It's fairly frustrating when your future success largely rests on the final game of the season, the players are aware of it, they're facing the top team and then they come out and....It was over within 10 minutes. Franklin kicked 4, they got a game winning lead and never, ever looked like relinquishing it. Sure there were flickers of life from our side, we showed some 'spirit' late, but where was that when it mattered? You can't discount the fact that the Hawks are very good, their kicking skills are quite impeccable but it doesn't make our start any less forgivable. We looked like we had no intensity and we were mistake prone.
Predictably C-wood won and we drop to 5th, miss out on the double chance and now are handed the worst draw by the AFL (who clearly don't care about any pretence of fairness). We play Sunday afternoon against the Roos. After we beat them and their sulky-faced coach and he whinges off back across the Nullarbor we will face (probably Collingwood) on the Friday night. Meaning the Hawks/Pies will have almost 2 extra days off then us and we have to travel. Ridiculous. Surely it makes sense to let us play on the Saturday? I know 'AFL' and 'sense' are mutually exclusive but still.
Regardless, the Roos are the best matchup we could hope for. They've struggled in their last 2 and I honestly think we will easily deal with them at home. And furthermore, the draw does rather open up for us if, as expected, the Pies lose to the Hawks. I think we can at least challenge the Pies over there, and then we may face the Crows....Okay probably getting a bit ahead of ourselves.
The point is all is not lost, but still the premiership looks a long, long, long, way away.
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