you guys choked big time .....
thats enough for me.
ill throw in 2007 and 2009 aswell .....
choking club if I ever saw one!!!!:lol:
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Are you saying I'm not gracious in defeat? It seems you missed post #41 in this thread. Here's a little refresher (take note of the part I put in bold just for you)...Good to see some of your fellow supporters in previous posts on this thread can take defeat more graciously !
Mate, after the Storm choked last year, and all the salary cap stuff the year before, they were going in this year as not only favorites, but also the hungriest team in the comp. The Bulldogs were not even expected to make the top 8, let alone win the Minor Premiership and make it all the way to the grand final. The Bulldogs didn't really win this years minor premiership, rather the Storm lost it when the lost an unheard of 4 games in a row.
After all the bickering and drama in the past off season, we did what we do best, and that's get out and support our team. We knew that the Storm were favorites, we knew that they were the likely team to win, but, we were also proud of our team for achieving what they did in Haslers first season in charge, that victory itself was worth celebrating.
Congratulations to Melbourne, they won deservedly so, but saying that we had false hope is not the case.
Now as for Parramatta, I hope that the Eels are up there again next year in the top 8. I want the rivalry from the 80s to be lite up again. Despite the fact that the Bulldogs and Eels hate each other, there is respect between the 2 teams, and that is something that no one can ever take from either team.
Melbourne Storm now have a target on their chests for 2013, all of the teams and coaches will study them carefully and try to dissect them piece by piece for the 2013 season.
As for the Mighty Bulldogs and Eels... bring on 2013
Our expectations... they were that we'd be lucky to make the top 8, and lucky to survive the first rounds of the finals. We not only made the top 8, we won the Minor Premiership, then we not only survived the first week of the finals, we qualified for the Grand Final. We exceeded all expectations. We didn't win the big one, but you can barely call that a choke considering we weren't favorites. Melbourne would've been chokers if they lost.
Let's hope so.
