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  Gucci Flip Flops October 27, 2018 at 3:53pm

  Someone give a run down of why 2002 couldn’t have been the year
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    Wizardssleeves official receipts > Gucci Flip Flops October 27, 2018 at 4:26pm

    I don’t think the players recovered . 
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    Poupou Escobar > Gucci Flip Flops October 27, 2018 at 4:37pm

    Because teams were all diving at the feet of defenders to get quick play-the-balls in 2001 they changed the rules and called that a surrender tackle. In 2002 defenders were no longer obliged to get off the attacker straight away and our team was unsuited to the much slower game, just as we were unsuited to it this year.
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    Steel be with you > Gucci Flip Flops October 27, 2018 at 4:54pm

    There was no Jason Taylor, the players mentally would of been fucked up I imagine after having a season like 2001 and walking away with nothing, a couple of players got injuries (Jamie Lyon only played 10 games), they also went 9 games without a win in the middle of the season.
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      Poupou Escobar > Steel be with you October 27, 2018 at 5:07pm

      No different from the 2006 Storm. Dominant minor premiers and lost in the grand final. But they backed up and won it the next year. Loads of TPAs certainly helps.
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  the eggman October 27, 2018 at 4:28pm

  Yes I went to nearly every game that year including the big one, was like the love of your life not turning up to your wedding, such a strange empty feeling afterwards, I had given up smoking for a year until walking out of the stadium I bummed one off my mate and sat outside and smoked and cried into my beer.
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  Poupou Escobar October 27, 2018 at 4:34pm

  Very ordinary side that won heaps of games by exploiting the ruck rules. They set point scoring records by diving at the feet of defenders and getting quick play-the-balls, touch footy style. In fact every team scored bulk points in 2001, not just us.

  Anyway on paper they were actually pretty shit. They only had four current Origin players (Hindmarsh, Ryan, Vella and Wagon), two former Origin players (Taylor and Buettner) and a handful of future Origin players (Hodgson, Moodie, Lyon, Marsh).

  Meanwhile the Knights had the following current Origin players:

  Hughes

  Gidley

  MacDougall

  Johns

  Kennedy

  As well as these former and future Origin players:

  O'Davis

  Buderus

  Simpson

  Tahu

  Albert

  Perry

  They were a heaps better side than us, and in that grand final the refs close the ruck loophole and let the Knights hold us down in the ruck in the first half. With no quick play-the-balls and no leadership we shat ourselves and handed the Knights enough ball for a 24 point half time lead.
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    the eggman > Poupou Escobar October 27, 2018 at 4:40pm

    I wish we had some current and future origin stars in our team atm and make it to the GF and still be able to call them shit.
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      Poupou Escobar > the eggman October 27, 2018 at 5:05pm

      I don't. An average side that overachieves just gives us false hope. Look at last year.
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      Poupou Escobar October 28, 2018 at 2:17am

      Obviously if you win the minor premiership you're a good team. When I say they were ordinary I was talking about ordinary for grand final favourites. On paper the Knights were all over us just as they were in the grand final and in round four that year.