Magic Arrow
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Let me start this off by saying I'm only 17, and although I've supported the Bulldogs for as long as I can remember, I only really followed them since about 2002, since I was able to comprehend the trivialities of NRL at that time.
I'll break this down year by year.
2002 - Our team was deadset robbed. Although It was an awesome feeling winning though.
2003 - We played semi finals football and were beaten by a very good Roosters side.
2004 - Premiers. Best feeling ever.
2005 - We were crippled by injuries, I blamed that
2006 - Another good season, though the Broncos game shattered me
2007 - An iffy year, performed decently, though we had a better roster than our position suggested
2008 - Worst year, but we had a squad that would've been beaten by a NSW cup team. I blamed that
2009 - Awesome year, exceeded all expectations.
2010 - Another disappointing year, but I blamed our halves, and largely ineffective forwards
2011 - What do I have to blame? We've got an awesome backline, such promising halves and a beastly forward pack. It's easy to blame the coach, but then you have to realise that the coach only has so much of an impression.
I've never given up on a season, even in 2008 after beating the Dragons I thought we had hope, I've honestly never felt so hopeless as a team supporter. I'm frustrated beyond help.
I don't mean to turn this into an anti-Moore thread, but why did we let go of Folkes? Was he really that bad? Look at it this way, if you assume we finished first in 2002, and negate 2008, we finished in the top three 4/6 time, only missing out on finals football in 2005. Add up our total ladder finishes in that year and we have a total placing of 28 out of a possible 96 with an average placing of 3.1.
Just in case you didn't understand, if you add the 1 in 2002, to the three in 2003, to the 2 in 2004, etc.
I'll break this down year by year.
2002 - Our team was deadset robbed. Although It was an awesome feeling winning though.
2003 - We played semi finals football and were beaten by a very good Roosters side.
2004 - Premiers. Best feeling ever.
2005 - We were crippled by injuries, I blamed that
2006 - Another good season, though the Broncos game shattered me
2007 - An iffy year, performed decently, though we had a better roster than our position suggested
2008 - Worst year, but we had a squad that would've been beaten by a NSW cup team. I blamed that
2009 - Awesome year, exceeded all expectations.
2010 - Another disappointing year, but I blamed our halves, and largely ineffective forwards
2011 - What do I have to blame? We've got an awesome backline, such promising halves and a beastly forward pack. It's easy to blame the coach, but then you have to realise that the coach only has so much of an impression.
I've never given up on a season, even in 2008 after beating the Dragons I thought we had hope, I've honestly never felt so hopeless as a team supporter. I'm frustrated beyond help.
I don't mean to turn this into an anti-Moore thread, but why did we let go of Folkes? Was he really that bad? Look at it this way, if you assume we finished first in 2002, and negate 2008, we finished in the top three 4/6 time, only missing out on finals football in 2005. Add up our total ladder finishes in that year and we have a total placing of 28 out of a possible 96 with an average placing of 3.1.
Just in case you didn't understand, if you add the 1 in 2002, to the three in 2003, to the 2 in 2004, etc.