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When you knew 2024 was over?

Frosticles
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11 hours ago, godees said:

The eagles game was when my grieving for the season started. King’s birthday was the final nail.

I forgot about that… Signs were definitely there.

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    34 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Losing to the Eagles in Perth and then smashed by Freo in Alice.

    Yep WCE at Optus for me. What I saw wasnt good

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    1 minute ago, SFebes said:

    Yep WCE at Optus for me. What I saw wasnt good

    But we were loading… 🤨

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    6 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    I’m not sure, but if you’re saying what I think you’re saying, I agree with you, 58er.

    I don’t believe for one second a supporter truly believed our season was over after the opening round match. Same goes for people claiming they knew before the season even started. I just don’t believe that’s possible. How could anyone muster even the slightest enthusiasm for the season when they “know” the season is over before it even starts?! I call a big bunch of BS on that. Sure, you may have concerns at the time, but the question posed is when did you know season 2024 was over. 

    You judged my post right WCW. All losses provide info or reactions but like the Club need to be assessed and plans formed to solve problems etc. 

    Until it’s mathematically possible I generally don’t write off season or a game during quarter as it’s always possible like Round 23 vs Cats in 2021.

    In for the long haul !  

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    21 hours ago, Frosticles said:

    Curious as to when people knew that 2024 was all over for them.

    Wow click bait for the pessimists, the negatives and the told you so groupies.

     It is not over, we still have two games to play.

    Winning isn't everything. I like being a spectator, and will enjoy listening to these last games.

    Do you mean not making finals, not being competitive, or not a grandfinals contender? All that doesn't detract me from enjoying the game.

    We are still a competitive team.

    Those expressing this realistic though sour assessment are bad losers.

    We got beaten by better teams on the day. If a few of the close results went our way, the season appraisal would've been different 

    Hoping we still build and don't fall down further. I guess the geniuses expressing prophecy on this site, already know.

     

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    I was foolishly holding out hope (without evidence it was possible) that we'd catch fire at the end of the year, but when GWS kicked four goals in four minutes I knew the situation was hopeless. Even if we'd come back to win it would have been like unnecessarily keeping somebody on life support when you know they're not going to recover.

    Realistically, it was the second Freo game. The West Coast loss or the Alice Springs debacle could have been written off as blips, but we looked like Melbourne 10 years ago that day and I still can't work out how the margin wasn't more than our first game against them. 

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    When Fritta ran out first game looking like this was the last place on earth he wanted to be....

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    loss to flagmantle in the alice into king's birthday

    no teams gets dismantled like we did that day and then show such a lack of desire in a big game like king's birthday, compounded by losing our best / second best player, and is likely to play finals

    i thought our start to the year was very encouraging, given the off-season, but we completely came to a halt mid-year

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    The second Freo game. We just couldn’t get anywhere near the ball and looked cooked. The game had massive West Coast 2018 Prelim vibes 😑.

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    On 14/08/2024 at 08:41, Dee Viney Intervention said:

    Pre season for me, too much noise and rumblings. Thought absence of Gus and Clarrie would have a devastating impact.

    I concur...   we got no traction early and results didnt bode well.

    In a sense it wasn't so much when did it finish, for us as did it ever really get going.. We seemed quite adept at tripping ourselves up at any opportunity.

    Tbh... not expecting much better in 25

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    I assumed the Brisbane loss was an aberration but I saw the West Coast loss live and it was ugly and disturbing. Harked back to the Neeld days. 

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    2 hours ago, Grr-owl said:

    When Fritta ran out first game looking like this was the last place on earth he wanted to be....

    You knew the season was over at the beginning of the first game? Why did you continue following the team for the remainder of the season? Genuine question.

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    17 hours ago, Flowergirl said:

    After we lost to Brisbane the first time I knew we wouldn't win the premiership. 

    The final margin wasn’t that big but walking out of the ground it felt like a complete smashing 

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    8 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    You knew the season was over at the beginning of the first game? Why did you continue following the team for the remainder of the season? Genuine question.

    There's always hope. And he came good eventually....

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    11 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    You knew the season was over at the beginning of the first game? Why did you continue following the team for the remainder of the season? Genuine question.

    The answer might run along the lines of why anyone barracks for the Dees still... 60 years  on.   Because you do..   You grow accustomed to mediocrity.  The abberation is success..

    Normal viewing's returned it seems.

    Charlie Brown is a Dees supporter.. i'm sure of it :D

     

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    Kings birthday for me. Insipid.

    As an aside, we lost 4 games by less than a kick. If two of those went our way we'd still be in the race.

    That said we are not playing no where near where we should be and would have got knocked out in an elimination final.

    I am pleased with the progression of some of our kids, but can we please do something about delivery into our forward line. It's been our nemesis the past 3 seasons.

    Oh, and when there is 1 minute left in a game and we trail by less than a kick, how about coaching the team to forget about zone structures and pick up a bloody opponent.

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    3 hours ago, Grr-owl said:

    When Fritta ran out first game looking like this was the last place on earth he wanted to be....

     

    28 minutes ago, Grr-owl said:

    There's always hope. And he came good eventually....

    Wait this makes no sense. You knew the season was over the first game against Sydney because Bailey ran out onto the ground looked like he didn't want to be there. So Bailey goes on to kick 4 goals and really fires up. Is that what you mean by he came good eventually?

    So by the end of the game you had some hope the season wasn't completely over?

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    27 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    The answer might run along the lines of why anyone barracks for the Dees still... 60 years  on.   Because you do..   You grow accustomed to mediocrity.  The abberation is success..

    Normal viewing's returned it seems.

    Charlie Brown is a Dees supporter.. i'm sure of it :D

     

    Well, you're never going to be able to pursue nor catch happiness with that attitude :)

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    3 minutes ago, Young Blood said:

    Well, you're never going to be able to pursue nor catch happiness with that attitude :)

    Touchè

    It is though very much dependent upon one's thoughts on happiness, and where one looks. I gave up decades ago thinking footy would bring me that joy. It's but an interest really these days. The passion got ground out.

    Kudos for 'other readings ' though :)

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    I thought we’d finish 6-8th this year which I guess we still could mathematically do. Just felt that missing  Brayshaw and and NQR Oliver would expose our lack of quality depth in the midfield.

    I was mildly optimistic when we beat both SA teams early on but was a tad worried how 1- dimensional we’d become with Petracca expected to do pretty much everything for us.

    The game against WCE in Perth was when I realised we were not a premiership threat. The week after against the Saints was just the usual players sticking their fingers in the dyke which broke the week after.

    Im pretty optimistic about 2025 though. We have enough reviews etc going on now that we might right the ship for a another shot at the crown.

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    I remember the sinking feeling I had when Reid fended off Clarry and Trac in the same play. Just felt so telling when we tried so hard to get him, and how badly I wanted us to pull it off in the pre season.

    Caleb has been the brightest spark for us this year though so we did alright, but watching our pride and joy midfield getting decimated by the Eagles stung

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    3 hours ago, Young Blood said:

     

    Wait this makes no sense. You knew the season was over the first game against Sydney because Bailey ran out onto the ground looked like he didn't want to be there. So Bailey goes on to kick 4 goals and really fires up. Is that what you mean by he came good eventually?

    So by the end of the game you had some hope the season wasn't completely over?

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    No, I meant he came good later in the season, meaning when he ran out onto the ground he looked like he wanted to be there.

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    West Coast loss.

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