Geelong rorting the system

[Elixuh]

Pity we can’t play at our home ground in finals. You know the most important games.
I would be quite happy to share our ground with a number of other teams, play at GMHBA 15 times a year, have Collingwood upgrade and play out of VIC Park 9 times a year. (whilst never have to play there ourselves)

AND when it comes to finals play teams like Collingwood and Richmond in Geelong whilst finishing lower than them on the ladder.
Now that would be great.

Which is fair enough. You can’t have a stadium which holds like 15,000 people hosting finals.

 

[Seeds]

Which is fair enough. You can’t have a stadium which holds like 15,000 people hosting finals.

Good. Kardinia park holds nearly 40 thousand. Gws stadium has had home finals with less then 20 thousand even though they play in the same city as the scg.

And you just know that gold coast will get home finals at metricon with less than 20 thousand despite the gabba only being an hours drive away.

 

[Worm4]

Fun fact: geelong is the only team that never plays finals in its home city.

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Fun fact - I think Geelong has played finals at Kardinia Park before. Correct me if im wrong.

 

[Elixuh]

Good. Kardinia park holds nearly 40 thousand. Gws stadium has had home finals with less then 20 thousand even though they play in the same city as the scg.

And you just know that gold coast will get home finals at metricon with less than 20 thousand despite the gabba only being an hours drive away.

I’d be supportive of Geelong trying to secure a State of Origin game. Perfect ground for it. The standard AFL dimensions are already perfect for a game of league, just paint two try lines at either end.

 

[RPCB]

Fun fact - I think Geelong has played finals at Kardinia Park before. Correct me if im wrong.

2013 against Fremantle was their first ever KP final. It was their last one.

 

[Whiskers]

Which is fair enough. You can’t have a stadium which holds like 15,000 people hosting finals.

Well you can and even better ours is 40k, same or even more than some interstate grounds.

It’s not as if the Gabba is fit to host games yet they do anyway.
Should be and will be demolished.

I do like how you fudge a number to try and make your point. When people do that you know they have a poor argument.

 

[Mr Meow]

I’d be supportive of Geelong trying to secure a State of Origin game. Perfect ground for it. The standard AFL dimensions are already perfect for a game of league, just paint two try lines at either end.

Geelong, Melbourne, Footscray and Richmond are the only 4 clubs to win a premiership (7 between them) this century without playing a final at their home ground during the winning season. Those premierships should be weighted double for degree of difficulty.

 

[Elixuh]

Geelong, Melbourne, Footscray and Richmond are the only 4 clubs to win a premiership (7 between them) this century without playing a final at their home ground during the winning season. Those premierships should be weighted double for degree of difficulty.

But Geelong plays home games at the MCG? You had a free run playing the grand final at your home ground against an interstate side that plays at the G once every three years! Sad!

 

[Mr Meow]

But Geelong plays home games at the MCG? You had a free run playing the grand final at your home ground against an interstate side that plays at the G once every three years! Sad!

Yeah like NM play home games in WA.

4 premierships all without a genuine home final is cream of the crop stuff. Brisbane almost did it last year.

 

[STPer18]

Well you can and even better ours is 40k, same or even more than some interstate games.

It’s not as if the Gabba is fit to host games yet they do anyway.
Should be and will be demolished.

I do like how you fudge a number to try and make your point. When people do that you know they have a poor argument.

Aren't they demolishing the Gabba soon? Kardinia Park eclipsing it in capacity was the final straw.

 

[Seeds]

Fun fact - I think Geelong has played finals at Kardinia Park before. Correct me if im wrong.

Like 1 out of the last 100 finals.

 

[Seeds]

Aren't they demolishing the Gabba soon? Kardinia Park eclipsing it in capacity was the final straw.

Its being demolished in 2033. Not soon.

 

[Wojcinski]

Aren't they demolishing the Gabba soon? Kardinia Park eclipsing it in capacity was the final straw.

Good riddance and about time, I know QLD'ers are the peasantry of Australia but the Gabba looks like it belongs in Gaza. They should have done a lot better than that effort

 

[Gazza Greatness]

The biggest Geelong/Richmond crowd for a H&A game was just slightly over 70K all the way back in 1980 and there's only been three other games to ever draw 60K. We've had 22 crowds of over 60K against the Hawks since the two clubs had our first H&A game first at the MCG in 2008, half of those are bigger than the biggest ever Geelong/Richmond crowd and four of them over 80K. There's also been seven Cats vs Pies games to draw over 80K since 2007. I mean, even Geelong vs Melbourne once had a crowd of 81K in the 1960s and another of 75K in 2000.

Geelong vs Richmond has never been a big drawing rivalry for the vast majority of either team's fanbase. It's just that this site has a very small but extremely vocal and tedious contingent of Richmond posters who are obsessed with Geelong. It also looks like there's lots of them because they keep getting banned (sometimes even twice in one day) and come back with new accounts every other week.

Humorous and accurate all at the same time Ross:

 

[Gazza Greatness]

2013 against Fremantle was their first ever KP final. It was their last one.

RPCB: Not last if in early final games (not prelim) we play Gold Coast, GWS, etc.... can see that final played at Kardinia Park if we are host club.

 

[RPCB]

RPCB: Not last if in early final games (not prelim) we play Gold Coast, GWS, etc.... can see that final played at Kardinia Park if we are host club.

For sure, that is possible. “Last one” since 2013 was meant, but it is very possible that you could play a final at GMHBA in the future.

 

[Gazza Greatness]

For sure, that is possible. “Last one” since 2013 was meant, but it is very possible that you could play a final at GMHBA in the future.

Yeah, I think it's reasonable to suggest it's OK with a 40k stadium but it will only be applicable to not even a handful of clubs.

 

[Tigar7]

Geelong vs Richmond has never been a big drawing rivalry for the vast majority of either team's fanbase. It's just that this site has a very small but extremely vocal and tedious contingent of Richmond posters who are obsessed with Geelong. It also looks like there's lots of them because they keep getting banned (sometimes even twice in one day) and come back with new accounts every other week.

I don't see it as a rivalry between the two clubs, it's more that the real Richmond fans don't like Geelong man Steve Hocking.

For me, I just like to talk about what happened after 2020 with Steve Hocking, and how Geelong won the flag in 2022 because their special needs were met by the Geelong man from outside their four walls

I think Richmond's main rivals will always be Carlton.

 

[STPer18]

Good riddance and about time, I know QLD'ers are the peasantry of Australia but the Gabba looks like it belongs in Gaza. They should have done a lot better than that effort

It's like how the ancient samurai would commit seppuku as a means of restoring honour to themselves and their families. In this instance the city of Brisbane will demolish the Gabba as a means of restoring their lost honour after being outdone by a regional city in Geelong via Kardinia Park.

 

[catstorm]

Which is fair enough. You can’t have a stadium which holds like 15,000 people hosting finals.

Ah yes the extra 2,000 capacity the Gabba has over Kadinia park makes all the difference.

 

[STPer18]

Ah yes the extra 2,000 capacity the Gabba has over Kadinia park makes all the difference.

The Gabba's current capacity sits at a woeful 37,000 for AFL matches. That's why the stadium is set to commit seppuku.

 

[Sttew]

I don't see it as a rivalry between the two clubs, it's more that the real Richmond fans don't like Geelong man Steve Hocking.

For me, I just like to talk about what happened after 2020 with Steve Hocking, and how Geelong won the flag in 2022 because their special needs were met by the Geelong man from outside their four walls

I think Richmond's main rivals will always be Carlton.

Your new main rivals are North and WCE - battle of the wooden spooners

 

[Sttew]

Aren't they demolishing the Gabba soon? Kardinia Park eclipsing it in capacity was the final straw.

I thought it was Chin Chin. When Brisbane heard we had a hatted restaurant at GMHBA Stadium they said, "that's it. We gotta demolish the GABBA"

 

[Havoc]

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Melt away buckos

Geelong and rorting the salary cap.. go together like Jay-Z and sex trafficking. There is lots of smoke, and where there's smoke.. there's fire.

 

[STPer18]

Geelong and rorting the salary cap.. go together like Jay-Z and sex trafficking. There is lots of smoke, and where there's smoke.. there's fire.

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