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I'd guess it might be a little bit subconscious, given our history in this particular game (St Kilda at the dome), where the Saints have beaten us so frequently and it's genuinely derailed (or threatened to) so many of our seasons over the past decade - see my previous post.We don't worry about it with the benefit of hindsight, but Geelong fans were seething after the loss last year: 5+ goals in front, top two sewn up and we were just blown off the park after half time. Same thing in 2022: it was in the first half of the season, but that loss at Marvel 'clearly' signalled to me that our ceiling was bottom half of the eight and we were just making up the numbers that year.You often see some less than gracious posts from the winning supporters on here following our annual loss to St Kilda at Marvel, but that comes with the territory. If a top four side consistently looks mediocre playing against your mid-table side, you're going to think they're not as good as their ladder position suggests. Naturally.To the wider point: who knows? From our side, look at Geelong v Collingwood compared to Geelong v Hawthorn or Richmond. I've lost count of how many finals we've had against the Pies over the last 15-20 years (with the results pretty even) and in five of the six premierships won by those clubs since 2007, they've had to go through the other in the finals on their way to the the flag, but there doesn't seem to be any of the same venom in our rivalry with Collingwood as there is with the other two. Why? Beats me.
I'd guess it might be a little bit subconscious, given our history in this particular game (St Kilda at the dome), where the Saints have beaten us so frequently and it's genuinely derailed (or threatened to) so many of our seasons over the past decade - see my previous post.
We don't worry about it with the benefit of hindsight, but Geelong fans were seething after the loss last year: 5+ goals in front, top two sewn up and we were just blown off the park after half time. Same thing in 2022: it was in the first half of the season, but that loss at Marvel 'clearly' signalled to me that our ceiling was bottom half of the eight and we were just making up the numbers that year.
You often see some less than gracious posts from the winning supporters on here following our annual loss to St Kilda at Marvel, but that comes with the territory. If a top four side consistently looks mediocre playing against your mid-table side, you're going to think they're not as good as their ladder position suggests. Naturally.
To the wider point: who knows? From our side, look at Geelong v Collingwood compared to Geelong v Hawthorn or Richmond. I've lost count of how many finals we've had against the Pies over the last 15-20 years (with the results pretty even) and in five of the six premierships won by those clubs since 2007, they've had to go through the other in the finals on their way to the the flag, but there doesn't seem to be any of the same venom in our rivalry with Collingwood as there is with the other two. Why? Beats me.
