Re: Hawthorn the new chokers tag fits around their neck comfortably!
Great post WAG....right on the money.Come come come come come...just listen to yourself will you. Lets go through it.
1993...the unfancied Crows in Melbourne come from behind in the last quarter to roll you in a final...choke...
1994...leading the Roos by plenty before folding up the tent and going home...choke...
2000...came up against the hapless roos after they were thrashed by the bombers...choke...
2001...bombers were out on their feet in the last half...gone...yet you found a way to lose by 1 goal and miss a Grand Final berth...choke...
2007...lost to a Roos side that in two other finals were completely uncompetitive...choke...
Its not just losing...its the nature of the loss.
We lost to Sydney by 3 seconds in Sydney in 2005 sure...but they went on to be the premiers. None of the sides you lost to in the last 15 years went on to be the premiers.
In 2004 we lost to a side who had won the past 3 flags on end...hardly a choke.
In 2000 we came off two 6 day breaks in a row when we played the hawks in that final...we lost by 9 pts from memory. Given a level playing field we would have won for sure.
1997...Colbert mark not paid at AAMI cost us the game when we were leading. Crows went on to win the flag.
1995...well yeah...but least we made it...
1994...well yeah...but we had a cracker of a finals series leading up to it and we were spent.
see its about the game itself...what transpired and what it suggests about the side...not just the result.
I think you are chokers...thats what the evidence suggests!