Geelong Football Club
World famous Geelong football club
Geelong football club also called the cats is a professional football club of Australia situated in the city of Geelong. Playing for the Australian football league, the club has won several Victorian and Australian football league premiership. The Geelong football club was established in the year 1859 and has now become one of the most prestigious football institutes in Australia. The Geelong football club is considered to be one of the oldest football clubs in the world.
Since the time the club was first established, it has played its home games at a stadium called Kardinia Park, which was later named as skilled stadium, after the name of the club's sponsors. In the year 2007, the Geelong football club won the Australian football league premiership and this win inspired the local community as they were highly enthused by the wonderful performance of the local team. The club is open to both-the public and the members.
The brilliant performance of Nathan Ablett has not only won him overall praise from his entire team, but also the entire football federation of Australia. In fact, the Sheahan ranking system which is the most popular ranking system for grading football players in Australia ranked Nathan Ablett as the number one player for the year of 2007. His injury which prevented him from playing four important games of the season cost him the Brownlow medal which he could have easily got. He also lost his club's award for the best and fairest player as a result of those injuries.
Geelong football club's fans claim that defeating their favorite team would be difficult in the 2008 Australian football league even after the team has lost quite a few of its quality players, including Nathan Ablett. The supporters claim that the new lot who will be given the chance to play in the 2008 Australian football league premiership are highly spirited players and will prove their mettle in due time. Nathan Ablett will obviously be missed in the Geelong football league; however it would be inspiring to see Tom Hawkins stepping up and leading the forward line of the team in an enthusiastic manner.
The performance of cats was brilliant throughout the 2007 season and they were dominant in most of the aspects of the game. Mark Blake-another fantastic player of the Geelong football team was unfortunate in the 2007 season of Australian football league. Most youngsters believe that he will come with immense fury this year and that would definitely act as an incentive for the Geelong football league. Many Geelong football club supporters even expect Mark Blake to turn out to be the number one player in the 2008 season of the premiership.
The midfield section of the Geelong football team is also strong enough to give the opponent teams a run for their money. The most important midfielders of the Geelong football team include names like Chapman, Kelly and Ling. Their good defense system is also an added incentive which helped them in an effective manner in winning the 2007 Australian football league premiership. Their dominant game plan and the pressure that they put on the oppositions, sets the apart from the other teams of the premiership. If they keep on performing in this manner, their win in the 2008 Australian football league premiership.