2004 v 2010

[Guest]

But the only thing Fittler did in all the 3 GFs was get belted by the Warriors player that inspired the rest of the team

Think you need to watch '02 again dude

[Guest]

The Bulldogs had a great team in 2004 Patten, Anasta, Omeley, Asotasi, Mason, Ryan, SBW, Maitua, Thurston etc

This team we play on Sunday isnt anything special. They do all the simple things well and are extremely disciplined. All it will take is some magic from Carney, Pearce, Anasta and no simple errors from us and the game is ours... Its very winnable

If the Dragons win it will be one of the poorest lineups to win a comp. Hornby at halfback is a disgrace to all halfbacks that never made a grand final..

Imagine they have lost their last 5 grand finals... We could give them a lifetime of misery, by winning this week, it will be so sweet... I cant see them make the GF again with their current squad

[Guest]

All it will take is some magic from Carney, Pearce, Anasta and no simple errors and the game is ours... Its very winnable

That's the key right there

[Guest]

I look back at 2003/4 as the ones that got away.

I'll remind everyone that we could have had a young, largely unheralded Jonathan Thurston. The Dogs didn't want him...neither did Ricky ****ING Stuart. I still remember what he said.

"Oh, that Thurston will only be a bench player at best. Let's get Brett Finch, he's a Canberra boy, he'll come good."

Thurston's only gone off the rails up in Deliverance country because there's nothing else to do up there but get pissed and anyway Peter Parr and Neil Henry couldn't run a drug lab in Chinatown.

Every time I think of what could have been, I just about lose it.

[Guest]

Thurston's only gone off the rails up in Deliverance country because there's nothing else to do up there but get pissed

He's gone off the rails cos he was born with half a brain

[Guest]

This year would make me want to go line up at the gap.

I had dinner at the Doncaster tonight with a few friends and there was a group of merge supporters sitting a few tables over all decked out in jerseys. As soon as they noticed a few of us were wearing the blue & red scarves they just would not stop. They don't even do it in the spirit of fun banter, they genuinley believe they have the greatest team ever that has absolutely NOTHING to show for it. "We will towel you" "why don't you jump onboard a quality team, there's still time before sunday."


And I have never seen so many red and white flags in EASTLAKES in my life. The majority of people here love the vermin but at least most of the fans I know accept that souffs are serial underperformers and generally shit.

But merge scum... they make my blood ****ing boil! I hate them. I HAAAAAAAAAAAAATE THEM

[redwhiteandbluester]

A big props to all the FONKsters who have appropriately deemed his contribution to the club almost as terrible as the loss to Canterbury.

Similarly dark episodes, indeed.

[Guest]

He's gone off the rails cos he was born with half a brain

Mothy, it's the half of the brain that can play football.

When he gives a tinker's cuss, like with Queensland, he plays like Dally Messenger and Dave Brown's genetic scion.

Even with a team of nuffies when he's on...and not on the punt...he can win 9 times out of 10 on his own.

[Guest]

Mothy, it's the half of the brain that can play football.

When he gives a tinker's cuss, like with Queensland, he plays like Dally Messenger and Dave Brown's genetic scion.

Even with a team of nuffies when he's on...and not on the punt...he can win 9 times out of 10 on his own.

The boy can play, but my point is, he would have found himself in just as much (if not more) strife in the fish bowl of the big smoke. Rather large black cloud over his time at bulldogs wasn't there...

[Guest]

For mine the Bulldogs loss will always hurt more simply because they won with a team they cheated to get. I will never forgive the NRL for not doing to the Bulldogs what they have now done to the Storm.

[Guest]

2004 still burns. I hate those cheating, lowlife, motherless, inbred karnts more than I hate any other collective group of cheating, lowlife, motherless, inbred karnts.

We're not expected to win this one JT. But if we do, should the best team of the past two years lose the GF to the reigning wooden spooners, it will be the greatest choke in the history of our game and it will be something we can hold over the Merge fans for decades, just like 38-0.

Chook.

[melon....]

2004 still burns. I hate those cheating, lowlife, motherless, inbred karnts more than I hate any other collective group of cheating, lowlife, motherless, inbred karnts.

We're not expected to win this one JT. But if we do, should the best team of the past two years lose the GF to the reigning wooden spooners, it will be the greatest choke in the history of our game and it will be something we can hold over the Merge fans for decades, just like 38-0.

Chook.

Brain will have to change his signature to " The Wooden Spoon is smacking The Dragons on the butt."

[Headless Chook]

2004 was the second saddest day of my life. Ricko not playing, Freddy retiring, the way we lost. It was all so horrible.

I will be crushed if we lose this week BUT, I never expected us to be where we are. In 2004, I knew we'd be in the GF and I was so confident we'd win it.

I'm with you RP. I think our team has given us a fabulous ride regardless of the result on Sunday whereas in 2004, we were supposed to be in the GF and in all honesty were very lucky to get over the Cowboys. Leading 13-6 at Ht then losing and having my Bulldogs loving brother give it to me about the GF for the next 6 months is far worse than how I will feel should the Dragons beat us on Sunday

[Guest]

I look back at 2003/4 as the ones that got away.

I'll remind everyone that we could have had a young, largely unheralded Jonathan Thurston. The Dogs didn't want him...neither did Ricky ****ING Stuart. I still remember what he said.

"Oh, that Thurston will only be a bench player at best. Let's get Brett Finch, he's a Canberra boy, he'll come good."

Thurston's only gone off the rails up in Deliverance country because there's nothing else to do up there but get pissed and anyway Peter Parr and Neil Henry couldn't run a drug lab in Chinatown.

Every time I think of what could have been, I just about lose it.

Thurston was willing to go to anyone at that time, my Dad used to watch him play Flegg and reserve grade for the bullscum and he used to tell me that he was going to end up a superstar rightfully so, he signs with NQ and wins dally m the next year and takes the side to the grand final.

Michael Hagan was another joke of a coach, Thurston asked the Knights for a lifeline in late 2004 from memory, he didn't want much he just wanted to play and Hagan said from memory, ' it's going to be hard to fit you under the cap'

[Cockadoodledoo]

Funnily I see even better comparisons between Roosters 2010 and Knights 2001. Both teams up against teams who dominated the prelim seasons.. both with a superstar playmaker Todd Carney (Andrew Johns).. Both up against teams with ordinary halves in Hornby & Soward (Taylor & Beuttner) and both teams coming into hot form in the finals (Roosters 2010 & Knights 2001). I don't know who is our Ben Kennedy however but this is the closest parallel I can find.

I suspect Brian Smith will have the team firing early as the Knights did to his Eels in 2001 and try to get some early tries by spreading the ball wide and early in tackle counts.. the Saints don't have a lot of points in them, if we can get out to an early 12 point lead they will be in unfamiliar territory and Smith will want to feed off panic which may eventuate...