Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
Do you think Bont carried us to a GF last year? He was so dominant that we were blinded that there were gaps?
Maybe…that’s an interesting take on it. He’s certainly been a shadow of himself, but what’s happened to the rest of them? I can’t believe the decline in Jack Macrae who was so reliable no matter what.

I think of those scintillating finals against Brisbane and Port and can’t understand what’s gone wrong.

There was that ominous stat about teams thrashed in GFs falling apart. I hoped it wasn’t right because we hadn’t had that kind of obliteration from the first bounce scenario of others who floundered the following year. Maybe it was something worse, though - leading and then losing that way.