I Confess I Was Wrong Thread

Dazb86

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I was wrong about West Coasts midfield. Thought they were bottom tier and would be for a fair while. Thought they relied on Priddis way too much. A fit Nic Nat helps a lot.
 

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I got smashed in February and emailed 72 people my ladder prediction. I sort of have no recollection of doing it, but the evidence is compelling. I placed Melbourne at 11 on the ladder so I'm going in early now to say that prediction looks pretty wrong. I'm right in saying I was astonishingly drunk at the time though.
 

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I thought the Hawks had seriously damaged their future flag chances after messing up the draft around the time of the Thorp/Ellis/Dowler selections and then recruiting Hale, Burgoyne and Bruce.
 
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Collingwood aren't even in the same hemisphere as Essendon

Though hatred is probably the wrong term, just a complete lack of respect
It's just... as a Pies supporter, you got accustomed to being the one hatred all other supporters could agree on. It almost feels like we've lost something.
 
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It's just... as a Pies supporter, you got accustomed to being the one hatred all other supporters could agree on. It almost feels like we've lost something.
Can't speak for all WA people - but i never grew up with a Collingwood hatred.

It was South Freo or South Bunbury

I've tended to dislike Carlton the most due to the nature of their supporters, however they have been easily surpassed
 

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I'd say this year he's just about gotten to what he was promising as a defender pre-draft. He's an unstoppable monster at the moment. Miles in front of our B&F.
Settle down mate. He's nowhere near an unstoppable monster lol. Wouldn't even be in the AA squad right now.
 
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Settle down mate. He's nowhere near an unstoppable monster lol. Wouldn't even be in the AA squad right now.
Wow. How much Essendon have you watched this year? Plenty of contenders for those key back positions, but for mine the stand outs are Rance, McGovern and Hurley.
 

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Can't speak for all WA people - but i never grew up with a Collingwood hatred.

It was South Freo or South Bunbury

I've tended to dislike Carlton the most due to the nature of their supporters, however they have been easily surpassed
Maybe it's a Victorian thing, you're probably right.

And I still struggle with which is worse, Carlton vs. Essendon--but the Carlton thing is in the blood, very hard to get over or surpass.
 

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I'd say this year he's just about gotten to what he was promising as a defender pre-draft. He's an unstoppable monster at the moment. Miles in front of our B&F.
Unstoppable monster?? Roughhead was BOG last week v Hurley. Will be interesting if he goes to are Riewoldt after what he did to him last year.
 

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Another one that I would like to add after the OP is Bartel. I know it's hard to argue with a Brownlow and premiership medals but I always thought he was getting rewarded again by others and he would go missing too much. But when I see the stats of impact he has when playing with the team I have long being denying his greatness.....sorry.
I still have nightmares about that bloke and his key role in securing 11 straight against the Hawks...

Picture Sheldon screaming "Wheaton" with a fist raised to the heavens...something like that...
 

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I thought Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner had the perfect marriage. Jen give me a call.

I thought Gwyneth Paltrow was a talented actress. I was wrong.

I thought Paris Hilton/Kim Kardashian/Jennifer Hawkins/Lara Bingle/David & Victoria Beckham/Tanya Hird/David Hasselhoff/Kanye West/Jessica Simpson were more than airheads. I was really wrong.

I thought the Terminator series with Arnie was over. Footage of Arnie will be inserted into Terminator 2065.
 

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I thought West Coast were going to miss the finals, and that Port would be top 4. That's about it so far, but I'm sure more will come.
 
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