Hi Cuzz09 like my sig campaignerWatched the season highlights and forgot Shuey missed weeks too.
Nah we had no injuries
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Hi Cuzz09 like my sig campaignerWatched the season highlights and forgot Shuey missed weeks too.
Nah we had no injuries
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#UnitedByPurple
Whenever I watch the various recaps and highlights packages on YouTube, all the finals wins are great. But the result that makes me shake my head and chuckle every time is the win over Port in Adelaide. We were two goals down with a minute to go and somehow pulled it out of our arse, beating them after the siren at their home ground. Again. Think how dirty they must have been.
Guess I have to fix me sig alreadyI just remembered a nice thing that helped us win.
So when we beat Melbourne in the Prelim I checked the Melbourne weather and it was like 11 degrees and 90% chance of rain for GF day. Each day leading to the game I checked my weather app and EVERY day the predicted temp went up and the predicted rain % came down to the point that on game day it was a nice 18 degrees and no/minimal rain.
This definetly helped our game style.
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I think once February ends, we're into the new season.
So as the glorious 2018 recedes, to be replaced by whatever 2019 holds, I just want to reiterate that I stand by every word of the OP. The previous season was the best thing I've seen as a WC tragic. Look at the players we were missing. Look at the ways we won. It was so epic. Character. From a team that had been so flaky for a few seasons. Hopefully we can improve further in 2019.
100 likes on your opening post cannot be wrong.
Upon reflection still the high point of the West Coast Eagles in their history - hopefully surpassed by going back to back in 2019.
I'm finding it hard to split 1992 and 2018. Both epic. 2018 was won with everything going against us all year long. 92 was beautiful for it being the first time the cup left Victoria. And in the 92 GF, we were 25 points down at one stage, so there was some work to be done that day too.Clearly not about in 92, it is footy history & always will be, 2018 is little different to any other, but the 2005 loss to the Swans holds a special place in my footy heart.
Clearly not about in 92, it is footy history & always will be, 2018 is little different to any other, but the 2005 loss to the Swans holds a special place in my footy heart.
... After 2018 even our most ardent supporters were looking forward to the rebuild.
Are you me?So when we beat Melbourne in the Prelim I checked the Melbourne weather and it was like 11 degrees and 90% chance of rain for GF day. Each day leading to the game I checked my weather app and EVERY day the predicted temp went up and the predicted rain % came down to the point that on game day it was a nice 18 degrees and no/minimal rain.
2018 eh?
Also in 92 we were 10th in rd7 and had just lost to Sydney and Fitzroy and drew with Brisbane Bears. 3 basketcases at the time. And only just beaten Richmond by a point.I'm finding it hard to split 1992 and 2018. Both epic. 2018 was won with everything going against us all year long. 92 was beautiful for it being the first time the cup left Victoria. And in the 92 GF, we were 25 points down at one stage, so there was some work to be done that day too.
Surely every premiership is "footy history".
So can never be eclipsed?
2007 hurt more, IMO. It was just one thing after the other.
Watching Scotty Lucas kick 7 in the final term to cost us 2nd spot, then lost the qualifyer to the power by under a kick, Then Losing the drawn final to the Pies, (especially after being up by 3-4 goals late in the 3rd) is a memory I won’t forget. Really felt like the end of an era. Judd was crippled, cousins chose drugs, and we copped an almighty whack to our reputation in the 18 months that followed.
I'm worried about 2019. Freo seem like a really united group.
I still reckon if we had even broken even with Ess in the last qtr we would have finish
Oh man that brought back Baaaad memories
That Essendon game we were flying at 3qtr time then stopped. Like that 3 qtr time break literally killed our whole season that year.
The Port and Coll finals you could just feel we were gonna lose. Nothing was going right. It was bloody frustrating.
I still reckon if we had even broken even with Ess in the last qtr we would have finished 2nd and played Port or NM at Subi which we would've had a greater chance of winning and then a week off and a prelim v port/NM at subi with 1 crack at the cats in the Grannie with a fit Judd, Cousins, Kerr, Cox, Glass etc
Oh well... i reckon we would've got closer than 119 points.
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I must say it has been a very relaxed feeling coming into this season compared to 2007.
And we still have the best centre square ruckman in the game, with new rules to suit him, waiting to slot in.Gaff rolls straight back in and gets 35 touches at the MCG against Collingwood. And we won it without him.