No, again it seems I'll have to explain what I plainly wrote for simpletons like yourself - I explained that we'd finished second and were humiliated in the Prelim, now that means we finished the finals in a lower place on the ladder than we entered them which was a huge disappointment and one Cook and the club have acknowledged as a huge disappointment. So we had a disappointing finals series which clearly doesn't match up to our slogan. If we had've made the GF then I think we could rightly say we showed some level of 'greatness' like Sydney did. Any team that exits the finals in a superior position to what they entered them has done really well. I can see how you would've been confused by that however considering Geelong hasn't finished a finals series higher than when it entered them for 5 years now.
So does that mean we broke even because sydney were minor premiers lol they finished first geelong lost to them.
All seriousness we lost to a better balanced side / list with a midfield we could not match. Minor premiers for a reason.
A forward structure with multiple targets
Franklin, Tippett very impressed with Papley, Rohan and kieren jacks performance with parker and kennedy resting forward.
longmire is a very smart and competitive coach who crafts sides for finals football. Not many days when sydney lose contested possesion, tackles, Clearances and with some individual stars always makes it harder.
. Parker, Hanneberry, Kennedy, Mitchell, Jack Heeney and lloyd were too good as a group and weight of numbers told the story. They're ability to retain the football was frustrating and picked apart our half zone defence (lol) and tore us apart with speed when we pushed too far up the ground.
It mirrored the loss at skilled stadium earlier in the year sydneys ability to control the football through clean movement. Which was the most dissapointing part for me of the loss we could not implement a plan B that worked. I'm sure they tried plenty of options but if the balls not in your hands 65% of time itsnvery difficult.
My question is they (sydney) are this is open for debate the 3rd best midfield in the comp in my opinion i am sure lots will disagree. Sydney got over powered by GWS and the western bulldogs best GWS away in a prelim and the swans in the grandfinal so i have them at no.1.
Where does that leave us remember we played brisbane and essendon 2 times each this season. I cannot see a drastic improvement with our midfield group unless a cockatoo explodes.
S.Selwood, Guthrie, Duncan, Blicavs and caddy is gone i honestly think with an ageing backline Lonergan, taylor, Mackie we are looking in the dreaded 6-10 range next year.