Banter Geelong V Richmond - GO!

[Wosh]

In the interests of keeping your back and forth shite fights out of match threads so normal people can talk.

Keep it clean and above the shorts
Off topic rubbish clogging up match threads will be moved here, knock yourselves out.

 

[the avoca drover]

Charlie Curnow is tanking his performance after being drafted, it seems. Maybe he misheard the message?

You lost mate?

 

[frggr]

Prove it. I bet you tell everyone man never walked on the moon, or it was George Bush who orchestrated 9/11.

If there was an iota of truth in a claim that Geelong was telling local juniors to tank their performances with a proviso they will be drafted wouldn't you think (a) journalists would be onto it, or are they part of the conspiracy; and (b) players like Dangerfield, Bruhn, Higgins, Dahlhaus etc would not have been drafted by other clubs ion the first instance?

You are just immensely jealous that Geelong recruiters have been able to consistently pluck gems at the back end of the draft, e.g, Humphries, Mannagh, Podsiadly, Stewart.

.....and Miers, Blicavs, Max Rooke, Tom Longergan, Mumford, Jack Henry, Zach Guthrie, Sam Simpson (looked the goods until concussion), Atkins, this year's rising star - Dempsey, and even Jarmaine Jones from the Rookie draft.

 

[frggr]

You lost mate?

Occasionally I come to the main bored

PhatBoy's posts are well researched, entertaining and informative.

 

[PhatBoy]

I honestly don't know how you manage to keep posting on the main board. You're too good for it!

The Don Chipp philosophy mate, keeping the bastards honest lol

 

[loki04]

Yeah see I reckon that’s true, because we have to go:

- beat the in form top 4 side inter state who has won the last two QF’s against us there

- beat probably GWS who is the one team who NEVER has an issue beating us in Victoria

- then we have to beat one of the sides from the ‘non-easy’ side of the draw anyway

It’s definitely an easier ride than the other way.

Lmao it was a dig at how shit Carlton are chill out mate.
Although it is also true most years the the true best 2 teams end up playing in the same line towards the GF.
2007 is an example Port made top spot but were not the true best team they played the easy beats in that run to a GF and got duly Spanked by Geelong who played the other top side in the Prelim.
Ports run to the GF was significantly easier then Geelongs.

 

[PhatBoy]

Unfortunately, AFL equalisation , injuries and umpiring have cruelled us.
Great comp AFL.

You know what’s funniest about all of this?

No matter how much of a conspiracy you and your fellow cookers claim is going on, one thing never changes:

‘Most of your players are shit.’

Umpires can only do so much.

So how the f**k do we keep winning, if all our players are shit?

I’d say you’re just incredibly f**ken junk at judging AFL

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

You know what’s funniest about all of this?

No matter how much of a conspiracy you and your fellow cookers claim is going on, one thing never changes:

‘Most of your players are shit.’

Umpires can only do so much.

So how the f**k do we keep winning, if all our players are shit?

I’d say you’re just incredibly f**ken junk at judging AFL

You're on the main board don't forget. It is well known Geelong get a lot of country kids like Jeremy Cameron who are anxious about living in a big city..
You get a lot of recruits that way so that's a big advantage for you, plus the home ground that no other Vic clubs get.

 

[the avoca drover]

Occasionally I come to the main bored

PhatBoy's posts are well researched, entertaining and informative.

I thought you may have been stalking Aristotle Pickett

 

[PhatBoy]

You're on the main board don't forget. It is well known Geelong get a lot of country kids like Jeremy Cameron who are anxious about living in a big city..
You get a lot of recruits that way so that's a big advantage for you, plus the home ground that no other Vic clubs get.

Melbourne is a city of 5 million people. The rest of Victoria in its entirety is just over a million - and a lot of them live over the other side of Melbourne, or north of it.

I suspect many clubs get recruits in Melbourne because people want to be there. That’s just a suspicion.

But somehow it seems to only apply to Geelong.

FMD.

 

[loki04]

You're on the main board don't forget. It is well known Geelong get a lot of country kids like Jeremy Cameron who are anxious about living in a big city..
You get a lot of recruits that way so that's a big advantage for you, plus the home ground that no other Vic clubs get.

Also Geelong Falcons academy. A lot of them want back to play for Geelong and also able to hide players better there.

 

[STPer18]

My favourite bit of Geelong hiding Falcons talent was Gryan 'Messi' Miers kicking seven, yes seven goals in Geelong Falcon's 2017 TAC Cup Grand Final win by 2 points and hiding himself until pick 57.

Could've kicked 10 but that would've alerted recruiters of the other clubs, so very clever by the Gryonel to limit himself.

 

[PhatBoy]

Also Geelong Falcons academy. A lot of them want back to play for Geelong and also able to hide players better there.

Dangerfield, Jack Steven, Sean Higgins.

The only 3 All Australian players this century who played for the Falcons who ever came back to Geelong: one of them obviously gave us very good value.

What do you think we got out of the others

 

[PhatBoy]

My favourite bit of Geelong hiding Falcons talent was Gryan 'Messi' Miers kicking seven, yes seven goals in Geelong Falcon's 2017 TAC Cup Grand Final win by 2 points and hiding himself until pick 57.

Could've kicked 10 but that would've alerted recruiters of the other clubs, so very clever by the Gryonel to limit himself.

Tom Stewart hiding himself for 6 years at South Barwon after playing for the Falcons was pretty clever as well, while we were losing all those finals.

 

[Sttew]

You're on the main board don't forget. It is well known Geelong get a lot of country kids like Jeremy Cameron who are anxious about living in a big city..
You get a lot of recruits that way so that's a big advantage for you, plus the home ground that no other Vic clubs get.

And Richmond pays ridiculous $$ for its recruits. Lynch will reportedly be on $1.5M in 2025. Will he even play a game? And Hopper…

 

[Jezzitizle]

Make no mistake.. the AFL are going to end up shooting themselves in the foot, trying to grow the game! Why would people from growth areas such as NSW, NZ and QLD want to follow the AFL when they know the sport revolves around Geelong?? The league is becoming too Geelong centric, and the issue needs to be fixed!

It's bad enough with the accusations of Victoria bias.. but the real issue is Geelong bias!

Really loving how many Cats fans this has gone right over the heads of.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Lawson Humphries tanking his way through the West Coast academy and hiding himself in the WAFL reserves just so he could get to Geelong was first class.

 

[Sttew]

Really loving how many Cats fans this has gone right over the heads of.

It’s bulltish. Explain how “the real issue is Geelong bias”.

It’s tall poppy syndrome!

 

[Seeds]

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!

So effing what? How does training on an oval you regularly play on change anything? You play 18 games a year on your home ground. How would training on it help at all in addition to all the match experience? All ovals are made of grass.

And we dont play on our training ground if our home game against you is at you home ground. All our home finals are also at your home ground. You have ignored this massive actual disadvantage.

 

[kickazz]

It's really poor year with poor teams

In which one team broke the all time record for most number of losses.

 

[Seeds]

Fair call but I predict you'll lose the prelim by at least 5 goals. Bookmark it and get back to me.

You predicted we would get thumped by port a couple of days ago. Your predictions mean nothing..... they are worthless.

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

You know what’s funniest about all of this?

No matter how much of a conspiracy you and your fellow cookers claim is going on, one thing never changes:

‘Most of your players are shit.’

Umpires can only do so much.

So how the f**k do we keep winning, if all our players are shit?

I’d say you’re just incredibly f**ken junk at judging AFL

Being heavily connected to those responsible for rule making goes some way . You didn’t get to trial rules prior to others knowing them cos your in a nice city.
Hocking / Scott.

 

[BigVic]

If they had got home finals, they'd be a shoo-in for the grand final. Geelong should play at Marvel Stadium or the MCG like other Victorian teams

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

You predicted we would get thumped by port a couple of days ago. Your predictions mean nothing..... they are worthless.

No one saw Geelong beating Port coming including yourself.

 

[Delisted]

Look we all know what the real issue is and the majority of us accept it and move on. Geelong fans we'll vigorously deny it or pretend to be oblivious to the fact. what can you do?

 

[Sttew]

No one saw Geelong beating Port coming including yourself.

I tipped Cats by 16 in the BF tipping. Didn’t see an annihilation happening