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Geelong 2008 lucky to have shat the bed or it’d be a no contest. An average home and away losing margin of 86 points is obscene.
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Worst side ever to win a flag
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Relative to the season. In 2016 there were 6 teams better placed than the WB. So it’s pretty clear.
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Eagles had to beat an MCG tenant team at the G that year. Anytime a tenant team gets beaten at the G it’s highly deserved.
Lots of injuries as well.
Far from the worst. They also finished second that year.
Collingwood in 2023 had a lot of narrow wins. They won all their finals by a collective of 12 points. The AFL also allowed Maynard to play after he concussed Brayshaw.
Collingwood in 2023 is right up there. Can only assume you’re really hurt from 2018 still.
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- Oct 5, 2023
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Eagles were missing Sheppard too who was a great defender in 2018. 3 of their best players out they were a great side.
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Eric Mackenzie the forgotten man of 2018, was a more than handy defender for us.
Will Schofield the lucky person to get a game after Sheppard and Mackenzie went down, and played his best ever game in the gf as a result
Hard to fathom such a scenario honestly
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There is 5 other All Australians in that team beside the 2 you named. Another 3 in Naitanui, Gaff and Sheppard missed that game.
Might be 'meh' to some, but it was a deeply talented list
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McKenzie was a great FB. Match saver in that elim final vs Port in 2017. Eagles best defender probably before McGovern emerged in 2018 as a result of his injury.
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Id happily say West Coast Eagles 2018 but then I feel a ton of that came from the fact we had so many injuries to that team. If anything the 2018 flag is one of the better ones for that reason.
Not many teams have won a flag with what at the time was us losing 4 of our top 10 players including 3 of our top 5 at the time.
Not many teams have won a flag with what at the time was us losing 4 of our top 10 players including 3 of our top 5 at the time.
For me it's Adelaide 1998. Finished 5th in the home and away, got absolutely trounced in the first week by Melbourne. That should the end of it but because of a quirk in the frankly broken finals system back then they get another go at it. Fair play to them they go on a great run of form for the rest of the finals, and capitalise on North completely shitting the bed but they should have never been in it to begin with.
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I think people are underrating that list because of how badly West Coast have fallen off since 2021. They were very good players back in 2018. And like they said, heros for denying the Pies a flag.
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Not many teams win a granny from 5 goals down.
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He was our best FB at the time by a mile. Barrass stepped up alot but make no mistake, Mackenzie was a MUCH better footballer. If he played that 90 more games he would be our best FB of all time for sure
Didn’t you get belted by Melbourne week 1 then stay in? Shocking finals system.
It’s happened a few times against the pies hasn’t it?
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We'd historically struggled at the MCG against good sides, but one stat that many forget is we won all of our 3 or 4 games there that year, beating Hawthorn if I recall, and of course the Pies in round 17 for the first time there in awhile, which is better remembered for Nic Nats unfortunate injury. There was a confident never give up attitude which I think began in 2017. The EF vs Port is imo one of the greatest finals ever, not just cos we won. Only final I think thats gone to double overtime. And of course the way we weathered the adversity after all the dramas and injuries.
But no it did look like one of two small outsiders might pinch it, it looked like Richmond's flag all year. The 2018 prelim one of the biggest finals upset because of just how one sided that game was.
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You only played carlton there that year then the pies in round 17 and them again in the granny. Hawks was at Marvel.
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Also I don't think the port game went into double over time I think it was just 5 mins each way.
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Ah. I went to all those 3 but forgot Hawks were at Marvel. Still felt good to beat them in Melbourne.
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First win against them in melb since 2006 good omen that was for you. Pies win at The G was your first against us there since 95. Jason Ball got the winner with 20 seconds left.
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I'd be more than happy to see Carlton claim this most dubious of titles! A flags a flag. Once it's in the books it's in the books.
It was a good team but you dodged a bullet in avoiding the Hawks in that finals campaign.
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Yes I was surprised when I heard that stat, given our h2h is pretty even. We played you at Victoria Park a lot in the 90s, and also Docklands since it was built, so not as many games at the G as you'd expect. Wasn't that 2006 game at the MCG? We were 1st and you guys were 16th. At the time it really felt the MCG was just always going to be a big psychological obstacle.
Post 2018 until our precipitous drop we did do alright there, I think thanks to Perth/Optus Stadium being closer in dimensions.
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In a way winning a less likely flag should be cause for more celebration. Like I imagine many Geelong fans felt they had one hand on the flag and it was for the taking in 2008. Had they won it it'd be in the same category as the 2000 Bombers among AFL premiership sides.
