Mattie2016
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- Dec 10, 2018
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- AFL Club
- Western Bulldogs
Were the 'Lucky 22' who ran out to represent the Bulldogs in our drought-breaking Premiership struck down with the Footscrazy Curse?
So far, an extraordinary NINE players from that immortalised team, have retired or were traded.
Since that famous day, this is the sad total number of games played by the departed:
L. Dahlhaus - 39
J. Roughead - 25
T. Boyd - 23
L. Picken - 22
S. Biggs - 21
J. Stringer - 16
M. Boyd - 10
C. Smith - 8
J. Hamling - 0
Total = 144 games
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Additionally, injured 2016 players - Murphy, Redpath, Adams, Crameri - who surely would have been in the squad had fate not intervened, are also no longer with us.
B. Murphy - 17
M. Adams - 16
J. Redpath - 11
S. Crameri - 2
Total = 46 games
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The curse hasn't stopped there however, with significant injury and form reducing an additional three premiership heroes to virtually no game time in the three seasons since that glorious day. There is no guarantee any of the trio will feature significantly, or at all, ever again.
T. Dickson - 24
D. Morris - 22
F. Roberts - 14
Total = 60 games
Is this just modern footy or a genuine curse? Who is next to be struck down? Which player are you most saddened to see gone? Which player had the most unfulfilled potential?
So far, an extraordinary NINE players from that immortalised team, have retired or were traded.
Since that famous day, this is the sad total number of games played by the departed:
L. Dahlhaus - 39
J. Roughead - 25
T. Boyd - 23
L. Picken - 22
S. Biggs - 21
J. Stringer - 16
M. Boyd - 10
C. Smith - 8
J. Hamling - 0
Total = 144 games
**********
Additionally, injured 2016 players - Murphy, Redpath, Adams, Crameri - who surely would have been in the squad had fate not intervened, are also no longer with us.
B. Murphy - 17
M. Adams - 16
J. Redpath - 11
S. Crameri - 2
Total = 46 games
***********
The curse hasn't stopped there however, with significant injury and form reducing an additional three premiership heroes to virtually no game time in the three seasons since that glorious day. There is no guarantee any of the trio will feature significantly, or at all, ever again.
T. Dickson - 24
D. Morris - 22
F. Roberts - 14
Total = 60 games
Is this just modern footy or a genuine curse? Who is next to be struck down? Which player are you most saddened to see gone? Which player had the most unfulfilled potential?
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