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Not Stevic!Can Goldspink umpire if we meet in finals again?
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Not Stevic!Can Goldspink umpire if we meet in finals again?
Not just that, but even in other years it was a matter of timing and injuries.
1990, we finish top. I KNEW we were going to lose on Grand Final day. Hated the walk to the ground knowing what was going to happen. But we were never the same after the Sumich kick and three weeks off. We hit poor form at the wrong time, but on ability we were as good or better than Collingwood, but circumstance, timing etc.
His he cook them in the training the week of the game?In 1990, we were unfortunate to get injuries to key players at the wrong time, but the reason we lost is because Sheedy over cooked the players. They were wrecked before the game started.
His he cook them in the training the week of the game?
Interesting, was this felt at the time among spectators before the game or only until after GF?In the weeks leading up. The players knew they were flat on the last Thursday night session before the GF. Tim Watson called them together during the session to try to create a spark, but the damage had been done.
Interesting, was this felt at the time among spectators before the game or only until after GF?
Salmon explained a bit of this feeling down on the bus in that 1990 final story video. Who were favourites for the game?Injuries to key players leading into the finals had a few worried. The consensus amongst the club was that the players needed matches under their belt, and if we could get to the GF we'd be right. The West Coast/Collingwood draw hit the players hard-apparently the mood on the bus after the game was pretty flat. It just meant another week off.
7.27 !!!! 7.27. King Richard, God bless him..... " I didn't move him, I didn't want to hurt his feelings". Bill brittingham. I have to say it again, 7.27.
No. Collingwood had a week off after the second semi thrashing, however.Didn't we have two weeks off between our Prelim and GF in 1990? That couldn't have been good for an aging and injured (flat) group either.
No. Collingwood had a week off after the second semi thrashing, however.
We had two weeks off between Round 22 and the second semi because of the draw, too. And as it turned out, we'd rested quite a few players in Round 22 as we were guaranteed of top spot so effectively, we had several players who'd not played a serious game in a month.
Fitzroy were kind enough to give us a practice game during the extended hiatus (Collingwood being their arch enemy and all), but I guess practice games are no substitute for the real thing.
We were woefully underdone.
In 1990, we were unfortunate to get injuries to key players at the wrong time, but the reason we lost is because Sheedy over cooked the players. They were wrecked before the game started.
The mauling we suffered in the second semi was probably a decent sign we were in big strife.
The size of our PF win over the Eagles was probably illusory in terms of our form; they'd been on the road for six weeks in a row or something by that point and were quite simply buggered.