- Apr 10, 2012
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Good post, I was a similar age and I had very similar sentiments. The lack of care for footy because of the lack of performance and abundance of scandal for my team is probably why I gave up playing a couple of years later despite still going ok too.2007. As an eleven year old kid it’s only through reflection now that all that s**t really put me off AFL for a good while. That media footage of Ben getting out of the car is all I can remember, and it made me feel embarrassed to go for West Coast. All my idols as a kid were junkies that ruined a sport I loved.
Urgh the push in the back that would normally get called 9 times out of 10 by Brown. Thought the umps look after us? But the free kick count derp!I'm not sure about lowest point. The most bitter I've felt was straight sets in 2007, injuries galore, Judd leaving.
Another low point for me was losing to Brisbane at home in 2010 to all but confirm we had won the spoon.
Low point? When Fremantle entered the competition and we went from the strength of an entire state kicking against the pricks to a fragmented supporter base with some bandwagon campaigners hoping to catch the next glory, and still waiting.
Don't they just say they've always hated us and just waited for a "good" team to come along? lolIt's always hilarious asking a Freo supporter who they supported before they entered the comp. Gives you a good idea how fickle they are.
It's always hilarious asking a Freo supporter who they supported before they entered the comp. Gives you a good idea how fickle they are.
On that Brown vs Brown contest, it's made to look worse than it really is because Mitch was a such a weak prick.Urgh the push in the back that would normally get called 9 times out of 10 by Brown. Thought the umps look after us? But the free kick count derp!
Lucky we haven't had too many s**t moments like that since.
I thought I could handle the Mainwaring death until I saw Rick Ardon break down while reporting on it. That was toughMainwaring's death.
Nothing comes close, really. Losing a game is one thing, a champion player losing his life is another.
I wasn’t too upset with 2005 at the time because it was an epic game and I knew we’d be back up there again the next year. Looking back it’s more of a shame that we didn’t win more than one flag.2005 grand final after final siren and 2-3 days following.
Was just devastated as it was the first time I saw WC make a grand final when I wasn't really young
Exactly the same for me except I got back into it in 2002. I think 2001 was the year I probably didn’t watch many games at all - was too busy getting drunk in Year 10-11.2000-2002 was probably my lowest point though as far as caring. Was in year 10 in 2000 and in those years it was all about parties and all the fun and games that come with the last few years of high school. Probably a good time to have little interest in footy with us being so s**t.
2007.
As a footy i have only cried 3 times 05 GF was the first (was 11 at the time).
07 was a pure s**t show that started with Cousins and the drug saga, then had players dropping out via injuries and then this loss.
I was totally wrecked after this game and it was the first time i realised that the side was never going to be the same again.
Then Judd left a couple weeks after and i was in tears again.