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I know they've been ravaged by injuries, but the Bulldogs finish 7th. I wonder how they'll measure their season. People probably hoped for a bit more from them, but as I say, injuries have somewhat prevented that.

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    1 minute ago, A F said:

    I know they've been ravaged by injuries, but the Bulldogs finish 7th. I wonder how they'll measure their season. People probably hoped for a bit more from them, but as I say, injuries have somewhat prevented that.

    If they had won today  (bloody well should have beaten freo) they would have been one game away from top of the ladder    extraordinary close season up toe pointy end of the ladder

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    Puts our loss in a bit more perspective, I think.

    Young teams, even the Bulldogs, are going to have some shockers along the way. Although probably more due to injuries at this point, it was just pure laziness yesterday from us.

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    1 minute ago, red and blue forever said:

    If they had won today  (bloody well should have beaten freo) they would have been one game away from top of the ladder    extraordinary close season up toe pointy end of the ladder

    Very true.

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    37 minutes ago, stuie said:

    Hawthorn reigning 3 times premiers and finished top 4.

    Melbourne no premiership since 64, finished 11th.

    Let's not get too carried away...

     

    Geez you can be hard work.

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    12 minutes ago, Chook said:

    Don't pretend you don't know what you did.

    EDIT: Removed idiotic quoted gif.

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    5 minutes ago, 45HG said:

    Geez you can be hard work.

    Fitzy has played in twice as many wins for Melbourne than he has for Hawthorn... Does that help?

    ;)

     

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    10 minutes ago, stuie said:

    Fitzy has played in twice as many wins for Melbourne than he has for Hawthorn... Does that help?

    ;)

     

    Now you're getting it.

    Although, after today, you'd have to argue that if we'd have kept him we would've been top four.

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    Very happy for Fitzy. Always liked his persistence despite health/injuries/baby giraffe issues. Went to the Melb vs WB game last year where he towelled up Boys and thought there might just be something good inside those spindly limbs worth waiting for.

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    It's an awful admission, but I was actually barracking for the filth today. I would have loved to see the poos/wees drop out of the top 4.

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    The one time I have barracked for Collingwood and they let me down at the post.  Bloody annoying. 

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    This bye round is so ridiculous.   The AFL never get anything right.

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    8 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

    This bye round is so ridiculous.   The AFL never get anything right.

    Pretty sure they have the art of obfuscation down pat.

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    Anyone else struggle through the first weekend of the dees not playing?

    wasnt even any finals to distract us. Wtf are the afl thinking having a bye now. Lose all momentum. 

    I was so desperate I almost watched an NRL game. 

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    41 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Anyone else struggle through the first weekend of the dees not playing?

    wasnt even any finals to distract us. Wtf are the afl thinking having a bye now. Lose all momentum. 

    I was so desperate I almost watched an NRL game. 

    Absolutely one of the dumbest decisions the AFL has made, just feels like the season is completely over, and like you said, lost all momentum. 

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    12 hours ago, DubDee said:

    Anyone else struggle through the first weekend of the dees not playing?

    wasnt even any finals to distract us. Wtf are the afl thinking having a bye now. Lose all momentum. 

    I was so desperate I almost watched an NRL game. 

    The Storm v Cronulla game was very good. Top of the table clash with the Storm ending the season on top.

    Incredible how the Storm are so competitive year after year. Much to like about them but those colours are not exactly high fashion !!

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    13 hours ago, DubDee said:

    Anyone else struggle through the first weekend of the dees not playing?

    wasnt even any finals to distract us. Wtf are the afl thinking having a bye now. Lose all momentum. 

    I was so desperate I almost watched an NRL game. 

    100% agree. I was holed up in rainy Daylesford all weekend. My husband has the flu and slept. The TV was pretty ordinary and there was not even an AFL game to watch and kill a bit of time. To make matters worse, Channel 7 did not play the Casey VFL game. Very disappointing.

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    Lucky for the AFL that the top 4 ended up the way it did otherwise there would be zero finals in Melbourne the first week.

    Not impossible in future for all finals (other than the GF) to be outside Melbourne

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