Universal Love Gary Ablett - 350 games for the Little Master
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It was a joke when Judd won it despite splitting Pav face open and chicken whinging everyone
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and he did it twice.. from the same spot.. once as you listed and once against us for GCS.
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Remember this goal within nine seconds of the opening bounce?
Brilliant. He will be missed when he does retire.
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I genuinely believe we can send him off with another premiership, I’d love to see it.
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The real travesty is that he wasted 110 games in the absolute prime of his career playing in meaningless games. It will always be the great regret in his career.
Good on ya, Junior!
All the best for the remainder of this home & away *season*
I'm still finding it difficult to get really interested with no crowds, it's a shame he won't get to celebrate in front of the faithful
All the best for the remainder of this home & away *season*
I'm still finding it difficult to get really interested with no crowds, it's a shame he won't get to celebrate in front of the faithful
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I was in the crowd that day, and not far off the fence in the pocket from which that magical goal unfolded. Best moment I've witnessed up close and personal as a Cats fan. The 2009 GF I was at the opposite end for the winning goal, and the atmosphere at that Geelong/Collingwood match was unrivalled.
It's basically always been a pleasure watching Gaz Jr play. Even in the early, inconsistent years before he broke out as a genuine star in 2007. Even in the years at Geelong where he missed out on a deserved extra Brownlow (or two) and probably like his old man a Norm Smith in a losing GF side. Even, with a conflicted heart, when he was head and shoulders above every single player in the competition for a chunk of years at the Gold Coast. And of course, although he's been inhibited in finals upon return (injured last year, an off game the year before), in general I've loved seeing him during his return with the Cats. Every goal he's kicked has given me the warm fuzzies.
Legend of the Geelong football club.
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For nearly my whole life, Gazza has been playing and has been my favourite player, and I've always admired some of the amazing things he can do on a football field. My first Geelong jumpers had #29 on the back. And I don't think I'll ever be able to figure out how he was able to duck, spin, dance and jump his way through the Port Adelaide defence to kick a goal that almost won us the match
I was shattered when he left for the Suns, but I always enjoyed watching him from afar (and I'm happy to say that I clapped for him when he kicked that ripping goal against us in 2013). I was so thrilled the day he returned to the Cats, and when I first saw him play for us in 2018 the goal he kicked from the pocket was awesome, and the two minutes of absolute madness on Easter Monday last year when he took a huge mark in the goalsquare, kicked a goal, and then ran out of a contest to snap a ripping goal almost straight after was some of the best footy I've seen
Congratulations on 350 matches Gaz, thank you for all the fantastic memories and highlights, and here's to many more this season
I was shattered when he left for the Suns, but I always enjoyed watching him from afar (and I'm happy to say that I clapped for him when he kicked that ripping goal against us in 2013). I was so thrilled the day he returned to the Cats, and when I first saw him play for us in 2018 the goal he kicked from the pocket was awesome, and the two minutes of absolute madness on Easter Monday last year when he took a huge mark in the goalsquare, kicked a goal, and then ran out of a contest to snap a ripping goal almost straight after was some of the best footy I've seen
Congratulations on 350 matches Gaz, thank you for all the fantastic memories and highlights, and here's to many more this season
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I’m just glad he’s back with us to enjoy this milestone
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The following is from a short article published on the club website yesterday; it's just a very brief overview of Gary's journey because I guess if you tried to go into too much detail, you'd need a book
www.geelongcats.com.au
He is Gary Ablett
The Ablett name is as synonymous with Kardinia Park as the whistle of the train roaring through South Geelong station.
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Just think about growing up in Geelong with his name and all the pressure and scrutiny that came with it
he has done well with not only his career but individually as well
here’s hoping that this is not his last year he deserves to play in front of a big crowd again
he has done well with not only his career but individually as well
here’s hoping that this is not his last year he deserves to play in front of a big crowd again
I do understand the standpoint but I disagree.
Haters would have found a way to knock him for riding the coattails of other champions.
And I could understand that too - I mean who among that group didn’t get some benefit from playing alongside other champions. Does anyone seriously think Cam Mooney was a 70 goal season forward (67 to be exact) if he played for any other team?
Doing what he did at the Suns, and getting them poised for finals in just their fourth season before he did his shoulder - and make no mistake they were finals bound - highlighted just how ridiculously good he was.
You could just as easily turn around and say he wasted 5 seasons of his career playing at about 60 per cent of his potential before he decided to kick into gear in 2007.
Imagine if he had the drive and passion of Selwood for those first five seasons.
Wrong in 1 way because in that time spent away he mentored some very good young players, 1 of them already has 2 premierships and another is the current captain of his team. For the AFL overall, that is an excellent outcome.
All the same I was rapt to see him come home & be there for our next gen.
Rock on, Little Gazza!!
Gazza has be rated in the top 5 Marcus Ashcroft Medallists of all time.
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Nathan 2nd best.
I’m ashamed to admit, early days I predicted Nathan to be better than Gaz, how wrong I was. Will be a sad day when the great man retires, would be nice if he continues to play decent footy and when the time comes, ends it all on his own terms.
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Remember hearing Nathan kicking massive bags in the junior ranks, although his career went the other way, he has a premiership medal and was part of one of the most dominant teams of the era.
