Hideous nightmare is waking up realising you don't find finals type footy an awesome spectacle and would rather watch witches hats being painted and then drying.
Geelong v Hawthorn - Qual Final 2016 - MCG, Fri 7.50pm
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Thanks mate. We feel so bad after that win. Is the worst feeling ever. Thanks for pointing out how ordinary it was to win that way.
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Go the mighty pussy cats.
What an amazing game! Congratulations to Geelong, yet another close win against us. For a change it was us missing instead of cats scoring after the siren, which for some reason seemed a little easier to handle. Will be difficult against Doggies next week, felt before the game however lost this one would be staring down the barrel of straight sets - such a physical encounter.
On the positive side, I thought we'd lose by a considerably larger margin, so if we can meet up again on GF day (which would seem unlikely now), I'd be going in more confident than I would have, had we got the result I was expecting tonight. The playing once in 3 weeks before the GF is an interesting wildcard. If it wasn't for the quality of at least 2 of the teams lurking outside the top 4, I'd have said it was a good year to lose a QF.
Oh, and for those who said Dangerfield wasn't that good, his disposal was perhaps a bit iffy at times, but he was a irresistible force in terms of pushing the ball inside 50, and I think we'd have won comfortably without him playing. Obviously recruit of the year.
On the positive side, I thought we'd lose by a considerably larger margin, so if we can meet up again on GF day (which would seem unlikely now), I'd be going in more confident than I would have, had we got the result I was expecting tonight. The playing once in 3 weeks before the GF is an interesting wildcard. If it wasn't for the quality of at least 2 of the teams lurking outside the top 4, I'd have said it was a good year to lose a QF.
Oh, and for those who said Dangerfield wasn't that good, his disposal was perhaps a bit iffy at times, but he was a irresistible force in terms of pushing the ball inside 50, and I think we'd have won comfortably without him playing. Obviously recruit of the year.
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Completely agree with you there in regards to it not being the end of the world because of the last 3 years. But if you guys do lose again this week, there will still be the pain of getting close and not going the full distance. I sense that a lot of Hawkers (maybe other than yourself) who just won't admit it, and will use the last few flags as a defence mechanism. I can understand that line if you guys had missed finals all together, but when you're in September action, you want to win the damn thing, I don't care if you've won the last 10, the competitive juices start flowing and the emotions start building. Heck, even I was on edge for those last few minutes tonight. It's what this great game does to us all.
It isn't a defence mechanism, it is a massive security blanket, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I was surprisingly ungutted after tonights loss, and I'm sure having myself wrapped in the warm cosy blanket of a three-peat is part of the reason for that. I was way more gutted when Hawkins slotted his after the siren goal to win a H&A game against us. Spoilt? Probably.
There's a certain sense of sour grapes and gnashing of teeth from some of them isn't there? They just won a classic final - could be a little more gracious about it.
Yeah but at the same time having won 3 in a row makes it more obvious that the end will come. And makes that end slightly easier to take.
And, of course, how else do you respond to the multitudes revelling in your defeat rather than simply acknowledging a wonderful battle.
To the idiots saying Dangerfield was s**t.
Yeah he wasn't at his best. That doesn't mean his game was garbage. Obvious example: runs onto a handball and a clear shot on goal but inexplicably spills it.
His next play a few seconds later? Absolutely crushes Hodge to tie the ball inside our forward 50.
I find it hard to fathom that people can't delineate between someone being off their best, and being s**t.
Yeah he wasn't at his best. That doesn't mean his game was garbage. Obvious example: runs onto a handball and a clear shot on goal but inexplicably spills it.
His next play a few seconds later? Absolutely crushes Hodge to tie the ball inside our forward 50.
I find it hard to fathom that people can't delineate between someone being off their best, and being s**t.
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I'm allowed to laugh mate. Chill
To his credit though, as soon as the final siren goes he cuts out all the tough guy bulshit. White line fever style
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There's plenty of flogs that like to rub it in, and a lot of clubs have that. Try being a Collingwood supporter. But there are some who give it back to some Hawthorn supporters who are just plain arrogant too.
PS: I've said it earlier in this thread, and I'll say it again. Tonight was exactly why we love this game. Was unbelievable for absolutely everyone to watch, including Hawthorn supporters.
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Game of the season hands down. Geelong came back strongly after a slow start to the 3rd.
Dangerfield showed us why he's the best player of the comp. Has a player won the MVP/Brownlow/Norm Smith treble
Dangerfield showed us why he's the best player of the comp. Has a player won the MVP/Brownlow/Norm Smith treble
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I'm listening to some really cool musack so I'm not kind of chilled to worry now. thanks for that info thoug. it's all a bit of a laff.
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It was a bloody tense game and both sides had their times in the ascendancy (thought the Hawks probably moreso on balance), with a big finish to boot.
Reckon people should just enjoy it for the top spectacle it ended up being.
Don't like the bloke at all, but Lewis would have gone close to BOG, even in a losing side. Guthrie maybe Cats' best?
(Big fan of Menegola and Linc and Whitecross for Hawks. Thought Schoenmakers was solid in his role, too. Cops a fair bit of flak, good on him.)
Reckon people should just enjoy it for the top spectacle it ended up being.
Don't like the bloke at all, but Lewis would have gone close to BOG, even in a losing side. Guthrie maybe Cats' best?
(Big fan of Menegola and Linc and Whitecross for Hawks. Thought Schoenmakers was solid in his role, too. Cops a fair bit of flak, good on him.)
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I've still got NFI what you're on about. Seeing you seem incapable of explaining yourself, we'll leave it at that.people like you like to tell me I talk nonsense but I well like to talk nonsense too.
It is called reading between the lines and well that might be twenty lines or one.
I''m not as silly as you want me to believe. Travelling minds work very hard to keep on track.
people like you like to tell me I talk nonsense but I well like to talk nonsense too.
It is called reading between the lines and well that might be twenty lines or one.
I''m not as silly as you want me to believe. Travelling minds work very hard to keep on track.
I also considered hitting the heavy gear to take the edge off the loss.
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you planned this loss tonight... and right fully so.
If things go your way... Hawks will beat the dogs then the giants/swans in the prelim. Then the hawks face north in the grand final! lol
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Other 3 flags pale in comparison to the all-time record 4-peat. But good idea to mentally prepare yourself for the inevitable, now that a diminished Dawks have lost this one. Hopefully you'll lose next week and be spared any more tension and misery after that.
How sad that you think your players can be bullied and intimidated. How old are you? It's not primary school with grade 7s vs grade 5s. It's men vs men playing one of the toughest games in the world at the elite level.
No AFL teams can be bullied so grow up child.
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Get over this 4 in a row s**t. Pies won four in a row back before the Titanic was built. What the Hawks have done has been nothing short of phenomenal. In the current AFL, winning 3 flags with the assistance of cheating umpires and a cheating match review panel who turn a blind eye to everything their sniping players do is just a remarkable achievement.
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Wow what a naive person you must be if you don't believe Clarko uses this as a tactic.
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Of course they bully as they know the teachers (umpires and MRP) conveniently turn a blind eye to their behaviour.
And Ross Lyon.
If the dogs run right over Hawthorn next week, will the Hawks regret giving all of their veterans another year?
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