I actually find the phrase 'Dockery' a bit annoying as well. Sort implies we're clownish figures who deserve bad luck. Victim mentality. I also find it has tones of genuine magical thinking (i.e. our bad luck is real) which I don't like.
Complaining about it is pointless however.
Presumably there is some evolutionary advantage for a significant minority of a group to feel the need to have an individual to blame for sub optimal outcomes. Maybe the threat of shame helps to improve the performance of the least talented in a group?
After all you're stuck with your greater...
No. That's not we are all saying. Not only do we want Darcy in this week (even if still injured) we want him to stop at Swanny's house on the way to the airport and leave a brown paper bag with his own poo in it, on fire, on his front door step...
After quarter time though we were like + 7 (or more) centres clearances. I reckon a lot of those clearances they won were back half or even inside our 50.
Edit: Wheelo is not really giving me an insight, although it is saying we thrashed them for post clearance ground ball and contested...
Had a poor first half with skill execution and decision making. Much better second half. Is really useful around the ground at stoppages defensively too (Bit slow and small for CBA's at this stage.)
Is that the 7 for 1 in 92/93? Or the following series when Blewitt copped that famous shooter?
My first ever test was much less memorable. A draw against New Zealand at the WACA in 89/90*. I reckon the days I was there Boon made 200 and Deano was LBW for 99. Funnily enough I would have been...