robertg22
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I'm no 'spring chicken', I'm well into my 50's. So I've been present for;
Losing a GF after being 44 points up - 1970
Having your best player knocked out & put in a coma never really to return again-1972 John Greening
Losing a Prelim after being 45 points up - 1973
Losing an Elim by 5 points - 1975
Drawing a GF after being 28 points up in 4th Q - 1977
Losing a GF after being 5 goals up -1979. Plus Harmes was out!
Losing a GF after being 21 points up in time on of 3Q - 1981
Losing Darren Millane - 1991
Losing Qual Final in Perth by 4 points - 1994
Losing GF by 9 points - 2002when Rocca goals but not paid, Tarrant strangled but not paid, Lynch dives and gets paid
Being 24 up at 1/2 time in GF - 2010 only to draw - went home thinking we'd blown yet another one!
Good list!
For me you can add in the 1992 elimination final vs St Kilda that we lost - finished 3rd on the ladder and played a single elimination final vs the 6th team & lost. Was our last chance for glory with the remaining players from 1990.
Also the 2003 grand final, went in favourites, were utterly embarrassed.
2009 prelim vs Geelong - another huge deflating loss.