( i have no idea if this is a good topic for a thread, feel free to gurge if terrible)
Thought I would do a review of our season in 2002 and my memories of it. That was the year i really started attending games on a regular basis. I thought i would leave the premiership years for other people as i was just too young to appreciate them.
Was a very strange year, had come off a flag and a GF in the prevoius two years. Was a real topsy turvy season, with injuries cruelling us.
Just thought people could talk about the high and lows of that year. Where things went wrong or went right, memories, etc
Highs:
* The win against a very good WestCoast team in the elimination final at Etihad. My first ever final. Hird missed that game through injury. Lloyd was knocked out in a head clash i think it was. Was also the first game after ■■■■ Reynolds had sadly passed away. I was quite young then so didn't understand the gravity of it.
*Doing the double over Carlton, and seeing them with their first wooden spoon.
*Seeing Hird come back after his horrific injury and put his head into every pack was amazing, and just in general being a champion.
Lows:
*Anzac Day was a disaster, just got pumped in the wet
*The injuries to Hird and Lloyd against Freo in round 4 or 5. Lloyd from memory ripped a finger tendon trying to tackle someone.
*Losing Hardwick in the off season left me devastated, really a heart and soul player.
*Losing to Port in the semi final in Adelaide. Had our chances but couldn't put them away. Lloyd missed the game and Fletch was suspended I think.
Memories:
*One strong memory i have is against Collingwood late in the season, a Magpie player was knocked out cold- Mecuri ran up and took his mouthguard out so he wouldn't swallow it. Just a great thing in general to do.
When never really fully got going in 2002, always seemed like we were trying to make up ground.
What are everyone else's memories?