Grand Final or not??

[emjaycee]

Wondering what your thoughts are on whether it is better to make the GF but lose it, or not make it and bow out in the finals.

With Parra seemingly having a choker tag attached, I think losing in either the GF or a final would be acceptable as long as we played well and didn't do a 2001 GF capitulation.

Having said that, of course WINNING the GF is the aim.

 

[Stagger eel]

making the GF would be fabulous for the week leading up to it alone...

 

[Hurriflatch]

yep, losing the grand final is better then losing during the finals

but compared to winning the grand final both other options suck

there is actually part of me that given the option I'd pick not even making the finals over losing the GF or losing during the finals

 

[Clarkieel]

lol its brian smith that brough the choker tag from st george to parra and now he is gone we can win it!!!!

 

[Clarkieel]

and is ther anything better than grand final week when u r inthe grand final!!!

 

[Hurriflatch]

lol its brian smith that brough the choker tag from st george to parra and now he is gone we can win it!!!!

there was also all those years before 1981 not even Ron and Pricey can blame Smith for that

 

[Clarkieel]

I am too young to remember back that far lol

IM only mucking around

 

[eels_fan_01]

Although i dont know whether we will win the grand final i still will be disappointed if we dont win it.

 

[Eelectrica]

Prefer to make the GF. If we made it and lost to Melbourne, their is no way anyone could say we choked.

 

[parra pete]

Tis better to have played and lost, then to have never played at all.
Better to be a bridesmaid, then to have not been invited to the wedding.
Grand Final wins are good for the night and next day..after that...WHO CARES..especially the way Club loyalty is with the players these days...
I must be getting old and grumpy, because I definitely preferred watching football in the sixties, seventies and eighties than I do now.
It was more tribal and loyal then. Ruled by players attitudes and not money.
Give me that era ANY TIME.

 

[oneguy]

Hmmm - It's a mixture for me:

Top 3 games that really sucked for me were - 2001 GF (that hurt real bad), the semi final vs Cowboys a couple of years ago, and the semi vs Dogs where Polla Mounter slotted one over. So that's 1 GF and 2 SF.

Conversely wasn't to upset (relatively speaking) when Parra lost the 84 and 84 GF.

 

[spiderdan]

Hmmm - It's a mixture for me:

Top 3 games that really sucked for me were - 2001 GF (that hurt real bad), the semi final vs Cowboys a couple of years ago, and the semi vs Dogs where Polla Mounter slotted one over. So that's 1 GF and 2 SF.

Conversely wasn't to upset (relatively speaking) when Parra lost the 84 and 84 GF.

i thought polla-mounter slotted one under (you're talking about '98, yeah?). from memory it was just after paul carriage had the first of three brain explosions that game. went to extra time and we lost 32-20 after we led 18-2 with about 10 mins to go in regular time.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Prefer to make the GF. If we made it and lost to Melbourne, their is no way anyone could say we choked.

Cant argue with that Id rather we make the GF without anyone expecting it and losing it wouldnt be a big problem.

A lot of people still expect a Manly/Melbourne GF, but Id love to see us make it like Brisbane did last year.

 

[Sterling]

bowing out in a GF qualifier or the big one would be devastating for me ..... and i rekon everyone on this forum. We have been waiting since 1986 for gods sake ... im sick of waiting ! if we win i think i will probably have cardiac arrest from the excitement.

 

[mickdo]

i thought polla-mounter slotted one under (you're talking about '98, yeah?). from memory it was just after paul carriage had the first of three brain explosions that game. went to extra time and we lost 32-20 after we led 18-2 with about 10 mins to go in regular time.

yeah, i was at that game. that really, really sucked.

 

[Clarkieel]

one of the first games that have reduced me to tears!!

 

[eels_fan_01]

I havent cried yet but if we lose the gf im gonna cry like a baby.

 

[Clarkieel]

it took me nearly 12 months to face homebush again in 01!!!!

 

[Eelsnutcase]

i live in newcastle so 2001 was soooo bad for me i still get crap about it.A while ago i was working in retail and thats when the knights grand finals dvd came out and my boss decided to play it on the plasmas we have.Was the worst ever watching it over and over again.

 

[Jono078]

I really think Parra is one of 4 teams that can make the big one. On current form they wont get near the Storm.

But there is improvement in them, particularly in the halves. So if they can play some good footy in the finals they could take out the comp this year.