Will Geelong win the AFL Grand Final?
All the indicators say yes for sure.
Not just the fact they are an amazing 4 games clear.
But their age spread is awesome. Warriors and good players centred around 25. Their experience is spot on. And more importantly they have finals experience.
VFL Grand Final 2002
Just missed finals 2003
NAB Cup Grand Final Loss 2004
3 Finals in 2004 and a narrow loss to Brisbane in Prelim
1 point loss to Sydney in Sydney after 3 games in 18 days!
NAB Cup Grand Final Win in Adelaide 2006.
Many of the boys have had 6 to 8 pre-seasons.
They finished 2006 with most players ready to do a big pre-season and off they went.
All points to the right recipe for a win.
Also teams like Sydney and West Coast have been through a few finals campaigns now and in my opinion that may have taken its toll with late operations and interrupted pre-seasons.
Port are difficult to assess. Hawthorn simply seem inexperienced on paper in finals.
And as we know anyone can pop up.
But Geelong now ticks all the boxes. Mature and ready.
On Grand Final Day they will be 25.5 years of age and 100 games plus experience if this “pretend team played”
Now that seems to be the perfect formula and most of the boys are 22 and above with very few oldies…..
AblettG 14-May-84 23.4 FINALS
AblettN 13-Dec-84 22.8
Bartel 4-Dec-83 23.8 FINALS
Byrnes 7-Apr-84 23.5
Chapman 05-Nov-81 25.9 FINALS
Corey 17-Feb-82 25.6 FINALS
Egan 10-Jul-83 24.2 FINALS
Enright 14-Sep-81 26.1 FINALS
Harley 18-Jul-78 29.2 FINALS
JohnsonD 28-Oct-81 25.9 FINALS
JohnsonS 4-Jun-83 24.3 FINALS
Kelly 29-Dec-83 23.8 FINALS
King 22-Nov-78 28.9 FINALS
Ling 27-Feb-81 26.6 FINALS
Mackie 7-Aug-84 23.2 FINALS
Milburn 15-Apr-77 30.5 FINALS
Mooney 15-Jun-79 28.3 FINALS
Ottens 25-Jan-80 27.7 FINALS
Scarlett 5-Jun-79 28.3 FINALS
Selwood 26-May-88 19.4
Stokes 22-Nov-84 22.9
Wojcinski 18-Sep-80 27.0 FINALS
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