I just don't think the dogs are as good as everyone thought they would be. They were a middle of the road team last year. Who caught fire and got lucky at the right time. And rode the fairytale in the finals.
Its just a shame we couldn't pinch a comp like the dogs did during our 4 years in the finals as it would make the rebuild a lot easier
Yep.
Just goes to show how much luck and timing is required along with all the 'controllable 's(drafting , gameplan etc)
Its one of the reasons I get so annoyed when people slag us off and ross lyon as not having the "game plan" to win a gf...- from my point of view the bulldogs 'game plan' was based around very similar principles to ours (the early 2015 version)-
Just have a look at how their travelling now with their fwd line woes....they just about match us for shitness in that regard...even when they had cloke/boyd
They just had luck (pre finals bye) and timing (hawks area in decline and a still inexperienced gws).
Our run coincided unfortunately with 1 of the great teams of the modern era, who in turn ALSO benefited from timing (gws, gc concessions) weakening the overall strength of the league and their main rivals to re load.