Game Day Round EF 2015 - Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide Crows

[chef]

Re: Game Day Round EF 2015 - Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide Crows

This is an Adelaide that made the prelim (and should have won) 2 seasons ago and if not the tragic events of this season probably could have easily finished top 4.

[Lukewarm Beveridge]

Re: Game Day Round EF 2015 - Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide Crows

Slept the pain off and struggling through work this morning, but not nearly as miserable as 10pm last night. The future is very very bright, and I think the pain will drive the group more..
I reckon port got more complacent by being a goal off the granny and thinking it would just happen, whereas we are out in the first round. There's plenty to do, and the boys will know it and come back fit and firing in 2016..
now bring on the silly season!

[Bulldog4life]

Re: Game Day Round EF 2015 - Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide Crows

We are a very young squad.We have had only one year of Bevo's game plan. We will continue to get better at it as our players mature and become stronger. I am very bullish at our prospects for the future.

[Sedat]

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This is an Adelaide that made the prelim (and should have won) 2 seasons ago and if not the tragic events of this season probably could have easily finished top 4.

Let's talk 2015. They were 7th and not even close to top 4. They were 7-5 (and about where they finished the season) when Phil Walsh passed away. They weren't elite opposition - any team with Kyle Cheney and Hartigan in it is not an elite side. They had a few kids playing as well.

We were a better team than the Crows in 2015, irrespective of age.

[chef]

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Let's talk 2015. They were 7th and not even close to top 4. They were 7-5 (and about where they finished the season) when Phil Walsh passed away. They weren't elite opposition - any team with Kyle Cheney and Hartigan in it is not an elite side. They had a few kids playing as well.

We were a better team than the Crows in 2015, irrespective of age.

Fair enough, i dont see it that way. Adelaide are a good side, they destroyed WCE a couple of weeks back.

we came up short against a good side and should be proud of our effort this season. We are on the right track and the futures bright.

[Twodogs]

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I can see a bit of light this morning. But next year is a long way away ans next weeks semi final that Adelaide and not us will be playing in is only six days away. It's gonna burn.

[Bornadog]

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I can see a bit of light this morning. But next year is a long way away ans next weeks semi final that Adelaide and not us will be playing in is only six days away. It's gonna burn.

The Hawks will make mince meat out of them.

[LostDoggy]

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Would love to hear Bevo on what went wrong with our team defence in the last month or so. Big scores against from West Coast, Brisbane and Adelaide. Can't all be personnel. Obviously they found a chink in it that we need to get better at.

None of those games were at Etihad.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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We've been saying "next year" for as long as I've been alive.

Part of me agrees - or at least wants to - but when I watch us lose a big game in the same manner other generations have, and watch Richmond choke again, it can feel as though some sides are destined to fall short when it counts.

Footy can be a strange game and there are many examples where a vicious cycle is so damn difficult to break. History is against us and I hate that last night's game can make me say and believe that.

Until we break this hoodoo, I can't be confident that we can do it.

[chef]

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This seasons finals campaign was a learing experience.

No one honestly thought we were winning the flag did they?

[Bornadog]

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No such thing as history is against us, or hoodoos. The only thing a team can blame is the team itself, right now, today, not some stupid superstition. It boils down to are you good enough or not to win.

[GVGjr]

Re: Game Day Round EF 2015 - Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide Crows

We've been saying "next year" for as long as I've been alive.
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Very few said that last year.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Game Day Round EF 2015 - Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide Crows

No such thing as history is against us, or hoodoos. The only thing a team can blame is the team itself, right now, today, not some stupid superstition. It boils down to are you good enough or not to win.

No such thing as history is against us includes the fact that we haven't been good enough for 60 years or whatever it is, so you best believe it's real, and until we prove we're good enough I'll refrain from saying it for the sake of it.

Very few said that last year.

It's a figure of speech. Every year we've lost a big game/final we've said "we'll learn from it and be better next year". It's not like we can say anything else, but I'd like it to come to fruition for once.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Re: Game Day Round EF 2015 - Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide Crows

Considering where we had come from it was a remarkable year to move from bottom 4 on the ladder to the final 8. The appointments of Beveridge and Murphy were significant as we quickly developed an exciting game plan that gained the Club great respect. Losing our B&F winner Tom Liberatore and then injuries to Stevens and Jong who had started the season very well put enormous pressure on Wallis Picken Bontempelli and Dahlhaus but they all handled the added pressure magnificently. Stringer and Dickson with 50 goals each were outstanding forwards and Crameri after a stint in the VFL returned to be a dangerous forward. An attacking defence became the springboard of many attacks with Easton Wood outstanding together with Murphy Matthew Boyd and Biggs being the stand outs. Lachie Hunter's second half of the season was outstanding regularly gaining 30 plus possessions. Macrae again demonstrated his undoubted class with another fine season. Caleb Daniel became a cult figure in his debut season thrilling fans with his individual skills and passion. We have built a strong foundation for the future with perhaps the most urgent need being a quality ruck man and key forward.

[Sedat]

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I, too, am proud of the players, I also think we are on the right track and that the future is bright - but I am also dismayed that we, once again, conspired to lose a tight final when we were clearly the better team. It is not some stupid superstition, it is simply an undeniable fact. As a club, we own the patent to the "heartbreaking/gallant finals loss", and it is up to us to rid ourselves of this unwanted tag. We had the chance to do so last night, and only succeeded in reinforcing this historical truism. Doesn't mean we won't be able to shake this tag next year or in the future, but we had the chance and didn't last night. It is gut-wrenching, galling, dismaying, and every time it happens it hurts like hell.