Universal Love The end is nigh for Gary Ablett; we will never see a player like him again

[Catfish Alley]

In the third quarter last week against Brisbane, Gazza got back that look he gets like a White Pointer cruising for food - slightly hunched over moving through traffic to where the ball will magically appear. Those 2 goals close together were in that period - have'nt seen him up and about in that menacing way for ages - cant wait - he will bring it, we can count on that

Starting to think about this game more and more as the days go by. He's always been difficult bring down but the way he's stood up in tackles in the past couple of games has been great. He's an incredible player and I think we're going to see something special from him. I can already picture the roar and players getting around him after he kicks a goal.

 

[dazbroncos]

id expect them to go after Gaz on Sat night... they will test him...

The GOAT will rise again

Go Catters

 

[Bring back Moloney]

I’ll just share what I subjected my friends on Facebook to. They’re getting sick of my Gary focussed behaviour all week.
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I have always said, you need to be a Geelong supporter to truly understand just what the Gary Ablett name means to us. It is a legacy that is in my opinion, unmatched in world sport. A legacy that started in 1984, and will finally come to a close tomorrow night.

Gary Ablett Junior. The son of the greatest footballer in club history. A young man under an impossibly large shadow, who against all expectations, not only escaped that shadow, but managed to cast an even greater one himself. After 19 seasons, and 357 games, The Little Master has the chance to retire with a 3rd premiership. A fairytale ending the likes of which you rarely see. The absolute greatest footballer I’ve seen. I will forever miss being able to scream GOAT every time he gets near the ball. Win or lose, I will certainly shed some tears. It’s been an honour to watch his career, and I’m sorry for looking like a complete nuffie, but I just love the bloke bloody heaps.

Geelong supporters, and footy fans in general, take one last look, because we’ll never see anything like it again.

 

[winty]

id expect them to go after Gaz on Sat night... they will test him...

The GOAT will rise again

Go Catters

Can bet they will target Joel's injured hand too.

 

[cats_09]

 

[Mad_Hatter]

This is the same as Bomber Thompson putting the Premiership cup in the middle of the table during a post 2007 season review with the board and admin.
Sums it up. Nothing more to be said.

 

[Vdubs]

Mitchell, Ling towelled him up and he showed what a dirty dog he was, not fit to tie Ablett's boots. He was however the Premiership captain on the day so winners are grinners.

He was great that day, but if Stokes didn't play, Hawthorn wouldn't have won.

efa?

 

[cats_09]

 

[maryjames]

If anyone hasn't seen this highlights package from the 2008 grand final recently, give it a watch to remind yourself of what G Ablett could do at his peak. So clean, skilful and classy - he displayed incredible vision, evasiveness and strength in this game.

Dam look at those side steps. Never seen any footage since watching live.. he looked good.

 

[cats_09]

 

[iameviljez]

After all the torment Richmond have received from the name Gary Ablett, I can't think of a better finale than a game winning Norm Smith next week.

He’s no longer BoG calibre, but just a flag would be nice

 

[STPer18]

Ablett Norm Smith and Geelong premiership tomorrow please.

 

[thecatattack]

This hurts

 

[maryjames]

Watched his highlights today.. bit emotional to see greatness retire.

 

[Scorpio]

This hurts

Yeah that bit got me. Was doing alright up to that point

 

[Baudolino]

The greatest ever.

No player of the modern era is even close.

 

[MagpieJo]

Well done Ablett, on an amazing career, it’s not just cat fans that will miss his brilliance, a champion who never needed to resort to cheap shots. I got teary when he walked off, cheers.

 

[dusty1234!]

respect to Ablett. Legend of the game. What a brave performance

 

[cats_09]

 

[Kappa]

When you take into account the much stronger competition in the modern game, he is comfortably the best player in Australian Football history.

Hope there's another Ablett at some stage in the future.

 

[Baudolino]

My prediction is that he'll be underrated in a couple of years and that there will be some revisionist history about his career. I suspect he'll end up grouped in with the likes of Martin and Judd (Hall of Fame level players, don't get me wrong, but not GOAT level like GAJ) instead of being rightly considered a tier higher than that.

Desperately hope I'm wrong and his undisputed "best player in the comp" status for an unparalleled eight consecutive seasons isn't forgotten. But people have goldfish-like memories when it comes to sport and allow BS narratives to become reality.

 

[Tanski]

Very fortunate to have seen him play.
The greatest player of my time, and feel privileged to have been able to watch him week after week for 15+years.
There will be no other ablett jr, and the AFL world is lesser for it.
Thanks Gary.

 

[brutus76]

Thanks Gazza.
I've seen Lethal, your Dad, Hirdy, Carey but you Little Master were as Bruce says "something special"
It's been an honour to watch you.

 

[kickazz]

Bravely battled on when clearly in pain and with only one useful arm tonight.

What an excellent player right until the end though. To do it for over 350 games is amazing.

Most definitely sits, alone, atier

 

[Hawk Hawkins]

I still don’t know how his dad playing six games for the Hawks made him so awesome, but it obviously did.

Having been on the receiving end of some of his best, we were all lucky to have had the chance to witness the freakish things this guy could do through skill and sheer determination.

Enjoy retirement and family life GAJ.