2001 Prelim

[dave_27]

Still find it baffling that a team of what was butter boys got even close to us.

This was the same rubbish that gave rock bottom fremantle their first win of the season and lost to St Kilda in the last round aswell.

They got lucky though with the injuries we copped dring the game and lloyd headbutting gasper in the quater final.

 

[kolchak]

Still find it baffling that a team of what was butter boys got even close to us.

This was the same rubbish that gave rock bottom fremantle their first win of the season and lost to St Kilda in the last round aswell.

They got lucky though with the injuries we copped dring the game and lloyd headbutting gasper in the quater final.

As I recall John Barker, who was having a stellar year was injured in the 1st quarter, and so was Ben Dixon, who came back but played injured...So much for your got lucky with injuries angle.

 

[kolchak]

Vozzo and Goldspink were easily in the best..

Yeah, best on ground for Essendon.

 

[Corrosion]

The 2001 Prelim for Hawthorn was nothing near the loss of the 1999 Prelim for us.

Great memories

That was a fantastic prelim.

 

[mcphee_is_a_gun]

As I recall John Barker, who was having a stellar year was injured in the 1st quarter, and so was Ben Dixon, who came back but played injured...So much for your got lucky with injuries angle.

No offence but Mercuri, Hird, Lloyd are better than Barker and Dixon ever were.

 

[dave_27]

As I recall John Barker, who was having a stellar year was injured in the 1st quarter, and so was Ben Dixon, who came back but played injured...So much for your got lucky with injuries angle.

lol.

Dont compare that garbage to the loss of Lloyd, Long, Hird and Mercuri.

 

[Nightwolf]

No offence but Mercuri, Hird, Lloyd are better than Barker and Dixon ever were.

Hird was towelled up by Hay. Possibly the biggest towelling ive seen in a fianls game..

Barker was robbed of an AA jersey that year too..

 

[mcphee_is_a_gun]

Hird was towelled up by Hay. Possibly the biggest towelling ive seen in a fianls game..

Barker was robbed of an AA jersey that year too..

Hird was playing as a decoy becuase he was obviously injured. A fully fit Hird wouldv'e torn Hay to shreds.

 

[mcphee_is_a_gun]

Hird was towelled up by Hay. Possibly the biggest towelling ive seen in a fianls game..

Barker was robbed of an AA jersey that year too..

Are you say Dixon and Barker were as valuable as Hird, Lloyd and Mercuri were?

 

[kolchak]

Barker could have been AA that year and Mecuri was allready past it, Long was just an old man, when converting goals cost us, having injured goal kickers had more inpact, the only big out you had was Lloyd (which was a big loss). So again you angle does not make much sense, hence, che non understand.

 

[kolchak]

Hird was playing as a decoy becuase he was obviously injured. A fully fit Hird wouldv'e torn Hay to shreds.

You mean the AA FB, okay Hird is a great player, but no doubt an AA FB would have had no chance...

 

[kolchak]

They got lucky though with the injuries we copped dring the game and lloyd headbutting gasper in the quater final.[/quote]

BTW you brought up injuries, both sides had them, your the one making this an excuse not me.

 

[DaSawx]

They got lucky though with the injuries we copped dring the game and lloyd headbutting gasper in the quater final.

BTW you brought up injuries, both sides had them, your the one making this an excuse not me.[/QUOTE]

Umpiring and injuries aren't excuses?

 

[Longy413]

Vozzo and Goldspink were easily in the best..

Trent Croad was the most influencial player on the ground.

 

[Hawkk]

Trent Croad was the most influencial player on the ground.

That was a very good kick.

 

[topdon]

As bad as that was for essendon fans it was worse for me on my bloody birthday!

Try losing to Collingwood in a Grand Final, on your birthday, then get back to me!

 

[Longy413]

That was a very good kick.

Not good enough it seems...

 

[windyhill]

Cant understand how essendon won, even with all the help from the umpires, we were all over you...

Free kick count ? You`re ****ing kidding. The more hawfforn fans blub about that Prelim the more I lap it up, let it go.

 

[go team]

they should have drawn a line in the sand.. taken those umpires down... (then watch the umpires come out and thump them after half time)

 

[kolchak]

It would be more of a challenge to take on umpires then the bombers...

 

[DaSawx]

It would be more of a challenge to take on umpires then the bombers...

Is it a challenge king-hitting someone from behind while he runs to the sideline?

 

[kolchak]

Is it a challenge king-hitting someone from behind while he runs to the sideline?

You call that a king hit? Nothing compared to Johnson's king hit!!!

 

[Longy413]

You call that a king hit? Nothing compared to Johnson's king hit!!!

I think you might want to revise what a king hit is.

 

[Crave]

You call that a king hit? Nothing compared to Johnson's king hit!!!

Would you happen to be related to anyone by the name of Shiva?? We could sit here and moan about losing 3 finals matches by less than a point, but in the end....history shows the result didnt go our way. Incidently, Hawthorn are in worse shape on the field personnel wise than we are. You and your fellow supporters have much more to be concerned about than a result 5 years ago.

 

[boncer34]

Cant understand how essendon won, even with all the help from the umpires, we were all over you...

Not class, help from umpires....I know your minds fade fast, cant be helped....

Vozzo and Goldspink were easily in the best..

Steven Greene. What could have been, super talent..

Vozzo and Goldspink were easily in the best..

Yeah, best on ground for Essendon.

Uh oh.... Please enlighten us as to what the final free kick tally was? Must have been massively in our favour...... 23-15 maybe?