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Well the sequel is coming up against the Crows shortly. Stay tuned. Or don't. Might go wash my hair instead
Oppo Camp Non Geelong football (AFL) discussion 2021
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BlakeyNoFlakey
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Apart from our game Thursday night, this week really is a dud round.
And to think Gazza Jnr wasted some of his best years there when surely we would have won 1 or 2 more premierships if he'd stayed.
What was that all about? Money? A massive sook because he wasn't made captain at Geelong? Sure as hell it wasn't for the glory!
You're not wrong. Adelaide v St Kilda on a Saturday night? What a dead loss - I hate them both and they're both sh*t, especially the Moorabin Muppets. I'll just put our game on repeat and pretend the rest of the round doesn't exist.
A fair combination of all of it and yes assumed glory. There was a lot of assuming going on with the setting up of that club by their and the AFL admin and a lot of horrendous mistakes made that have sunk them to the point of hopelessness now.
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It wasn't about the Captaincy. A lot of it had to do with Bomber refusing to play him in the midfield. Gazza's & Bombers' relationship really broke down. So when the GCS offered him a million and the captaincy, he jumped at it. Bomber Thompson was a big reason why we lost Gazza.
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Ensuring his family would be able to receive the best possible care available. I don't begrudge him that at all
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Interesting that two of our discards (Fogarty, Jones) get a mention in this article:
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Bargain buys: The moneyball selections paying off for every club
While high-end draft picks are pivotal, finding talent deep in the draft or through shrewd low-cost trades are also important. Here are the moneyball deals paying off at your club.
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GWS were smart and recruited younger players from other sides who would be around for close to a decade (Davis, Ward, etc.) while Gold Coast went for has beens looking to boost their super fund and work on their tan (Campbell Brown, Josh Fraser, Chad Cornes, etc.)
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Bomber didn't play him in the middle because he knew he was already gone. Bomber had the moral high ground here until he turned around and left too!
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Wow Adel playing terrible footy
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Gaz was already out the door after the 2009 GF after chasing the AFL for the gig in secret , blaming it on Bomber who would had done nothing to change Gaz’s mind when he had already decided to leave well before the 2010 season and infighting that occurred between them
I still can’t forgive Gaz for the way he chose to behave and treat the club and public about his so called “Decision”
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Crows scoreless in the first quarter.
We must've been poor to lose to this lot.
We must've been poor to lose to this lot.
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Yeah agree but then they defeated Melbourne lol we couldn’t defeat Adelaide over in SA but won Thursday night after a bye to PA lol doesn’t make sense. Footy is weird sometimes.
Good to see them getting recognition. It’s just too bad the idea of ‘moneyball’ has been hijacked by lazy journalists, a bit like that idiotic ‘sliding doors’ column.Interesting that two of our discards (Fogarty, Jones) get a mention in this article:
Bargain buys: The moneyball selections paying off for every club
While high-end draft picks are pivotal, finding talent deep in the draft or through shrewd low-cost trades are also important. Here are the moneyball deals paying off at your club.
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Yeah, was early days of 2021 so I shouldn't be too harsh.
But geez they look bog ordinary.
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When are the Auskickers getting off the ground to let the AFL players start?
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He would still have been on a very healthy salary at Geelong and a few more premierships would have been nice. Was Gazza Snr going through a bad time? - I can't remember atm, I've had too many beers coping with the Crows vs. Aints. They say some footy is better than no footy but I don't know. Some games lately have been like pulling teeth.
Probably when their selfish boofhead of a captain pisses off and stops demanding everyone blast the footy at him every time no matter what.
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Even if he wasn't at the time, it's pretty clear his dad would need some level of financial support. That's not to mention his sister who was in and out of mental health care. Fairly certain his mum would probably need a bit of a hand too.
The $800k~ a year he might have gotten with Geelong was a pittance compared to the big bucks offered by the Suns/AFL, not including all the additional cash for ambassadorship etc
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That game was in the BC* era, doesn't count.
*Before Cameron
Also, is that Spriggsy??
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Yeah it’s Spriggsy!
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How many times has Mr. Potato Head gone 3rd man up in a marking contest and spoiled a teammate in a better position tonight?
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