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The Young and the Restless (or how I hate Geeong and their old team)

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Interesting tweet from the swamp: 

 

Good age bracket to be this good.

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    And they'll stay like this for at least another 3 or 4 years!! Geriatric Cats 

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    If old Cats start disapearing you will know that Dim Sim popularity continues to spiral!🤣

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    I hate Geelong with a passion.

    But I admire how they're consistently in premiership/finals contention every single year.

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    12 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Also puts the narrative to bed that Collingwood are a young rebuilding side.

    That is what stands out to me as well. The media narrative that Collingwood are early in their rebuild and punching above their weight is clearly complete rubbish. Pendlebury and Sidebottom obviously push up the average, still to be 6th oldest squad is hardly an emerging rebuild.

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    I think median age of your best 12 players would be the best indicator.

     

    Im not doing that research but that would be a good indicator…

     

    What?

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    We've ended their campaign for the last 4 or 5 seasons. And we'll do it again.They are a great home and away team.Really good at home with their own umpires and crowd.Not so good at the MCG.I'm glad they are up and about.

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    35 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I hate Geelong with a passion.

    But I admire how they're consistently in premiership/finals contention every single year.

    Yeah but any team would be if they had their own hell-scape of a home ground and got to play there so frequently, and usually not against the powerhouse clubs. And with the unashamed backing of the media, the umpires and their many feral fans (an entire city’s worth). 

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I hate Geelong with a passion.

    But I admire how they're consistently in premiership/finals contention every single year.

    It'll dry up eventually. They're like the Utah Jazz in the 80s 90s and 2000s. Just kept topping up. Eventually players stopped going there because their brand was just "boring" and the club realised they hadn't drafted anyone decent for decades.

    Geelong's time will come eventually. 

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    3 minutes ago, praha said:

    Geelong's time will come eventually. 

    And won’t we enjoy that immensely!

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    7 minutes ago, praha said:

    It'll dry up eventually. They're like the Utah Jazz in the 80s 90s and 2000s. Just kept topping up. Eventually players stopped going there because their brand was just "boring" and the club realised they hadn't drafted anyone decent for decades.

    Geelong's time will come eventually. 

    It's not the brand that gets them players it's more lifestyle then anything. It's a country type environment compared to the big city lights of Melbourne. Don't underestimate how many players now days would rather this lifestyle more then anything.

    A huge key part why they were able to recruit Jeremy Cameron.

    Then it's their recruiting of guys like Stengle and Tom Stewart out of nowhere which also annoys me. Stephen Wells still has an eye for a talent and he's able to top the list in with players that can come in and make a genuine impact immediately. 

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    Seven years from now when Clayton Oliver plays his 300th game and cracks the 10,000 possession mark AND the 5,000 contested possession mark for the first time in AFL history, people will be complaining about how old we are.

    Harry Petty will be ready to hit peak around then, too.

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    Geelong and the filth are an abomination.

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    6 hours ago, BDA said:

    I hope we get the chance to smash them in ANOTHER final

    Slight correction for you 😉

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    Good example for MFC going forward

    If we can extend the playing careers of Petracca, Oliver, Salem Brayshaw etc we can build continuing success for the next ten years.

    At say 32 these guys will want good money but it won't be mega money thus allowing a strong cross section of talent.

    The Geelong lifestyle supports this approach as many have said. The challenge for the MFC is how you keep the players motivated.

    I wonder if we will see players having a year off or similar in the future around age 30

     

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    9 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Yeah but any team would be if they had their own hell-scape of a home ground and got to play there so frequently, and usually not against the powerhouse clubs. And with the unashamed backing of the media, the umpires and their many feral fans (an entire city’s worth). 

    Gee, WCW, you went lightly on Geelong. There are heaps of other primary examples of how they get there so often, whilst you have only mentioned the repetitive, non-even playing field ones. Did you contain yourself so you would not appear to have as many sour grapes on your plate as the rest of us? Fairy Nuff. 

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    24 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    Gee, WCW, you went lightly on Geelong. There are heaps of other primary examples of how they get there so often, whilst you have only mentioned the repetitive, non-even playing field ones. Did you contain yourself so you would not appear to have as many sour grapes on your plate as the rest of us? Fairy Nuff. 

    I just felt that the main reasons would suffice. And I’m not lacking in the sour grapes department, there’s plenty to go around. 😁

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    Is success making finals 10 years in a row and many top 4 and prelims? when you consider only one losing GF to come from all that I think it’s ultimate failure. Dogs have finished top 4 zero times in the past 10 years but have been more successful than the Cats

    please disappear Cats!

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    On 8/28/2022 at 11:49 AM, dl4e said:

    Geelong and the filth are an abomination.

    And each of them individually is an abomination.

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    For those who aren't aware of the strange "oval" shape down in Geelong, here is Kardinia Park compared to the MCG.

    Kardinia Park  182m x 126m (and it's asymmetrical)

    MCG 174m x 148m

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    59 minutes ago, Vipercrunch said:

    For those who aren't aware of the strange "oval" shape down in Geelong, here is Kardinia Park compared to the MCG.

    Kardinia Park  182m x 126m (and it's asymmetrical)

    MCG 174m x 148m

    And given our gameplan is boundary centric is it any wonder we lose.

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