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The rule is as soon as AFL players are doing it, it's no longer cool.
Anyway, back to Dangerfield and the Cats. He made an interesting comment that I took note of in his interview, about the 2016 run whereby he essentially thought the Cats had our measure but it was a moot point because Sydney smashed them in the preliminary final.
What is the dynamic like on Grand Final day if we are playing Geelong at the MCG, and not Sydney? We caught fire in September and performed against them with four rounds to go before finals, and while I've always thought we were just too good for all comers in the finals that year I'd have been shitting myself going to the ground on GF day if we were playing the Cats.
Nobody was going to beat us on GF day.
We had that intangible 'something' that clubs only ever hold fleetingly. We've put better sides out on the paddock that lost prelims, but we were walking on clouds that day. We were on as soon as Zaine laid that tackle in the pocket and kicked a goal from the boundary.
Tom Boyd's first mark near the point post came from the best leading pattern I'd ever see him run, I was right above him on lvl 2. No way that works on most other days.
Bont's kicking went at 100% efficiency. Ridiculous.
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