Club Focus Geelong 2024

[Ticky009]

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[CatToTheFuture]

Stengle was offered 750k to St Kilda and he doesn't strike me as the type who would sign for less out of love.
You took over a Bowes contract that nobody would touch and nobody knows anything about how it was done.
Blicsavs must be on excellent money
Dangerfield would still be on excellent money
You managed to prize Henry out Collingwood
And you are about to add another 2 million if you get Smith and Oliver.

Stengle stayed with a coaching group that supported him which, watching subsequent events unfold, makes sense

Bowes contract was spread out over more years. Not rocket surgery.

Blitz and Danger are 34.

 

[Jimmy Yamazaki]

We lost Hawkins, Tuohy, Rohan, Parfitt and we didn't do any trades last year except we lost Rata and Isaac Smith

7

Isaac Smith

Age

35

Ht

188cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

13.0

5star

HB

8.4

5star

M

5.5

5star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.7

4star

D

19.4

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

8.3

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.5

3star

CL

1.3

4star

D

19.2

5star

K

10.6

4star

HB

8.6

5star

M

7.6

5star

T

2.0

4star

CL

0.6

3star

retired. Next year we probably lose Stanley, C Guthrie, Duncan, Blitz and Bews

That's 11 senior players in 3 years. I think I would be dumb if we didn't have cap space.

 

[halfback dasher]

We lost Hawkins, Tuohy, Rohan, Parfitt and we didn't do any trades last year except we lost Rata and Isaac Smith retired. Next year we probably lose Stanley, C Guthrie, Duncan, Blitz and Bews

That's 11 senior players in 3 years. I think I would be dumb if we didn't have cap space.

But they like everyone we are told took /take unders .
The main two players coming in ain’t taking unders by anyones matrix .

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

But they like everyone we are told took /take unders .
The main two players coming in ain’t taking unders by anyones matrix .

Yeah, it's uncharted territory for Geelong. Assuming we complete the trade for Smith and pick-up the bulk (at least) of Oliver's contract, maybe we're still fine for the next couple of years. But Holmes and Stengle got paid for their form with long-term commitments this year. SDK is going to want to be paid next year, as are a stack of players expected to be our core for the next 5+ years (Dempsey, O.Henry, Humphries, Neale, Close, Mannagh, O'Sullivan, just to name a few). And along with a couple of the more speculative types like Knevitt and Conway, we hope they do get PAID, just as Stengle and Holmes did, because that means they've kicked on with their form. And if you're paying Smith and Oliver all this money, maybe you can't pay someone else.

On a semi-related note, another concern I have with doing this is - what does it mean for the likes of Tanner Bruhn and Jhye Clark? Is it giving them a ceiling, by saying that our star mids for the next 2-3 years are Dangerfield, Holmes, Smith and Oliver and everyone else is the supporting cast? Because I'd like to think that Bruhn and Clark's potential is quite a bit higher than that.

 

[Shai]

Yeah, it's uncharted territory for Geelong. Assuming we complete the trade for Smith and pick-up the bulk (at least) of Oliver's contract, maybe we're still fine for the next couple of years. But Holmes and Stengle got paid for their form with long-term commitments this year. SDK is going to want to be paid next year, as are a stack of players expected to be our core for the next 5+ years (Dempsey, O.Henry, Humphries, Neale, Close, Mannagh, O'Sullivan, just to name a few). And along with a couple of the more speculative types like Knevitt and Conway, we hope they do get PAID, just as Stengle and Holmes did, because that means they've kicked on with their form. And if you're paying Smith and Oliver all this money, maybe you can't pay someone else.

On a semi-related note, another concern I have with doing this is - what does it mean for the likes of Tanner Bruhn and Jhye Clark? Is it giving them a ceiling, by saying that our star mids for the next 2-3 years are Dangerfield, Holmes, Smith and Oliver and everyone else is the supporting cast? Because I'd like to think that Bruhn and Clark's potential is quite a bit higher than that.

Just my opinion on the bolded. Bruhn kicked on this year, Clark I welcomed to the club but have yet to see the potential that others do.

Glad to hear Carny will be staying in the big smoke

 

[Vindicater]

Will be interesting to see what a midfield of Danger, Clarry, Holmes and Smith go defending the other way.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Will be interesting to see what a midfield of Danger, Clarry, Holmes and Smith go defending the other way.

I'm not convinced we are getting clarry but if you had those guys you would be wanting a defensive midfielder like a Bowes or Atkins to balance it out. Will also be interesting to see if Stewart plays midfield again or not.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Will be interesting to see what a midfield of Danger, Clarry, Holmes and Smith go defending the other way.

Don't reckon Clarry lands. Holmes will still spend lots of time at half back. One of danger or smith most of the time with Atkins/Bowes/Bruhn/Clark as a defensive rotation.

 

[Vindicater]

I'm not convinced we are getting clarry but if you had those guys you would be wanting a defensive midfielder like a Bowes or Atkins to balance it out. Will also be interesting to see if Stewart plays midfield again or not.

I figure the Stewart midfield option will be us d when teams get on top of him with a tag.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Cliff update:

 

[Hamingja]

Tall defenders - J.Henry, Blicavs, De Koning, Kolodjashnij, O'Sullivan
General Defenders - Z.Guthrie, Stewart, Humphries, Duncan, Mullin, O'Connor, Bews (Hofmann, Retschko)
Inside Mids - Dangerfield, C.Guthrie, Bruhn, Atkins, Bowes, Clark, Clohesy (Stevens)
Running Midfielders - Holmes, Smith, Dempsey, Knevitt (Ivisic)
Rucks - Stanley, Conway (Edwards, Molier, Pike)
Marking forwards - Cameron, Neale, O.Henry (Polkinghorne)
General forwards - Miers, Stengle, Close, Mannagh, Martin (Wiltshire, Burke, Matofai-Forbes)

Obligatory depth chart for 2025.

Guys in brackets the ones that are unlikely to see action next year. Leaves us with a squad of 32 senior players to pick from.

Good amount of options down back.

Contested midfielder or two short in the middle.

Ruck is in transition. Good chance that De Koning will spend time there in 2025. We have loaded up on project ruckman for the future.

Marking forward depth is shallow. Edwards and Molier will likely spend time there in the VFL.

Strong fleet of general forwards.

 

[ROYAL EAGLE]

Top 4 next year they seem to have a good spread of talent

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Top 4 next year they seem to have a good spread of talent

A few headwinds though. Still highly dependent of a few older guys.

The injury list will determine our success unfortunately

 

[Demon in Hell]

Top 4 next year they seem to have a good spread of talent

Where