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AFLW 2024 - Round 6 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
No his saying champions deserve to go out as, not as has-beens. We are finding out that some players in our window weren't as good as we thought the younger ones eg George, Macca as they were carried by our champions. You also stated how hard our gameplan is which wears out 25 year old let alone players in their 30s. We failed them by not adjusting the plan.They played keepings off for about 8 years of their careers. Our players played footy trench warfare style. They won everything 3 times over and your suggested reward for that is to sack every campaigner.
Geelong are the only team who has managed to stay on top. Everyone else has had to bottom out. Weird to compare us. The club is on record saying we want to emulate their success and stay in finals year on year.
My post is not really about Geelong being on top, but how have they been able to allow their elite players to have such long, incredibly consistent & healthy careers. Rarely in the past 2 decades can i recall their season being ruined by an injury. Hawkins is literally not human. That guy is 2 years older than Jack, and looks & plays several years his junior.
Our medical team has left a lot to be desired over the past few years. We all joke about the injuries, but it hasn;t just been that - our players have aged much quicker than Geelongs, but several other teams. Dayne Zorko is 34, Pendles 35. Dangerfield 33. Hawkins 35.
Mate, their reward was the paycheck, the three Premiership medals and the accolades that come with them, nothing more.They played keepings off for about 8 years of their careers. Our players played footy trench warfare style. They won everything 3 times over and your suggested reward for that is to sack every campaigner.
Mate, their reward was the paycheck, the three Premiership medals and the accolades that come with them, nothing more.
They are not gods to be worshipped but footballers paid to represent their members on the football field
Premiership players should have been traded, they are a sought after commodity....For all that they are footballers on our list. They should be selected if they are in the best 22, and retained on the list if they are better than the next available option. Unless the club wants to rebuild, then do what Hawthorn did with your Premiership stars - force them out the door. And 6 years later they are bottom 3.
Premiership players should have been traded, they are a sought after commodity....
McIntosh and Graham have ready replacements in the VFL and could have got players that fit our needs and current rules.
But 3 years later they no longer have any value and that's when you have to push them out the door with nothing in return.
Geelong is top of the AFLs cheat list, umpiring and rule changes are only there to give them advantage and keep their old players relevant.
Richmond is top of the AFLs s**t list, rules were implemented to stop us and umpiring just keeps getting more rigged against us.
That's the difference.
Oh my, let's all have a big cry .... Life is not fair
A true dynasty Club would have pivoted and won at their game too.
True dat, not many, but Hawthorn has probably had one true dynasty over four coaches and 20 years.Where are all thee true dynasty clubs?
2019: 6-6-6 and Kick-in changes to stop our 7-man defence and turnover game. We won the flag.
Oh my, let's all have a big cry .... Life is not fair
A true dynasty Club would have pivoted and won at their game too.
2019: 6-6-6 and Kick-in changes to stop our 7-man defence and turnover game. We won the flag.
2020: Shorter quarters, we were the fittest team in the comp so it allowed other teams such as retirement home geelong to keep with us. We won the flag.
2021: Stand rule, less interchange rotations. Club was #eco.
2022: Stand rule. Competitive in every game, played good footy in the last month, single digit losses cost us top 4. F***ed by ARC at the Gabba.
And their home ground advantage.Geelong is top of the AFLs cheat list, umpiring and rule changes are only there to give them advantage and keep their old players relevant.
Richmond is top of the AFLs s**t list, rules were implemented to stop us and umpiring just keeps getting more rigged against us.
That's the difference.
True dat, not many, but Hawthorn has probably had one true dynasty over four coaches and 20 years.
If you say that it must be 4 or more premierships with less than five years gap between each premiership.
Hawthorn 2008 -2015, 4 premierships
Hawthorn 1971-1991, 8 premierships
Richmond 1967-1974, 4 premierships
Melbourne 1955-1964, 6 premierships
Collingwood 1927-1936, 6 premierships
If we won another premiership in the next two seasons then I would see us as a Dynasty club.
Only two clubs have won multiple flags in the talent diluted 18 team era. Hawks, and us. And both have won 3. Right now, we are the last club to achieve that. For all we know, no other team will ever do it. Richmond may have achieved a truly great thing. Especially from where we were coming, and with all manner of rules and mechanisms designed to stop us winning multiple flags.
They get a massive leg up at their shithole of a stadium. 85% Win rate means they can bank 9 wins a year as a starting point. Add in slam dunk away games to struggler sides and they that’s why they are perennial finalistsWe were on top for 4 years.
this is the cats last 17 years. Made finals every year. Finished top 4 FOURTEEN times out of 17 ( talking Ladder )
2007 - 1sy
2008 - 1st
2009 - 2nd
2010 - 2nd
2011 - 2nd
2012 - 6th
2013 - 2nd
2014 - 2nd
2015 - 2nd
2016 - 2nd
2017 - 2nd
2018 - 8th
2019 - 1st
2020 - 4th
2021 - 3rd
2022 - 1st
2023 - Currently 8th
We have to give credit where its due, they have been on top using & building off the same core of players. We need to look at our opponents who are doing it better and try to learn. Being on top is a work in progress for Richmond. This is not the time to for us to be arrogant and yap on about our 3 flags - its time to be humble, learn and grow