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We have made 6 preliminary finals since 1964 (1987, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2018) and we have won 2 (1988 and 2000). We are due to clean up our record.

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    10 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    Yep. Prior to the pre-finals bye, the QF winners are 28-4 in prelims.

    The four losers are:

    1. Fremantle in 2015 - beaten by the threepeat Hawks
    2. Adelaide in 2006 - beaten by West Coast, who had lost their QF by a point to Sydney during the peak Sydney-West Coast rivalry era
    3. St Kilda in 2005 - beaten by Sydney, who had lost their QF to West Coast by four points during the peak Sydney-West Coast rivalry era
    4. Sydney in 2003 - beaten by the threepeat Brisbane

    A bit of a trend there. The only four sides from 2000-2015 to lose the QF but make the Grand Final were either three-peat sides or lost their QF by a tiny margin as part of an amazing rivalry. 2021 Geelong does not fall into either of those buckets.

    (Note that all four of these sides went on to win the flag, though...)

    Great research that fills me with confidence. Something has to.

    But your point that the cats are not close to the quality of the outliers is valid. If anything, the Dees quality and talent is more a match to those earlier chamion teams.

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    16 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    Yep. Prior to the pre-finals bye, the QF winners are 28-4 in prelims.

    The four losers are:

    1. Fremantle in 2015 - beaten by the threepeat Hawks
    2. Adelaide in 2006 - beaten by West Coast, who had lost their QF by a point to Sydney during the peak Sydney-West Coast rivalry era
    3. St Kilda in 2005 - beaten by Sydney, who had lost their QF to West Coast by four points during the peak Sydney-West Coast rivalry era
    4. Sydney in 2003 - beaten by the threepeat Brisbane

    A bit of a trend there. The only four sides from 2000-2015 to lose the QF but make the Grand Final were either three-peat sides or lost their QF by a tiny margin as part of an amazing rivalry. 2021 Geelong does not fall into either of those buckets.

    (Note that all four of these sides went on to win the flag, though...)

    We do have a rivalry with them. Lots of close games

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    On 9/5/2021 at 5:43 PM, picket fence said:

    There is a great shot of him in coaches box with hands in air looking totally miffed but I cant cut and paste effectively

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    On 9/6/2021 at 8:43 AM, buck_nekkid said:

    That is almost every week….

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    On 9/7/2021 at 6:56 AM, Cassiew said:

    We have made 6 preliminary finals since 1964 (1987, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2018) and we have won 2 (1988 and 2000). We are due to clean up our record.

    Tbat means we have only lost 4. Geelong have lost many more.

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    On 9/5/2021 at 5:43 PM, picket fence said:

    There is a great shot of him in coaches box with hands in air looking totally miffed but I cant cut and paste effectively

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    Angry outacontrol man

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    You can win a prize by popping ping-pong balls into his mouth if they add up to a certain number.

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    On 9/7/2021 at 6:56 AM, Cassiew said:

    We have made 6 preliminary finals since 1964 (1987, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2018) and we have won 2 (1988 and 2000). We are due to clean up our record.

    The two we have won are i think are the 2 we made from the top 4. Stand to be corrected but if correct a good omen

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    On 9/7/2021 at 6:56 AM, Cassiew said:

    We have made 6 preliminary finals since 1964 (1987, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2018) and we have won 2 (1988 and 2000). We are due to clean up our record.

    So since 1964, 3 of our 7 prelims have been played in Perth!

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    On 9/5/2021 at 12:49 PM, Lucifer's Hero said:

    I don't think Gawn scares Stanley either.

    Stanley won't sleep for months. Darryl Cullinan vs Shane Warne type scaring 

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    They built a stadium and they need to pay some of it off so it was imperative that they stayed in contention so they money from members would keep rolling in.

    They were incredibly greedy by trying to buck the system in topping up year after year.

    They are well and truely finished and we were the club that finished them off once and for all and i feel really good about that.

    I have a sweet sense of justice for that 2011 game and 10 years on we have wiped the floor with them on a Friday night in a Prelim, it feels sensational.

    Now they will reap what the have sowed.

    Suffer in peace.

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    Someone do the rounds tomorrow please (later today). Not to enjoy it.

    No, not to enjoy it, to ensure that they know that this is the end. 

    If they don't know...

    i wont accept that season 3 GIF by Billions

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    On 9/9/2021 at 7:20 PM, Fork 'em said:

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    Quoted for enjoyment 

    Insufferable d0uche canoe. 

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    Couldn't be bothered trawling 24 bf pages.  A small sample from the first few pagers:

    The gracious:  

    beaten by a younger, harder, more skilful and simply better team - happy for the demons, and im looking forward to watching them in the GF....theyve made it there the hard way, and all the best to all their supporters on here...great to see from a team that has gone through everything they have. i hope they have one more in them.

    Well played Melbourne. Sensational performance. I hope they go all the way.

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    Boy o boy what a game that was!...for Melbourne

    Nobody cares about the "making finals" window.  Play horrid joyless football all season to finish high enough to get flogged in finals. What a ride.

    The bad:

    Everything was in their favour…skills, midfield, lucky bounces and ricochets, umpiring. Every time they slipped over they got a free kick, but umpires ultimately irrelevant after half time.

    The Ugly:

    In response to the first listed 'gracious'  item above:  

    By the hard way I assume you mean being so sh*t they get gifted half a team worth of very, very talented players.

    The Melbourne love from the media is giving me the [censored] .  Go port or doggies .  [censored] gary Lyon and the rest of the flogs .

    The Funny: 

    I think we should trade Narkle, Clark and Constable and load up with Burgoyne, Mumford and Mundy. Surely we can reach another Prelim in 2022?

    Scott has the Ross Lyons about him. Good coach highly credentialled, just cannot get the big one. I've always thought it's over coaching

    Gotta give it to the Dees - Viney is a sh*t stain and Fritzel has a very punchable head, but other than that they're a very watchable side. Class everywhere.

    Time to step down, Scotty. You failed.

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    The best thing about Geelong making the 4 is you get to see them lose a final twice.

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    Post of the year!

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    36 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

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    Thanks @Sir Why You Little, that one was doing the rounds last night and before I read this thread I'd posted it in another thread; wasn't trying to steal your thunder.

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    7 minutes ago, TRIGON said:

    Thanks @Sir Why You Little, that one was doing the rounds last night and before I read this thread I'd posted it in another thread; wasn't trying to steal your thunder.

    Not a problem!! I saw it on Facebook when i woke up. 
    Laugh 😂 

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