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Have Geelong become too powerful?
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You should sell some home games to GMHBA. Clear path to the 8 every year. Club supposedly also make more money having 25k attending there than you would having a full house at Marvel
You don’t play us there as is so why would that change now? Cheat ground yourself up
FMD
Geelong has been the most functional and best run club in the AFL for a very long time. Every aspect, trading, recruiting, player development, salary cap management, attracting public money, maintaining a home ground advantage, having voices in key positions in the media and AFL etc. I don't think anything is gained from punishing an exemplar. Wouldn't you want to try and emulate them?
Geelong has been the most functional and best run club in the AFL for a very long time. Every aspect, trading, recruiting, player development, salary cap management, attracting public money, maintaining a home ground advantage, having voices in key positions in the media and AFL etc. I don't think anything is gained from punishing an exemplar. Wouldn't you want to try and emulate them?
On the other hand. The AFL did set a precedent by changing the (admittedly opaque) rules regarding free agent compensation when Richmond appeared to be due an end of first round compensation for trading Brandon Ellis to Gold Coast in 2019.
West Coast and Geelong received end of first round compensation for similar free agents: 2017 Scott Lycett (5 year $3 million contract), 2018 Steven Motlop (4 year $2 million Dollar Contract), 2019 Brandon Ellis (5 year $3million contract)
But that was only after fierce lobbying from certain sections of the media who felt it very unfair that a club who had experienced recent premiership success be treated with the same rules as the rest of the comp. The AFL were stupid to cave in to the politics of envy then, and they shouldn't now.
West Coast and Geelong received end of first round compensation for similar free agents: 2017 Scott Lycett (5 year $3 million contract), 2018 Steven Motlop (4 year $2 million Dollar Contract), 2019 Brandon Ellis (5 year $3million contract)
But that was only after fierce lobbying from certain sections of the media who felt it very unfair that a club who had experienced recent premiership success be treated with the same rules as the rest of the comp. The AFL were stupid to cave in to the politics of envy then, and they shouldn't now.
I can't for the life of me understand why Hawthron didn't jump at it.
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The trade pick turnover should have been within 1000 draft points. Regardless of the salary dump provision.
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Did you enjoy your flags built off draft picks awarded for nothing more than being rubbish?
Sttew
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I reckon Bowes looked at everything happening at Hawthorn and said that’s not where I want to be
Sttew
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A professional team like Geelong says “we’ll have a go at Hopper but we won’t pay a penny over X”. Hopper said he wanted X+Y, so Geelong stayed true to its mantra and withdrew interest. And how did that decision pan out? We get an experienced young midfielder who the Cats have had eyes on for a couple of years and pick 7 in the ND Is thrown in. Couldn’t have worked out better. It’s what you call a sliding doors moment
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Not sure if this post is a genius troll or a look inside the disturbed mind of salty Richmond supporters.
Yeah, the AFL licks their balls at any chance. It sure would be nice to have your own city fortress (helps it's a nice sunny place) with our own field, the AFL handing out comp picks like it's candy... Endless father and songs to build dynasties upon. Yeah, there is nothing fair about Geelong Football Club right now.
Imo at the very minimum any new team that comes into league should be using GMHBA stadium. It's an extreme advantage, not to mention how often Geelong gets to playtest in MCG anyway...
They have every advantage that a league could give them, and there is nothing balanced about the AFL right now, especially with free agency being a complete disaster, basically taking away any of the power from the clubs and giving it all to the players... who happen to want to go play in sunny Geelong beaches and their many other advantages.
(Yes, I'm a collingwood supporter and i think we get unfair advantages too)
But, most of all watching the way the AFL holds down clubs whilst lifting up others is disgusting and unethical.
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Yeah the afl really licked our balls by arranging for Gary Ablett Sr, Jack Hawkins and John Scarlett to have sex.
Tell me, did you stop to think at any point during your post - that part in particular - about the 6 father-sons you had on your list this season?
And no, we don’t have every advantage the league COULD give us.
They COULD give us 11 home games.
They COULD give us home finals.
They COULD force your team to travel down and play us.
But they don’t, because the colossal and vocal ‘I’m an enormous bitch who would whinge about the price of oxygen if it was a means of trying to make excuses of why another football team is better than mine’ demographic, of which you are a card carrying member, would kick up too much if a fuss about it.
Seems we are good enough to adapt to any ground we play on. Hence our away record has no holes in it, something the egghead ‘duh… my finger done got stuck in my nose….’ boffins like yourself seem incapable of comprehending.
Don’t know why other clubs can’t do the same.
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This article is 4 years old but it reckons we have at least 26 from our premiership players of 2007-2011
Father-son fortunes
AFL Media has taken a look at our future father-son prospects
Since the AFL supposedly hooks our players up can we get them to manipulate outcomes where all 26+ actually play football and are good at it?
Sydney are just allowed to pick nsw players later then what should be their draft position. And let's not even mention the extra cap you had for years?
What advantages do Geelong get other then um less home games then everyone else and no home finals.
Hawthorn went all in and was apparently the most impressive sell, but at the end of the day apparently he didn’t want to go to another club that is building to play finals.
We are getting their club some nice property deals up on the Goldie - but keep it quiet mate.
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I hear it takes a lot of power to live there.
Should we not enjoy them? I'm not even sure I know how to do that.
You shouldn't feel too bad done by, didn't you get Lynch for something in the 30's?
Correct for this century, yes
He wanted a club he could be a leader at. One with culture that values what he had to offer, not the pick 7 that came with it. He saw Hawthorn turf it's loyal servants in the Clarko era, and this trade period, after watching us steer the oldest team to a premiership and Joel Selwood have the most selfless final game in the history of it.Hawthorn went all in and was apparently the most impressive sell, but at the end of the day apparently he didn’t want to go to another club that is building to play finals.
You can tell from his sense of betrayal at the GC that he is a clubman, not a money chaser. So when clubs only contacted him when they heard about the pick, it was probably an easy decision for him.
No number of flags would garner any respect for Essendon these days, so go crawl back into your basket.
Dynamics
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Not exactly the threesome I'd have in mind but hey, good luck to them. I hope they're very happy.
