Listening to Terry Wallace pre-game on SEN, he was very critical about the Dogs escaping intense scrutiny for what most likely will be their 3rd successive season missing the finals since their 2016 flag. He believes they're doing so because 2016 was seen as such a monumental feat. This is the same Terry Wallace who I've heard chuckle at Swans supporters for suggesting the umpiring at the 2016 GF grossly influenced the result in the Bulldogs favour. The fact the Dogs have been nothing more than mediocre since, a dramatic decline rarely seen by a premiership team coupled with the statistical umpiring advantage they gained that year particularly during the finals, should make Mr Wallace take more notice of our conspiracy theories!
I don't read that as negatively as you do. Our game was described as "a thriller" - sounds like a much better and more exciting game than watching Pies "scrape past" a team and "see them off", no matter how "brave" the opposition is.
And while "dogged" isn't that flattering an adjective, I don't think many fans would be hoping their team would be more "gritty".
Meanwhile, as round 14 ground on interminably, Ash Barty become the first Australian woman to get to #1 in the tennis rankings
in almost 50 years, and Hannah Green won the PGA, the first Australian women to win a major golf title in 13 years.
These are significant achievements.
Absolutely. Good on her. Golf majors (like tennis majors) are ridiculously hard to win. Apparently Green first started in the US as part of
Karrie Webb's scholarship program. And if ever we had an under appreciated Australian champ, it's Webb. Seven majors (more than Scott, Day,
Norman & Ogilvy combined) and she helps out other golfers. But that's probably for another forum....
Last edited by KTigers; 24th June 2019 at 11:44 AM.
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