Most Heartbreaking Loss

[Mr Meow]

Agree totally.
Only thing against it being a total heartbreak in retrospect was that it was over at 3QT from where I sat, and we got 09.
BUT, it was my birthday, and a family dinner was on the cards as a double celebration, which was promptly cancelled, and all the things you said about us- it still cuts me up today. For me 09 did quite not erase the misery.

Happy (belated) birthday Dubs.

 

[Vdubs]

Happy (belated) birthday Dubs.

It wasn't. Strangely, we have rarely if ever been in a GF on my birthday (Sep 27)apart from 08. That was definitely the one that got away.

 

[Mr Meow]

It wasn't. Strangely, we have rarely if ever been in a GF on my birthday (Sep 27)apart from 08. That was definitely the one that got away.

Somewhat rare for mine too.

It would have fallen on the day of the 2011 GF, but they stopped the run of late-mid September 20s and placed the game a week later on October 1st (which has happened a few times).

2022 the GF did fall on my birthday, which was pretty neat.

 

[The Unforgiven]

2013 Prelim Final.

2005 Semi Final.

But 2008 Grand Final has no peer. That was dead set fuçķed.

 

[iameviljez]

I offered different answers as different discussion points because it would be a boring thread with 50x single word "2008" answers.

And to think you were accused at one point of being "deliberately contrarian"

 

[Mr Meow]

And to think you were accused at one point of being "deliberately contrarian"

Don't quite understand. I agree with the ones posted and added some new ones to further the discussion.

"Anyone who says the 2008 GF, is an idiot" would be deliberately contrarian.

 

[iameviljez]

And i laugh at these posters who bag Blight , in the 70s and 80s apart from 2 very strong years ( 80/81 ) under Billy Goggin - the rest of that period Geel were utter garbage

I've not seen a single BF poster bagging Malcolm Blight in the 20 years I have been on this board, I think now there is a solid realisation that (a) Geelong never quite had the cattle in the 90s, and (b) he was pretty clearly an excellent September coach.