Resource Excuses List

[Uncle_Leo]

Hi all,

Just thought I would make it was easier for those making excuses for this lot

When we lose please reference this thread and use one of the below

At the end of the season I’ll be giving out a two prizes, one for whoever uses the most original excuse and one for who uses the most laughable

• (Insert team) were primed, they had to win this
• If we kick straight we win that
• The umpires cost us that game
• We were trying some stuff it’s only round (insert round here)
• It will be different next time we play them, look how much we lost by last time, this was much better
• The heat/cold/wind/no roof/rain/bright sun really hindered us
• We don't lose this game if its played at Marvel/Hobart
• Team needs more time to gel together
• Rebuilds take time
• It’s really only Clarkos first year if you think about it
• The (team we lost to) are in the hunt for a flag, we can’t compare
• Injuries cost us
• A lot to like and plenty to learn, this loss will keep us in good stead
• You can’t expect over night success
• I hear a bug/flu/covid/syphillis went through the team during the week
• Take out the first/second/third/fourth quarter and we win that game
• They jumped us!
• Lost it at the selection table!
• Teams seem to always kick lucky goals against us
• We need to pump 50 games into these kids.
• We won’t gel as a team until after the bye.
• You need to understand that Team X have played for together longer.
• You need to understand that Team X already had a system in place which has fast tracked their rebuild.
• I predicted that we would be no good for years after culling the list in 2020.
• Our senior types keep on letting us down
• Zurhaar was our best player
• We're still paying for what [choose from Scott, Joyce, Luff, Sitbbard, Joseph] did to the list
• The father son rule has killed us
• Hawthorn struggled in Clarko’s first 2 years
• We won the midfield battled just lacked a bit of polish
• We were a bit rusty being round x/Its late in the season guys are tired
• Another 5 minutes and we win that game
• Expected Scores had us only losing by a few points
• We won every stat, except on the scoreboard
• We fought it out, whereas last year we would've folded like a house of cards
• We're in a heavy training block atm
• The Covid years set us back at the draft table
• We are building a team that you are gonna need to be switched on just to go with us
• We might be garbage for another few years but at the moment, this garbage has: B. George, C. Harvey, A. McCartney still to come
• I'm convinced enough after that effort we're heading in the right direction.
• Player X was playing their former club, plenty of nerves thats why they had a shocker
• We were truly competitive without playing well
• Much worse teams have had their way with us
• Best players were down
• Our team structures were off
• We played with a tangible sense of rust (WTF)

Feel free to add more and I’ll update this resource throughout the year

 

[Caracas]

Hi all,

Just thought I would make it was easier for those making excuses for this lot

When we lose please reference this thread and use one of the below

At the end of the season I’ll be giving out a two prizes, one for whoever uses the most original excuse and one for who uses the most laughable

• (Insert team) were primed, they had to win this
• If we kick straight we win that
• The umpires cost us that game
• We were trying some stuff it’s only round (insert round here)
• It will be different next time we play them, look how much we lost by last time, this was much better
• The heat/cold/wind/no roof/rain/bright sun really hindered us
• We don't lose this game if its played at Marvel/Hobart
• Team needs more time to gel together
• Rebuilds take time
• It’s really only Clarkos first year if you think about it
• The (team we lost to) are in the hunt for a flag, we can’t compare
• Injuries cost us
• A lot to like and plenty to learn, this loss will keep us in good stead
• You can’t expect over night success
• I hear a bug/flu/covid/syphillis went through the team during the week
• Take out the first/second/third/fourth quarter and we win that game
• They jumped us!

Feel free to add more and I’ll update this resource throughout the year

What’s the point, really…? We’re just trying to goad one another.

 

[Uncle_Leo]

What’s the point, really…? We’re just trying to goad one another.

Hmm not bad. Not sure it counts as an excuse

 

[Caracas]

It’s a tough one as regards Comben. The fact he kept Darcy to one goal is a massive plus. However, he directly caused two/three other goals due to back kicking/skill errors. One part of me thinks he should always just kick it straight down the line. However, that’s just a cop out which guarantees he’ll never improve that aspect of his game.

 

[Mr north man]

Hi all,

Just thought I would make it was easier for those making excuses for this lot

When we lose please reference this thread and use one of the below

At the end of the season I’ll be giving out a two prizes, one for whoever uses the most original excuse and one for who uses the most laughable

• (Insert team) were primed, they had to win this
• If we kick straight we win that
• The umpires cost us that game
• We were trying some stuff it’s only round (insert round here)
• It will be different next time we play them, look how much we lost by last time, this was much better
• The heat/cold/wind/no roof/rain/bright sun really hindered us
• We don't lose this game if its played at Marvel/Hobart
• Team needs more time to gel together
• Rebuilds take time
• It’s really only Clarkos first year if you think about it
• The (team we lost to) are in the hunt for a flag, we can’t compare
• Injuries cost us
• A lot to like and plenty to learn, this loss will keep us in good stead
• You can’t expect over night success
• I hear a bug/flu/covid/syphillis went through the team during the week
• Take out the first/second/third/fourth quarter and we win that game
• They jumped us!

Feel free to add more and I’ll update this resource throughout the year

Actually you could added more considering our supporters don’t turn up to Home or Away games with BS excuses like
1:More throat is sore.
2: My kid has Junior Football on at 10am when we have a 1:10pm 3:20pm or 4:45pm Sunday.
3:Got tickets to Grand Prix.
4:Off to see an unfunny Argonaut American Jerry hinfeld as I got good tickets.
If we have 40k+ members and Bulldogs 50k+ there should have been at least 40k+ there last night plus since Channel7 isn’t doing Saturday games anymore and a lot of people can’t afford Foxtel/Kayo you think supporters would turn up to support.
Just waiting for next week as it’s a Home game I’m expecting to get a crowd under 30k especially with the opposition we are playing that won’t travel and now with the BS season excuses under way our supporters won’t turn up either.
But on the bright side and this is coming I expect an announcement by July we will be playing 4 games in WA from 2026 and the supporters can cry as much as you want but to survive in this sport you need $$$ but if you turn up to all games we wouldn’t as a club need interstate $$$ to survive.

 

[Caracas]

So, did Logue do a hammy or not? Watch a replay on TV, Dermie distinctly said he did. However, Heral Sun says we had nil injuries!

 

[scottywiper]

We're an indoor team

 

[Horace]

Let me contribute the following. I think excuses for last night are:

1. If we had kicked straight we would have won that.
2. The umpires cost us (even though we ended up winning the free kick count
3. The heat/cold/wind/no roof/rain/bright sun really hindered us. (they are more accustomed to the conditions. Its hotter out at Footscray because that's the centre of Melbourne's contribution to global warming.)
4. You can’t expect over night success.
5. Take out the first quarter and we win that game.
6. They jumped us!

And one you missed. "We lost it at the selection table." (No idea who else should have been in but surely that's an excuse.)

 

[Uncle_Leo]

Let me contribute the following. I think excuses for last night are:

1. If we had kicked straight we would have won that.
2. The umpires cost us (even though we ended up winning the free kick count
3. The heat/cold/wind/no roof/rain/bright sun really hindered us. (they are more accustomed to the conditions. Its hotter out at Footscray because that's the centre of Melbourne's contribution to global warming.)
4. You can’t expect over night success.
5. Take out the first quarter and we win that game.
6. They jumped us!

And one you missed. "We lost it at the selection table." (No idea who else should have been in but surely that's an excuse.)

Yes of course. Selection.

Will add it

 

[Uncle_Leo]

Updated and added a beauty I just saw in another thread

 

[Gasometer]

Soccer balls at training

Blind running team building games

Shitz and gigs preseason stimulations

Shitz and gigs practice matches

Autorenew

The effort it takes to get a once free Cap

Ticketmaster

Hamstrings

A logo on our shorts impacting kicking


Cam Joyce


Scotts

Covid


Nobles




Shaws

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Let me contribute the following. I think excuses for last night are:

1. If we had kicked straight we would have won that.
2. The umpires cost us (even though we ended up winning the free kick count
3. The heat/cold/wind/no roof/rain/bright sun really hindered us. (they are more accustomed to the conditions. Its hotter out at Footscray because that's the centre of Melbourne's contribution to global warming.)
4. You can’t expect over night success.
5. Take out the first quarter and we win that game.
6. They jumped us!

And one you missed. "We lost it at the selection table." (No idea who else should have been in but surely that's an excuse.)

In answer to your last point: anyone who was unfit/underdone. We got beaten because we didn’t adjust to the conditions and played an energy intensive game style relying on clearance work. The undermanned bulldogs realised the conditions were shit and put all their eggs into the “wait for North to **** up and crumble across HF, then launch into an undefended forward fifty”. The counter attack style suited the conditions and suited their best 23 on the night.

We also had tonnes of mids who simply could not keep up on transition (either incapable or not yet fit enough). We played a bunch of defenders who were reported to have highly compromised summers. They were either not fit or had forgotten their brains with the amount of space they were leaving for the Dogs to counterattack into.

So yeah, a little bit of the selection column, quite a bit from the playing the conditions column.

 

[Ashley B]

Personally I think it’s because,maybe ,possibly, being bereft of fiscal nourishment compared to quite a number of other clubs we train with used Sherrins. On game day we use brand new slippery balls ( not that there’s anything wrong with that) and we struggle to adapt early.

 

[Kangapirate]

I remember when we would get jumped early like that in the Scott era, would always describe it in the post match presser as an ambush.

So yeh, we got ambushed!

 

[scottywiper]

No Zac Fishers, no North.

 

[Zondor]

• We need to pump 50 games into these kids.
• We won’t gel as a team until after the bye. (More specific Uncle :stern look)
• You need to understand that Team X have played for together longer.
• You need to understand that Team X already had a system in place which has fast tracked their rebuild.
• I predicted that we would be no good for years after culling the list in 2020.
• Our senior types keep on letting us down.

 

[ferball]

• We need to pump 50 games into these kids.
• We won’t gel as a team until after the bye. (More specific Uncle :stern look)
• You need to understand that Team X have played for together longer.
• You need to understand that Team X already had a system in place which has fast tracked their rebuild.
• I predicted that we would be no good for years after culling the list in 2020.
• Our senior types keep on letting us down.

Cam Zurhaar was our best player and his constant misses and selfishness definitely didn't cost us that game.

BTW Failure to kick straight isn't an excuse. Its a criticism.

If you and Uncle_Leo don't understand that maybe you both need to go back to school.

 

[North1411]

What a great thread, we have circled the wagons and decided to shoot in! Big Footy at its finest!

 

[Junk yard]

Hi all,

Just thought I would make it was easier for those making excuses for this lot

When we lose please reference this thread and use one of the below

At the end of the season I’ll be giving out a two prizes, one for whoever uses the most original excuse and one for who uses the most laughable

• (Insert team) were primed, they had to win this
• If we kick straight we win that
• The umpires cost us that game
• We were trying some stuff it’s only round (insert round here)
• It will be different next time we play them, look how much we lost by last time, this was much better
• The heat/cold/wind/no roof/rain/bright sun really hindered us
• We don't lose this game if its played at Marvel/Hobart
• Team needs more time to gel together
• Rebuilds take time
• It’s really only Clarkos first year if you think about it
• The (team we lost to) are in the hunt for a flag, we can’t compare
• Injuries cost us
• A lot to like and plenty to learn, this loss will keep us in good stead
• You can’t expect over night success
• I hear a bug/flu/covid/syphillis went through the team during the week
• Take out the first/second/third/fourth quarter and we win that game
• They jumped us!
• Lost it at the selection table!
• Teams seem to always kick lucky goals against us

Feel free to add more and I’ll update this resource throughout the year

Glandular fever.

 

[hilly]

I know they were missing Bont, JUH, a bloke who averages about eight goals a game against us, their full-back and a bloke who gets about 800 touches a year but we were missing Wardlaw, Fisher, Stephens, Whitlock and Pink.

 

[Zondor]

Cam Zurhaar was our best player and his constant misses and selfishness definitely didn't cost us that game.

BTW Failure to kick straight isn't an excuse. Its a criticism.

If you and Uncle_Leo don't understand that maybe you both need to go back to school.

A criticism you say? :stern look

 

[Uncle_Leo]

Cam Zurhaar was our best player and his constant misses and selfishness definitely didn't cost us that game.

BTW Failure to kick straight isn't an excuse. Its a criticism.

If you and Uncle_Leo don't understand that maybe you both need to go back to school.

Zurhaar was our best player. Guess we can add that as an excuse

Thanks mate

 

[Passmore]

No Carlton Draught cans down the “North “ end.

 

[King Corey]

Resource tags hahaha.

+(paraphrasing Gasometer ) We're still paying for what [choose from Scott, Joyce, Luff, Sitbbard, Joseph] did to the list

 

[kool kangas]

We lost because Bard wasn't our coach...