Loyalists,
Eschewed the footy on Sundee arvo for a bit of your modern art.
Spent the day doing the MCA after its squillion dollar rebuild.
It's not really finished, but some nice work there, and the view from the roof top sculpture garden is possibly the best of all in Sydney Cove; Bridge and Hoos in interesting prospect to the left and front and central.
A billion bucks for that look.
Couldn't help thinking the people who used to work in the Martime Services Dept HQ, as it was back in the day, knew what they were looking at.
As is always the case with any art museum; some startling, surprising and spectacular efforts, surrounded by a lot of mediocre and a fair bit of utter rubbish.
Pretty much like a game of football, really.
And it seems to me that most artists, much like many footballers, have too much time on their hands during the week and then find themseleves short of their best.
The Youngest daughter deputised for me and was my spy at the ground after buying first class tickets twelve or so rows back from the fence adacent to the wing with a fine view of the centre bounce for $30 on the student concession.
She suggested "All Played Well" would have been a good entry in the "Best" line in the score box in the Monday morning fishwraps.
Pressed, she found it hard to single out BOG, but said the Child Parker would have gone close to the three Brownlow points, liked the efforts of The White Boy and Spida Jnr just for instance, and said Malceski kept putting his bearded chin out and Oddhead McVeigh was valuable in the scrimmage for the ball on the ground.
JP Kennedy, once again, got a mention.
Best of all, The Jetta Kiddie kicked three miraculous goals that all turned on a sixpence, by all acounts.
Mr Ed was well pleased, they say.
And, there were no passengers
And, no-one missed The Train.
If they did North in by seven goals, they would have really murdered them if Goodesy was playing.
There was some puzzlement about the 3.15pm start time.
What's the use of playing the first half in fading daylight and the second half at effectively at night under lights?
Can't see the point.
Maybe, as has been suggested, it gave the basket weavers from the Eastern Suburbs the time to have a good Sunday lunch with some bottles of Chardonnay before going to the ground.
It works well for the telly, but can't see any other reason for it.
The Swans know where their Members live, and they wouldn't go as far as Blacktown on their holidays.
The Stats Guru has come up with this one.
It's the first time in 14 years years since the Swans went four and zero at the start of a season, and in 1998 they finished 3rd at the end of the regular season.
Not a bad portent.
And lets face it, they are only one win away from a very early, early season purple patch.
And that in a rather tricky away game against Hawthorn in Launceston.
Tune up the banjo.
SYDNEY: 5.5, 9.7, 14.9, 17.11 (113). Goals: Everitt 3, McGlynn 3, Jetta 3, Bolton 2, Malceski, Kennedy, O'Keefe, White, Armstrong, Rohan.
NORTH MELBOURNE: 1.3, 6.7, 7.11, 10.17 (77). Goals: Macmillan 2, Thomas 2, Campbell 2, Wells, Cunnington, Harvey, Petrie.
At Sydney Cricket Ground.
Crowd: 21,049.
[Aside: Didn't see a frame of it, but the Pygmies reportedly improved somewhat on previous showings.
In the meantime, got to thinking, that as a point of difference and to appeal to a large sector of the district's population, the Pygs Marketing Dept should declare the club 100% halal.
Baby lambs to the ritual slaughter, week in, week out.
Tasty, tasy murder].
WESTS TIGERS: Respresentative weekend. No club games.
