I enjoyed 2001 too (what I saw it as I was OS for part of it) but that semi-final was one of the worse finals ever played (at least it was on tv). Grinding footy at its best. Wasn't it just 4 goals kicked by us after quarter time?

. If the 70 point floggings in the other two finals weren't are sign we were miles away then that SF should have been another clue. Losing Brodders and Benny also were big losses in terms of leadership, experience and quality.
The playing group then had the stuffing knocked out of its confidence in round 2, 2002 when Spud came out during the week about how much better and tougher we were compared to 2001 and we got ripped to shreds once again by the Bombers. That was the end of the road for that group but Spud just kept topping up with recycled duds and gutted the whole list

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