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Geelong: why are they just not good enough?
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Which is what a lot of clubs do if they believe they are close to the mark.
His record has not much to write home about yet, that's not being argued - however it is also impossible to ignore the fact that a) we've had basically no high draft picks (and yes that's a symptom of trading, no denial), b) a few of the players most likely from the limited picks we have used have missed a LOT of footy with injury, and c) that time of development being a focus hasn't come yet. Maybe now is that time, I'm not sure. My gut feel is that a couple of decent 25-year-old players with a decent amount of experience but enough speed and youth would have us on the top bracket but maybe I'm wrong. I desperately don't want to start from the bottom though. Some supporters are happy enough to miss finals for half a dozen years if it means a full blown charge down the track. I would rather be competing every year and crossing the fingers that at some point we get the combination right.
We need change of strategy and a change of coach. To extend the contract before another failed finals campaign was a lazy and weak decision by the Board
I think in theory the approach is sound. Keep making it and there are bound to be seasons where you're good enough/the opposition is beatable enough that you will make a PF and maybe a GF and have a shot. On the flip side a team like Adelaide this entire century prior to last year's GF is proof that it doesn't necessarily work.
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That 3-8 in finals is now 3-10, and they’ve got the reigning premiers next week.
Five top 4 finishes in that time.
A straight sets exit from top spot would surely raise some major questions...?
It’s quite strange really, they look so good throughout the H&A season.
Yeah it's not to flash, maybe not as bad as what is it now, 5479 or more days of not winning any type of finals?
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They were pretty s**t the second half of the season. This year, in particular, would be disappointing for their fans, at 11-1 they looked the real deal.
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Not playing a Ruck against Grundy would be up there as an issue.
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Every year Geelong get into finals because of their special home ground and every year they lose finals. It's an anomaly of our great game.Despite this mediocre team getting a free ride every year, Chris Scott blames the AFL ,the weather ect , and football is the poorer for it.
When will the AFL act to rid this team of their unfair advantage that ruins the finals every year? Chris Scott has done a good job pretending they are persecuted, but the real elephant in the room is the free 8 wins given to Geelong every year on their cheat ground.
Hey Geelong, take a leaf out of West Coast's book and get some normal ground dimensions .
When will the AFL act to rid this team of their unfair advantage that ruins the finals every year? Chris Scott has done a good job pretending they are persecuted, but the real elephant in the room is the free 8 wins given to Geelong every year on their cheat ground.
Hey Geelong, take a leaf out of West Coast's book and get some normal ground dimensions .
Brilliant post, absolutely spot on, they are their own worst enemy by wanting so many home games, all it does is set them up to fail
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most of those were on your silly narrow HG. It fills you with false hope
Scott consistently whinging about the MCG does not have a positive effect on the players imo. Puts them in a state of mind where they do not think they can win there, despite clearly being able to do it, evidenced by a 4-1 record there during the H&A including a 2-0 record against top 4 MCG tenants.
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Their development of young players since 2011 has been shite. If they hadn't lured Dangerfield they'd be also rans. Recruiting spuds like Tuoy and Rohan is their development strategy. Oh and rehiring Ablett was a master stroke lol
No doubt but it was all before the bye. After that the bleating started about finals venues and it was all downhill from there.
You missed Henderson and S Selwood
Geelong have the cliff approaching something like 13 players will be 29 plus next year and 10 are 1st 22 players then add Kelly leaving
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A tad prem. Qf losers usually revert to form the next week, and then the discussion changes radically.
I wouldnt write the Cats off, but Scott gets too cute fiddling under the hood when the engine was running okay. He is like that in his inrerviews too: everything is too complex and he is all muddled up. He was a pretty low IQ player, it is now necessary for the cats that he learns this immediately and stops behaving like he is a Wittgenstein.
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I wouldnt write the Cats off, but Scott gets too cute fiddling under the hood when the engine was running okay. He is like that in his inrerviews too: everything is too complex and he is all muddled up. He was a pretty low IQ player, it is now necessary for the cats that he learns this immediately and stops behaving like he is a Wittgenstein.
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Geelong need to get a new everything, crappest team to make finals in the last 20 years.
during the H&A the players didn’t have to hear their coach bitch & moan at every chance he gets about not playing at GMHBA for 2 weeks straight though.
I think theres something in it. The sooking surely does not help.
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They're 55-8 at GMHBA since 2012 and 70-53-2 everywhere else.
It's a weird shaped ground that nobody else seems to be able to play except for the Swans (who've beaten them 3 times). The Cats train on the ground multiple times a week and then play 7-9 games a year there. They've mastered it's unique dimensions and their game plan suits it.
They've been an average team away from the Cattery since 2012 and it shows up in finals when they can't play there.
It's a weird shaped ground that nobody else seems to be able to play except for the Swans (who've beaten them 3 times). The Cats train on the ground multiple times a week and then play 7-9 games a year there. They've mastered it's unique dimensions and their game plan suits it.
They've been an average team away from the Cattery since 2012 and it shows up in finals when they can't play there.
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