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Geelong - are they the AFL superpower and how can they be stopped?
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Sounds assured but I'm not buying it. Welcome aboard.
We'd make more if we could play all our games at KP. $1m a game in profit it a pretty sweet dealWest coast make way more profit.
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We love Justin Madden and are quite fond of Jordan Bannister. We have some good rehab programs .... the Norman/Angwin Respite Centre or NARC.
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The only superpower in the AFL is Collingwood in my eyes.
Geelong are like the San Antonio Spurs of the AFL. A well run club with a high win percentage who have never really been terrible per se.
That said, with all these equalisation measures the AFL has in place and what not, Geelong's luck will run out eventually and they'll have to inevitably go down the rebuild path like all AFL clubs before them.
Geelong are like the San Antonio Spurs of the AFL. A well run club with a high win percentage who have never really been terrible per se.
That said, with all these equalisation measures the AFL has in place and what not, Geelong's luck will run out eventually and they'll have to inevitably go down the rebuild path like all AFL clubs before them.
Why do you say our luck will run out? What luck? How is being a well ran club lucky?
Strange post.
West Coast is easily the AFL super power right now. Once they get the new stadium they'll be a mint with 60,000+ per home game.
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Don't think that they are a super power. Not successful enough. Only swans , cats or Hawks have earned the right
Not a superpower. Don't really have the fan base for that.
I think Geelong is a club that is ambitious but knows it's limitsb and doesn't try to be something it isn't. Very well run, yes it pushes is own boundaries but doesn't have delusions of grandeur.
Everyone laughs at Rodney surfing in a suit, but I actually think it's kind of clever. With all the equalisation measures put in place, the cats have to find a way to push their unique competitive advantage. That ad kind of lays the foundations for possible future recruits, by saying it is a professional club (the suit) yet one where you can train and live away from a metropolis (surf). That may not be for everyone, but it gives the club that point of difference that may help finding a player who is a good fit.
I think Geelong is a club that is ambitious but knows it's limitsb and doesn't try to be something it isn't. Very well run, yes it pushes is own boundaries but doesn't have delusions of grandeur.
Everyone laughs at Rodney surfing in a suit, but I actually think it's kind of clever. With all the equalisation measures put in place, the cats have to find a way to push their unique competitive advantage. That ad kind of lays the foundations for possible future recruits, by saying it is a professional club (the suit) yet one where you can train and live away from a metropolis (surf). That may not be for everyone, but it gives the club that point of difference that may help finding a player who is a good fit.
They can't be compared with Carlton as superpowers, as during the 70s and 80s Hawthorn won more flags than Carlton in their superpower period....oh hold on...
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Carlton have paid dearly for their paper bags full of money used to keep and recruit stars in the late 80s and during the 90s. Its very hard now to gain a hidden advantage, clubs need to sell their credentials as a destination club where getting paid a little less gives you a chance for team success.
GWS has a window where they have a super strong list but its a window which will close, the better their players become the more they will need to be paid and the easier it will be for other clubs to poach them.
Hawthorn have won 5 premierships since the AFL national competition was set up, more than any other club, to me that makes them the AFL Superpower. (if you count the VFL years they have won 12 premierships in 45 years and played in 17 grand finals ... )
GWS has a window where they have a super strong list but its a window which will close, the better their players become the more they will need to be paid and the easier it will be for other clubs to poach them.
Hawthorn have won 5 premierships since the AFL national competition was set up, more than any other club, to me that makes them the AFL Superpower. (if you count the VFL years they have won 12 premierships in 45 years and played in 17 grand finals ... )
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How the **** do we get mentioned in a thread about superpower clubs. We're in our 6th year and removing the training wheels.
I think that Honour goes to WC and possibly the Crows which are both big and financially sound. The big 4 maybe in the discussion but I think long term it wont be Victorian clubs that are "superpowers", becuase of the competition.
I like the thought of it but our fan base is just average.
I also feel like we are only clinging on this year.
Beating Brisbane is no certainty
I also feel like we are only clinging on this year.
Beating Brisbane is no certainty
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I think you're reading waaaaaaaay too much into that.
During the AFL era only Hawthorn beat them for flags when they should have 6-7 and they would have the most supporters which will show when they get into that stadium. When will this club get credit for being the strongest in the league?
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i think you will find a growing fan base over the next footy generation (the kids who would've started following football when Geelong were dominant in 07 - 11) and staying nearabouts since will have consolidated that. And a regional lock on a city of significant size, with a true home ground.
Yeah, I'd call you guys a superpower in afl terms.
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Not sure which proposition is more wrong...
Oh, yes I do. I have never met anybody whos second team was Carlton.
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In terms of on field performance they, along with Sydney and Hawthorn, would be the "superpowers" of this century.
Interestingly, in the 90's - West Coast's most successful on field era to date - Brian Cook was at the helm. He left at the end of '99(I think) and went to Geelong and was, not uncoincidentally, at the helm for their sustained period at the top.
Tldr; Brian Cook - Superpower
Interestingly, in the 90's - West Coast's most successful on field era to date - Brian Cook was at the helm. He left at the end of '99(I think) and went to Geelong and was, not uncoincidentally, at the helm for their sustained period at the top.
Tldr; Brian Cook - Superpower
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Premierships during the National Era
West Coast = 3, Geelong = 3, Sydney = 3
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