Biggest disappointment this year

[FallingLiefs]

Karl Amon didn't debut

 

[Power Raid]

not kicking straight in the first quarter of the PF

 

[ash_78]

not kicking straight in the first quarter of the PF

Hear hear. Probably cost us a flag. Doesn't get more disappointing than that.

 

[ozph1870]

... than Sydney? I'll save you some angst there, footy doesn't work that way. If team A whips team B after which team B whips team C then why when I do my footy tips does team C often turn around and whip team A? It's entirely possible that had we kicked another goal in the PF that it would have been us copping a 10 goal loss to Sydney last weeend.

what a patronising piece of shit. i feel our best this year was as good as anyones and had we not thrown away a 10-1 start and held on for a doublr home final. managed a home prelim we could have made the gf then once their our best footy was good enough to win. spare us the childish rubbish, we were good enough to take it out we just blew our chances.

 

[Power Raid]

... than Sydney? I'll save you some angst there, footy doesn't work that way. If team A whips team B after which team B whips team C then why when I do my footy tips does team C often turn around and whip team A? It's entirely possible that had we kicked another goal in the PF that it would have been us copping a 10 goal loss to Sydney last weekend.

I would have thought that in July but not after seeing our performances in September

 

[Powerstufff]

.... i feel our best this year was as good as anyones ....

We were 3rd. Results decide that, not your feelings.

 

[Power Raid]

We were 3rd. Results decide that, not your feelings.

pow!

you sound like Ken!

 

[ozph1870]

We were 3rd. Results decide that, not your feelings.

ok reality is our footy was good enough to take the flag. reality is we blew it.

 

[charcolechaddy]

Stephen Trigg"s departure . Arrrrrrrreeeee memory's!

 

[Changaneen]

For me losing to Freo and 4th possie in the last round. Play Sydney at home first up then a home prelim. We would have beat Sydney i know that. Week off and easier path to the GF. We wouldve made more of an account than Sydney did against the Hawks.

 

[Changaneen]

... than Sydney? I'll save you some angst there, footy doesn't work that way. If team A whips team B after which team B whips team C then why when I do my footy tips does team C often turn around and whip team A? It's entirely possible that had we kicked another goal in the PF that it would have been us copping a 10 goal loss to Sydney last weekend.

Cant agree PS. We play Sydney we win. Play Hawthorn and we win in a tight one or a very close loss. We were not beat by more than, what was it ? 28 points all year. We were ripe, cherry ripe for finals. Hawthorn had older heads and that was the difference for us taking that cup. Something burns in these boys.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Would like to see how the Victorian umpire conspiracy theory explains the five or so free kicks we got in a row against Hawthorn that helped us get back into the game before the HTB against Jonas? Especially how Monfries received a free kick in the goalsquare for jumping into Gibson.

Essendon in 2011 and Norf in 2013 are the only games where I could believe that the umpires were out to get us. I'd put the umpiring in the Hawthorn game down to incompetence, not bias.

 

[Forzaport]

I don't care for Victorian conspiracies but I'd be more interested to know if it was Stevic that paid those 5 in row later in the game

 

[Pappagallo]

Would like to see how the Victorian umpire conspiracy theory explains the five or so free kicks we got in a row against Hawthorn that helped us get back into the game before the HTB against Jonas? Especially how Monfries received a free kick in the goalsquare for jumping into Gibson.

Essendon in 2011 and Norf in 2013 are the only games where I could believe that the umpires were out to get us. I'd put the umpiring in the Hawthorn game down to incompetence, not bias.

Quoted for truth. We have no one to blame but ourselves for the PF result.

Essendon 2011 bordered on Pakistani cricket levels of match fixing.

 

[Wheatloaf]

Team wise the PF hurts, but not as bad as losing a GF.
Player wise the verdict is out on Butcher, I don't think he'll make it.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

ok reality is our footy was good enough to take the flag. reality is we blew it.

Reality is that we blew the chance to make a GF. Would we have won? There is no way we would have done to Sydney what the Hawks did - the way their older, bigger, stronger, more experienced players just smashed Sydney in the first half. But there is more than one way to skin a cat and we might have eked out a close win. But we will never know.

 

[ozph1870]

Reality is that we blew the chance to make a GF. Would we have won? There is no way we would have done to Sydney what the Hawks did - the way their older, bigger, stronger, more experienced players just smashed Sydney in the first half. But there is more than one way to skin a cat and we might have eked out a close win. But we will never know.

we will never know, or could ever say, but the week before v the hawks 29 scoring shots to 22, started and finished all over them, we were good enough, just didnt get it done.

 

[Moo87]

Kicking ourselves out of a very winnable GF.

Winning it from 5th would've been incredible - we had our near full strength team in the finals and seemed to be in full flight - really hope we don't look back at this as the one that slipped away.

 

[dalt]

Why would a competition which invests so heavily in equalisation, promotion of its success across multiple states and expansion want non-Victorian teams to lose?

Is that why the Grand Final is always played at the MCG...

 

[ash_78]

Is that why the Grand Final is always played at the MCG...

Not sure if srs.