Blocker dope just had to come to terms with the fact that the Tigers were just totally outplayed in the second half. If the Tigers won, the Roosters would have won the grand final. Easts are to the tigers what Canberra are to us. In saying that, I was sweating like a gypsy with a mortgage in the last 10 minutes of that prelim final. When the tigers made that last minute break with Galloway and Ryan, I was convinced they were going to score with some typical flukey luck. It still makes me shake when I think about the what ifs of it.
Haha you're not alone there mate. Deadset the longest 10 minutes of footy I have ever seen. I was stoked when Sowie kicked the field goal but there was still 5,776 minutes left.
It's moments like that... that's why we support our footy side so passionately, year after year
Oh gee mate, I still vehemently shake when I reflect on the last ten minutes of that game, and the last second tigers line break. That's why I didn't go crazy when Soward kicked he field goal; I kind of expected us to get in the lead, but it still felt like there was a whole game to be played after that field goal. I guess what helped was the fact that we spent most of the last 10 minutes camped in their half, courtesy of Marshall's kick out on the full. Smith's hit on Tuqiri had me sweating too however. I can't imagine how I would have coped with the f**ing tigers heartbreakingly knocking us out again, and us 'choking' again. When the game finished, I jumped in the air off my couch, while almost knocking the hanging light chandelier out of the ceiling. A tigers-roosters GF would have been a heavy injustice on that season. Heavy days...
when Darius threw the ball dead I looked at the clock and it was under 40 seconds to go...I thought, we've won...then thought...fkn refs will stop the clock... Was it Roach who called for a penalty against Darius fro throwing it dead?
If there was ever a Clayton's premiership it was 2005