welcome to the PORTRESS...meow, yeow take that pussycats!!!!

 

YEOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

can't take credit for that one viewers...the PORTRESS, apparently that was created by none other than commentator, brownlow winning medalist (and might i add a bit of a man mountain), gerard healy. i did happen to get a glimpse of him a few weeks ago at adelaide oval and so yes indeed a tall man from my vantage point.

      well what can one say? how many times can i relive and bask in that euphoric glow of such a  convincing and damn fine win. yes pussy cats we have finally filed back your claws and have taken yet another step toward ongoing football respectability and serious contention. i have to say that what i noticed most from the beginning of the top table clash was this... how our team embraced one another like brothers, arms linked, they stood united before a cats oppositon who perhaps thought they would psyche them out. well it didn't work and for those who are now surfing the waves of PORT'S determination and success i can tell you one thing. those young men are a TEAM and they are a team of CHARACTER. and i will say it again. ken hinkley nailed it precisely when he said he was about relationships. my first impression of him after the round one win at the MCG in melbourne last year instilled faith and conviction that things were going to take a turn for the better. i just knew he was going to be the right coach because viewers, positive, honest, authentic relationships form the core foundation for success and self belief...that is how you get the best out of your students. and when you do it creates happiness and that happiness is the fuel that you want to have in your tank.

     being at the game with lady army plus others in tow we collectively formed a group of nine arriving before three; any later and we would have been struggling to sit together.lovie ( my mum) sits at one end and i at the other coz she finds my voice too deafening. amongst our group were two newcomers who didn't regret being there for a second. i have no doubt they will be joining us again. in fact we already are discussing the merits of a lady army interstate trip complete with shopping, footy, food and flirting ( well for some of us...hee,hee)

     personally i tipped PORT. before the game i had a few texts from a fellow friend and CATS supporter who just happens to live in port lincoln and who just happens to share my enthusiasm and passion for the game. he asked if i was going? for goodness sakes??? by now he should know better. his tip CATS by eight. my cheeky response...an image of a cat being electrocuted by lightning, hee,hee. i found that via someone else who posted it on FB and found it rather amusing. but of course if it hadn't worked out that way i guess he would have taken the piss at my expense.still i didn't hear a peep from him but from his gorgeous wife instead who happens to be one of my lincoln besties.

     it was a tough first quarter, tight, attacking footy with geelong looking as though they might get off to a fast start. wasted opportunities saw PORT stick to those pussies and grab a two point lead before a quick snap on the siren...damn that! however, most of us were getting into the game and were responsible for that deafening noise, 47,000 plus, awesome effort fellow footy enthusiasts. before the second half of quarter number two the tide began to turn and PORT kicked into gear and from that point on took control of the game. son number two was convinced the game was in the bag at half time but me it aint over till the final siren sounds...and hey it couldn't be heard. how is that for crowd passion? a great game to watch albeit with some errors and a few clangers. i won't mention names but one player can frustrate me when he tries to take the game on but he is young, quick and well we will leave mr clanger at that. in the scheme of things the team just keep going on. if someone is having a quiet game then the others seem to pick it up. if some of you think PORT are good now all i can say is that we haven't yet seen them at their best. now that is what the opposing teams may come to fear because the game that everyone truly comes into sync is gonna be smashsville...seriously the best is yet to come, imagine it...wolfman i mean westhoff, schulzy, wingard, white, ollie, monfries, ebert, boaky, every single one of them on fire at the same time, it will be an incineration!!! hee,hee.
     so final siren we are ecstatic and venture up to the magarey room to listen to ken, kane and broadbent. little sister, longtime friend and i meander home as the others have been collected via dial a dazzle taxi service. we catch the free train with a big smile on our faces and discuss politics on the way home. who said POWER supporters were feral??? i hardly think so.
PS yes i know there were other games on, the PIES were impressive again, some other pretty lack lustre games. glad to see LIONS get a win on the board. and of course did the CROWS win??? lol...i did tip them. 
PPS why does footy classified have to be on so late???