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My favourite post in this thread. Short and dead on.
We are fans of a club that won three flags in five years. I won't forget that, or let anyone around me forget it
News Kelly and Stokes to announce retirements Wednesday
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We are fans of a club that won three flags in five years. I won't forget that, or let anyone around me forget it
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A potential forward line of:
Hawkins/Clark/Menzel/Kersten (with the likes of Motlop/Cockatoo/etc rotating through) ... would be interesting to see. Kersten needs to get out of the mindset of sitting on his heels and letting the more experienced players go for it though. Once he gets that sort of confidence then I think we may some good stuff from him.
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Some Stokesy stats from the GeelongCats website.
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also Teriyakicat - you can't measure that he carried himself so well when dropped for the 2009 GF, or the ability to put the drug scandal behind him ( honourable mention to the hairy cat there)
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http://www.geelongcats.com.au/video/2015-09-02/stokesy-and-kel-say-farewell
Stokes' and Kelly's goodbye video. Reminiscing about being at Geelong.
Stokes' and Kelly's goodbye video. Reminiscing about being at Geelong.
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Official article on the Cats twitter and website now.
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That was very good, much better than the usual boring old presser.
PS And still no mention of retirement from either of them.
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Quality effort by two quality blokes.
Both will be in the annals of GFC history as integral members of the greatest period of success the club has ever seen to this point.
Whilst no announcement of retirement, I would not begrudge either taking a super top up for another year. They have earned that right to try.
And a classy but low key way to do it to. I feel more in tune with that style of announcement and thanks than the typical media presser.
Good on them and all the best going forward.
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Both will be in the annals of GFC history as integral members of the greatest period of success the club has ever seen to this point.
Whilst no announcement of retirement, I would not begrudge either taking a super top up for another year. They have earned that right to try.
And a classy but low key way to do it to. I feel more in tune with that style of announcement and thanks than the typical media presser.
Good on them and all the best going forward.
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Yep. A shame I cannot like this more than once.
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http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au...ster-james-kelly/story-fnjuhrxq-1227509345080
really Addy,that's a funny photo ?
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http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au...ster-james-kelly/story-fnjuhrxq-1227509345080
really Addy,that's a funny photo ?
Broke his leg just to get a laugh.
That shows true commitment.
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The old stage saying "Go out there and break a leg"
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Are they retiring or is it just their last game for Geelong?
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It sounds like "last game" no word of retirement, they are "parting ways". It sounds like they are going on. I would think they would have an idea by now who was interested in them etc.
Its going to be interesting as teams may not want to sign them as unrestricted free agents because it would potentially dilute compensation for losing free agents. Might get a late pick upgrade or something.
A nice little touch at a time when club stars are moving on. What a club!
AFL website.
AFL website.
I'll never forget in the first 5 minutes of the 2007 GF Kelly was the one who kept his cool and showed the way when the pressure was on with both teams going at it.
The guy rejected a big paying three year deal to stay with the cats on a one year deal . The guy loves the cat. Occams razor people
The hoary old one. There's a particular reason for that as you should know. The club has a proud record of warmly welcoming back former players and coaches.
No, it's just the club needs to move on at some time. I do understand that loyalty goes both ways, but he could have taken that deal. The club did call him to broach the idea.
I just think we do at times need to make hard decisions, and this is one if those times. From the interview with Hunt and Carter being released, it appears they are consultative at least to where these guys sit.
Stokes and Kelly appear happy with that.
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Most definitely and his character just shines through each season via those Community Champion awards. Considering that there are a large number of players putting in a fair bit of work into the community each season, it's a credit to Stokesy that he has been head and shoulders above the other boys in terms of the amount of work he dedicates to young indigenous boys in particular.
This will be his legacy at the club:
But football isn’t everything for Stokes, anymore. For a man who was originally overlooked at three-straight national drafts, life is a much broader picture than the daily on-field grind of training and playing. Helping change the lives of indigenous people is his calling.
When the hard-running Cat hangs up the boots and says goodbye to a club that has “given me the confidence to speak my mind” Stokes will head home to Darwin and peer into some of the most remote and desperate areas of the Northern Territory.
There, he wants to play an even greater “hands on” role to help “shine the light on the issues in the community and facing Aboriginal people”.
“It’s pretty bad compared to what some people might actually think,” he said.
“It’s one of those things where we constantly need to keep trying to help because it is a pretty sad state.
“I’ve always planned that once footy finishes to move up there and try to make a difference.”
At a club which values its players’ off-field behaviours as importantly as their on-field actions, the precise ball-carrier, who also doubles as the jovial host of the hit “Get Stoked” video program on the club’s website, is held in the highest regard.
Not only for his own personal turnaround, and his efforts to mentor youths, but also for the influence he is having helping grow and develop the Cats’ other six indigenous players.
When “Deadly Choices” approached Stokes and the club about joining forces, the popular Cat said it had to be an all-in affair. If Stokes was going to commit to the project, it had to be as a team.
Thankfully, he said, the Cats other indigenous players “jumped at it”.
“You are doing it for the kids to help them of course, but at the same time it does develop you as a person,” he said.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...2010-drug-arrest/story-fni5f6yf-1226904315494
Obviously that's when we had half a dozen indigenous players at the club- now we have maybe 3, with Stokes leaving, it'll be only Cockatoo and Bates left. I hope that one of them can take over where Stokesy has left off.
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