What you did to deserve to be a Geelong supporter...

[catempire]

I don't know that the hell I did to deserve it.

I'm 24 years old.

Been a member for 16 years.

Seen 4 losing Grand Finals.

Bleed blue and white.

Gutted.

 

[Fall Out Boy]

The saddest thing for me is that for the very first time i'm truly wondering if it's all worth it.

 

[Kiza]

Seeing Cam after the match made me just wanna cry. I know there are so many positives this year but it just seems like another wasted chance that could have been so much more.

 

[Copernicus]

A curse from the gods, I'm sure of it.

Oh well, next year. Always ********ing next year.

 

[Bartel'sNo1Fan]

so devestated
had to hold back tears!
i really thought we could do it and we deserved it

 

[Ninty]

Great, another year wasted, just when I got my hopes up at half time.

Just all the if's.

 

[Cat_Mancini]

i thought we were home anyway its gonna be a long summer

 

[Marns]

Bad luck guys. I would've loved to have seen you do it this week, especially because you controlled the game for all but the last 10 mins or so - footy can really suck like that. And on behalf of all Melbourne supporters, I'm pretty safe in saying, I know exactly how you guys would be feeling right now. Let's hope that we can both dig our way out of this 40-odd year drought we've found ourselves in.

 

[fishman]

Made me wanna weep. Some dubious rubbish from the scum in yellow too in the last me thinks too...

Take heart though St Kilda would have beaten us next week anyways.

 

[ablettjnr]

What is there to look forward to in the near future?
I don't give a rats who we draft, but I don't want to trade to many.
As supporters we feel this bad, imagine being Moondog/Linga trying to get up for preseason next Dec/Jan...

I guess we will see if Jimmy is staying now...

 

[Ozguy]

Don't Blame the umpires. We couldnt' win it unfortunately. Is simple as that.

And in regards to your second paragraph, does Essendon 1999 ring a bell? A far more ragin favourite than St Kilda.

 

[the lion king]

The saddest thing for me is that for the very first time i'm truly wondering if it's all worth it.

Yes it is. Might not feel like it right now but I'm sure that one day the Cats will be premiers again, and then the pain you've suffered as a true supporter will make victory all the more sweeter.

 

[ablettjnr]

Yes it is. Might not feel like it right now but I'm sure that one day the Cats will be premiers again, and then the pain you've suffered as a true supporter will make victory all the more sweeter.

Thanks for the kind words. They won't be truly appreciated until late tomorrow. Anger, frustration and tears cloud reading ability.

 

[scottydeewah]

I am moving to Boston in a month...I take heart from the Red Sox fans. I ahve spoken to a few now and they lived like us for many years.

Phat I understand, I just walked home 4km so dejected it is amazing. Waiting for the depression and insomnia to really set in.

SHATTERED

 

[malvern]

GUTTED - I am physically ill.

I still can't believe it - how did it happen?

 

[9th Life]

I felt as if I've copped a knee to the stomach. So many questions; what was with Bartel starting down back? when do we realise KK can't kick from 45-50 metres directly in front? when can H finally back himself and boot a goal 50 metres out on the run? why wasn't a second ruckman brought into the team to combat Ball, Jolly and Goodes? who the heck was on Nick Davis in the last quarter? why did we flood and get stacks of numbers behind the ball instead of attacking and trying to get the ball as far from Sydney's goals as possible? I feel terrible...

Roos said he wanted someone to pay for Sydney's loss against WC. We certainly did that tonight. They had no right to win that game. Yet we let them back in it. I was so depressed that when I saw Moons cry, I couldn't hold back the tears either.

We deserved to win. Must acknowledge the way that Scarlett, Ned, Dog, Harley, Egan, Jnr and Chinaman played.

Must admit I have questioned the reasoning behind why I have supported the Catters for 22 years...I guess its loyalty and the dream of winning that elusive premiership.

 

[danny_ablett5]

As soon as Davis put them in front i felt my heart rip in 2, and when the siren went I just started crying, couldnt stop for 1/2 hr, just so devastating.
We have been through so much as Geelong supporters, live and die a Premiership, it is going to be so so sweet when we get there.

and Idiot's like Robert Walls who question the heart of our players like Mooney, hopefully will shove there veiws up there clacker

 

[ben_cats_fan]

Maybe this is just a sign that we need to rally together next season and start all over. (As if we haven't done that since '63! ) The thing the gets me is that we get so close and just try to fall over the line, did it against melbourne a few weeks back.

Cat's fans, heart shattering as it is, we must move on and our side can only become stronger and use this as fuel to get us what we so rightly deserve next season... The PREMIERSHIP!

 

[dani77]

Chins up Cats fans. Poor Cats. Got to give them credit, they gave 100%, losing King was just too much at the end of the day. What a gun player Cameron mooney is, no wonder he took it so hard, would have had to have been the best player on the ground. Be proud Cats fans.

All you can do at the end of the day is give your all and your players did that and more. I cried along with Mooney tonight and my mum who is a Cats fan would have been truly devastated as she has been with all the losses, I will never forget her crying along with Tim McGrath after one of the games in the 90's can't remember which one but the footage was almost haunting, Timmy on the ground crying.

It might not mean much from me as I am not a Cats fane but geez I really did feel for you tonight.

All the best.

Dani

 

[ben_cats_fan]

Thanks Dani, i think i speak for all cats fans when i say that. It's good to see there are a few good people left, unlike Yze_Magic & RedLegs#5! I can't believe the amount of people who have just blasted a team that gave 110% and more! I cannot believe how many heartless people there are on this board! It sickens me! It really does! When you see a team go out there and play like we did tonight and to get the sort of reaction they are getting on the main board?! It makes me wonder, what's the point in trying?!?!?!

If a team wins, there's always some controversy associated. Player A did this but didn't get penalised, but when Player B did it to a lesser degree, the umpire gave away a free.
However, when a team loses in circumstances like we did tonight, cats players get abused for showing emotion and passion! The way I see it, we're damned if we do, damned if we don't!

The loss and the reaction recieved tonight has made me come to agreeance with Phat... I really don't know why I continue! I've just lost all faith in the once magnificent game of Australian Rules Football!

 

[meekaboy]

I'm a Sydney supporter and freely admit that the better team lost tonight.
We have been in the same situation after a heart breaking loss. But stick
with and be proud of your club no matter what.

I have just returned from a month in the US where I went to a NFL trial
game between the Cowboys and Seattle and there is no game that comes
close to the great game of " Australian Rules Football"

 

[fugsy]

A curse from the gods, I'm sure of it.

Oh well, next year. Always ********ing next year.

It's been next year since 1963

 

[Outoftheblue]

Commiserations Cats. Lots of courage shown in that game and obviously a gut-wrenching result but the team is still young and perhaps only a player or two away from being a genuine threat for the flag.
Scarlett may not be all-Australian this year, but to me is the best defender in the game and he showed why last night - and Mooney's maturity has been a revelation.

 

[Renegade]

Just feel so numb after it all...i didnt cry....but after thinking about it and the enormity of the loss setting in i dare say a few tears will be shed. Not to meantion i have to go and work on fixing my door now after it copped the force of my anger last night.

 

[Plogs]

The saddest thing for me is that for the very first time i'm truly wondering if it's all worth it.

Hang in there. You will get the glory one day & you will say to yourself "It was all worth it for this".

Feel for you guys. Done everything right exept win.