No you don't know what a choke is.
At the end of 2000 we'd lost a lot of experience in the likes of Thorn, Carroll, Walters, Hancock and Priddis which meant there were serious doubts how we would go in 2001. We did alright early in 2001 but we were struck down hard by injuries to the halves, lost a serious amount of games coming into the finals and nobody gave us a hope in hell, especially after our loss to the Sharks first week of the finals. We were expected to be sent packing by the Saints but won and then managed to stick in with but lose to a very good Eels side.
In 2002 we weren't favourites to win the comp. We lead early but once again we lost games coming into the finals but were still considered a premiership threat. We got the week off by beating Parra and lost to the Roosters in the prelim semi when they were running hot. You can consider it a choke but not a huge one considering we went down narrowly in a tight game.
In 2003 we weren't title favourites at the start of the year, that honor went to the Bulldogs and Roosters. We led before Origin but then were struck down so hard with injuries that some grades couldn't field teams. We lost 7 games in a row coming into the finals and weren't considered a hope in hell of winning the comp. The fact that we went down to the Panthers first up wasn't a choke and was hardly a surprise.
So once again, you wouldn't know what a choke was if it bit you on the arse.
