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Says it all really I thought it was bad but not this bad.

Basket case for so long.

Now is the time to push for a great next decade

Starts now.

No wonder there is pessimism around here. 

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    its better than I thought to be honest , I would have had us and carlton as worst by far

    mind you the best team of the decade isn't that much better , whats one grand final win between friends ;) back in 2011 

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    We were horrible for 5 years of that. Not close to AFL standard. Those days are over.

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    Who cares. Not sure anyone would have expected any different.

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    I knew we were bad, but I didn’t think we’d be worse than Carlton. That’s pretty damning. When will we finally come good?! It’s been 50+ years!

    2020 is a fresh start. Here’s hoping we show some improvement for [censored] sake.

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      On 09/12/2019 at 20:51, JakovichScissorKick said:

    So the same/similar as the  70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s then?

    You Forgot ... apart from 64 the rest of that period was also Dismal!!

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      On 09/12/2019 at 21:22, Demonland said:

    With the exception of not winning a premiership I would take the 90s/00s any day over the 10s. 

    Agreed we had a good side in the 90s if not for injury to some key players could have pinched a flag, the old what if Schwartz never did his ACL 3 times and Jakovich and his back 

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      On 09/12/2019 at 21:22, Demonland said:

    With the exception of not winning a premiership I would take the 90s/00s any day over the 10s. 

    Of course.   Id like to see a decades ladder for those two decades though .     I bet we are sill well outside the 8 in both the 90s and 00s.

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    Gillon Mc has seen this and granted the Dees some compensation.  We will get

    1st priority pick in 2020 draft

    mid 1st round pick in 2021 draft

    exclusive access to Gippsland zone for the next 5 years

    Gillon Mc said “for the benefit of the game and the long term strength of the code, we need every team being competitive across many years”  

     

    sorry- it was all a dream!! we are not the Suns 

     

     

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    At least we get our fridge magnets right, unlike team #1.

     

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    Great reading. Onwards and upwards....again.

    Top 2 Wins out of the 74.

    Geelong Elimination Final - 2018

    WCE Round 22 -2018

    Edited by Dee Zephyr

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    looks pretty similar to the ladder this year.

    equalisation my back side

    carn Dees, turn it around, we have the cattle

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    The decennium horribilis!

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      On 09/12/2019 at 20:51, JakovichScissorKick said:

    So the same/similar as the  70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s then?

    Am 87 to 91 was all top 4, 2000 are not all bad a grand final, finals in 2000 2002 2004 2005 2006, so, the only decade we need not play finals was 70' s

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      On 10/12/2019 at 02:47, don't make me angry said:

    Am 87 to 91 was all top 4, 2000 are not all bad a grand final, finals in 2000 2002 2004 2005 2006, so, the only decade we need not play finals was 70' s

    If we ran a ladder from the 70's through to now I'm guessing we would be holding the thing up at the bottom.

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