Undertakers to the Stars,
The Swans will be lucky to have any hard core fans left at the end of the season, given that most of them would have been carted off to the graveyard on account of being bored to death.
Those that came from South Melbourne 25 years ago would find their DNA fossilized.
A cursory glance at the scoreboard reveals that Sydney was short of a goal or two in the championship quarter.
What’s new -- yet another rusty start to the season?
Lets hope and pray to the good lord joisus that they don’t again become the masters of losing games by the merest of margins, the fact of which did them in last season.
Kennelly was best on ground for mine; when all hope is lost, why not run out of full back, take a few bounces, and put on a long ranging kick that lands the ball more or less on the half forward flank?
Then anything could happen.
Surely right in thinking that there were 40+ minutes between Swans goals at one stage – the television commentators were saying so, so it must be true.
You’d have to be all for the return of the place kick to the game when kicking for goal.
Any mark taken outside the 50, and you should have the right to call for the sideline boy with the bucket of sand and tee up for goal off the long run.
Be just as exciting as anything served up on Saturday night.
Mind you its was good to see Son of Gary have a fine game, and at the death was really prepared to believe that Nick Davis Come To Save Us, when he was looking for leads somewhere near the goal square and then just dropped it onto the boot and saw it sail through the big ones.
When he missed the next set shot to win the game, SC Roos threw down the headphones, knowing that it was all over.
Nothing changes at the dénouement, even if you have coached your first ever senior game entirely from the sideline.
Players must have been surprised at the supercoach personally directing the interchange bench.
The girls were unhappy that Along Came A Schneider kicked the winning goal for St Kilda, as if to say, in no uncertain terms, UP YOU, for being released by the Swans.
Could be a long season.
ST KILDA: 4.3, 4.6, 6.10,
6.15 (51). Goals: Riewoldt 2, Koschitzke 2, Milne, Schneider.
SYDNEY: 1.1, 4.6, 4.10,
6.13 (49). Goals: Grundy, Hall, J Bolton, Buchanan, Goodes, Davis.
At Dockland Stadium, Melbourne
Crowd: 36,614.
Never mind Benji, Benji who?
An unheralded and unfancied pack of forwards could take the Tigers places this season.
Consider the names.
Farah, Galea, Fulton, Heighington.
Been watching all these blokes for the last couple of years and they are just coming into the peak of their career’s, for mine.
Then there’s the freak try scorer Lawrence, at 19, and another 18 year old kiddie that SC Sheens has faith in.
Did like Bronson Harrison copping the rugby league rarity of ten minutes in the sin bin for being the “3rd man into a melee”!!
And it’s somehow reassuring to see The Great Hoddo in Disneyland after being smacked in the head yet again.
He’s seen more fairies than anyone else known to man.
This bloke has been hit in the head so many times that he will probably spend his retirement in a state of catatonic apoplexy.
Someone told him once that it is all in a good cause.
But again, the supercoach has the eye on the prize.
On interview after the game, SC Sheens was asked to comment on the well-known longstanding narkiness and animosity of two players, one on either side, towards each other.
To which he replied “the O’Donnell/Fulton thing? Well, it was
always going to blow up.”
Good to see a little bit of hate creeping back into the game.
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS 10 Tries: Graham, Harris. Goals: Thurston.
WESTS TIGERS 30 Tries: Farah, Harrison, Lawrence, Moltzen, Fulton. Goals: Hodgson 3, Lawrence 2.
At Townsville Stadium.
Crowd: 20,566
