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[Tadpole]

Along with captain of the Team of the Team and won the coaches award.

I’d have a brew or two with him.

 

[Tadpole]

Our team could do with a home brew

Full strength though. None of this light rubbish.

 

[Markfs]

Similar way to how it’s possible to be married to one (24 years and counting).

sometimes we just have to live with our mistakes for the sake of the children...

 

[Tadpole]

sometimes we just have to live with our mistakes for the sake of the children...

And the other 14 of the 24 years?

 

[Jen2310]

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

 

[The Phantom]

Maybe the saints would like his brother as well.

 

[Jen2310]

Geelong is exploring a move for delisted Carlton forward Jack Martin

21

Jack Martin

Age

29

Ht

186cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.2

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.7

5star

G

0.9

4star

D

14.9

4star

K

7.9

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

3.6

4star

G

1.1

5star

D

8.2

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.6

3star

as part of plans to help keep the Cats in premiership contention next year.
Martin looks a certain to find a new home next season with the Cats set to join Fremantle in the race for the 29-year-old.

Geelong has specialised in its mature-age recruiting missions over the past two decades and are eyeing Martin as a talented forward who could immediately add to their forward mix.

But he will have to pass a medical assessment after struggling with injuries in his five-year stint at Carlton which yielded only three senior games this season.
Martin would be a like-for-like replacement for Gary Rohan

23

Gary Rohan

Age

33

Ht

189cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.6

2star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.8

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.3

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

4.2

5star

G

1.2

4star

who could be delisted by the Cats at season’s end.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/geelong-emerges-as-shock-suitor-for-jack-martin-after-being-delisted-by-carlton/news-story/7fa6fe936ec3b9b3cf8716897d080f31

 

[Jen2310]

 

[Big Bryza]

Hinkley has had a very long run at Port, and despite having a decent team for much of that time, they've most of the time failed miserably when it really matters, come finals time. He's very lucky to still be there, and unless they can somehow defy the odds and go on and win the flag, they need to give someone else a go. Acting like a juvenile and embarrassing himself and his club only makes it look worse for him. I would think most Port supporters would want him gone, and doubt many would be taken in simply because they've just snuck in at home against a young, inexperienced opponent. I have a good friend who is a Power supporter, and though he did hope they won the other night, he added that if they were to lose again he wanted it to be by a big enough margin that Hinkley getting the boot would have seemed inevitable! Lose badly to Sydney and that might still happen!

Telling a a cocky little smart arse that he's not catching a flight, is not embarrassing yourself.

What a world we live in.

 

[Big Bryza]

I reckon there’s a bit of a “the natives are getting restless” going on.

We were well over Buckley by the time he left after 9 and a half seasons, getting to 4 finals, 1 GF and no Premierships …

… so we can understand how the proud Port people feel after 12 seasons, getting to 5 finals, no GF and no Premierships (yet).

Its a tough one. Ken dragged the club off the canvas from the tarp era.

He's got them to many a finals series, where they've failed every time.

He's got them them into another Prelim. The players proved on Fri night that it all comes down to them in a final. A coach can only do so much.

Port's record against Sydney is brilliant in recent years. You'd be surprised but not totally shocked if they won. Is it time for Kenny to go? Probably, but he's not getting sacked on the back of making at least another prelim.

 

[NMBB]

Telling a a cocky little smart arse that he's not catching a flight, is not embarrassing yourself.

What a world we live in.

It's quite offensive when the AFL mullahs ban the great Australian tradition of deliberately offending someone who has been a d#ck

 

[Roverjg]

An article in todays Herald Sun about the ingredients to Geelong's sustained success. I have only highlighted a bit about this weeks team: "If defender Sam De Koning gets picked to play against Brisbane he will be the highest draft pick – No. 19 in 2019 – the Cats have used to create this team.

Nine players in this team the Cats have got directly out of the national draft with their selections, ranging from No. 19 to No. 63 while seven have graduated from the club’s rookie list.

“I think Geelong in particular, through picks 40 to 60, or the third, fourth round and rookies, it feels like they have been able to maximise those picks as well as anyone in the competition,” Taylor said.



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[manicpie]

An article in todays Herald Sun about the ingredients to Geelong's sustained success. I have only highlighted a bit about this weeks team: "If defender Sam De Koning gets picked to play against Brisbane he will be the highest draft pick – No. 19 in 2019 – the Cats have used to create this team.

Nine players in this team the Cats have got directly out of the national draft with their selections, ranging from No. 19 to No. 63 while seven have graduated from the club’s rookie list.

“I think Geelong in particular, through picks 40 to 60, or the third, fourth round and rookies, it feels like they have been able to maximise those picks as well as anyone in the competition,” Taylor said.



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Their recruiting strategy is much better than what we have. Leppa has gone on record as saying we will be looking at different strategies to drafting and it's about time. Time to think outside the box or outside Hines list

 

[76woodenspooners]

Their recruiting strategy is much better than what we have. Leppa has gone on record as saying we will be looking at different strategies to drafting and it's about time. Time to think outside the box or outside Hines list

Is there a drafting strategy we haven’t tried?

Rookie draft. Cat B overseas. Cat B local. Mid season. SSP. Father-son. Drafting athletes and turning them into footballers. Drafting footballers and building up their athletic base. Drafting basketballers. Drafting soccer players. Drafting from all around the country. Drafting from the local leagues. Drafting mature players.

It’s not as if our squad is bristling with first round draft picks?

Our list management has always been thinking out of the box …

… maybe the only thing we haven’t tried is thinking inside the box?

 

[Abdul_The_Bull]

Is there a drafting strategy we haven’t tried?

Rookie draft. Cat B overseas. Cat B local. Mid season. SSP. Father-son. Drafting athletes and turning them into footballers. Drafting footballers and building up their athletic base. Drafting basketballers. Drafting soccer players. Drafting from all around the country. Drafting from the local leagues. Drafting mature players.

It’s not as if our squad is bristling with first round draft picks?

Our list management has always been thinking out of the box …

… maybe the only thing we haven’t tried is thinking inside the box?

Who is the basketballer we drafted??

 

[sr36]

Their recruiting strategy is much better than what we have. Leppa has gone on record as saying we will be looking at different strategies to drafting and it's about time. Time to think outside the box or outside Hines list

I hate to say it, but my gut is that they've got a fantastic network that they've built up over years and it will take years to build up to match them and it won't be about a change in the head chair or strategy that gets us matching their talent spotting.

 

[manicpie]

I hate to say it, but my gut is that they've got a fantastic network that will take years to build up to match them.

Yep, I think you're right

 

[sr36]

Yep, I think you're right

It's not one bloke finding gold from hidden corners all around the country.

The big hope is that Mackie being a cocky little campaigner ****s up all the good work that his predecessors have done.

 

[manicpie]

It's not one bloke finding gold from hidden corners all around the country.

The big hope is that Mackie being a cocky little campaigner ****s up all the good work that his predecessors have done.

We can only hope

 

[Sweeetleftfoot]

Who is the basketballer we drafted??

It’s owies.

 

[manicpie]

It’s owies.

God I hope so. I love that punchable larrikin

 

[35Daicos]

Telling a a cocky little smart arse that he's not catching a flight, is not embarrassing yourself.

What a world we live in.

I'm certainly not a fan of Jack Ginnivan and his childish behaviour. He's going to have to learn to pull his head in, or his career may be over much sooner than it should be! Sicily's conduct (on-field) was ordinary (he was probably lucky he didn't cop some sort of a fine as well), and what he had to say off-field wasn't great, while Sam Mitchell didn't come out of the whole episode looking good either. A senior coach (Hinkley) should not behave like that on a football field, even if they've been under great pressure themselves, and felt they were provoked. All of those people embarrassed themselves to at least some extent, and it wasn't a good look for the game.

This is Hinkley's twelfth year at Port. It's very rare for a coach to survive that long without delivering a flag. He's bought himself a bit more time now, but their fans will turn on him very quickly again if/when things turn sour! Despite their great recent record against the Swans I can't see them winning this week.

 

[live fast pieyoung]

Is there a drafting strategy we haven’t tried?

Rookie draft. Cat B overseas. Cat B local. Mid season. SSP. Father-son. Drafting athletes and turning them into footballers. Drafting footballers and building up their athletic base. Drafting basketballers. Drafting soccer players. Drafting from all around the country. Drafting from the local leagues. Drafting mature players.

It’s not as if our squad is bristling with first round draft picks?

Our list management has always been thinking out of the box …

… maybe the only thing we haven’t tried is thinking inside the box?

Plenty of sports we havent tried drafting Cat Bs from yet:
darts, tenpin bowling, chess, curling, synchronised swimming
Dekkas just getting started

 

[Vicky Park]

An article in todays Herald Sun about the ingredients to Geelong's sustained success. I have only highlighted a bit about this weeks team: "If defender Sam De Koning gets picked to play against Brisbane he will be the highest draft pick – No. 19 in 2019 – the Cats have used to create this team.

Nine players in this team the Cats have got directly out of the national draft with their selections, ranging from No. 19 to No. 63 while seven have graduated from the club’s rookie list.

“I think Geelong in particular, through picks 40 to 60, or the third, fourth round and rookies, it feels like they have been able to maximise those picks as well as anyone in the competition,” Taylor said.



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So sick of reading about how good Geelong are. At every bloody thing.

What happened to the good old days of calling them the ‘handbaggers’? God, I can’t believe I even think that’s acceptable in this day and age. Which of course it isn’t. So I apologise for even bringing it up. But I do miss their decades of incompetence.