Prelim loss still hurts Danger

[Crazy John]

Article on the AFL website where Patrick Dangerfield explains the lingering pain of the preliminary final exit to Sydney, and how it will drive him to become even better next year than he was this year.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-11-05/star-cats-holiday-fun-cant-erase-pain-of-grand-final-miss

BROWNLOW medallist Patrick Dangerfield might be trying to keep his mind off football during the off-season, but his team's painful preliminary final exit still stings.

The Geelong superstar was partying in style at the Birdcage marquees on Oaks Day, having just come back from some interstate and international holidays.

"We've been in Italy for a few weeks, and then I've just come back from a week in Darwin fishing," he said on Saturday.

"So I haven't been around, it's been pretty good."

Dressed up with his wife Mardi, the midfielder was trying to continue the holiday celebrations but admitted it was hard to keep his mind off the next season, ever since Geelong was booted from the Grand Final by the Sydney Swans.

"We were one game off the Grand Final and watching that game, that desire still burns really brightly to go one better next year," he said.

While the Cats managed to make it to the semi-finals, Dangerfield isn't expecting an easy ride to the top again.

"The entire competition is going to get better," he said.

"So if we get better by five per cent and the rest of the competition improves by 10 per cent then we're going to be pedestrian."

But he believes Geelong is more than capable of matching that talent next season.

Dangerfield will return to training on December 5.

PICTURED - Patrick Dangerfield ready to go surfing.

 

[Ancient Tiger]

Article on the AFL website where Patrick Dangerfield explains the lingering pain of the preliminary final exit to Sydney, and how it will drive him to become even better next year than he was this year.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-11-05/star-cats-holiday-fun-cant-erase-pain-of-grand-final-miss


PICTURED - Patrick Dangerfield ready to go surfing.

I just have a feeling he will be hurting more in 2017....

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Pain can drive him as much as it wants. We haven't got the tools in the box... It's that simple.

And until Scott is sacked it'll remain that way.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Actually scrap that. We have got the tool in the box.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Just as well Adelaide didn't win the flag, he'd be suicidal

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Just as well Adelaide didn't win the flag, he'd be suicidal

I doubt it. He's as happy as a **** in a campaigner shop.

 

[scoman]

Was just thinking to myself yesterday that afl.com hasnt had a dangerfield article for a few days at least.

 

[BloodRet]

Sick.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Ok.

 

[Catsnlakers]

Unfortunately unless our second tier improve it wont matter how great 'danger' goes next year. Individually though he will quite possibly win another brownlow.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Pain can drive him as much as it wants. We haven't got the tools in the box... It's that simple.

And until Scott is sacked it'll remain that way.

I tend to agree with you here. We get to finals and crumble under the pressure. We're just not hard enough or discipline enough and Scott tolerates it.

 

[Catsnlakers]

Just as well Adelaide didn't win the flag, he'd be suicidal

Both us and the crows will be lucky to be top 4 next year.

 

[Testekill]

He's got a lot of players that he's going to have to convince to step up next time.

 

[NathanMX]

Gold Coast should make him an Ablett offer, those two would get 50 possessions each and probably kick 10 between em

And still lose probably, unless again Richmond, Collingwood or us

 

[Sinjin Smith]

Pain can drive him as much as it wants. We haven't got the tools in the box... It's that simple.

And until Scott is sacked it'll remain that way.

I tend to agree with you here. We get to finals and crumble under the pressure. We're just not hard enough or discipline enough and Scott tolerates it.

Well at least you agree........with yourself.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Actually scrap that. We have got the tool in the box.

Nah, you don't.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

I thought he was going to say he doesn't care and he isn't going to try harder next year.

 

[Milanista28]

Surfing Board.

 

[SterlingArcher]

Italy, Darwin and marquees at racing events.

His pain is our pain.

 

[DieSwans]

He believed the hype and thought that was their chance.

Now the teams gone backwards this off season

 

[Crowbots are dead]

I'll bet he's the only afl player that makes a prelim and fails to feel this way. So very special

 

[BoydOHboyd]

Cats the only team we didn't beat this year. No surprises he is spewing

 

[Xenthor]

Geez of season is boring

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

Funny enough, Joel Selwood was okay with it.

 

[romeohwho]

Paddy, like every other player in the comp, wants to win a flag. Go figure. He is happy at Geelong and happy as Larry to be back home in Mogg's Creek where he seems to be part of a big family network. He strikes me as one of those people who will face up to success and failure with the same -whatever that sign at Wimbledon says-that's him. He's a gent and am glad to have him.