Quote Originally Posted by Bulldogs 1962 View Post
Was the bald guy and they played him in ressies GF along with 3 other regular 1st graders from that year just to get win and struggle to bet a genuine res grade team that played with ten men for 60min
They were all eligible
Most were dropped to ressies due to form and injuries for the last couple of weeks of the season.
You can go through the team sheets if you like
Also pretty sure we beat Barnsley twice through the regular season with a genuine 3rd grade team.
At Barnsley we only had 6 fresh for reserve grade from 3rd grade and won 3-2
At home we only had 2 fresh from the 3rd game and only one on the bench
Yes 2 fresh players!!
That's 9 players who have just played and lost a 3rd grade game against the team coming first
And still won 1-0
So the grand final game was no fluke.
The fact our reserve grade even made the finals and grand final was a miracal in its self with the lack of numbers we had last year and people constantly doubling up
Our resis were 8th half way through the year with no hope and went on to win 10 straight (the whole club is still scratching our heads at how) with no similar team week in week out

Also it wasn't our fault you played with 10 men for 60 mins?