Geelong, the Cats
Geelong is the last one-team-one-town club. Now before there is an influx on the blog about Sydney and Brisbane being one-team-one-town clubs a few things need to be taken into account, i.e. the AFL in their wisdom are trying like buggery to exploit the western suburbs of Sydney and Brisbane. That is why every near bankrupt Victorian side are playing games in these cities, e.g. Kangaroos, Demons, Blues and Dogs. So really Brisbane and Sydney are not one-team cities any more. Catfish?*
Back to Geelong. In 06 they won NAB Cup. I happened to be sitting on a plane from Adelaide to Melbourne that was filled with a tribe of drunk players, AFL cronies and general hanger-oners the morning after Geelong won the cup. These tossers were ecstatic; they thought that Geelong FC had risen to its former glory circa 1930. With a thought process like this, it is no wonder they fucked up the rest of the season.
The NAB Cup is a sham. It is called the pre-season because the season has not started yet. There is no glory in winning a game outside of the season. However, when you are a pathetic rabble like Geelong, you don't understand this. As a point of interest, Carlton won it the year before Geelong - they celebrated their success by collecting two wooden spoons.
A football team's list is a paradox. Let me explain. Geelong have a good list, the reason being that they were shit for so long. The AFL, which has less honour than the Mufti of Sydney, rewards incompetence and punishes competence. It is a flawed concept and that is why the best clubs i.e. Adelaide, WCE and Essendon are never down for long and shit clubs like Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda, Fremantle and the Bulldogs have not won a single premiership between them since Australia changed from pounds and shillings to dollars and cents even though the AFL keeps loading them up with draft picks and cash.
Geelong players are spoilt and selfish; this attitude is bred by a club that has no vision. When teams fail to be able to move on after losing a Grand Final, they fall in a heap real fast. Geelong played in the GF in 89, 92, 94 and 95. It is now 07 but they are still harping on about how they were so unlucky - the truth is that they were not good enough. For three of those GF's they had The Messiah at the helm (albeit he was yet to become the Messiah). They also had God and Buddha playing for them (these nick names are all real).
Geelong will improve marginally from last year, but they still don't have the respect of Mr Football. Prediction 8th.
*gratuitous Simpsons reference.
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You sre talk about the Messiah a lot.....which is suspicious. Are you Malcolm Blight? I suspect not, but perhaps you are an Adelaide supporter, in which case, you should probably take the chardonnay bottle out of your arse and start writing some really insightful stuff about that team and it's view that Simon Goodwin hasn't done anything wrong by betting on AFL games. Hello? Mr Football? Hello?
Mr Football, is Mr Football. He is not the Messiah.
If you don’t like Mr Football’s opinions you can do one of two things.
1) Go fuck yourself
2) Add some insightful comment to the blog instead of bagging out what is already posted.
I suggest option one is the best fit for you.
Ok you two anonymous poofters, let's run this anger off.
I don't even know who Malcolm Blight is. He sounds like an upper-class pirate to me. I doubt Captain Blight has an internet connection on his pirate ship, so the chances of him finding this page, let alone writing for it, are fairly slim. Aaaar.
Malcolm Blight is the Messiah. He led the Adelaide Crows to the promised land. i.e. the premiership.
So he is a pirate?
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