Grand Final: Would you rather lose by 96 points or not make it?

[shotta]

Melbourne supporters?

 

[rickyp]

Losing another GF is the last thing I would be looking for being a Collingwood supporter.

I think we just wont make it that year...

 

[Butane]

lose it.

 

[bringbackschwarter5]

Ouch that cut deep

 

[Bomber57]

After the hammering at the hands of the Hawks in 83 this one is easy, keep the f**k away from it.

 

[wce4premiership]

it's better to make it and lose then not make it.

 

[raikkonen]

Whats it like to even lose a Grand Final....anyone?

 

[buggermedumplings]

After the hammering at the hands of the Hawks in 83 this one is easy, keep the f**k away from it.

I think I take the opposite view, loosing the prelim in 99 was much tougher than the GF in 2001...

 

[Ted Ed Fred]

Rather not make it if you're going to lose by that much.

 

[jimmy35]

Old saying , but you've got to be in it to win it .

As much as it hurts to lose them you've got to say , nothing ventured , nothing gained .

 

[pazza]

Play it..take your lumps..have the coach lay into you at the dinner that night - and then come back against the same mob the following year and pants 'em.

 

[Geddy Lee]

Melbourne supporters?

Gonna have so much fun watching your mob crash and burn in the finals. You guys gave it to us for the last three years, I'm gon get my trolling on.

 

[High Voltage]

Lose it. Without question.

The thing being, you won't know you'll lose by 96 points until the game, hence the season and the build up and the supporters and the hope and the dreams and the GF parade and the team selection and the last training session will last until... the first bounce.

 

[mick]

I'd have rathered Hawthorn make the grand final against the Lions in 2001 then get beaten in the prelim, we would have been belted but at least I wouldn't feel like spewing every time I see Vozzo and Goldspink.

 

[Juddyzthebest]

ask a freo supporter.

 

[Father Jack]

Not make it. In hindsight that would be best. It is all or nothing and it really hurts to be sooo close and yet end up with nothing. May as well crash out in the prelim.

Having said that, the anticipation that builds up in GF week is great.

 

[Hap Hapablap]

Whats it like to even lose a Grand Final....anyone?

ifs its by a horrendous margin (thankfully i havent though) i think its much easier to swallow then when its by a small margin. when its also ripped off you by one of the most extraordinary marks in our game and in the last seconds of it it can be the most depressing feeling. took me a week to start to get over it. seeing the footage of it and seeing dean cox break down as well can literally make ya suicidal. thats my two cents.

 

[Reveler]

lose it no question.

 

[Azzballz Deluxe]

I'd rather lose it, then not make it at all.

 

[shotta]

Love your attitude Reveler!

 

[exit]

It's better to have loved and lost then to have never loved at all.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Man with dick in cookie jar not necessarily f...ing crackers.

 

[nezasaur]

lose it of course, even more hunger for the following year

 

[shotta]

lose it of course, even more hunger for the following year

How do you know? You have tyo make one first, not being a smartarse but it is a massive feeling

 

[walkers a legend]

i would love to see us make the final

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Even with hindsight losing a GF would be far more preferable to not making it at all, whether that's finishing third, ninth or last.