the lady army plus others last stand...hip hip hooray, wah wah wah!!!

well the last game finally arrived smack bang on lovies birthday. have to say i am a little disappointed. my fine penmanship  did not even receive a response from the CEO regarding my special birthday surprsie request. hey i thought i started off rather well...

dear keith

 i am writing in regard to the compensation i believe i deserve and am entitled to as a port adelaide member and supporter. this season has been bad for my health. i have lost count of the number of chocolate bars i have consumed to allevaite my disappointment and stress, it has probably skyrocketed into the hundreds of kilos!!! a season that promised so much but that delivered too little- so now that i have your attention i would like to put in a heartfelt request, hee, hee...

      and i thought that funny got you noticed, perhaps i should have written to ken instead considering he was most worried about the supporters. god knows how many of us are verging on the cusp of diabetes! pft i won't take it too personally, at least i tried. and what on earth was i requesting for lovie? a date with russell ebert? a velevet chaise lounge upholsterd in teal? borrowing the 2004 premiership cup so she could make some punch in it for her birthday lunch? nope viewers i was just hoping that perhaps she might have been granted access to the changerooms before the game to have a few snaps taken with her fave players. for goodness sakes she is 73 it's not like she is going to distract them with her beauty (although in her heyday she would have distracted every friggin male in sight...seriously she was a natural!). no perhaps her cooking but then again i wouldn't want her arrested by the diet police!

     so even though my plan did not come to fruition it did not damper our enthusiasm for the game. not quite at full strength we had exemptions for illness but to top it all off we also had our esteemed lord howe member join us (incidentally i also put in a joint request for her and lovie to go down into the changerooms) but she almost didn't make it. it looked as though we were going to have to put in a search and rescue request but fortunately the airlines came through and delivered her to the lady army... even if she was a little late. i have to admit viewers and i have now gotten over the shame of it but my two sons came along with their dad as guess what? yep...freo supporters. well one dedicated one and a fly by night one when it suits him, so i had to contend with them but as commandress of the lady army they were relegated out of sight. ( seriously my mum hates my exes guts and i couldn't simply ruin her birthday, hee,hee) i had also prepared son number two earlier for the fact that freo were going to get rolled. it seemed to have been a forgone conclusion considering the B side arrived in its place.

      so first quarter, ho hum bit slow to get started until their gears kicked in, most likely after a bollocking from ken and from then on it was port, port, port. schulzy was awesome kicking four but somehow it felt like perhaps it was his last game, which many of us will hope is not the case. yep great to be victorious but in the end it made no difference to finals aspirations. at least they did not throw in the towel and finished off the season strongly but questions remain...will schulzy stay or go? will butcher finally get the chopping block? no disrespect i know he tries hard and does some great stuff on the ground but i do know who i would rather have shooting for goal in the dying seconds of the game. however it already looks as though they have wielded the knife and change is taking place, ( some call it being ruthless) pity they did not use it earlier, on some of our key players to get them back into form. josh carr gone to coach north, tyson edwards gone, where to i couldn't tell you. rumours of chad cornes returning to coach the magpies and nathan bassett to get a seat in the coaches box. #theywillnotfryindubai ( thanks little sista for that one) and big charlie dixon coming, perhaps they can throw in harley bennell while they are at it. mm, time will tell but i suspect there is going to be a lot of clearing out and a few traded if any club is willing to rehome some of our talent who have not had much of an opportunity to break into the senior side.

     so i am afraid viewers it is time for me to put my port polar fleece blanket away. the finals are on our doorstep and i have a few prayers that i wouldn't mind being answered by the footy gods, hee,hee...i wonder what they could be? so if you have a second team or another one you wouldn't mind winning the GF well then goodluck to you. my heart says freo but my mind says no...hawthorn for a third is my prediction and then next year we will halt their tilt at a fourth...if only footy dreams could come true. 

love FFandF XXX
ps ken was right we got what we deserved, harsh but true
pps if only, if only...WAH WAH WAH!!!
pps watch out lady army we are headed for some changes too, stay tuned for 2016