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Geelong – most loved to most disliked?
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No need to get personal. We are just discussing footy here.
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Agree to disagree I suppose.
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Fair comment. I take the first comment back.
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I certainly respected the way they went about it in their 3 flag years even though every loss to the Cats has burnt.
But recently with the combination of factors : playing for free kicks constantly and then trying to umpire the game by certain individuals (selwood, hawkins), head coaches arrogance in the media, and one or two 'finger twirlers', I've lost most respect for the way they go about it on game day.
That's not to take anything away from the job they do off the field which is impressive.
Saying all that I'd prefer the Cats to beat AFL Cola $ydney in a GF any day.
But recently with the combination of factors : playing for free kicks constantly and then trying to umpire the game by certain individuals (selwood, hawkins), head coaches arrogance in the media, and one or two 'finger twirlers', I've lost most respect for the way they go about it on game day.
That's not to take anything away from the job they do off the field which is impressive.
Saying all that I'd prefer the Cats to beat AFL Cola $ydney in a GF any day.
Sttew
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With all respect, they damn well did. He was constantly accused of amassing "cheap one-two possessions"
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Haha there's been plenty of games Geelong has ruled us up by playing the man and plenty of games I've maintained you were the umpire's pets. Such is football.
This is the problem with hawk fans in general. Over the last few years it is you guys getting more frees and being on the right side of the ledger a lot more often than not.
In the 2 home and away games we played last year, the hawks had a combined free kick count in their favour of 49-32.
17 more frees than us. If that was our way, can you imagine the flow of tears from hawk supporters??
yes you did every fricken week. also was told he only played well cos of the other midfielders around him every week. The Ablett bashing has fallen 30 fold since he left Geelong.
thats because hawks fans outweigh cats fans 2 to 1 at every game because we play all our games in your home city and the crowd only gets upset when hawthorn feel hard done by and not the other way around. If Selwood got those two frees near goal that puopolo got there would of been riots in the stands and the media would be talking about it all week. Your team are pets and the only reason you dont realise it is cos the mob is on your side.
I think you must be in a river in Egypt.
Bartel got booed because he cheated, and he has been doing it for a while now.
Hawthorn deserve to be where they are. They have the best coach in the league who can turn journeymen into excellent players, and implement novel game plans. Apart from the occasional Hodge act or Puopolo duck, which is no more than every team does, Hawthorn actually play the game as it should be played.
Geelong , on the other hand, are in the four purely on the basis of their ability to "draw free kicks" which is fawning commentator speak for cheat. They have five players who specialise in it.
Bartel got booed because he cheated, and he has been doing it for a while now.
Hawthorn deserve to be where they are. They have the best coach in the league who can turn journeymen into excellent players, and implement novel game plans. Apart from the occasional Hodge act or Puopolo duck, which is no more than every team does, Hawthorn actually play the game as it should be played.
Geelong , on the other hand, are in the four purely on the basis of their ability to "draw free kicks" which is fawning commentator speak for cheat. They have five players who specialise in it.
We've won 16 games because of free kicks?
Take at least 16 points off your total and see if you would make the top four. Geelong are the same level as Essendon and North Melbourne.
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If you or I took the time to look at every free kick he has earned in his career so far. I'm sure 90% of them would have been warranted.
I've said it in this thread already and I'll say it again.... Learn to tackle!
This Selwood whinging is frankly, well and truly overblown.
Right so it wasn't just that we were the better team in these 4 games you speak of, it's that the umpires gave us several more free kicks at various parts of the ground.
I think you just filled that river up with the dribble from your mouth.
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Don't converse with him, it will just drag you down to his levelRight so it wasn't just that we were the better team in these 4 games you speak of, it's that the umpires gave us several more free kicks at various parts of the ground.
Good teams don't whine about free kick adversity, they just win in spite of it. As we have at stages throughout the year.
Utter moron. Then again Freo fan so that's expected.
Right so it wasn't just that we were the better team in these 4 games you speak of, it's that the umpires gave us several more free kicks at various parts of the ground.
That's right. You weren't the better team. You cheated. You deliberately ducked and dived to gain free kicks at critical times, which is outside the spirit of the game. As a result Geelong are on a higher position on the ladder than they deserve.
Don't converse with him, it will just drag you down to his level
Good teams don't whine about free kick adversity, they just win in spite of it. As we have at stages throughout the year.
Utter moron. Then again Freo fan so that's expected.
Keep it in the Bay. Personal abuse is unwarranted.
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Well then don't dribble on like a moron and you won't be treated as one
As for the game I'm sure you're referring to with free kicks. We beat you fair and square, we led for most of the game, and deserved to be the winners. Stop whinging about free kicks, it makes you look like a sore loser/sook
Seriously? I think you should be over 15 maybe 16 to post.
Your dribble is not up to a reasonable adult standard.
You deserve to cop harsh criticism for the tripe you write.
You don't like the message, so you shoot the messenger.
Face it, your team is a disgrace. All the good will they built up over the years has disappeared. They cheat to win, and the way they play threatens to not only turn the game into a parody of itself, but also threatens to destroy the health of players who follow their methods.
It may not be a Geelong player who is the next to break his neck by ducking into a contest, but he will be playing the Geelong way.
Face it, your team is a disgrace. All the good will they built up over the years has disappeared. They cheat to win, and the way they play threatens to not only turn the game into a parody of itself, but also threatens to destroy the health of players who follow their methods.
It may not be a Geelong player who is the next to break his neck by ducking into a contest, but he will be playing the Geelong way.
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