... on the other hand

[Enrico_Misso]

... trading Rhys Stanley was a masterstroke.
Late in the first qtr he just had to go hard at the ball but he hung back and Adelaide took the ball the length of the ground for another goal.

[Con Gorozidis]

Geelong would be crazy trading Motlop out.
He is their only fast player.
They will be bog slow without him.

[Joffa Burns]

Geelong would be crazy trading Motlop out.
He is their only fast player.
They will be bog slow without him.

Dangerfield, Cockatoo, Parfit, Laing, Stewart?

[dragit]

... trading Rhys Stanley was a masterstroke.
Late in the first qtr he just had to go hard at the ball but he hung back and Adelaide took the ball the length of the ground for another goal.

Yep we've been short a ruck forward for 3 years and our replacement has played a half a game in the last 2 years, is hanging onto his career by a thread whilst Stanley has played 40+ games and 4 finals…

Masterstroke.

[skeptic]

... trading Rhys Stanley was a masterstroke.
Late in the first qtr he just had to go hard at the ball but he hung back and Adelaide took the ball the length of the ground for another goal.

Yep we've been short a ruck forward for 3 years and our replacement has played a half a game in the last 2 years, is hanging onto his career by a thread whilst Stanley has played 40+ games and 4 finals…

Masterstroke.

Mmm... just because we haven't found a replacement ruck doesn't mean that Rhys decision was a terrible one. I certainly wouldn't say that he has been better at Geelong then he was with us.
Still very inconsistent and doesn't produce his best often enough

We got Hugh Goddard for him or DMac depending on who u believe. Too early to completely rule either of these guys out.

To be honest, I pbly still take that deal

[GregPackhamsHeadband]

Too early to tell.

[Con Gorozidis]

Rhys just has no game sense at all.
Manages to run to the all the wrong spots.

[Con Gorozidis]

Geelong would be crazy trading Motlop out.
He is their only fast player.
They will be bog slow without him.

Dangerfield, Cockatoo, Parfit, Laing, Stewart?

Cockatoo is ok but still young.
Parfitt still a kid. Strong as an ox but not really a speedster.

Lang and Stewart are just vfl players.

[dragit]

... trading Rhys Stanley was a masterstroke.
Late in the first qtr he just had to go hard at the ball but he hung back and Adelaide took the ball the length of the ground for another goal.

Yep we've been short a ruck forward for 3 years and our replacement has played a half a game in the last 2 years, is hanging onto his career by a thread whilst Stanley has played 40+ games and 4 finals…

Masterstroke.

Mmm... just because we haven't found a replacement ruck doesn't mean that Rhys decision was a terrible one. I certainly wouldn't say that he has been better at Geelong then he was with us.
Still very inconsistent and doesn't produce his best often enough

We got Hugh Goddard for him or DMac depending on who u believe. Too early to completely rule either of these guys out.

To be honest, I pbly still take that deal

With the amount of back slapping on here about getting rid of Stanley, you'd think we'd won a flag or un-earthed a brownlow medalist… until the guy we replaced him with makes some kind of meaningful impact at AFL level we haven't even benefited from the trade, let alone pulled off a masterstroke.

Stanley is no world beater, but he just clocked up 100 AFL games in a side playing a 2nd straight prelim… good luck to him. Pretty sad that we would look to him for a laugh right now.

[skeptic]

... trading Rhys Stanley was a masterstroke.
Late in the first qtr he just had to go hard at the ball but he hung back and Adelaide took the ball the length of the ground for another goal.

Yep we've been short a ruck forward for 3 years and our replacement has played a half a game in the last 2 years, is hanging onto his career by a thread whilst Stanley has played 40+ games and 4 finals…

Masterstroke.

Mmm... just because we haven't found a replacement ruck doesn't mean that Rhys decision was a terrible one. I certainly wouldn't say that he has been better at Geelong then he was with us.
Still very inconsistent and doesn't produce his best often enough

We got Hugh Goddard for him or DMac depending on who u believe. Too early to completely rule either of these guys out.

To be honest, I pbly still take that deal

With the amount of back slapping on here about getting rid of Stanley, you'd think we'd won a flag or un-earthed a brownlow medalist… until the guy we replaced him with makes some kind of meaningful impact at AFL level we haven't even benefited from the trade, let alone pulled off a masterstroke.

Stanley is no world beater, but he just clocked up 100 AFL games in a side playing a 2nd straight prelim… good luck to him. Pretty sad that we would look to him for a laugh right now.

We haven't won anything in nearly 60 years...
What do we have other than laughing at the failure of others and lamenting opportunities that got away

[degruch]

Nil all draw at the moment.

[saintspremiers]

Anyway, it's nice to see the Cats failing again big time on the prelim final stage. Hopefully they go backwards from here

[dragit]

We haven't won anything in nearly 60 years...
What do we have other than laughing at the failure of others and lamenting opportunities that got away

That's true...

"Suffer in ya jocks Geelong"

[kosifantutti]

Geelong’s only period of decent football was when Stanley went in to the ruck.

[Trev from the Bush]

I showed extreme self control and patience with Rhys Stanley, just waiting for him to develop into a really high quality player. I reckon, for us, his only truly good game was when we gave (I forget who) a fair flogging at Etihad. He kicked 3 in the first half aand Roo had a night out.

I thought h had come of age. Then, he slipped back into his comfort zone - equal parts inconsistency and mediocrity. In the end, getting pick 19 for him was a good deal.

Now, with over 100 senior games and 9 seasons behind him, Geelong is living in the hope he will make it. Nup, his brilliant inconsistency is still nullified by extended periods of mediocrity.

I wish him well, but the Saints were the clear winner by moving him on. Could you imagine how the jackals on this forum would have been feeding off him had he stayed?

[saynta]

... trading Rhys Stanley was a masterstroke.
Late in the first qtr he just had to go hard at the ball but he hung back and Adelaide took the ball the length of the ground for another goal.

Yep we've been short a ruck forward for 3 years and our replacement has played a half a game in the last 2 years, is hanging onto his career by a thread whilst Stanley has played 40+ games and 4 finals…

Masterstroke.

When Stanley was a saint, the players were asked to rate themselves.

Guess who came stone motherless last. Yep. Your boy.

Loads of natural ability , but no ticker.

[thejiggingsaint]

I was at Subiaco in 2010 for our game against the West Coast Eagles. Rhys Stanley made his senior debut that day. He took a mark inside fifty early in the game and managed to spray his kick to miss the lot. Always potentially a good player, but his second efforts (IMHO) were always a let down, never saw him chase or impose himself at a contest. I was amazed that the catters took him to be honest.

[dragit]

... trading Rhys Stanley was a masterstroke.
Late in the first qtr he just had to go hard at the ball but he hung back and Adelaide took the ball the length of the ground for another goal.

Yep we've been short a ruck forward for 3 years and our replacement has played a half a game in the last 2 years, is hanging onto his career by a thread whilst Stanley has played 40+ games and 4 finals…

Masterstroke.

When Stanley was a saint, the players were asked to rate themselves.

Guess who came stone motherless last. Yep. Your boy.

Loads of natural ability , but no ticker.

Well half of those blokes are now retired without reaching 50 games, so they clearly have no idea.

I have a soft spot for any saint who is traded out when they didn't really want to leave.

At this point in time our ruck stocks are worse than when McEvoy and Stanley were on the list.

[saynta]

You are right there.

[skeptic]

We haven't won anything in nearly 60 years...
What do we have other than laughing at the failure of others and lamenting opportunities that got away

That's true...

"Suffer in ya jocks Geelong"

why so serious?

Try smiling every once in a while

[dragit]

We haven't won anything in nearly 60 years...
What do we have other than laughing at the failure of others and lamenting opportunities that got away

That's true...

"Suffer in ya jocks Geelong"

why so serious?

Try smiling every once in a while

Haha I was being serious about enjoying Geelongs flogging, I can dig that.