2014 Non Eagles Discussions Thread

[ep2018]

Shaun McManus and Pavlich were reliving this on Nova this morning, saying it was the best period of time ever at the club. Nat piped up with "You must have loved it when the Eagles won the premiership that year then?"

To which they said the "Eagles could not best us, the only team that could beat us was Sydney and they just got over us in the prelim. "

From memory Sydney "just" beat them by 30+ points! and failing to mention that Adelaide had also beaten them by a similar margin two weeks before that. I love how time changes history!

Love their fans:

"We would have won the premiership if we made the GF against the Eagles"

Umm no you would have gotten splattered!

 

[lyall]

Yeah as The Dodger said, counter it with: We beat Brisbane in all home and away matches in 03-04 and they made the Grand Final both years, does that mean we would have defeated them in the Finals as well if we met?

Even i'm not delusional to think home and away form carries over to finals as they are a different kettle of fish.

Could play this game all day but my favorite would be 2012 Richmond. Beat both Sydney and Hawthorn at the MCG

 

[Public Enemy No1]

Only Freo could spin 20 years of failure and embarssing WA footy as something to celebrate....sheesh

 

[mad_eagle]

We are light years away from producing that sort of footy. What a fantastic see-sawing contest that was!

 

[bkozican]

Top shelf footy tonight. Just shows how far we are away and how ugly the dockers play footy

 

[ChampRevesby]

Top shelf footy tonight. Just shows how far we are away and how ugly the dockers play footy

Sums up my thoughts tonight.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

Top shelf footy tonight. Just shows how far we are away and how ugly the dockers play footy

Was another kick in the nuts to Freo's top two chances.

 

[SpaceClef]

I wonder if Simpson wishes he was back at the Hawks

 

[Doughboy]

Top shelf footy tonight. Just shows how far we are away and how ugly the dockers play footy

Can't see anyone beating the hawks

How good are they? So composed and hard at the ball. Fantastic to watch...

We are a million miles from this sort of quality

 

[Jafa]

I wonder if Simpson wishes he was back at the Hawks

LOL. Really. 2nd fiddle to another coach. He's already tasted 2nd fiddle success there - but nothing more. For some the challenge and the hot seat mean a whole lot more. Back when we won our last premiership the Hawks where nothing and had gone through a big bloodlet. We need to do this and if the powers that be are smart they will let it happen. Simmo has the chance to take this club somewhere and that would be a hell of a lot more satisfying than simply playing second fiddle again to another coach.

You don't gain anything in life by playing it safe all the time.

 

[SpaceClef]

LOL. Really. 2nd fiddle to another coach. He's already tasted 2nd fiddle success there - but nothing more. For some the challenge and the hot seat mean a whole lot more. Back when we won our last premiership the Hawks where nothing and had gone through a big bloodlet. We need to do this and if the powers that be are smart they will let it happen. Simmo has the chance to take this club somewhere and that would be a hell of a lot more satisfying than simply playing second fiddle again to another coach.

You don't gain anything in life by playing it safe all the time.

Yeah I wasn't really being serious. He might have been a chance to take over from Clarkson though, eventually.

 

[Avalor]

Collingwood getting the iffy free kicks again, just like the tigers yesterday ... no surprize. We were pillaged yesterday.

 

[Avalor]

So glad the Crows are winning. Good on them. They played bold, attractive football.

 

[Quinz]

Great result for us, finals in sight now.

 

[Public Enemy No1]

Great result for us, finals in sight now.

yep nailed it

 

[ChampRevesby]

Great result for us, finals in sight now.

 

[Keys]

Carlton with an eagles style 2nd quarter. Dominating play but not putting it on the scoreboard

 

[ioppolo]

Fremantle now wearing their away strip at home. What happened to Carlton's white clash?

 

[the harry]

Fremantle now wearing their away strip at home. What happened to Carlton's white clash?

Yeah this has to stop. If you're the away team, wear your shitty clash strip.

 

[Dark Sharks]

Freo is playing like Toilet

 

[Dark Sharks]

Yeah this has to stop. If you're the away team, wear your shitty clash strip.

Pretty sure they opted to wear the white instead as an occasion for the 3 young kids who passed away on MH17

 

[the harry]

Pretty sure they opted to wear the white instead as an occasion for the 3 young kids who passed away on MH17

I'm not sure I understand the connection, but that's a fair reason.

 

[ep2018]

Oh well, they already blew a game against a bottom team, I wish we were lucky to see them blow 2 games.

 

[Dark Sharks]

I'm not sure I understand the connection, but that's a fair reason.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/af...re-carlton-clash/story-fniv64vs-1227009219697

 

[Keys]

Wow soft free to murphy