time to do battle...lady army get ready to tough it out!!!

it was bad enough to know that ollie wines won't be playing for a few weeks. then the whispers began....polec, white and then another blow...the wizard robbie gray has been sidelined. man it could have been enough to tip me over the edge but to be truthful folks i had a niggling feeling magic roberto gray was not 100 percent. hey such is footy life. personally i would rather have injuries now and come full strength and in perfect momentum come finals time. and of course many won't give us much of a chance either after these setbacks. but i say soldier on, regather, refocus and garner your supporting forces. in fact the lady army has succumbed to a few blows itself. we have a few not quite 100%, ( i am suffering soreness fromm a yoga class but methinks that perhaps that one doesn't count) a withdrawal (who incidentally gave her membership to her hubby who is a hawks supporter...mm, this once could be going straight to the tribunal viewers!) and to top it all off feralina could be in doubt. i have sent a request to the footy gods in her honour, (besides her hubby has premium tickets and if it rains we intend to kick him out and their son so we can be near  the POWER coaching box, hee,hee).

     next thing...the weather. a big DRATS! to that. oh how we were blessed last season with clear skies even if some of those games were rather chilly. i can hack the cold viewers but like some of you i am not a fan of the rain. this game calls for comfort, not high heels and faux fur or makeup that kind of reminds me of calisthenics leg tan. ( or perhaps that is a tanning salon experience gone wrong, hee,hee....STOP IT! ok i will.) i shall be ensuring that i am not only dressed comfortably but that i will be warm as well. i will aslo be taking my homemade bacon bone and bean veggie soup, along with my viva paper towels to keep our seats dry. added to that will be my port power polar fleece blankie, so i reckon i just about have it covered. ps i also have power ponchos purchased from coles in case of any raining emergencies.

and talking about emergencies...we narrowly avoided a lady army one which could have really depleted our forces. two sisters, one of which resides on lord howe island were in danger of having their flights cancelled due to the bad weather in NSW. fortuntately for us ( even though i did request a battleship be diverted off course to collect them...they declined, hee,hee) they made it back to good old adelaide town last night. thankyou footy gods. i also do hope you will overlook my sleeping in on ANZAC day too, pretty please...thankyou.

     Ok so to round four and my tipster for the week. it is none other than niece number one who is an avid POWER fan, my oh my how did that happen? LOL. 

she has tipped these teams for round four...tigers by 20, carlton, essendon, port, freo, westcoast, roos, gws and adelaide. me,, myself and i made the mistake of tipping the tigers not realising they had three outs and then changed my other tip from the blues to saints, boo hoo...double drats! i went tigers by 24, saints, essendon ( who are currently losing, triple drats!) port ( i followed my heart but am still feeling optimistic) freo, adelaide, west coast, roos and gws. (this week am already two down maybe three). so if you off to the game like me folks, rug up, bring the noise as well as your homemade soup.

love FFFandF.XXX