Scollop wrote:The answer is no... I enjoyed the game against Freo in Rnd 23 a few weks ago as much as any other game EVER!!! I enjoyed the home and away rounds in 08 and 09 when we absolutely smashed teams (like round 22 in 08 when we tore a new one into Essendon and qualified for top 4)plugger66 wrote: Its a Dal to North topic. Not going through that. Just a simple question for you? Was the 2 GF days the best days of watching footy since following the saints and by that i mean from when you woke up until 5 minutes before the end of the 2 games? And even the third game was great before. Just not great during the game.
That opportunity lost in 2009 was forgiven afai(was)c becasue of the herculean efforts of everyone when the team got back up and contended in 2010...but I'll be backing my team no matter. The problem is that the kiddies and the fickle supporters want to see success before buying their memberships and merchandise.
The writing was on the wall and we all knew that the club was headed for a major fall down the ladder after RL and club risked it all just to get there.
The team was headed for a GF and nothing less was going to be acceptable in '09. The finals wins were sometimes excruciating and painful to watch.
I cannot believe you didnt enjoy the 3 experiences on GF day. I find it sad really that you enjoyed normal H&A games over a GF. As JB pointed out the WB supporters would have loved an opportunity to watch their team in a GF especially a team that was in thegame until 5 minutes before the sire in one GF and right into the other GF until the siren rang. Surely you are only disagreeing to make a point. I would bet I couldnt find to many Saints supporters under 40 who didnt have the experience of a lifetime in both GF's of course until the siren rang.