Same with the barracked for them as a kid garbage.
Sure you get the odd bloke who desperately wants to play for his boyhood club or with a friend but it never seems to have a major influence.
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Sure you get the odd bloke who desperately wants to play for his boyhood club or with a friend but it never seems to have a major influence.
I remember about 6 years ago people in this very board having Meltdowns that GWS and GC would win the next 10 flags between them due to AFL corruption
Giants havnt won one, and GC have not even made the finals yet.
The problem up here in Sydney is that yes stars gets re-signed, but another 3 want to leave for the bright lights of Melbourne and the chance to be recognised in the streets.
You need to keep some top end talent to keep competitive.
Hawthorn, Geelong and all these strong clubs just sit there and let the other clubs grow the talent and then they "choose" the big Melbourne clubs. No one ever wants to leave, they have to be forced out.
Imagine Jack R and his exit interview at Richmond.. "Coach, I have just always dreamt of playing on the gold coast in front of 2000 people, I'm sorry but I want a trade for family reasons"
Doesn't happen
Giants signing 3 big name players to big dollars is important to keep young kids there
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Sorry gil & giants fans but this 'cash in paper bag' thing is only cool when we do it
Yes, definitely your best win of the year, and our worst loss (you didn't beat anyone that finished higher than us, and we didn't lose to anyone that finished lower than you). Congratulations. Scrimshaw had more than one good game this year though, only singled that one out because it was against the team of the poster I was replying to. Has also been good in some of our losses. Knock on him from GC was that he was soft. Has looked far from that in the games he's played for us this year. Think the softness tag came from him not coping well from being away from his family, rather than his football. Not all 18 year olds are equally mature when they get drafted, and seems he was not ready to move away from family, certainly not to a club with the kind of support structures GC had in place. Seems to be thriving now that he's back in Melbourne.
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Still think you're underselling your current depth, perhaps because you're comparing it to what you had in 2016. Making finals this year with the outs you've had means you're getting wins with an injury impacted best 22 that is a lot worse than your injury free best 22, and that takes some depth (IMO).
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That assumes we are as in to Patton as people are saying. If its the same people who said we have Coniglio, then its probably not true.
I wonder if Gil will be in favour of free agency if Whitfield wants to go to GCS...
I dont think Gil uses paper bags. He is okay with everyone knowing it, and gladly raises his middle finger.
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You may be right regarding how I'm comparing it.
Though,
The players that stood up and did a job were players that weren't wanted by others.
Did anyone think Finlayson would be a good forward?
On top of that our stars, such as Greene, Whitfield, Jezza stood up even more and showed leadership.
Change topic? Are you illiterate? I was replying to a GWS fan that brought up Scully. He also has a point, Scully going and Cogs staying are not completely independent events. Why did Cogs choose to stay? If true, I'd say 7 years at $1m a year is a pretty good reason don't you?
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Don't be, they carried on like entitled ***** and it's Shiel and Lynch all over again, they don't learn.
They'll carry on again about how every good FA wants to play under Clarko .......
The next thread to be infected with their entitled BS will be the (check out who the next gun GWS FA is) thread. So glad Cogs stayed true.
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Well done GWS on re-signing of Cogs and really Hawks supporters blaming Afl and gil sounds like sour grapes
Glad Cogs knee is fine and will not be needing the Witch Doctors of Waverley. Those silly comments that his Instagram mate O’Meara would lure him had no idea of the family values he has grown up with.
Let’s be real, Sydney is a fantastic place to live provided you have serious $$$$ and no commute. Good lifestyle choice, not sure if he will ever be a premiership medalist.
Let’s be real, Sydney is a fantastic place to live provided you have serious $$$$ and no commute. Good lifestyle choice, not sure if he will ever be a premiership medalist.
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Congrats Giants fans.
I woo hooed when I just read he's staying. Never done that ever for an opposition club or player.
Some Hawks posters on here were far too cocky for my liking. Last laugh is on them.
I do hope Jaeger is ok though!
I woo hooed when I just read he's staying. Never done that ever for an opposition club or player.
Some Hawks posters on here were far too cocky for my liking. Last laugh is on them.
I do hope Jaeger is ok though!
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Braaaaa haaaaaa well done Cogs
because its not a happy team at hawthorn anymore, they won't be getting back into the finals and success for a while because they are banking on cherry picking the top players who leaves other clubs. They did indeed get players like lake, gibson, frawly, bourgoye, wingard, scully, omera however the rate of acquisition of such needs to be at a much higher level. The level of quality going into hawthorn is on the decline and also they don't have an elite core to build the list around and this is the most important. The players they have acquired are not in the same class. Unfortunatley for hawthorn, they are not addicted to this ploy with decreasing rate of success. Hawthorn still has good ability of taking players up another notch but as said before, without the elite core, even when the players steps up, it makes the club successful and gives them an impression of imminent success but when it comes to the crunch they fall well short. This vicious cycle will continue until they fall off a cliff.
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What tune will you be singing when you trade in Patton?
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