Oppo Camp Non Geelong football (AFL) discussion 2025, Part 1

[Baudolino]

Speaking of Fogarty, which club has been the biggest graveyard the careers of Geelong discards over the past 10 years: Port Adelaide or Carlton?

Port Adelaide: Narkle, Ratugolea, Evans, Buzza

Carlton: Smedts, Lang, Fogarty, Evans

Neither club ever learns their lesson lol

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Carlton's style of game is actually preferable for finals footy but the thing is, they don't have a plan B or even plan C. That style of game is not manageable throughout a marathon season. The good teams change it up and are constantly rotating their lists.
Cripps looks physically shot. Completely exhausted at the 20 minute mark of every last quarter. I see De Koning is going down the same path.

Guys like Motlop, Hollands, McGovern, Acres, Silvagni, Fogarty are scrubs. They are VFL listed footballers. I would argue Williams and Cerra are two others who are stealing their yearly wages from the Carlton footy club. Both should only be on 500k the kind of footy they produce.

Freo got Amiss with the Cerra pick too

 

[Baudolino]

I'd have Port as worse than Carlton just because of the length of contract they gave Sav and the amount they've committed to him as their KPD.

 

[thejester]

I'd have Port as worse than Carlton just because of the length of contract they gave Sav and the amount they've committed to him as their KPD.

If the criteria is ‘don’t learn their lesson’, Carlton. They recruited not one, not two, but three former Geelong first rounders on exactly the same career trajectory, failed to modify the arc of that trajectory, then recruited a fourth who doesn’t even have the allure of being a talented junior. At least Port have mixed it up.

 

[cats_09]

St Kilda being the only team not to start 0-3 is crazy.

Tell me about it, but it probably does a good job of summing up their past decade - they've won 1 wooden spoon in 2014, but they had won 3 of their first 5 matches that year before turning to shit & winning only one more match

They've kinda just been there abouts for finals, but never good enough to be a serious contender and other teams have just been more shit then them

It's like they have these periods every year where their fans get excited by what they see, before then been let down - just that it hasn't been the first month of the year that they've let their fans down

 

[My Tilly]

St Kilda should destroy Richmond today. I'm stunned at the odds to be honest. If they don't win that game by 60+, they are not getting near finals (again).

 

[Munich]

God Kayo is complete shit. Not that I really want to watch melb but I'd like the bloody app to work.

 

[Munich]

Finally it decides to work.

20k at the G

 

[cats_09]

Which King brother is more frustrating to watch

 

[Strange Cat]

Which King brother is more frustrating to watch

Neale will end up better than both of them

 

[cats_09]

Are the umpires calling more throwing free kicks this season compared with say last year - seemed to have been a good number called this weekend alone, when in past times they would give the player the benefit of the doubt that they may have got a fist to the ball

 

[Catman]

Could be an exodus from Melbourne at the end of the year.

 

[Strange Cat]

Not much channel of happening but I would love Rowell here

 

[Strange Cat]

Could be an exodus from Melbourne at the end of the year.

Looks like multiple players have mentally checked out the culture must be as dire as it has been reported

 

[Falconx]

Surely it is time for Gold Coast to actually accomplish something meaningful. Their list is starting to look really stacked with talent in all ends of the ground and they have God knows how many top end academy products coming through.

We do say this every year but if Hardwick can't make something work with that list, then we might as well just fold them now.

 

[cats_09]

Do Melbourne throw the kitchen sink at TDK?

I know Gawn has just turned 33, but he's still got 2 years on his contract after this season and while this season is only young, he doesn't seem to have that aura to him as we've seen in past seasons

Could the lack of genuine ruck support for him, especially since Jackson was traded to Freo, be telling during these later years for Gawn

 

[Gunf]

If GCS don't make finals this year i don't think they ever will

 

[Munich]

Lol Melbourne. That dropped mark from hairboi resulting in a goal for the suns right on the buzzer.

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

The GCS are impressive, for sure. However, they must maintain this level of performance for most of the season and make it to the finals. How often have we seen them make a strong start to a season with wins, only to fade away? This has to be the year they play finals.

 

[Klink]

If you have any doubts as to what Rowell's value would be....watch a replay of today's game. This guy is a genuine superstar.

I'd be going $1.2M over 6-years to get him here if that is what it takes..

 

[Gunf]

If you have any doubts as to what Rowell's value would be....watch a replay of today's game. This guy is a genuine superstar.

I'd be going $1.2M over 6-years to get him here if that is what it takes..

29 D 16 CP 11 CLR 7 T and the game isn't finished

 

[Lana]

Melbourne is at that point in the lifecycle of an NBA team where they strip the team for parts and hope for the best with the lottery

 

[Gunf]

Melbourne is at that point in the lifecycle of an NBA team where they strip the team for parts and hope for the best with the lottery

Them and Cartlon are both at that point i think

 

[FreakShow20]

Just what we need… the blowtorch going to be on Melb all week & we gotta play them

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Melbourne are a joke.