and Richmond had finished 2 points, or half a game, off the minor premiership. North Melbourne went 6-16.
Who don’t think Martin reckoned had a better chance of success?
The rigged ground that’s almost the identical dimensions of West Coast’s home ground for 30 years. Yeah. Good one.
The rigged ground that we leave to beat all the other teams on.
The rigged ground where if we didn’t even play, we’d still make finals ever season based on our away percentage over the past 17 years.
Yeah. Dunno how I do it, man.
Are we talking about that rigged ground called the MCG where we have won four grand finals at and 5 preliminary finals at in the past 16 years?? What a spooky place for us.
No over the lifetime of the contract it was $1.4 million about $200k less each year for 7 years. It’s a lot of money. Not just $150k
Not to mention Martin would have probably lost more money on sponsorship deals moving to north than staying at Richmond. In the end it was a better financial move to remain at Richmond.Yet you want to criticise another club because they couldn’t keep a guy who could make an extra $5 million in five years and compare the two situations as though they are like for like.
See what people are getting at when they say you don’t think before you post?
An advantage of beating sides at the MCG?? We showed we could win footy games anywhere anytime.Exactly now imagine you didn’t have those advantages and finished lower in the H&A ladder.
How much money do you think Martin would have lost in sponsorship moving from a large club like Richmond to north Melbourne?? His manager would have made him very aware of this.No over the lifetime of the contract it was $1.4 million about $200k less each year for 7 years. It’s a lot of money. Not just $150k
I believe they upgraded there stadium to be similar to MCG dimensions. They also share the home ground with Freo. They also travel further than you for away in vic. So yeah not the same buddy. Try again.
Yet you want to criticise another club because they couldn’t keep a guy who could make an extra $5 million in five years and compare the two situations as though they are like for like.
See what people are getting at when they say you don’t think before you post?
An advantage of beating sides at the MCG?? We showed we could win footy games anywhere anytime.
Exactly now imagine you didn’t have those advantages and finished lower in the H&A ladder.
Dusty would have lost money going to north via sponsorship deals dropping at a smaller club. He didn’t sacrifice anythingWhat? Gary didn’t turn anything down. He would’ve left for Dustys money too. He didn’t really care about Geelong at that point. 2 flags was enough.
What? Gary didn’t turn anything down. He would’ve left for Dustys money too. He didn’t really care about Geelong at that point. 2 flags was enough.
What advantages? We STILL WIN EVERYWHERE lol
You realise that other teams still have home grounds right? Yes you have to share them but you still have them and you get to play 15-16 games there a year.
We are winning in our top four years, 9-10 games AWAY from Kardinia Park. If we were based somewhere else we would STILL HAVE A HOME GROUND SOMEWHERE this we would STILL BE WINNING A LOT OF GAMES, STILL BE WINNING ALL THE FINALS THAT WE WERE ALREADY WINNING AWAY FROM THERE.
If professional afl clubs can’t adapt to a difference in ground dimensions then stiff, that is their issue and a talent one. Adaptability is a sign of skill.You wouldn’t have made finals/top 4 as many times without GMHBA. You’re like interstate sides with the H&A advantage.
No he wouldn’t. Hence he spent the better part of a year deliberating over it. If you spend a season deliberating over a million bucks, do you think $150,000 is going to sway you? Probably not. And yeah something tells me having spent his entire life at the club, and played in a flag there with his brother and grown up in the region, he probably had some ties there.
Do primary schools give out psychology degrees now?
If professional afl clubs can’t adapt to a difference in ground dimensions then stiff, that is their issue and a talent one. Adaptability is a sign of skill.
If Richmond want to play some home games at geelong then be our guest to request it.
4 premierships won at the MCG clearly shows we have no issues playing at the ground or winning there. You seem to struggle grasping simple concepts
Meh whatever, he’s known as a mercenary and a 2 club player. Sucks for you.
Why? That sucks for me, um, how, exactly? Guy I haven’t met worked for two agencies in his job?
Oh yeah I’m going to have to change jobs myself over that one
F**ken have a listen to yourself
rigged?? Have we set up land mines across the field that I am unaware of?? Are the umpires paid bribery?? Do the goal posts move when opposition kick for goal?? Honestly you can’t even put basic arguments forward. It’s not “rigged”There is a whole thread on it. Go read it. Most people think it’s rigged. It’s just a fact. You even had a chance to upgrade the dimensions in your renovation like Optus. But surprise surprise, you kept it the same. Geelong FC wants to keep their advantage.
'Everybody' thinks this...There is a whole thread on it. You should go read it I won’t talk about it on here anymore. I’m not the only person who thinks this.
Because he wasn’t a one club player. Please don’t pretend you wouldn’t have preferred to keep him. None of this I’m ok with either decision crap. It it was your choice you’d keep him. like a normal supporter.
Anyway I’ll take a break from this thread now. I’m getting off topic.