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Banter Geelong V Richmond - GO!
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Banter threads are not to be taken too seriously. Have fun. Let others have fun.
Lol. Nothing tops the 2007-2011 era. The greatest in the afl of any club.
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They have the benefit of both - you think Wollongong is in Sydney?
The Wollongong area which is roughly the size of Geelong is attached to them, plus they have half the southern area of Sydney and are a huge club.
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The cats are very well run no doubt. As a matter of fact I’ll become prime minister before they miss the finals in consecutive seasons 
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Sounds like a broad supporter base that also follow several different clubs.
Let's see, 4 teams make prelim, 1 win a flag. 14 divided by 4 is 3.5. yet Geelong has won 4 flags
Anyone you drafted who could get a game was a Premiership player.
Anyone you drafted who could get a game was an AA player.
Ottens was by far the best and most influential player you added to your list that year.
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So. We still made decent additions from a prelim side.
This is exactly right. If Richmond had a dream run with injuries like that Cats in 2024 and they had a shocking run like us, we'd be here saying Lefau is a find, Gibcus looks a star, and look at Brown, who was excellent from when he came into the team, Campbell looks a terrific young player, Rioli is one of the better pressure forwards and so on. But our forward line was thrown into total disarray and the midfield for most of the season was completely disfunctional due to injuries. And most of our best young players missed most of the season.
Now you show me where that is anything to do with my post.
The so is, I said Ottens was your best recruit by miles that year and he was. This is literally the point you responded to. You are just trying to create an argument out of nothing. Very PB of you.
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If Richmond never gifted Geelong Max Holmes we'd likely be in a more precarious position than the prelim whilst rebuilding we find ourselves in now. It was considered a left-field selection at the time by some sections but what incredible foresight that was by Wells and the team.
Holmes was a great piece of recruiting by Geelong. But this was no error by Richmond. The probability of Richmond selecting Holmes with that pick would have been very low. We got Brown, you got Holmes and both clubs were better off.
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How are Richmond better off without Holmes?
How are Richmond better off without Holmes?
You think Richmond pick Holmes if they took that pick in the 2020 draft?
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No one will ever know, but if they're the blokes who are responsible for spending Richmond's 2024 draft bounty you'd hope they would've given him some serious thought.
Richmond possibly decided from early on to trade out of the 2020 lottery if they could and into the much stronger 2021 draft. Geelong obviously had good intel on Holmes and this created Richmond's opportunity to do what it wanted to do.
Richmond swapped pick 20 in a miserably weak draft ofr pick 17 in a much stronger draft, and that pick 17 could as easily have landed a good few places higher as well.
If Richmond had selected a layer other than Holmes, can you find another available player who you think Richmond would rather have on their list now than Brown from that 2020 draft crop? Brown to me looks like being a really good player. The Cats themselves and Swans were both said to be really keen on him.
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Or just pick Holmes at 20?
It might have been nice, but it seems just the Cats and judging by the Cats trading when they did, one other team were keen on Holmes. The Tigers will be happy to have turned pick 20 in a miserably weak draft into Tom Brown.
Long way to go for these guys.
Tigers have lost their way to 13 flags. How many have the Cats won their way to before Tiger draftee Ottens showed them how it was done?
Sttew
Brownlow Medallist
Ottens hated Richmond. He desperately wanted to play in a premiership team and could see it wasn’t going to happen at Richmond during his football playing life.
He is now regarded as a Cats icon. Few people will remember he played for Tigers once.
Havoc
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Geelong are the only club that get to play games on their training ground... it's a huge leg up over the Melbourne based clubs, as none of us are able to play on our training grounds. We all have to play at MCG and Docklands stadiums! No one gets to train on those grounds!!
Cost of living is significantly higher in Melbourne.. compared to Geelong, so please explain how Geelong are at a disadvantage?? The league is already the GFL thanks to your cheerleaders in the media... and Gerard Whateley is the worst of them!
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In the words of the great Gerard, this post is very 'Richmondy'.
As the great Geelong man Gerard would say: Richmondy skibidi sigma!
Can never be foundation club
Won first flag before Geelong
Won more flags than Geelong
You seem to enjoy history, so here is some for you.
In short Geelong got an 11 year head start in the V/AFL, failed to win a flag before the Tigers joined the league and then watched on as the upstarts in Yellow and Black claimed a first flag before them in 1920. Richmond then embarrassed Geelong further by going B2B to have two flags before the Cats had even registered one.
It wasn’t until 1963 that the Cats could claim to have won more flags than the Tigers, with the tally at 6-5.
Lo and behold, come 1967 Richmond draw level by winning their sixth flag, defeating guess who… yes, Geelong by nine points. This was the start of one of football’s greatest dynasties, with the Tigers winning a further four flags up to 1980. At this point the head-to-head tally stood at 10-6.
Both teams then endured significant premiership droughts. Geelong would wait 44 years before winning three in quick succession to close to within one flag of the Tigers (10-9). However Richmond would respond, winning another three flags (including their third B2B triumphs) of their own.
Geelong have since won a 10th flag to now leave them languishing three behind Richmond’s, and it must be noted, one of the least successful foundation clubs.
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They have to register a score first
