It was four years ago today...

[The bulldog tragician]

I think our victory in the first elimination final against WCE was one of our best ever.

Because of the emotion of that whole month maybe it’s been slightly overshadowed.

Imagine our audacity: going to Perth, where we’d had such an awful record, with the Eagles in red hot form, and what seemed a bit of a bunged up unit where the fitness of our group was unknown. We not only won, we smashed them by 47 points.

Around this exact time (7.30 pm, Sept 8) 4 years ago my sister and I sat on the couch just hoping we wouldn’t be embarrassed. Nobody could have imagined what was to follow...

[josie]

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Nice post - great memories. I kept pinching myself and asking my partner is this really happening?

[comrade]

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I was in a pub with my brother and with each goal, we kept looking at each other and asking ‘is this real life?’

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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I think our victory in the first elimination final against WCE was one of our best ever.

Because of the emotion of that whole month maybe it’s been slightly overshadowed.

Imagine our audacity: going to Perth, where we’d had such an awful record, with the Eagles in red hot form, and what seemed a bit of a bunged up unit where the fitness of our group was unknown. We not only won, we smashed them by 47 points.

Around this exact time (7.30 pm, Sept 8) 4 years ago my sister and I sat on the couch just hoping we wouldn’t be embarrassed. Nobody could have imagined what was to follow...

I remember the entire month so clearly. Like you, I sat on the couch with a friend just hoping we wouldn’t get smashed. We started well but couldn’t convert only for them to kick a couple from nothing. It felt all so familiar and I expected the eventual capitulation. But we annihilated them which set us up for a magical 4 weeks

[comrade]

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I remember the entire month so clearly. Like you, I sat on the couch with a friend just hoping we wouldn’t get smashed. We started well but couldn’t convert only for them to kick a couple from nothing. It felt all so familiar and I expected the eventual capitulation. But we annihilated them which set us up for a magical 4 weeks

After the first 10 minutes it was as close to footy perfection as you’d see.

[jeemak]

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When Darling slotted the goal after the turnover, basically off one or two steps from around 50m on an angle I was thinking it was definitely going to be a typical Subiaco shit show!

Eagles had just knocked off GWS in Sydney in their last game, and while I hate the talk of the inaugural week's break being a major contributor to us winning a premiership, I think it did impact the Eagles momentum which was good for us.

I couldn't accept that we were safely to victory until well into the last quarter. Same old Bulldogs were going to sneak up to me in plan sight and find a way to lose...……..

[Bornadog]

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It wasn't just a win, it was a thrashing. We murdered them in a fantastic win. Caleb Daniel was BOG.

[The bulldog tragician]

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In my blog I said it was the win we’d been waiting for forever. I still feel very emotional whenever I think about it.

It’s here if you’d like to relive the journey of that night. http://www.bulldogtragician.com/the-...y-is-our-story

[FrediKanoute]

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In a pub in London with my cousins.......didn't go back to work and was very sheepish the next day

[josie]

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It wasn't just a win, it was a thrashing. We murdered them in a fantastic win. Caleb Daniel was BOG.

One of my all time fave passages of play was when Caleb ducks under some linked arms like he was playing ring a rosy - I think he hand passed to Dunkley who goaled (I know it definitely led to a goal). Agree Caleb was sensational. Picken did ok too.

[Sedat]

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I rate this win as better than the Hawks win the week after. For obvious reasons it doesn't quite reach the PF and GF but it was a magnificent team performance. It is easily the biggest loss West Coast have ever had in finals in Perth - the previous biggest was around 23 points.

[Bornadog]

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One of my all time fave passages of play was when Caleb ducks under some linked arms like he was playing ring a rosy - I think he hand passed to Dunkley who goaled (I know it definitely led to a goal). Agree Caleb was sensational. Picken did ok too.

Yes that was briliant

[Bornadog]

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Highlights

[josie]

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Thanks Bornadog for those highlights. It was Dahl who kicked the goal after Daniel’s hand pass.

[Eastdog]

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What a win. That is what started it for us. We tore them apart that night on their own deck.