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June 07, 2005
Good grief
Did you notice? We're second on the ladder. Remarkable. Does this mean that we're the second best side in the competition, are sure to meet the West Coast Eagles on the MCG on that one day in September and will exploit their inability to win over here in order to take the 2005 AFL Premiership? Probably not. But you never know. If it's any consolation I'm less confident about the Eagles being there for the long haul than us, which means there will be no standout side going into the finals.
Think about the last two times we've come close to Premiership glory. In '98 we ran into North, who really should have won the flag, in the Prelim final and got within five goals and in 2000 we had the misfortune of lining up against the side enjoying the most dominant season in the last 20 years. Cameron Bruce late withdrawal for Ben Beams (!), Neitz misses with the first set shot of the game, Brad Green gets gangbanged by the entire Essendon backline, Troy Simmonds gets murdered by Michael Long and you know the rest. Depressing.
But the last 11 rounds will count for NOTHING if we lose to Collingwood on Monday. In the event of that happening - and you know Woewodin will have the traditional "stick it up your old club" 30 possession and 5 goal game - you may as well pull the shutters down now. Later in the week we'll be going back in time and discussing how I spent my 2004 Queens Birthday holiday by losing the plot in the Southern Stand.
This round is crucial. I don't hate Collingwood as much as I'm supposed to - which is probably something to do with everyone I know supporting them and somehow not being complete mutants - but I'm prepared to try given the delicate state of affairs we find ourselves in. Brock McLean MUST return, Nicholson MUST be given the right matchup if we're going to leave Rivers out again, Neitz MUST kick straight, Chris Heffernan MUST be put on the train to Sandringham (platform 10) and Paul Johnson MUST be retained as ruck backup.
I expect the Premiership Liberation Front to be out in full force. I want to see balaclavas all over the ground if we're winning convincingly in the 4th quarter. Now, if only there was a PieBlog to start a meaningless feud and brawl with...
P.S - Good grief could also refer to the fact that I've actually updated in mid-week.
Posted by Supermercado in Club News at June 7, 2005 10:21 AM
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Ill take this moment to impart my own bit of 2004 Queens birthday magic.
Got to the ground at just after the ass crack of dawn...about 11. Found four reasonable seats on level 3, opposite what was then the Beirut wing.
Proceeded to get tinned at a good pace. 10 minutes before the bounce, the inevitable happens. Mr and Mrs F--khead Pies supporters rock up just as two of my mates have gone for a Piss - just to make sure the bladder could last till quarter time - and proceeded to start sliding through the aisle aiming for our seats.
Now Im not sure what they thought was happening. Obviously when you walk into a ground with 10 minutes to go in one of the biggest home and away games of the season, God is going to reserve you 2 seats right in pride of place.
I then went on to explain to Mr and Mrs Pies that they could f-ck right off and that we had been here for two hours(which was probably blatantly obvious by the amount of beer and bourbon cups) Whilst Mr and Mrs Pies tried to explain the virtues of not reserving seats and walking in at the last minute.
In the end im pretty sure the last quarter victory was partially because of my vented spleen as I hurled abuse at this fool for the rest of the game as he had to find two single seats.
A big tip of the hat to my mate who left at three quarter time, every time he does it we are basically guaranteed to kick the next 6 unanswered.
Cheers
HM
Posted by: HM at June 7, 2005 12:32 PM
I share your sentiments about the pieblog, but lest face it all it would have is silly ring tones and wallpaper or wu-tang logos for mobile phones.
I wish I could get to the game and don a 'clava on Monday as I have to settle a few scores with an old friend I call Mr. Candlestick.
Give 'em Hell!!!!!
Posted by: Kolonel at June 7, 2005 12:35 PM
Tell me about it.
Though I am not yet convinced that Johnson is a better #2 than the admittedly-unfit Jamar. Whoever it is, it's a two goal ten minutes when they're on.
I have (foolishly?) wagered a dozen premium beers in a testosterone-fuelled show of pride. I plan to behave atrociously in the standing room, hurling overly-wordy abuse at dim-witted Collingwood supporters.
See you there.
Posted by: Peter at June 7, 2005 04:43 PM
Hey, Just a quick one, Sandy is platform 2 at Richmond, and platform 8 at Flinders St (unless they've changed Flinders st around lately). ;)
Cheers.
Go Dees.
PS. Kolonel, are you the same Kolonel mentioned at geelongblog.com. I was just having a look around there and saw your name mentioned...
Posted by: Marns at June 8, 2005 11:50 PM