Well, I don't know what to say...

[bulldogtragic]

Don't know what to say or where to start on this result...

Gob smacked.

[lemmon]

Thinking exactly the same thing, this was a Giants side with the cue in the rack. The harsh reality is we finished 3 games off the bottom.

[chef]

Tough end to a tough season.

Pick 5 needs to be a winner.

[bulldogtragic]

I guess we got one over Carlton. They thought they could stuff up the last minute of their game to get pick 5, but we are the masters. If Carlton are interested in Jayden Foster this works very well.....

How do we do this, seriously.

[bornadog]

All I can say is we need a serious clean out of players below par. I can say at least 10 that need to be cleaned out. More to come as I am on the train and pissed off we get between by that team

[boydogs]

We weren't on all day, only wanting to win for Gia got us back in it

[SonofScray]

It would be tempting to slit my wrists over this result, and I might, but I am going to try hard to not let the fact it was a first loss to an expansion team amplify my reaction. The league has ensured that this scenario will play out for all expansion teams against all clubs at some point.

Allowing for that...

What a kick in the guts to end the year. Rolled by a team that had pulled up stumps. Blown by our brightest star in the forward line when it was there for the taking. Comical performance from the team to find themselves in that scenario in the first place. What a horror.

[KT31]

Why this thread ?
I'm as pissed as the next bloke,and after our local footy most likely more, I know it was disappointing but after a long season surely we don't this and all posts could all be posted in the game day thread.
We entered our 50 over 20 times more than the opposition, if we get a key forward and Crameri, Stringer get the second and third string back man things should be different.

[GVGjr]

I really wanted this win for 3 main reasons

1) For Gia
2) to not lose to GWS
3) to give us some momentum into next year.

I haven't been as gutted after a loss for a while

[bulldogtragic]

I really wanted this win for 3 main reasons

1) For Gia
2) to not lose to GWS
3) to give us some momentum into next year.

I haven't been as gutted after a loss for a while

When I grow up I will try to articulate myself like this. This is a real bad one, I will try humour to dull it, but this is such a bad, bad, bad loss for many reasons. Last year we finished down too but we could look with optimism to the post/pre season.

We need to cut the list hard. Cooney, Minson, Higgins need a serious question as does Boyd. Rookie list clean out.

[The Underdog]

I really wanted this win for 3 main reasons

1) For Gia
2) to not lose to GWS
3) to give us some momentum into next year.

I haven't been as gutted after a loss for a while

We had momentum at the end of last year. Didn't help much. They've got 6 months to get over it. It was a bad loss, now the real work begins.

[The Underdog]

When I grow up I will try to articulate myself like this. This is a real bad one, I will try humour to dull it, but this is such a bad, bad, bad loss for many reasons. Last year we finished down too but we could look with optimism to the post/pre season.

We need to cut the list hard. Cooney, Minson, Higgins need a serious question as does Boyd. Rookie list clean out.

Cooney actually looked pretty great at times today. The chase down in the last to save a goal was excellent. He moved really well.

[Sedat]

I'm actually quite ambivalent about today's loss. We were dreadful defensively and we played bruise free footy. There will be no end of season slapping on the back, which I think is much healthier than our tardy start to this season after finishing last year full of running. We have a ton of work to do and the footy world knows it.

[always right]

Today was disappointing but changes nothing. Bit of a silly thread TBH.

[josie]

I thought Will responded well after being dropped - felt he tried his guts out all day & was better around the ground. I'm upset we lost today too, however clearly not as much as others.

The poor starts are killing us, as is our inaccuracy in front of goal and we must find a way to dig ourselves out of these repeating issues.

I thought there were some quite bright spots for us today e.g. Fletcher held his own really well, Bonti, Hrovat, Stringer early, Morris, Griff, Cramers later in game, Libber & Murphy (as always a shining light) & Koby really added spark when he came on. If we do as much of a cleanout as some woofers seem to be thinking I think we will be putting too much faith in later draft later picks (aka lotto):- unless there are a lot of existing, available, good players from other clubs we can afford.

I thought Jones looked good in last qtr of vfl, playing I think loose man in defence - took some corker marks when pressure was on. All is not lost, and our recruiters have done well in recent years. Have faith !!!