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Where was the brag? I was just saying what was reported at the time. Just pointing out that bailey Smith would be on more than taranto.I wouldnt brag about giving Taranto 7 years....
But you do you...
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Ha ha - I read that in the "Ron Howard narrating Arrested Development" voice. Assume that's what you were channeling. Nice oneNarrator: "It was not a long haul"
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I’ve often said this is the thread the elitists come to post on. Case in point, all of the above.
If you told me that in 8 years from now we will have come off three straight years of finishing 17th or 18th, but that for the first 5 of those 8 years we will end up winning 3 flags, that would be a dream come true.
Give me what Richmond have done from 2017-2020 and their last 5 years over what Carlton have done between 2017-2025 (1996-2025)
Of course you would, I don’t think anyone would say otherwise.
If you have a choice between winning thrice and staying up, and winning thrice and disappearing, though, you’d take the former.
There's nothing elitist about it though. The Richmond stuff is simply speculation about why they have retained a lunatic fringe obsessed with all things Geelong. You must look at these accounts (on their 4000th alias) and think how embarrassing it would be if you did the same regarding Collingwood. They would mock you, and you would have deserved that.I’ve often said this is the thread the elitists come to post on. Case in point, all of the above.
If you told me that in 8 years from now we will have come off three straight years of finishing 17th or 18th, but that for the first 5 of those 8 years we will end up winning 3 flags, that would be a dream come true.
Give me what Richmond have done from 2017-2020 and their last 5 years over what Carlton have done between 2017-2025 (1996-2025).
Seriously, where would Richmond rank among Geelong fans' "rivals" in the last few years?There's nothing elitist about it though. The Richmond stuff is simply speculation about why they have retained a lunatic fringe obsessed with all things Geelong. You must look at these accounts (on their 4000th alias) and think how embarrassing it would be if you did the same regarding Collingwood. They would mock you, and you would have deserved that.
As we've said countless times, any semblance of a Richmond/Geelong rivalry has been dead and buried for 5 years. Yet they can't stop talking about the Cats despite clearly winning that 2017-2020 rivalry. We make fun of them for feeling insecure about Geelong simply being a somewhat competitive team.
It's really Hawthorn, Collingwood and then the contenders of the era for Geelong.Seriously, where would Richmond rank among Geelong fans' "rivals" in the last few years?
Hawthorn - the old enemy
Collingwood - recent record of competitive games and close finals
Doggies - making a big recent run with all the Bailey Smith stuff
Brisbane/Sydney/GWS - all been contenders/rivals around the same spot in recent years, some good games against them
Saints/Carlton- annoyingly have a good recent record against us.
Richmond after that, I guess? And even then mostly for "I hope we belt them to see the nuffies melt" laughs....
All those and more. It's a collective contribution of countless great Geelong people and businesses. I didn't expect we'd be activating it so soon.Legit Question - Is any of the Geelong warchest actually within their salary cap or is it just a whip around between Cotton On, Simmonds Homes and Morris Finance?
I offered to throw in $50. I was only willing to sacrifice half of my life savings.All those and more. It's a collective contribution of countless great Geelong people and businesses. I didn't expect we'd be activating it so soon.
Legit Question - Is any of the Geelong warchest actually within their salary cap or is it just a whip around between Cotton On, Simmonds Homes and Morris Finance?
Is Rhys' farm at Flogg's Creek with Dangermouse? Simmonds must have bought the whole friggin town.It’s an actual chest buried on Rhys Stanley’s farm full of cash, title deeds to other farms and cotton on vouchers
It’s an actual chest buried on Rhys Stanley’s farm full of cash, title deeds to other farms and cotton on vouchers
If you’re actually going to ask this from a legitimate standpoint:Legit Question - Is any of the Geelong warchest actually within their salary cap or is it just a whip around between Cotton On, Simmonds Homes and Morris Finance?
I highly doubt they were asking it from a legitimate standpoint.If you’re actually going to ask this from a legitimate standpoint:
Since 2022 we have lost Selwood, Hawkins, Isaac Smith, Gary Rohan, Brandon Parfitt and Tuohy from the flag team as well as Ratugolea from the ‘semi-regular’ team.
In their place we have brought in Bailey Smith, plus Bowes, Bruhn, and Ollie Henry, and Jack Martin.
Smith even allowing for third party deals or whatever, would I’m sure be on a decent wage. I doubt the others would have been signed for a tremendous amount, especially Henry and Bowes; Henry requested a trade away from the Pies and had not really done anything at that stage, and Bowes was virtually shoved out the door by the Suns. Bruhn was a player we really chased hard from memory so I think he would be paid well.
Martin I doubt would be on much money. He’s been injured much of his career and he’s primarily a small forward. We’ve bought him in as depth for positions and roles we are strong in and in his only game so far we played him in defence.
So since our ‘peak’ of 3 years ago I would think we’ve actually probably got more room to move if you did a ‘what’s changed’ type comparison. In fact, a lot more room. There’s no way we’d be paying the same for these 5, as we were for the 7 players we’ve lost.
But in between what has changed? Well Ollie Dempsey has won a rising star award. We’ve re-signed Tyson Stengle. Max Holmes has emerged as one of the best young players in the comp. Gryan Miers is arguably the best ball user by foot in the league.
So you would think the extra money to seal those guys in, would eat up what was freed up, between the retirements, and the incoming players 2022-2025.
TLR? We can probably afford at least 1 good incoming player and probably two, if we can offload Duncan, Stanley, Cam Guthrie and one other player by the end of the season.
I highly doubt they were asking it from a legitimate standpoint.