Your club's GF loss justifications?

[Blues177]

1999- it was a miracle we got there in the first place.

 

[kriles76]

1987 - Missed finishing minor premier for a week off because Stephen Kernahan kicked a match-winning goal after the siren against Norf in Round 22. No Dunstall in the PF and GF and the temperature was 304 K on GF day.

 

[kickazz]

92,94,95 ... nah, we copped our whack there

Nah eagles were on the gear and Carlton cheated salary cap.

What about the 21 Prelim? Didn't the whole team have the trots? That's my favourite.

 

[The Feeder Club]

We've only been in one, so it should be a short post, but off the top of my head here is an inexhaustive list from our board over the years

We had the flu
The wind shifted at 3 quarter time
Ballantyne had the wrong boots on
We weren't allowed to warm up on the ground when we wanted to
Umpires
Adam McPhee

Adam Mcphee

Age

43

Ht

190cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.1

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

6.0

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

2.8

4star

G

0.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

10.4

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.2

3star

retired one year too soon
Garrick Ibbotson

Garrick Ibbotson

Age

38

Ht

186cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

10.8

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.0

4star

MG

234.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.0

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

6.8

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.0

4star

was injured
Lachie Neale

9

Lachie Neale

Age

32

Ht

177cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.0

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

15.5

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.7

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

28.3

5star

K

13.9

5star

HB

14.4

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

7.4

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

was sub instead of being on the ground
Nick Suban was on the ground instead of being sub
Zac Clarke was on the ground instead of being at home
We had to wear white
Brian Lake

Brian Lake

Age

44

Ht

195cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

9.4

4star

HB

5.3

4star

M

6.5

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

163.0

3star

No current season stats available

D

4.6

1star

K

2.6

1star

HB

2.0

2star

M

1.0

1star

T

0.6

3star

was a meany
Umpires again

 

[Miluxx]

My team has turned this into an art form, but I'm trying to keep these out of la la land:

1989: (true) Geelong had as many serious injuries (including more surgeries) as Hawthorn that day.

92,94,95 ... nah, we copped our whack there.

2008: we'd been running out of gas and Hawks played against the spirit of the game to win it.

2020: not a real Grand Final, just an exhibition tournament.

2024: fricking injuries, court cases, you name it. Plus ours is the only finals system which allows one team a do-over and not the other. (Carlton '86 and '93, WCE '91, '05 & '06 ... but kudos to WCE in '18).

According to Cam Mooney on the weekend plenty of geelong people on the inside believe Bruhn would have changed geelongs fortunes last year.

 

[Cyclops]

Seen a lot of Pies losses, each has its narrative. The common theme is a tremendously spirited team with mid table talent getting further than people believed we could.

2002 and 2018 are the two I am proud of, not within a bulls road of either but we gave them a real scare.

1990 was a cruel match, we bashed Essendon and when they hit back we started a brawl. Possibly the last of the brutal Grand Finals, and not as brutal as 89.

What is this grand final you speak of?

Soon brother.

 

[craffles]

2007, PED's

Facts

 

[Do the Dew]

It's only fair to note Preliminary Final losses too, especially when you can argue if the side won they would have won the Grand Final.

2013 - missing Enright and Chapman plus Hawthorn were the beneficiaries of a week's rest.
2016 - lacking match fitness due to playing one game of footy in a month, while Sydney were match fit and it allowed them to get the jump on us.
2017 - fair play to Adelaide they were far too good for us at Adelaide Oval, we copped our whack here and the team simply wasn't good enough.
2019 - missing Hawkins, Rohan and Duncan which meant we had a complete lack of structure and system moving the ball into the forward 50.
2021 - half the team were sick with a virus, it was so bad we asked if the AFL could postpone the match.
2024 - Holmes was BOG until he pinged his hamstring and it arguably changed the course of the match, as we were beating Brisbane comfortably right up until Holmes got injured.

Cause he punched Schofield in the face 100m off the ball, and somehow only got a week. And Geelong appealed!!

 

[Freomaniac]

2015 is Freo's fault fluffing their lines in the prelim.

We were crippled with injuries at the worst possible time. Had the Dockers that 2015 prelim final.... No McPharlin, Fyfe and Pavlich

 

[Freomaniac]

2007, PED's

Might as well blame the umpires for that 2007 grand final loss by 119 points LoL.

But in all seriousness.... Go look at ports 2004 grand final side and look at the 2007 side.

In 2004 there was Josh Carr, Byron Pickett, Gavin Wanganeen, Jarrod Schofield and Damien Hardwick. None of those blokes were there in 2007

 

[longsufferingsupporter]

1998 goal kicking cost us a 70 point win. Absolutely monstered them in the first half

Yes I agree with that also 1994 Preliminary Final poor kicking for goal in the last quarter and shocking umpiring 32 to 12 in favour of Geelong cost us that game.
Not saying we would have beaten the Eagles in the Grand Final but it would have been a classic as the Eagles feared us more then Geelong.

 

[Tandy]

Looking forward to bulldogs supporters 2016

 

[juss]

Haven't seen a loss but closest example of the one that got away was the 2018 PF loss.

Dusty appeared to be on one leg with a corky and there was rumours of a gastro bug through some players in the week.

And then we got Mason Cox

18

Mason Cox

Age

35

Ht

211cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.7

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

3.5

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.2

4star

D

6.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.3

2star

T

0.3

1star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.0

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.8

5star

'd.

 

[Sentinel]

Looking forward to bulldogs supporters 2016

According to the record books we actually won that one.

 

[Elixuh]

2023: injuries, umpire calling playon with a ZB kick over his head, pies icing games by being allowed to tackle each other.

 

[The Terrible Thinker]

Might as well blame the umpires for that 2007 grand final loss by 119 points LoL.

But in all seriousness.... Go look at ports 2004 grand final side and look at the 2007 side.

In 2004 there was Josh Carr, Byron Pickett, Gavin Wanganeen, Jarrod Schofield and Damien Hardwick. None of those blokes were there in 2007

Explain 1 month prior on their dung hill where no one wins.

 

[Partridge]

Nah eagles were on the gear and Carlton cheated salary cap.

What about the 21 Prelim? Didn't the whole team have the trots? That's my favourite.

Hard to keep track though, as we seem to wheel it out for every finals loss now.

 

[Partridge]

According to Cam Mooney on the weekend plenty of geelong people on the inside believe Bruhn would have changed geelongs fortunes last year.

He's absolutely dreaming. He actually did play in the 2024 Qualifying and Preliminary finals. If anyone bothered to go back and check (very doubtful for fans, impossible for the footy media), he was for a long time one of the regular whipping boys on the Geelong board, would he make it, needs to do more etc. etc. Not entirely unjustified either.

The reality is his form - and output - this season is by far the best he's ever shown for us. Just seems Mooney is like others and has to reach for excuses instead of acknowledging Brisbane (who also had far more than one player missing) were way too good.

 

[Partridge]

Cause he punched Schofield in the face 100m off the ball, and somehow only got a week. And Geelong appealed!!

Yep that was 100% self-inflicted. How he only got a week for that I'll never know.

 

[kriles76]

S

1998 goal kicking cost us a 70 point win. Absolutely monstered them in the first half

North should have been up by 10 goals at HT if not for their abysmal accuracy.

 

[StackedHunch]

2012 - Hawks playing a Saturday prelim despite finishing on top.

And allegedly because Fiztpatrick's stadium - booked on the Saturday - had to be used. Not sure what happened there.

 

[Cyclops]

2023: injuries, umpire calling playon with a ZB kick over his head, pies icing games by being allowed to tackle each other.

That last one was a brilliant tactic. The other element was handballing straight down in a pack.

Tactically Fly destroyed Fagan that day, the jobs on Neale and the rest of the midfield were . Just 6 off the best goals youll see from small forwards (2xGotY) and a great game from Joey made it seem close.

 

[shaqsuns]

Explain 1 month prior on their dung hill where no one wins.

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What you are failing to mention is that Geelong had already won the minor premiership by that point and were resting a few of their star players.

 

[Simche]

82 - Naked woman distracts everyone robbing us of any momentum we had built up. Also Rolf Harris was the half time entertainment which also didn't help.....

 

[Johnny Karate]

2000 - If David Neitz

David Neitz

Age

51

Ht

191cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.8

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

4.9

5star

T

0.9

3star

G

2.1

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.4

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

0.6

3star

G

1.0

4star

had kicked a goal from the first shot of the game rather then a behind, I firmly believe that the momentum generated would have carried us all the way to a 55 point defeat.