No Oppo Supporters 2024 AFL General Discussion

[Bloods86]

Sure, just feels like every year and every poor GF result we have excuses ready to go. Other clubs don't need excuses they just get it done.

It's not an excuse, it's a reason for why we might not have performed as well on the day.

We were much harder hit by umpiring and injury in 2016, than the Dogs, that's just facts.

There was no excuse/reason for 2014, nor for the depths of the poor performance in 22.

This year, we should have put Jordon and Parker into the middle earlier, played Heeney forward if he was struggling. That extra injury impact doesn't even come close to a reason why it was so lopsided.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Yes, it's a different topic though, to having a player go down or be hampered by something new on the day (that you may not just be able to inject or prepare for).

The coach picked injured players in every one of these matches, surely eventually the buck stops there. You'd think he would have learnt this year

 

[Jewelsbon]

16 still counts because we were by far a better side than the Dogs that year so even with umpiring going against us we should have been far enough in front that it didn't matter.

It's funny how my thoughts of this and 2012 have changed on the back of my devastation at this years GF result.
I was so proud of 2012, but all of a sudden the gloss has dimmed and I'm now feeling we were just lucky that Buddy and Roughy had no idea how to get a ball through the big sticks.
As for 2016, I've always blamed the umpiring, but I've swung completely to the other side now. We should have beaten them easily, bad umpiring, injuries, whatever.
It's now down in my books as yet another choke

 

[caesar88]

It's funny how my thoughts of this and 2012 have changed on the back of my devastation at this years GF result.
I was so proud of 2012, but all of a sudden the gloss has dimmed and I'm now feeling we were just lucky that Buddy and Roughy had no idea how to get a ball through the big sticks.
As for 2016, I've always blamed the umpiring, but I've swung completely to the other side now. We should have beaten them easily, bad umpiring, injuries, whatever.
It's now down in my books as yet another choke

I've said this for years Jewels.

Umpiring was absolutely a disgrace, and I think if it was fairly adjudicated (or even close to it) then we maybe pinch that game. But it was us having only about five blokes turn up and have good games that made sure a win didn't happen.

Definitely not the choke of 2014, 2022 or this year, but still a choke nonetheless.

I will add though that the Bulldogs (as well as GWS) were just not a good match-up for us that year. We were pretty much the perfectly-balanced side in every facet, bar one - teams that spread with speed from the midfield killed our slower midfield. We only lost 7 games that whole year and 4 of them were against those two sides.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

I've said this for years Jewels.

Umpiring was absolutely a disgrace, and I think if it was fairly adjudicated (or even close to it) then we maybe pinch that game. But it was us having only about five blokes turn up and have good games that made sure a win didn't happen.

Definitely not the choke of 2014, 2022 or this year, but still a choke nonetheless.

I will add though that the Bulldogs (as well as GWS) were just not a good match-up for us that year. We were pretty much the perfectly-balanced side in every facet, bar one - teams that spread with speed from the midfield killed our slower midfield. We only lost 7 games that whole year and 4 of them were against those two sides.

When you finish top with 155% and you lose against 7th regardless of other factors its a choke.