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Wooden Spoon Hall of Shame

feisty tige said:
Not 5 minutes after we "Won" the spoon my Carlton "friend" gave one to me.... >:(

I did not want the spoon and definately did not want one from a Carlscum supporter >:(

same had 4 messages from Carlton supporters with bragging rights want to give back the spoon.
Everyone remembers last but nobody remembers 15th
 
Yesterday was the bizzarest day I have ever experienced.

First quarter barracking hard for the Tigers, but by the last quarter you were almost willing them to slow down.

Despite despising the spoon, the state of our list dictated that we couldn't afford to win and that is just a disgrace. Maybe none of this would have been an issue if Carlton were fare dinkum.

How can a side that has pushed Collingwook, Essendon and a few others in the last few weeks be capitulating to the Dees.

Sad day for football all round I rekon.
 
I sense where you are coming from Rosy.

For this little black duck it means just that. The worst team in the competition for 2007. Cut it any way you like, but that is the cold hard fact. Personally, I hate coming last in anything, and in particular when it comes to my footy team.

Perhaps the stigma has gone from it somewhat Rosy, but I guess there are a lot of our PREnders copping heaps in the workplace today, and for a few weeks to come.

So what does coming last mean?? Simply, the worst team in the comp. for that particular year, in this case 2007. One can argue the merits or otherwise of draft picks, future improvement, or anything else for that matter. Nothing alters the fact we finished last with the dreaded wooden spoon. My son was presented with one at a family Fathers' Day gathering yesterday, and by of all things holy, a Carlton Supporter. Oh the shame. Hands up all those who don't care!! Yes, Rosy, the stigma still exists and we are in the record books yet again for all the wrong reasons.

Having said all of that, will now turn off, and look forward to some improvement in 2008, just like I did last year, the year before that and the year before that, and back for I don't know how many years.
 
rosy23 said:
I'd also be interested in people's thoughts about the spoon. Not sure if it's a generational thing but it seems a lot don't think it's the pits to get it any more.

Personally I think it's a disgrace to officially be the worst performed team in the competition.

Understand where you are coming from Rosy, but the way I see it is if we don't win the premiership whats the difference between last and 2nd?
 
meltiger said:
rosy23 said:
I'd also be interested in people's thoughts about the spoon. Not sure if it's a generational thing but it seems a lot don't think it's the pits to get it any more.

Personally I think it's a disgrace to officially be the worst performed team in the competition.

Understand where you are coming from Rosy, but the way I see it is if we don't win the premiership whats the difference between last and 2nd?
No of wins
 
mb64 said:
meltiger said:
rosy23 said:
I'd also be interested in people's thoughts about the spoon. Not sure if it's a generational thing but it seems a lot don't think it's the pits to get it any more.

Personally I think it's a disgrace to officially be the worst performed team in the competition.

Understand where you are coming from Rosy, but the way I see it is if we don't win the premiership whats the difference between last and 2nd?
No of wins


& if we don't win the premiership, our season is a failure.

Again, what's the difference between last and 2nd? lol
 
I'm not suggesting that we should aim to finish last every year, just stating why some may not find it so devestating.


Look at your own RL mob, they dominated the regular season, and choked in the GF. In the end, they were seen as failures.