I don't begrudge anyone unleashing in here tonight. Likewise don't begrudge anyone trying to cling to positives or dealing with this however they need to deal with it.

At the end of the day, we're all hurting tonight... really hurting. I've never experienced 2 weeks of devastation like this ever in my time of supporting this club. I've thought I'd been broken before... right now I can't even imagine going through this all again next year.

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Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

But they paid you back in spades in the last quarter though didn't they you whinging cauliflower

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Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

Liked McRae up until now but can GAGF "d ...................plenty of stuff went there way , thats footy . Total lack of class for mine . I have to say it again GAGF "d McCrae you classless little bitch .

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All my dangerous friends

Yes we beat the eagles but conceded 7 goals in that second Qtr if I’m not mistaken. And what was the % difference between us and the doggies?

Never thought I’d feel lower than being in the crowd after the 2011 semi final. Was utterly devastated. Still can’t think about that game, watch highlights or anything. The worst I have ever felt after a game that still lingers 11 years later.

These last two games are worse. Much, much worse. This is going to haunt me for years.

I’m broken beyond repair.

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We are on our way back...

...and I think it'll feel worse in the morning.

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

It is what it is. I'm flabbergasted with where we were midway, maybe a bit later than that in the season. Top 4 contenders the media et al said. But there is sooo much mental fragility within numerous players in our team. Cripps, yes another good game, however he continues to try and do too much at critical times. Its happened on on numerous occasions at critical times in critical games. Today was another example. No he did not lose us this game. BUT he is our captain and he should be leading better than that.

Was it Durdin that kicked that pass into the forward fifty in the last with maybe less than a minute or two left? I Whoever it was kicked it to two Collingwood players, with a Carlton player nowhere in sight, and he had NO pressure on that kick. They could have raffled it. Just dumb dumb footy. SO many other moments of brain fades from our players at critical times, but I really felt, all you have to do mate is at least kick it deep into near the goals, and likely at worst we get a behind....

We pretty much beat them on every critical stat in the game, but failed miserably with both our efficiency going forward and our ability to nail crucial goals. Charlie and Harry were MAJOR contributors in that today.

Having said that, yes much improvement has been shown this season, however there is a mountain of areas we need to improve IF we are to seriously contend for finals and/or premierships in the the near future. One of the key areas is mental toughness and decision making, under pressure.....

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Cripps is the man

And this is how the Bulldogs celebrated ...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1561263013436751872

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"IF YOU FAIL TO PREPARE, YOU'RE PREPARED TO FAIL" - Mark Spitz

Here I was thinking Ginnivan was going to be out with hamstring issues!!

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

1 point, 0.6 % ....

1.06

It should be written on the walls, written on the wrist before every game ...

That is the margin between playing finals or not

Every contest must be won, every goal defended with that on mind, every shot at goal composes with that in mind

1.06

I'm gutted after that, we have ourselves the opportunity but we haven't learnt what is needed yet to win

1.06

We took so many steps forward this year, the last two weeks where awesome, as much as they where hard loses, but they where games that meant something

But we where found short .. by the barest of margins

1.06

Our best is capable of the ultimate, but our lack of consistency in effort and execution at times is why we aren't playing finals

1.06

At least Walsh will be available next week.

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Silvagni

This year I did the winter wagon as I felt that giving up alcohol for a while would be beneficial to my health. Next winter I am thinking about giving up footy for the exact same reason

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Does anyone else find it a tad ironic that 2020 was the year we were hit by an event that no one saw coming?

That 3rd qtr was some of the best stuff in years. With that momentum how do we not go on.

Because 0.6 in the last quarter.

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It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.

I think I will sit out Collingwood games next year, I forgot how absolutely moronic and offensive they all are. Just a low class club all around.

12 point turnaround, and some think it doesn't matter.

It does when the frees werent even there.

We blew it, but I hope the outcry over these terrible 'made up' decisions are heard throughout the Finals.

Its the AFL's loss not to have Carlton in the Finals, even if it was just for one week.

At my age, I should be able to handle all this, but couldnt sleep. Kept replaying those moments that cost us the game.

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

This.

Still burning me today.

8 behinds from the coleman medallists. @#$%&! that.

Practising snaps on the big stage: wrong shot, wrong place, wrong decision.

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

Yep I'm the same. Tough night's sleep.
Charlie was in my head all night. Brain fade after brain fade, but particularly that last inside 50 when we were up by 5 points. Harry had worked inside 50 to receive a short pass. At worse Harry helps it over the boundary line. Stoppage suits us. He had Durdin inboard at 50m. So he just blazes away inside 50 and they rebound and score.
The Doc OOB I can live with. He was trying to do the right thing. One on one in the pocket. Just bad skill error.
But the final nail was Durdin.He had to try and hit Fisher who was free. We needed a point. He completely lost his marbles.
Basically we should have sealed it well before it got to the last few minutes.
Not sure why LOB. wanted to take a set shot outside 50. How many has he taken this year? Was that a team play? He should have used up his time than looked for a target inside 50. He also had that really dumb bomb to the top of the goal sqaure when Motlop was out numbered .
So many poor decisions. Hard to move on. It's going to stew in my head for a while yet. And I'm not sure why. I thought I was well past this.

And the kids were in tears. My best advice to them was to consider supporting the Cats or Swans. At least they will have some joy in their lives. Supporting Carlton will just make you miserable. Year after year after year.Poor kids heartbroken.

I think losing this week rather than in week one or two of the finals helps put our list management strategy into a better perspective.

Last few finals exits, the mentality has been about finding that extra piece of the puzzle/icing on the cake, bringing in Brock McLean, Malthouse (the Fevola trade forced our hand a bit).

Rather they tinker with the bottom third of the list, weed out the guys who can't play Voss's style, bring in a few guys on the cheap who add depth or do suit the playing style, rather than thinking we're one more free agent signing away from really challenging.

Pick 10, hopefully some work done on improving our 2nd round pick and/or dealing back into the third round.