Worst Grand Final Players Ever

[whythelongface]

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I wonder if Mark LeCras will pull the pin now they have won the GF.

I cat recall LeCras touching the ball. Maybe a hand pass or two.

[bulldogtragic]

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I wonder if Mark LeCras will pull the pin now they have won the GF.

2015: 16 disposals, 4 marks, 1 goal/s
2018: 10 disposals, 3 marks, 0 goal/s

That's not a wonderful GF record.

Compared to the Hall of Famers:

Marc LeCras - Played 2, Lost 1/Won 1 - Total Disposals 26, 7 marks, scored 1.2 (average 13 disposals, 3.5 marks, .5 goals, 1 behind)

Gary Rohan - Played 2, Lost 2 - Total 12 disposals, 5 marks & scored 1.1 (average 6 disposals, 2.5 marks & .5 goals, .5 behinds.

Leon Davis - Played 4, Lost 3 & Drawn 1 - Total 36 disposals, 6 marks & scored 2.1 (average 9 disposals, 1.5 marks, .5 goals, .25 behinds.

Kurt Tippett (In the context of being a Million Dollar KPF/Ruck player) - Played 2, Lost 2 - Total 26 disposals, 8 marks & scored 1.2 (average 13 disposals, 4 marks & .5 goals, 1 behind)

[Flamethrower]

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LeCras had 10 disposals? Did they count the warm up?

[whythelongface]

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LeCras had 10 disposals? Did they count the warm up?

Really??? 10 wow. Thought he might have got a couple but 10. Surely not.

[ledge]

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I thought Varcoe did his usual , great for 30 minutes then nothing.
I think he has nailed that game time over the years.

[bulldogtragic]

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LeCras had 10 disposals? Did they count the warm up?

I think so, I checked two sites to confirm it. Unless merely touching it counts as some sort of disposal now.

[ratsmac]

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So did he, nearly dropped the premiership on the goal line uncontested. My goodness that's about as big mistake as I've ever seen on a GF day.

Ok, worst 7 of 8 quarters in Grand Finals easily. Pretty close to making the team though, 2015: 10 disposals, 4 marks, 1 goal with 2018: 12 disposals, 7 marks, 1 goal. Not a great return for a big, well paid KPF.

Darling could of had a Liam Picken style photo on high rotation but he stuffed it big time.

[bulldogtragic]

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Darling could of had a Liam Picken style photo on high rotation but he stuffed it big time.

Yep. And he hasn't shit himself that badly in a final since a baby faced first year Josh Dunkley was in his vacinity in 2016.

He could take a 100% pay cut, give equally to the other 21 players, and still not sacrifice enough to them for saving that premiership for him. If that was the Western Bulldogs and not West Coast Eagles, (less 2016), the ball would've rebounded for a quick heart breaker.

[FrediKanoute]

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Darling could of had a Liam Picken style photo on high rotation but he stuffed it big time.

I was already commentating....."its over, the dam wall has br..." - then he fluffed it

[whythelongface]

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Darling could of had a Liam Picken style photo on high rotation but he stuffed it big time.

Instead he nearly had a Herschelle Gibbs moment. Luckily for him the Pies didn’t go coast to coast from the resultant kick in.

[Sedat]

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Darling's 3rd qtr was Tom Boyd-esque. He got them back in it, and they might not have had the chance to win without it.

Was a terrible missed mark in the last minute. He had a real liicorice allsorts game.

[Remi Moses]

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Thought James Aish Was woeful .

[Bulldog Joe]

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There were a few interesting performances.

Darling and Mason Cox were both atrocious early but really got into the game in the 3rd quarter. Darling's third quarter was as good as any quarter he has probably played.

Liam Ryan had a moment in the third like Darling's Dunkley moment from 2016 and then had 2 chances to nail a goal for 2 posters.

Darling's last quarter drop was awful. The ball looked to be going straight through without him touching it if he had just let it go.
Not sure he would ever have come back if Collingwood had rebounded the kick in for the winner.

[comrade]

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Darling's last quarter drop was awful. The ball looked to be going straight through without him touching it if he had just let it go.
Not sure he would ever have come back if Collingwood had rebounded the kick in for the winner.

He would have been the most relieved man in the world when the siren went. I can't remember a player with such a big gap between his best and worst moments.

[Twodogs]

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I said to my son just after Darling dropped that mark "imagine if Collingwood Coast this?" You'd just about top yourself if you were Darling. I mean we all like to hang it on him for the way he shat himself in that 2016 final (and a few other moments) but there would have been no coming back from that.