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This just sounds like someone no longer enjoying their footy, and bitter that other people don't feel the same level of depression and frustration about their team. I see no reason I should feel ashamed that I get to enjoy the ride every year, even when we don't win a Premiership.

Fourteen years, and people are still doing this? :rolleyes:

The only team I've ever felt a rivalry with was Hawthorn. Back in the 80s, we used to drive down to Kardinia from Western Vic for the Geelong-Hawthorn games, as some family friends were Hawks supports. There was, of course, the classic 1989 Grand Final. In 2008 I was living with a Hawks fan...

He looked like he was 12. I generally just put my faith in the coaching staff, but Zuthrie getting games, even irregularly, was hard to fathom. In the end, it just proved that trusting our staff is, in fact, the right thing to do.

I must admit, I tend to be relentlessly optimistic about the Cats. Fortunately, for quite some time now, they've tended to prove me right more often than not.

I was pretty happy with last year -- we missed finals, but injuries had something to do with that, and I saw a lot of young players on the cusp of becoming great. I was absolutely certain we would be a better team this year than last. This year, we're into a Prelim and every chance of a...

I think you're quoting the wrong person. I have no idea.

The first quote is mostly "This is truth. Just trust me." The second makes the argument the history is important, but not a strong one for treating one thing like another. Still, I suspect the book is interesting even if I approach it with skepticism as to the conclusions. If it's available on...

I hope they're actually lying in wait and not dead already. ;)

I'm happy to admit there is value in shedding more light on the earliest history of the game. It's a stretch to suggest that this means VFA Premierships should be considered VFL/AFL Premierships; I could even argue it would be doing a disservice to the actual history if you were to do so. If...

Geelong should absolutely recognise all their premierships. As far as I'm aware, there is nothing preventing us from having all our banners flying high, from dawn to dark. I have no idea why anyone within club would expect the AFL or other current clubs to officially acknowledge or care about...

I expected a very mediocre season in 2011. Most people have conveniently forgotten that this was year one of everyone proclaiming that the Cat's period of dominance was over.. Scott took a team that had just been embarrassed by Collingwood, and turned them into literally the only team in the...

Let's assume the top four teams each have an equal chance of winning the Premiership, and only top four team have a meaningful chance. That gives a 75% chance each season that fourth does not win and the chance that fourth doesn't win for 24 years is about 0.13%. This is improbable, but...

Probably the hardest matchup we could have for the QF. I like it. Win, and I like us for Premiers. Lose and we confirm we're probably not good enough this year, but we get another shot at it anyway.

I stayed to the end, but I apologise, it was not enough.

Feels like there are more Cats supporters than Saints. We're certainly louder

I got you, BotsMaster.

I will be at the game again, so you can mark this one down as a win.

I was at home, with about 20 Hawk fans. :( But I got us over line in the prelim the year before, so there's that.

It's all good, everyone. I was at the Essendon game two weeks ago, and I will be there again tonight. The last time the Cats lost a game I attended was the 1997 Qualifying Final vs North Melbourne.

I'm a lot more comfortable with this loss than the previous week's win. No idea what the rest of the season will hold, but it's clear that when everything clicks, we still have what it takes. We've banked plenty of wins; from here on out it's just a matter of doing our best to finish with a top...

No, it happens to every fanbase. The least fun part of all the sports I follow is the negative fans of my own teams.

Half time is just about the perfect length for prepping and cooking a good old steak and three veg.

This isn't unique to AFL. As you said, coaches are paid to win, not to create an entertaining spectacle, and it happens in a wide range of team sports. In general, coaches tend to preach defence first, whether it's AFL or NFL or hockey or whatever. And good defence is often something that bores...

If Xtreme is all the way back on the bandwagon, a Geelong premiership is all sewn up.

Right you are, basic reading comprehension fail on my part. I really should have double-checked, because it did seem like a far more favourable result than it should have been.

Assuming your stats are right, if we hadn't beaten those sides, they'd have a combined w/l record of 15w/15l. Suddenly it's looking a lot better. In fact, it's almost as if playing good teams has a a tendency to damage your overall record.

Your points are valid. On the other hand, I'm confident that no matter how many games Geelong win or who who we beat or where we win them, a significant number of people will claim it's only because of a soft draw and an unfair home ground advantage, and that we're about to fall off a cliff...

Yeah, he's come along way from where he was when we drafted him right out of primary school. Edit: Oh, I assume this is a rating of the games he played before he turned 20, not saying he is still under 20. Never mind me.