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Preliminary Finals Preview

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  Last Week           1/2           Season Total      139/205 The semi finals went very predictably (he says, even though he only got one of them right).   Both teams who put in poor first week performances bounced back in two almost identical games where very fast starts were had.   In Brisbane ’s case, Adelaide mounted a little bit of a comeback, but it sputtered out quickly and Geelong were good enough to hit the front before Luke ‘The Unicorn’ Jackson snuffed out all hope.   I asked A.I. to give me an artists impression of that last statement and it produced this, which was pretty good I thought, on short notice. I make it sound like it was easy but getting A.I. to produce that was painfully troubling.   The horn seemed to be the sticking point (pardon the pun) with it almost never being on the forehead.   It put the horn o...

Semi-Finals Preview

  Last Week           2/4           Season Total      138/204 The first week of finals really threw the series on its head.   The unstoppable juggernaut of Fremantle this year were stopped…well and truly.   Here in the west this opened some old wounds for Freo supporters as they had seemingly been waiting for this to happen.   There has been this groundswell of excitement building all year, but it has been tempered by the “We know the inevitable” feeling that supporters have feasted on for 30 years.   They need to dare to dream.   Yes, it comes with disappointment but let the emotions flow.   Then Sydney made Brisbane look second-rate.   I thought management came out and said they torpedoed their season.   Well, it seems the best defense against a torpedo is Big Cox.   Perhaps the navy should look into that. ...

Elimination & Qualifying Finals Preview

Last Week           1/2           Season Total      136/200 Spare a thought for Collingwood supporters.   I mean don’t linger on them or feel sorry for them, they are Collinwood supporters after all.   But if you thought of your clubs equivalent to their weekend, you’d be shattered, wouldn’t you?   They lost their match after a miss after the siren which ended their season, the outright second longest serving player, Steele Sidebottom retired.   Then, they would have woken to the news that the greatest champion in club history is moving to the Gold Coast, without so much as a goodbye and then later that night, their bitter enemy, Carlton won their match sending them past them into the finals proper, having won less regular season games than them and being coached by a former Collingwood champion!   Personally, I can’t think of a worse we...