Review REVIEW GWS vs DOGS YES WE ARE IN THE ******* GRAND FINAL! YOU ******* BEAUTY
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As far as I'm concerned, I don't care if free kicks were correctly or incorrectly paid. We won the 2016 premiership and nothing is going to change that. Don't understand why so much time is spent agonising over this.
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Good to see you back on the forum now that youve retired Minno!
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It will enable me to be a lot more open with my views.
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Wait, are people suggesting that Bont should have been pinged for incorrect disposal?
* me.
* me.
Yeah I don't get it either. There's no "travel" rule in football! Did absolutely nothing wrong. Might as well call Zaine Cordy's dropped chest marks incorrect disposal?!
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We won the flag.
The sh1t-stains lost the prelim.
From where I sit, and without any intention to offend, every single person associated with that plastic husk can go $&@# themselves...
(That's not offensive, is it?)
The sh1t-stains lost the prelim.
From where I sit, and without any intention to offend, every single person associated with that plastic husk can go $&@# themselves...
(That's not offensive, is it?)
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Two years ago today!
Pre drinks at the Brewery.
On the ground after the match.
Pre drinks at the Brewery.
On the ground after the match.
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I still remember a local footy flag during the day and then this. Oh the waterworks knowing I had a guaranteed gf ticket too
On the ground after the match.
What I love about this picture (having been there also) is that the siren went, and what felt like EVERY Bulldog supporter in attendance (so most of the stadium) just kind of filtered on to the turf in this kind of haze. Almost zombie-like. Everyone was either just standing there like stunned mullets, in awe of what happened and/or on the phone to some old mate you hadn't spoken to in years who'd called you up because the one thing they remembered about you was that you went for the Dogs. It was this shared atmosphere of 'what just happened?' and '...what next?'.
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I watched the 2016 box set on the weekend, I still love the West Coast game. Set the scene for the whole month.
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I've watched the replay of this game more than the GF...it had everything you could ask for. Brutal, brutal game of football.
Even the way it was played, it was our grand final a week early. From then on, I knew we had the flag. Was at ease all week and just soaked it up, as well as chucking some cash on us ftw to cover post game drinks.
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I’ve watched the hawks replay the most. Well, mostly the last 10 minutes of the 3rd quarter more than anything else. Stringers goal, Roughies mark, the pressure that led to Bonts goal. “YOU KNOW WHO! OF COURSE IT’S HIM! IT’S HIM! YOU KNOW WHO IT IS!”
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I’d agree with that. We drove up to Sydney for this one and the Swans game at the SCG in 2016. Both were varying degrees of spectacular. Only downside of the Prelim was picking a hotel next door to the stadium. It was spotless alright...absolutely * all there!
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Mine too. We drove up from Canberra, parked on the outskirts of Sydney and caught the train to the ground. Got home a bit after midnight IIRC.
The game was a corker, the pressure enormous, the commitment and belief was unstoppable. But what really made it was the atmosphere. Never before (and maybe never again) has there been an interstate away game so dominated by supporters who (mostly) had to come 900km instead of the 10-20km that the locals had to travel. To hear GWS booed so loudly on their own patch was sublime. And the emotional outpouring when the final siren went was unforgettable.
A 16yo kid sitting next to Mrs dogwatch could barely speak - he just hugged her (a complete stranger) with tears streaming down his face. High fives and massive grins everywhere you looked (we were on the upper level in the forward pocket at the end that Dicko hit the post after the siren). Then as we walked out, there was some delirious fan pointing to all the Dogs supporters as they left saying "you're going to the grand final ... and YOU'RE going to the grand final ... and YOU'RE going to the grand final ... and YOU'RE going ..." etc.
Met Mr and Mrs wayniac on the way out too. They'd come all the way from Geelong. Nice to chat!
If it never happens again in my lifetime - but it will! - to experience that elation just once would be enough. And it was so much sweeter after all the tears and disappointment down the preceding decades.
The game was a corker, the pressure enormous, the commitment and belief was unstoppable. But what really made it was the atmosphere. Never before (and maybe never again) has there been an interstate away game so dominated by supporters who (mostly) had to come 900km instead of the 10-20km that the locals had to travel. To hear GWS booed so loudly on their own patch was sublime. And the emotional outpouring when the final siren went was unforgettable.
A 16yo kid sitting next to Mrs dogwatch could barely speak - he just hugged her (a complete stranger) with tears streaming down his face. High fives and massive grins everywhere you looked (we were on the upper level in the forward pocket at the end that Dicko hit the post after the siren). Then as we walked out, there was some delirious fan pointing to all the Dogs supporters as they left saying "you're going to the grand final ... and YOU'RE going to the grand final ... and YOU'RE going to the grand final ... and YOU'RE going ..." etc.
Met Mr and Mrs wayniac on the way out too. They'd come all the way from Geelong. Nice to chat!
If it never happens again in my lifetime - but it will! - to experience that elation just once would be enough. And it was so much sweeter after all the tears and disappointment down the preceding decades.
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I'll never forget walking down from the grandstand after the siren and encountering two teenage girls on their phones, with tears streaming down their cheeks.
One looked at me, held her phone up and said "it's my Dad, he's crying"
Still cracks me up.
One looked at me, held her phone up and said "it's my Dad, he's crying"
Still cracks me up.
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So true. We wondered on the ground for a good hour in a daze. I took this photo of the Mcrae spot where he converted from. To complete the night we had a weird encounter with a very drunk Chad Cornes and his mates in the carpark afterwards. Chad congratulated us on the win. It seemed despite playing for the plastics he was pleased won.
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Yes! We did it! The lid is off!
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My memories of this game:
- We flew up on the Friday, we booked literally as soon as the Hawthorn Final was over.
- Tried everything the night before to get my mind off the game - hotel pool, walk, gym, nothing worked.
- The morning of the game I was so nervous I couldn’t even eat. A few of my traveling party went to a pub beforehand but I was already in the midst of a nervous breakdown. Another prelim, against those ****ing assholes, the knowledge of what was on the line...I just couldn’t take it
- Arrived to the ground well early and chatting to other supporters and hearing their stories, driving up from Melbourne, flying in on the day
- The tension during this game was worse than any other game I’ve ever seen. I was on edge the whole time, roaring our goals with every ounce of energy and panicking like crazy at every one of there’s
- Strangely enough at 3 quarter time I saw Mitch Hahn in the crowd. I was tense and on edge and exchanged glances with him, we both kind of nodded at each other, as in, “Yes, this is tense, unbearable, I can’t stand it either, please may we win”
- When they got their second goal in the last quarter and were 14 up, I was so distraught and felt so sick I went to the bathroom, so I actually missed Dickson’s goal. Came back and had my parents and GF tell me we’re right back in it and not to worry, bless them
- The 3 or 4 minutes from when Bont’s goal to Cordy’s goal were insane. The bay I was in - all Bulldogs fans - going absolutely ape s**t when JJ burst free. Screaming their lungs out “BONT! BONT!!!” when we saw him marauding forward. Going bananas again when Bonti slotted it, and the Bulldogs chant that went up after Bonti’s goal was the loudest Bulldogs/Footscray chant I’ve ever heard.
After Cordy’s goal, I remember thinking clearly a very dangerous thought “One more, and I think we’re home”. Of course as soon as I think that they went up and Patton scored a goal and then thought to myself “Yeah, right”
- After Cordy’s goal I was messaging about 3-4 people back home watching for time updates, and bless them, they provided one for me which I checked at every available bounce or throw in
- When Macrae marked, i went through so many emotions. Much though I love him, I wasn’t sure he’d nailed it, so at first I reassured myself that surely he’d at least put us in front. I almost had to turn away when he was running in - but the GF had my hand in hers and squeezed it tight and made me watch, and then us all jumping up and down when it sailed through.
- How I actually managed to watch the best passages of play I’ll never know but I did. When they kicked that point to bring it to 5 points I had that fatalistic Bulldogs thought of that’s it, they’ll get a goal and we’ll lose by a point. There was a tackle by McLean on one of their players near the interchange where I yelled Ball so hard my throat was in pure agony. Then when they launched that final inside 50 - again, no idea how I watched - but this was the one time in our history where our defence simply had to stand firm, and they did.
- When McLean got the free for too high it was the first time I thought we probably were going to win, then when we kicked backwards I nearly had yet another heart attack. When Stringer began running towards goal, the whole bay and crowd yelling themselves hoarse, and then Dickson marked we all began jumping up and down like crazy. Then a quick check of my phone “You’ve got it!” “You’ve won - 30 seconds!” I then told my family who all asked for reassurances, as did the fans in the row behind me and behind. When that siren went, I let out out the fiercest, most primal roar of my life - and the four of us were jumping up and down in the most chaotic and wonderful group hug ever, then we were hugging the strangers in the row behind and in front. Parents both in tears, me just jumping up and down hugging everyone and anything
- We raced around to the players race - I basically sprinted, I was on that much of an adrenaline high - and saw the players off and were still hugging every single Bulldogs fan we saw. The scene was the same when we left the ground - everyone still on a high and just wanting to release some emotion by embracing
- We also went over to the other side of the ground where our extended extended family were all watching and celebrated, plenty of old timers in that bunch all who’d waited a long time to see it happen
- We then caught an Uber from the ground - my choice, stupidly - which was ridiculously expensive, but we didn’t care, we were all on our phones messaging and watching highlights.
- As mentioned earlier, I was too nervous to eat during and before the game, so when we arrived at the airport and had checked in, I found a Hungry Jacks and burst in almost like Homer Simpson demanding 700 Krusty Burgers.
- We arrived home close to midnight, girlfriend is too tired emotionally and retires to bed, I decide to flick on the TV and you little ripper, the replay is starting in 10 minutes. Re-watched again, and have re-watched nearly 1000 times (at least) since then.
A magic night.
- We flew up on the Friday, we booked literally as soon as the Hawthorn Final was over.
- Tried everything the night before to get my mind off the game - hotel pool, walk, gym, nothing worked.
- The morning of the game I was so nervous I couldn’t even eat. A few of my traveling party went to a pub beforehand but I was already in the midst of a nervous breakdown. Another prelim, against those ****ing assholes, the knowledge of what was on the line...I just couldn’t take it
- Arrived to the ground well early and chatting to other supporters and hearing their stories, driving up from Melbourne, flying in on the day
- The tension during this game was worse than any other game I’ve ever seen. I was on edge the whole time, roaring our goals with every ounce of energy and panicking like crazy at every one of there’s
- Strangely enough at 3 quarter time I saw Mitch Hahn in the crowd. I was tense and on edge and exchanged glances with him, we both kind of nodded at each other, as in, “Yes, this is tense, unbearable, I can’t stand it either, please may we win”
- When they got their second goal in the last quarter and were 14 up, I was so distraught and felt so sick I went to the bathroom, so I actually missed Dickson’s goal. Came back and had my parents and GF tell me we’re right back in it and not to worry, bless them
- The 3 or 4 minutes from when Bont’s goal to Cordy’s goal were insane. The bay I was in - all Bulldogs fans - going absolutely ape s**t when JJ burst free. Screaming their lungs out “BONT! BONT!!!” when we saw him marauding forward. Going bananas again when Bonti slotted it, and the Bulldogs chant that went up after Bonti’s goal was the loudest Bulldogs/Footscray chant I’ve ever heard.
After Cordy’s goal, I remember thinking clearly a very dangerous thought “One more, and I think we’re home”. Of course as soon as I think that they went up and Patton scored a goal and then thought to myself “Yeah, right”
- After Cordy’s goal I was messaging about 3-4 people back home watching for time updates, and bless them, they provided one for me which I checked at every available bounce or throw in
- When Macrae marked, i went through so many emotions. Much though I love him, I wasn’t sure he’d nailed it, so at first I reassured myself that surely he’d at least put us in front. I almost had to turn away when he was running in - but the GF had my hand in hers and squeezed it tight and made me watch, and then us all jumping up and down when it sailed through.
- How I actually managed to watch the best passages of play I’ll never know but I did. When they kicked that point to bring it to 5 points I had that fatalistic Bulldogs thought of that’s it, they’ll get a goal and we’ll lose by a point. There was a tackle by McLean on one of their players near the interchange where I yelled Ball so hard my throat was in pure agony. Then when they launched that final inside 50 - again, no idea how I watched - but this was the one time in our history where our defence simply had to stand firm, and they did.
- When McLean got the free for too high it was the first time I thought we probably were going to win, then when we kicked backwards I nearly had yet another heart attack. When Stringer began running towards goal, the whole bay and crowd yelling themselves hoarse, and then Dickson marked we all began jumping up and down like crazy. Then a quick check of my phone “You’ve got it!” “You’ve won - 30 seconds!” I then told my family who all asked for reassurances, as did the fans in the row behind me and behind. When that siren went, I let out out the fiercest, most primal roar of my life - and the four of us were jumping up and down in the most chaotic and wonderful group hug ever, then we were hugging the strangers in the row behind and in front. Parents both in tears, me just jumping up and down hugging everyone and anything
- We raced around to the players race - I basically sprinted, I was on that much of an adrenaline high - and saw the players off and were still hugging every single Bulldogs fan we saw. The scene was the same when we left the ground - everyone still on a high and just wanting to release some emotion by embracing
- We also went over to the other side of the ground where our extended extended family were all watching and celebrated, plenty of old timers in that bunch all who’d waited a long time to see it happen
- We then caught an Uber from the ground - my choice, stupidly - which was ridiculously expensive, but we didn’t care, we were all on our phones messaging and watching highlights.
- As mentioned earlier, I was too nervous to eat during and before the game, so when we arrived at the airport and had checked in, I found a Hungry Jacks and burst in almost like Homer Simpson demanding 700 Krusty Burgers.
- We arrived home close to midnight, girlfriend is too tired emotionally and retires to bed, I decide to flick on the TV and you little ripper, the replay is starting in 10 minutes. Re-watched again, and have re-watched nearly 1000 times (at least) since then.
A magic night.
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