before the game in the back of my mind the fear lurking which i have no doubt was shared by more than just myself is that our young team would become overwhelmed by the awe of finals and succumb to the pressure. that collingwood being a seasoned finals campaigner and holding court with a supporter base that would easily outnumber us at the G would rise to the occassion; considering their form was gaining momentum and that perhaps the sleeping dog was finally awakening. i actually posed this question to the great russell ebert himself (as i had the opportunity to chat with him during a school visit and was curious to see whether we would be on the same page and of course i did want to impress him with my footy know how...lol!!!). and i have to say i completely agreed with him. i considered richmond to be the easier opponent and as russell contemplated in his own words, " port might be able to exploit them more..."
my fanatsy of course after hearing big mouth complain about the inconvenience of travelling to the west when not one game had even been played. freo would knock off the cats and port would clip the pies wings and send them hurtling beak first into the ground...SPLAT!!! i watched the freo geelong game with son number two who is a dual supporter. he really took freo on board this year as a gesture no doubt fuelled by the fact he misses his dad who is also dockers supporter. i actually tipped them...call that one gut feeling but i was surprsied that even geelong although quite entitled would host their final at home considering the capacity of the stadium. then i dared to dream that eddie of course had cursed himself and his club because it was one down and one left to go...
the fact is i watched it along with my boys at a friends place screaming as if we were there and it is just as well that nell turned her hearing aid off. OMG what a game, the best game they have played all year because from start to finish despite a comeback the boys kept going hard, tough and strong. they rose to the occassion undaunted by the majority of the crowd against them; unfazed by the premier stage of the G.and they brought it home much to the surprise of many who really did not rate them much of a chance. so unified, such a team effort, superb game from youngster ollie wines, captains goals and the accolades could easily continue. the fact is we took collingwood on and we won, fair and square, convincingly and to watch such an outstanding effort keeps one brimming with optimistic assurance that this viewers is a team and a club that has finally risen from the ashes...
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