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August 2014 - Finished one win away from playing finals but precious few were convinced about our bona fides highlighting our inability to beat top 8 sides
November 2014 - the best ever footballer known to mankind gets picked by Geelong, leaving us the very vanilla duggan as consolation. Lamb was a risk and nelson who, or was that Jackson who?
Preseason 2015 - Lost our B&F winner (Emac for the clueless) to an ACL, Darling was in a moonboot and despite Simpsons proclamations that Nicnat had had his best ever preseason we didn't see much of him. Waters has retired thanks to his paper mache body that belies his hardness as a footballer
Round 1 - 10 minutes in our 2nd choice KPD goes down with an ACL. We lose by 10 points in one of the most exciting games of the season but nobody cares because it's a cripple fight between two bottom 4 contenders
Round 2 - Smash Carlton by 69 points on Friday night football. As it turns out thats par for the course so nothing special
Round 3 - Forget the game is at subi and go to McGilvary instead. By the time we realise we're 10+ goals down but somehow limit the damage to 30 points. Obviously we are ****ed though and need to tank for draft picks
Round 4 - if there's one team in more shit than us it's Brisbane so a 53 point win at the Gabba is of no importance
Round 5 - GWS are in good form coming in to this game. We beat them by 87 points so it's obvious to all we are downhill skiers and flat track bullies (For the record GWS beat the reigning premiers the following week)
Round 6 - In our first "real" test we beat Port on their own dungheap. As it turns out they're shit in 2015 so it doesn't count
Round 7 - We dispatch an undermanned Gold Coast by 82 points. as expected to an extent but the game was played in atrocious conditions - I know - I sat there soaked too cold almost to hold a beer cup
Round 8 - Dispatch a dangerous Saints by 53 points on their own dungheap but it's saint Kilda so doesn't count
At this point we are 6-2 with Mckenzie and Brown out for the year and no sign of a return from Darling. Basically we're still ****ed despite our ladder position because of the easiest draw in living memory (of a goldfish - no disrespect Goldfish )
Round 9 -5 goals 21 behinds are you ****ing kidding. Even still we end up blowing Geelong off the park to the tune of 56 points (and 26 scoring shots) as Nicnat takes mark of the year. Still Geelong lost two talls and aren't the top 4 contender from years past so result doesn't count
Round 10 - We push North all the way in a not so tropical thunderstorm but a series of brain farts (some by umpires) see us lose by 10 points confirming our status as pretenders
Round 11 - Grind our way to a 50 point win over Essendon who conceded the loss before the flight over and did no more than try to limit the damage. That said it was as unimpressive a 50 point win as you're likely to find. I wanted to smash the campaigners
Round 12 - Beat Richmond at the MCG on a Friday night after three consecutive 6 day breaks and a side that had the bye the week before. Little did we know that this was a curse (for Richmond) and as a result they were rusty so the win didn't count (except on the official ladder that said 4 points west coast)
Round 13 - Bye. We sucked. Move on
We are 9-3 but still only an outside chance to make finals
Round 14 - Our one time assistant coach of 4(?) years is stabbed to death by his son less than 48 hours before we play Melbourne in Darwin (Darwin ffs are you serious AFL) yet we still grind out a 54 point win in an emotional victory (Our obvious good luck continues)
Round 15 - In the most emotional game of the year we overcome the crows. The silence as the game ended and the applause for the clearly shattered crows players as they left the field was surreal. I was both sad and privileged that I was there
Round 16 - Beat Collingwood at the G by 5 goals for the first time in forever but were clearly given an armchair ride by the umps as demonstrated by the fact we won. Anywhoo Collingwood are shit so this win doesn't count either
Round 17 - Beat last years grand finalist by 52 points. They didn't have buddy or the most overpaid ruckman/forward the game as ever seen so win doesn't count ( we lost Gov the week before as well but that is immaterial). We also boo Goodes into semi-retirement. Who knew black skin was so thin
Round 18 - We conjure a draw against Gold Coast reserves. Maybe we really are shit. No excuses. arguably our worst performance of the year - at least a tie with the derby
Round 19 - play the reigning premiers without a ruck division and lose Gov in the 3rd quarter yet still only lose by 14 points. Maybe, just maybe we're legit but we still haven't beaten a top 4 side
Round 20 - Smack the living shit out of freo for the first time since 2012. Not premiership favourites but are now in the conversation even if we'll have to do it from 3rd
Round 21 - Hawthorn do the unthinkable and lose to Port, Freo lose to North and we spank the 4th placed (not anymore) Bulldogs by 12 goals
Top 4 is guaranteed no matter what. one win from our last two ensures top 2. First place whilst unlikely is a possibility
I'm still pinching myself at our position and struggle to believe we are legitimately a chance but we are balls deep in this
Dream on - could it happen?
For the first time this season i think maybe it could
November 2014 - the best ever footballer known to mankind gets picked by Geelong, leaving us the very vanilla duggan as consolation. Lamb was a risk and nelson who, or was that Jackson who?
Preseason 2015 - Lost our B&F winner (Emac for the clueless) to an ACL, Darling was in a moonboot and despite Simpsons proclamations that Nicnat had had his best ever preseason we didn't see much of him. Waters has retired thanks to his paper mache body that belies his hardness as a footballer
Round 1 - 10 minutes in our 2nd choice KPD goes down with an ACL. We lose by 10 points in one of the most exciting games of the season but nobody cares because it's a cripple fight between two bottom 4 contenders
Round 2 - Smash Carlton by 69 points on Friday night football. As it turns out thats par for the course so nothing special
Round 3 - Forget the game is at subi and go to McGilvary instead. By the time we realise we're 10+ goals down but somehow limit the damage to 30 points. Obviously we are ****ed though and need to tank for draft picks
Round 4 - if there's one team in more shit than us it's Brisbane so a 53 point win at the Gabba is of no importance
Round 5 - GWS are in good form coming in to this game. We beat them by 87 points so it's obvious to all we are downhill skiers and flat track bullies (For the record GWS beat the reigning premiers the following week)
Round 6 - In our first "real" test we beat Port on their own dungheap. As it turns out they're shit in 2015 so it doesn't count
Round 7 - We dispatch an undermanned Gold Coast by 82 points. as expected to an extent but the game was played in atrocious conditions - I know - I sat there soaked too cold almost to hold a beer cup
Round 8 - Dispatch a dangerous Saints by 53 points on their own dungheap but it's saint Kilda so doesn't count
At this point we are 6-2 with Mckenzie and Brown out for the year and no sign of a return from Darling. Basically we're still ****ed despite our ladder position because of the easiest draw in living memory (of a goldfish - no disrespect Goldfish )
Round 9 -5 goals 21 behinds are you ****ing kidding. Even still we end up blowing Geelong off the park to the tune of 56 points (and 26 scoring shots) as Nicnat takes mark of the year. Still Geelong lost two talls and aren't the top 4 contender from years past so result doesn't count
Round 10 - We push North all the way in a not so tropical thunderstorm but a series of brain farts (some by umpires) see us lose by 10 points confirming our status as pretenders
Round 11 - Grind our way to a 50 point win over Essendon who conceded the loss before the flight over and did no more than try to limit the damage. That said it was as unimpressive a 50 point win as you're likely to find. I wanted to smash the campaigners
Round 12 - Beat Richmond at the MCG on a Friday night after three consecutive 6 day breaks and a side that had the bye the week before. Little did we know that this was a curse (for Richmond) and as a result they were rusty so the win didn't count (except on the official ladder that said 4 points west coast)
Round 13 - Bye. We sucked. Move on
We are 9-3 but still only an outside chance to make finals
Round 14 - Our one time assistant coach of 4(?) years is stabbed to death by his son less than 48 hours before we play Melbourne in Darwin (Darwin ffs are you serious AFL) yet we still grind out a 54 point win in an emotional victory (Our obvious good luck continues)
Round 15 - In the most emotional game of the year we overcome the crows. The silence as the game ended and the applause for the clearly shattered crows players as they left the field was surreal. I was both sad and privileged that I was there
Round 16 - Beat Collingwood at the G by 5 goals for the first time in forever but were clearly given an armchair ride by the umps as demonstrated by the fact we won. Anywhoo Collingwood are shit so this win doesn't count either
Round 17 - Beat last years grand finalist by 52 points. They didn't have buddy or the most overpaid ruckman/forward the game as ever seen so win doesn't count ( we lost Gov the week before as well but that is immaterial). We also boo Goodes into semi-retirement. Who knew black skin was so thin
Round 18 - We conjure a draw against Gold Coast reserves. Maybe we really are shit. No excuses. arguably our worst performance of the year - at least a tie with the derby
Round 19 - play the reigning premiers without a ruck division and lose Gov in the 3rd quarter yet still only lose by 14 points. Maybe, just maybe we're legit but we still haven't beaten a top 4 side
Round 20 - Smack the living shit out of freo for the first time since 2012. Not premiership favourites but are now in the conversation even if we'll have to do it from 3rd
Round 21 - Hawthorn do the unthinkable and lose to Port, Freo lose to North and we spank the 4th placed (not anymore) Bulldogs by 12 goals
Top 4 is guaranteed no matter what. one win from our last two ensures top 2. First place whilst unlikely is a possibility
I'm still pinching myself at our position and struggle to believe we are legitimately a chance but we are balls deep in this
Dream on - could it happen?
For the first time this season i think maybe it could
. Relieving the journey , game by game , was incredible!
