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Your team's lowest ebb in last 25 years
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Ejected from the AFL (a league we were one of the founders of, one hundred years before).
I still remember wincing as I watched that. Even for neutrals, I don't think it was possible not to feel for him at that moment. We were watching someone's wake up from his dream job into a football Nightmare on Elm Street.
General Soreness
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1995-2000.
A rather uninteresting period book-ended by amazing Carlton and Essendon sides, and relieved only by the consolidation of Prestigiacomo in the side and the nuttiness of Blight.
A rather uninteresting period book-ended by amazing Carlton and Essendon sides, and relieved only by the consolidation of Prestigiacomo in the side and the nuttiness of Blight.
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nowhereneargeelong
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At about half past 5 on the afternoon of Saturday, September 27, 2008.
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1989-90 off season - Footscray almost disappeared - saved by Peter Gordon & Irene Chatfield
1996-97 off season - almost folded again - saved by David Smorgon
2003 - Annus horribilis - Peter Rohde almost drove us to extinction
The off season just gone was nothing compared to the above. Just cleared out the deadwood and a malcontent.
GoodFootyNorth
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1993 pre-season Adelaide beat us by about a million points. Probably our (then) greatest club legend Schimma was sacked. We had no major sponsor, no captain and no coach. I reckon the club was not far from going broke.
That moment made the next decade all the more amazing really.
That moment made the next decade all the more amazing really.
Come on Roy, there are people here describing serious issues and times of hardship for their club!
Wouldn't kangaroos be the same as ours.. 2007 finals.
100+ loss to geelong opening week after finishing top 4 and then 87pt loss in the prelim. Biggest net losses in finals history.
100+ loss to geelong opening week after finishing top 4 and then 87pt loss in the prelim. Biggest net losses in finals history.
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Nah, we overachieved in 07 and did well to get as far as we did.
lol at 'net loss'. I guess you subscribe to the 'If I beat you and you beat him then that means I'm better than him' theory.
I'm saying you have the combined two biggest losses in finals history..Nah, we overachieved in 07 and did well to get as far as we did.
lol at 'net loss'. I guess you subscribe to the 'If I beat you and you beat him then that means I'm better than him' theory.
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Because that means a lot.
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Round 7, 2003 - Bulldogs 72 - Fremantle 155 in front of 12,542 spectators (but a lot less by the end)
I just remember Freo running through a non-existent defence and scoring at will.
The middle of 9 consecutive losses, followed by a draw, then four more losses.
I just remember Freo running through a non-existent defence and scoring at will.
The middle of 9 consecutive losses, followed by a draw, then four more losses.
Because that means a lot.
I wouldn't think it could get much lower for your club than a 103pt loss and a 87pt loss in the same finals series..?
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Individually, yes. As a 'collective'? Meh.
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No offence intended, but I imagine many North fans would be happy they made the prelims (I think they overachieved that year) and it was all overshadowed anyway by you know what on Grand Final day.
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Absolutely. We were coming off a 14th placed season in 2006 and were widely tipped for the spoon. It was amazing that we got as far as we did.
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2000 - 2010 was worse for Carlton supporters.
Essendon 2000 to 2010's Collingwood while Carlton are winning spoons or choking in finals.
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Definitely. Just for clarification's sake, I was only referring to the '95 Carlton side and the 2000 Essendon side.
That's fair enough, probably fairly similar to us in 2013 then. Maybe the Wayne Carey saga with the players wife might be the top thing ?
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I won't "like" your post, but agree 100%. Things could not have got worse for Geelong at that point.
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I just sat in a back room in the house with the radio on and soaked all that negative feeling in, depressing as but I actually felt I needed to. Was an interview post game where 5AA spoke to Brad Ebert, and they pleaded with him, can you make sure this is the lowest point...
#1. Saints 24.18 (162) v Adelaide 4.7 (31), R7, 1991 at Moorabbin....I recall we kicked the first 3 goals, then NADA from that point onward! Thank God we never have to play there again.
#2. Seeing us train in 1995 under Robert Shaw with a game the following week against the Bombers. He had the entire training session in our defensive half, expecting to lose the centre clearances. Guess what - a 122 point loss ensued - talk about giving up the ghost even before a ball was bounced. I suspect this was when the decision was made to actually remove that clown.
#2. Seeing us train in 1995 under Robert Shaw with a game the following week against the Bombers. He had the entire training session in our defensive half, expecting to lose the centre clearances. Guess what - a 122 point loss ensued - talk about giving up the ghost even before a ball was bounced. I suspect this was when the decision was made to actually remove that clown.
