Season 2017 - The weirdest and worst ever?

[Bazzar]

I do realise we play home games at the 'G. It's a bit different though to forcing our Geelong based supporters to drive or catch public transport for an hour or so to get to the game, whereas when Richmond were selling home games to Cairns their Melbourne based fans needed to catch a 4 hour flight.

We played our 3 Cairns games against the Suns in their first three seasons. How many would have attended those games at Etihad or the G?
It was a "temporary" commercial decision made by the same person who has guided the club back to greatness, but you lot still treat your supporters with contempt by making them travel to Melbourne to watch "Home" games.

 

[Tiger2709]

I do realise we play home games at the 'G. It's a bit different though to forcing our Geelong based supporters to drive or catch public transport for an hour or so to get to the game, whereas when Richmond were selling home games to Cairns their Melbourne based fans needed to catch a 4 hour flight.

The lady that complained to Richmond and the AFL.after our recent thrashing of your team may disagree.

We are a big club spread across the nation, so when we sell to Cairns it gives our local supporter base an opportunity to see their team play this is how big clubs roll, not something Geelong needs to concern itself with.

 

[Jaeger]

Richmond rampage lol.. your premiership win this year is akin to Woewodins Brownlow,

They finished top 4 and smashed everyone in the finals.

 

[DickieKnee]

They finished top 4 and smashed everyone in the finals.

Don't let the truth get in the way of salty tears.

 

[winty]

We played our 3 Cairns games against the Suns in their first three seasons. How many would have attended those games at Etihad or the G?
It was a "temporary" commercial decision made by the same person who has guided the club back to greatness, but you lot still treat your supporters with contempt by making them travel to Melbourne to watch "Home" games.

I'm sure you'd have dragged more than the 11,000 folks that went to the games in Cairns in through the turnstiles if the games against the Suns were being played in Melbourne. You know, being a big club and all....

 

[Jaeger]

Geelong has had a short period of success, obtained by nefarious means, apart from the last decade the club is and has been a failure for most of its history, at no stage has Geelong had more VFL/AFL flags than Richmond even though you joined the competition before us.

Normal service was restored when the sleeping giant awoke and Geelong brought out its handbags in yet another failed finals series.

Amazing to think it only took one season for Richmond to go past Geelong again.

Can see why winty is trying to make this thread about Cairns.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

dont Geelong like to play some home games at the G to raise money as well?

Nope, try again delusion.

 

[Bazzar]

I'm sure you'd have dragged more than the 11,000 folks that went to the games in Cairns in through the turnstiles if the games against the Suns were being played in Melbourne. You know, being a big club and all....

Not sure why you're getting your panties in a knot, it was only three games, unlike your club who sells half your home games "every year"

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Not sure why you're getting your panties in a knot, it was only three games, unlike your club who sells half your home games "every year"

Nope, we don't.
Try again.
Geez you tuggers are ignorant and delusional, par for the course as it is being a tugger though I suppose.

 

[Bazzar]

Nope, we don't.
Try again.
Geez you tuggers are ignorant and delusional, par for the course as it is being a tugger though I suppose.

You keep saying "try again" so why don't you just enlighten us instead of being an arrogant know it all.

 

[winty]

Not sure why you're getting your panties in a knot, it was only three games, unlike your club who sells half your home games "every year"

"Selling" our home games would imply we benefit financially from playing home games in Melbourne. We'd have lost about half a million dollars each on the Melbourne and North Melbourne games at Etihad and about a quarter of a million on the Collingwood game this year.

 

[winty]

Amazing to think it only took one season for Richmond to go past Geelong again.

Can see why winty is trying to make this thread about Cairns.

Just pointing out the hypocrisy of Richmond fans claiming their fans were locked out of an away game when their own team locked them out of home games by selling them interstate.

 

[Bazzar]

"Selling" our home games would imply we benefit financially from playing home games in Melbourne. We'd have lost about half a million dollars each on the Melbourne and North Melbourne games at Etihad and about a quarter of a million on the Collingwood game this year.

Since madhatter won't enlighten us, why do you keep sending your supporters to home games in Melbourne?

 

[winty]

Since madhatter won't enlighten us, why do you keep sending your supporters to home games in Melbourne?

Umm, because we have a substantial supporter base in Melbourne.

 

[Bazzar]

Umm, because we have a substantial supporter base in Melbourne.

What kind of answer is that? it's exactly the same as selling home games.

 

[winty]

What kind of answer is that? it's exactly the same as selling home games.

The truth. Contrary to popular belief, not all Geelong supporters actually live in Geelong.

The home games we play in Melbourne haven't been sold. We're just filling in the short fall for clubs who have sold games interstate.

 

[Bazzar]

The truth. Contrary to popular belief, not all Geelong supporters actually live in Geelong.

The home games we play in Melbourne haven't been sold. We're just filling in the short fall for clubs who have sold games interstate.

So you have sold out for bums on seats=money.
If Geelongs such a great club "every" home game should be played there. End of story

 

[winty]

So you have sold out for bums on seats=money.
If Geelongs such a great club "every" home game should be played there. End of story

Exactly. Every home game should be played in Geelong. Glad you agree with me.

Unfortunately the AFL disagree, hence the reason we play home games in Melbourne.

 

[Bazzar]

Exactly. Every home game should be played in Geelong. Glad you agree with me.

Unfortunately the AFL disagree, hence the reason we play home games in Melbourne.

Unfortunately the Cats being a small county based club needs the the crowd numbers and finances of playing at the MCG. Your so lucky to have the bigger clubs and their supporters to prop you up.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

You keep saying "try again" so why don't you just enlighten us instead of being an arrogant know it all.

Pretty obvious if you opened your other eye, Geelong have NEVER asked to play in Melbourne, we are forced to to enable others to sell games to Tassie or Cairns.
Every game we play in Melbourne, be it either stadium, makes us LESS MONEY than a home game at KP unless the crowd is over 80k.
The club has publicly and privately stated it would prefer all home games played at KP but are pragmatic and know it won't happen.
Next year we asked for 9 to allow for the Easter Monday game and another that the AFL will ensure is at the 'G.
We'd ask for all of them if Melbourne based sides stopped selling home games and stopped bitching about playing away games, gasp, away.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Unfortunately the Cats being a small county based club needs the the crowd numbers and finances of playing at the MCG. Your so lucky to have the bigger clubs and their supporters to prop you up.

Sigh, another ignorant post.
Profit from 30k at KP: 1mil
Profit from 60k at the 'G: 450k.

Yeah....

 

[winty]

Unfortunately the Cats being a small county based club needs the the crowd numbers and finances of playing at the MCG. Your so lucky to have the bigger clubs and their supporters to prop you up.

How do you explain Richmond having to play in Geelong the last couple of years then if they're such a big club?

Yeah, you might be popular now, but will it last? After all, this happened a decade after your previous flag...

 

[Bazzar]

How do you explain Richmond having to play in Geelong the last couple of years then if they're such a big club?

Yeah, you might be popular now, but will it last? After all, this happened a decade after your previous flag...

What has something 27 years ago got to do with it? Just face facts, Richmond are and always have been a bigger club than Geelong, just get over it and move on.

 

[Tiger2709]

Umm, because we have a substantial supporter base in Melbourne.

Yes as do we in Cairns.

 

[Tiger2709]

How do you explain Richmond having to play in Geelong the last couple of years then if they're such a big club?

Yeah, you might be popular now, but will it last? After all, this happened a decade after your previous flag...

We have always been popular, thats why save our skins worked, thats why the fighting tiger fund cleared our debts, thats why we have 75k members and largest gate takings of recent years.

How's Geelongs debt going, another 40 year drought as you had recently is probably not survivable for such a small club.

Your minor burst of popularity is not the norm, our popularity is.