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Ablett lives in Jan Juc. I guarantee its a lot nicer than wherever you live mate. Not everyone likes cities and I think you'll find a lot of people would rather not live in them but are forced to because of their work.
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Gold Coast Up Ablett Ante
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Ablett lives in Jan Juc. I guarantee its a lot nicer than wherever you live mate. Not everyone likes cities and I think you'll find a lot of people would rather not live in them but are forced to because of their work.
laminex
Go Blues.
If Gaz does leave, GC17 should be made to buy the player in cash and draft picks. The Cats should get the first round pick and another pick inside the 16 and a late 2nd rounder.
In my mind he is goneski.
Bye Bye Geelong , Hello Goldy
Bye Bye Geelong , Hello Goldy
They arent attacting any other stars so they might as well throw the house at gazza.
Mind you he will earn it because oppositions would have no-oneelse to target.
Hed better get a guaranteed 5 years because he may be shot after 3 of that kind of punishment.
PS thanks for delaying for so long Gazza, im sure the uncertainty helped other clubs persuade thier stars to stay put.
All the best !
PS the coasters probably need to give him 2mill to reach the 92.5 of their salary cap
Mind you he will earn it because oppositions would have no-oneelse to target.
Hed better get a guaranteed 5 years because he may be shot after 3 of that kind of punishment.
PS thanks for delaying for so long Gazza, im sure the uncertainty helped other clubs persuade thier stars to stay put.
All the best !
PS the coasters probably need to give him 2mill to reach the 92.5 of their salary cap
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It's an interesting proposition for him:
- Take the big bucks and effectively flush his career down the toilet. Never play in a final again.
- Stay at Geelong on 500k less and potentially become one of the greatest of all time.
At any rate, this is not a done deal. If it was the GC would not be coming up with new offers.
- Take the big bucks and effectively flush his career down the toilet. Never play in a final again.
- Stay at Geelong on 500k less and potentially become one of the greatest of all time.
At any rate, this is not a done deal. If it was the GC would not be coming up with new offers.
Somebody with half a brain in the Gold Coast administration may wake up to the fact that what they are purportedly offering a 27 year old (turns 27 May 2011) whose performance is significantly enhanced by playing as part of a champion team, could go a long long way in the development of many more new players.
However, moronic greed may still get the better of them. For football's sake I hope it doesn't get the better of Ablett Jr.
However, moronic greed may still get the better of them. For football's sake I hope it doesn't get the better of Ablett Jr.
I wonder what this bit means in the article??
"Gold Coast sources describe talk of any offer of more than $1.5 million a year as "ludicrous".
Ralphy writing another story while sitting in a gutter somewhere
"Gold Coast sources describe talk of any offer of more than $1.5 million a year as "ludicrous".
Ralphy writing another story while sitting in a gutter somewhere
Igloo
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I dont think he will go, mainly because he is an idiot and probably thinks Geelong will love him forever because of "club loyalty."
I dont want him to go though. No matter how much I hate Geelong, I hate how much the AFL is supplying GC.
I dont want him to go though. No matter how much I hate Geelong, I hate how much the AFL is supplying GC.
IMO the guy will always be remembered as a champion Cats player with all his achievements throughout his career regardless if he opts to go to the GC.
There's more to life after football,take the money and run mate
There's more to life after football,take the money and run mate
The King!
Chosen One
i hope he stays at the cats (unless he wants to live in sydney next year )
I just wish he would confirm he what was going on.
)I just wish he would confirm he what was going on.
Like Judd at West Coast, maybe Ablett could get of a challenge with a crop of 18-19 year olds
Legendary status? I nice investment portfolio courtesty of mr. Costa?
Not getting the title of judas backstabber jnr.?
Living I. Geelong where he is revered, people make out that he is shy, but he seems like a bit of a lad from what I know of him, on the gold coast he is just another punter, in Geelong he is royalty....
I find this to be pretty ordinary.
Geelong have absolutely no way of coming anywhere close to this offer, it's a joke that the AFL has given the GC such massive lee-way to raid Clubs like this.
Geelong have absolutely no way of coming anywhere close to this offer, it's a joke that the AFL has given the GC such massive lee-way to raid Clubs like this.
Money or Glory. That's all he's deciding between.
Geelong's midfield unit is still quite young, they will be a good team for the next few years. They just need to replace a few players once they retire but they have some great talent on their list and can easily unearth a few mature rookie gems to fill the gap.
Geelong's midfield unit is still quite young, they will be a good team for the next few years. They just need to replace a few players once they retire but they have some great talent on their list and can easily unearth a few mature rookie gems to fill the gap.
Sure they could. But they wouldn't want to.
Part of the reason GC will have such funds is due to a huge amount of the squad on minimum wage.
Geelong could get rid of a few stars and play players on minimum wage if they wanted - no team would though.
JeffDunne
TheBrownDog
It's not the first time they have done such a thing but at least this time the club being raided is being raided due to cap pressure.
Nobody seemed to complain when it was weaker clubs being raided.
spudmaster
Brownlow Medallist
From a individual point of view, perhaps not a whole heap as he has won most awards. But if the team is as strong a group of friends as it appears to be, then I'm sure they will want to achieve continued sucess together and will adjust their aims accordingly. They have broken the premiership drought and have won two premierships. They now have the incentive of wanting to go back-to-back and to play in 4 consecutive grandfinals to match the Brissy LIons; if they go back to back this year, they can then readjust the bar further again by aiming for a 3-peat etc and the list goes on.
I understand the rationale behind thinking "he's won a couple of GF';s already, would a couple more honestly justify the difference in money?" My belief is that the players play to win GF's (obviously) and i really doubt that ever changes throughout a career. I'm sure the group as a whole are excited with the young talent coming through to replace a few of the blokes that are nearing retirement, and sometimes that injection of youth can bring the motivation needed to keep the spark alive in the blokes that have previously won awards/premierships and so forth.
The cats are on the brink of a dynasty, I'm sure he'd love to continue to be a part of it with his mates at Geelong so they all share the same history when looking back on it in the future.
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Cool, pages and pages of people telling us if they think he will go or not.
Ed_Gein
Very good. But brick not hit back!
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Well, if it were me, at the end of my career i'd want to count all the awards, premierships and various medals i'd won throughout my career. Not all the notes. The money is nice, but i'd take the glory of winning a premiership any day of the week. He won't even come close to winning a Premiership at the GC if he goes.
But on the other hand, if he goes, it would be nice to reflect on being able to have helped get the GC up and running. Give it a name and put the franchise on the map in the GC. No doubt they'd market the hell out of him up there. So, it would be a good move in that sense. I'd like to see the GC do well.
But i still say, develope their own talent maybe few years down the track they'll have a star of their own to market the brand with. But with Ablett, he's already an established star which would fast track all that.
Going to be tough whatever he decides.
Personally, i'd probably stay, but i could understand if he was tempted with 2mil flashed in front of him. That's some serious dollars for an AFL player.
But on the other hand, if he goes, it would be nice to reflect on being able to have helped get the GC up and running. Give it a name and put the franchise on the map in the GC. No doubt they'd market the hell out of him up there. So, it would be a good move in that sense. I'd like to see the GC do well.
But i still say, develope their own talent maybe few years down the track they'll have a star of their own to market the brand with. But with Ablett, he's already an established star which would fast track all that.
Going to be tough whatever he decides.
Personally, i'd probably stay, but i could understand if he was tempted with 2mil flashed in front of him. That's some serious dollars for an AFL player.
He should go and become the next Warrick Capper!!
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ablett is abandoning ship at the end of the season, along with the coach and the majority of the older players (guys like chapman, milburn etc will all retire)...
big deal... all good things come to an end... if he's going to languish in a mediocre team, he may as well get paid 2m a year to do it...
big deal... all good things come to an end... if he's going to languish in a mediocre team, he may as well get paid 2m a year to do it...
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If he does go i wonder what it will gost the GC. I know that he can leave for free but i reckon he will demand that Geelong get a decent pick or two in exchange.
