Following Freo from 04-07 was very frustrating, I thought we were a top 4 level team for most of those years, we had some great wins, played some great footy but mentally we were weak and only played in one finals series (frustratingly giving up a 4 goal early lead in the QF against Adelaide), these were probably some of Pav's best years as well to add to the frustration. We were sort of like North have been the last few years, clearly capable but sometimes mentally they switch off and lose games you couldn't possibly imagine or give up leads.
From a different perspective the Dogs side of 97-98 would've been frustrating, that was a bloody good side & then from 08-10 playing in the preliminary finals against some of the best sides in recent memory, I reckon the Dogs side of those years were as good as the Sydney/WC teams of 05-06 yet didn't even get a GF because Hawthorn, StK & Geelong were powerful units.
From a different perspective the Dogs side of 97-98 would've been frustrating, that was a bloody good side & then from 08-10 playing in the preliminary finals against some of the best sides in recent memory, I reckon the Dogs side of those years were as good as the Sydney/WC teams of 05-06 yet didn't even get a GF because Hawthorn, StK & Geelong were powerful units.