Geelong Season 2012

[Booney]

Obviously as a result of the keen response on SAFooty.

Stokes got it back out of pawn.

[Wedgie]

Selwood has won a lot of games in his first few years. Geelong will probably be alright still this year. But after that selwood is going to have a few hard years of a struggling side

Doubt it, Geelong rarely tend to "struggle" these days hence why they have the best record since the 1990. Got a better batch of kids down at Cat land than most clubs and have a record of recruiting them continously.

[Strawb]

Should be a cracking year for the cats. I am hoping to add a -12 after 2011 but hopefully that will be done after the Grand Final. The cats have recruited well and have a great bunch of talent and kids.

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[Booney]

AFL Premiers 1937 and 1951-52....hmmm, interesting.

[Strawb]

AFL Premiers 1937 and 1951-52....hmmm, interesting.

All Club premierships in the VFL count towards AFL premierships. Also I choose to list all Geelong Premierships Like on my Bruins Tattoo I have all Stanley Cup Championships.

[Booney]

AFL Premiers 1937 and 1951-52....hmmm, interesting.

All Club premierships in the VFL count towards AFL premierships. Also I choose to list all Geelong Premierships Like on my Bruins Tattoo I have all Stanley Cup Championships.

But not SANFL Premierships.....oh well. Double standards.

[Strawb]

AFL Premiers 1937 and 1951-52....hmmm, interesting.

All Club premierships in the VFL count towards AFL premierships. Also I choose to list all Geelong Premierships Like on my Bruins Tattoo I have all Stanley Cup Championships.

But not SANFL Premierships.....oh well. Double standards.

The Power "Joined" the AFL so their SANFL premierships do not count. It is like if the AFL/VFL clubs choose to use their VFA premierships before the VFL was formed in 1897.

[Psyber]

As far as I am concerned there was no "AFL" prior to interstate clubs joining..
The rest is just Victorian arrogance and propaganda.

[Strawb]

As far as I am concerned there was no "AFL" prior to interstate clubs joining..
The rest is just Victorian arrogance and propaganda.

Without the VFL going broke there would be no AFL. So there would be No Power, Crows, No VFL teams really.

[Psyber]

As far as I am concerned there was no "AFL" prior to interstate clubs joining..
The rest is just Victorian arrogance and propaganda.

Without the VFL going broke there would be no AFL. So there would be No Power, Crows, No VFL teams really.

Sounds good to me.
Then SA and WA may have been able to broker a genuine national competition not run by Melbourne.
As it stands even Geelong are barely tolerated because they are not quite a Melbourne team - the media always promote St Kilda or the Bulldogs instead.

[Strawb]

As far as I am concerned there was no "AFL" prior to interstate clubs joining..
The rest is just Victorian arrogance and propaganda.

Without the VFL going broke there would be no AFL. So there would be No Power, Crows, No VFL teams really.

Sounds good to me.
Then SA and WA may have been able to broker a genuine national competition not run by Melbourne.
As it stands even Geelong are barely tolerated because they are not quite a Melbourne team - the media always promote St Kilda or the Bulldogs instead.

Geelong is Geelong. Our local Newspaper promotes Geelong enough. The Age, and Herald-sun only care about Collingwood, Essendon, Carlton mainly the other Melbourne clubs get some mention in there but not as much as the big three that sells Papers. The big news recently was Dane Swan's nose ring. What annoy's Dimmo and his mates is the Fact Geelong is winning premierships and not going broke like they want.

[Dirko]

But not SANFL Premierships.....oh well. Double standards.

So using your view point that'll mean North Melbourne or Essendon or Geelong could include the VFA premierships as well....

[Strawb]

But not SANFL Premierships.....oh well. Double standards.

So using your view point that'll mean North Melbourne or Essendon or Geelong could include the VFA premierships as well....

That means Geelong has 16 premierships then
Essendon has 20
Sth. Mel/Sydney has 9
Carlton has 18
Collingwood has 16.
Brisbane/Fitzroy has 12.

[Media Park]

I think we can play that game, AFL started in 1990:

Collingwood x 2
Hawthorn x 2
West Coast x 3
Essendon x 2
Carlton x 1
North x 2
Adelaide x 2
Brisbane x 3
Port x 1
Sydney x 1
Geelong x 3

West Coast, Brisbane and Geelong rock then...

[Strawb]

I think we can play that game, AFL started in 1990:

Collingwood x 2
Hawthorn x 2
West Coast x 3
Essendon x 2
Carlton x 1
North x 2
Adelaide x 2
Brisbane x 3
Port x 1
Sydney x 1
Geelong x 3

West Coast, Brisbane and Geelong rock then...

Don't encourage Booney you will make his head grow

[Hondo]

If a club specified what comp their premierships were earned in: ie, VFA premiers X, X, X; AFL premiers X, X

Then that is fine to me. Especially if it is nothing more than a marketing tag-line on the web-site banner or something similar.

[Wedgie]

Keep on track please, this topic is about Geelong's 2012 season, not about a competition that simply changed its name in 1990.
Cheers.

[Strawb]

Keep on track please, this topic is about Geelong's 2012 season, not about a competition that simply changed its name in 1990.
Cheers.

I was trying to Problem is Wedgie someone complained that I listed All Geelong Premierships.

[RustyCage]

As far as I am concerned there was no "AFL" prior to interstate clubs joining..
The rest is just Victorian arrogance and propaganda.

or South Australian arrogance and propaganda

[Mr Beefy]

Keep on track please, this topic is about Geelong's 2012 season, not about a competition that simply changed its name in 1990.
Cheers.

Anyway, I reckon we can expect to see a lot of the Big "O" Orren Stephenson during the pre-season comp. I'm interested to see how he goes. Chump or Champ?