Duelling Trumpets and Other Tunes
Well, I think it’s fair to say no-one expected that. That was what they called in the old days, a towel-up. Anyway, now that the Cats can sit back, enjoy the week’s rest and prepare for another Prelim final, here are a few other things I’ve been pondering whilst waiting for Matthew Egan’s stem cells to thaw…
Retired players
This season has been the last for a number of the game’s truly great players; Riccuitto, Darcy, Hird, Archer, Gehrig, Byron Picket, Kouta, Chris Johnson and possibly Nathan Buckley to name a few. (Also, I’m pretty sure that Warren Tredea retired 2 seasons ago but no-one has had the heart to tell him yet.) It is now a true transitional period for the league, with a new crop of young stars poised to emerge and take the place of the retiring greats. By the way, with Daryl Wakelin also retiring, shouldn’t the league step in and force his twin brother, Shane, to retire as well? It just seems to make sense to me.
Lance Franklin
Speaking of emerging young stars… To quote Will Ferrell from Zoolander, “he’s so hot right now.” Seriously, is there any other player in the league you’d rather have for the next 10 years? And Hawthorn picked Jared Roughhead ahead of him? That’s like turning down Christy Turlington to go out with Courtney Love. It’s not often you find a player that tall, that quick and that mercurial. Not to mention clutch; that kick in the dying seconds to beat Adelaide was far from easy. He’s a genuine match winner and could down as one of the all time greats. Right now, Richmond fans, who had two chances to draft him, should be repeatedly slamming their genitals in the nearest drawer while staring at an autographed Richard Tambling Coburg Guernsey.
Shannon Byrnes
At this stage, I’m pretty sure ‘Monty’ is holding Bomber’s kids’ hostage somewhere. I keep waiting for ‘Lips’ to hold a Mel Gibson, Ransom style press conference where he offers a pile of cash for Monty’s head and screams, “Give me back Travis Varcoe!” Granted, Byrnes was not terrible on the weekend, but name me a Geelong player who didn’t look like a million bucks? Oh, he did find time to run into an easy open goal and miss badly though: At least he’s consistent.
The Other Finals Matches
I guess the game we’re all going to be watching, and hoping for several blown ACL’s, is West Coast v Collingwood. The Pies looked pretty darn good against a declining Swans team on Saturday night, but I get the feeling that it won’t be that easy against the Eagles, even with that ridiculous injury list and Chris Judd moving about as well as Keyser Soze. I don’t really care who wins either as both teams present some pluses and minuses. I am a bit worried about potentially matching up with Collingwood’s tall forwards, but we’ll lick that stamp when we come to it.
The other game, Hawthorn v Kangaroos, is really like one of those Olympic bronze medal matches; playing to see who the first loser is. Having said that, I’d like to see the Hawks go over to Adelaide and have another crack at the Power because, going on form, I don’t think the Roos will worry them too much. West Coast by under two goals and Hawthorn by 40.
Miscellaneous
Everyone looked in good nick, but especially the midfield; we all know how good Junior and Tickets Bartel and these guys are, but with Joel Corey having a rare quiet day, it was good to see ‘Bobo’ Kelly step up his game… I was worried about our lack of height in defence but it’s not really an issue when the ball isn’t going down there… Even though he kicked 5 goals, Cam Mooney had a pretty quiet day. Likewise, Steve Johnson was not as good as he has been in recent weeks, so there is room for improvement… I am thoroughly enjoying the renaissance of Andrew Mackie, the Jared/Max experience, Geelong’s ‘duelling trumpet’ theme song and Nathan Ablett’s improved game since he lost that ridiculous, sensitive-Euroman-soccer-style hair tie... It was great to see the Cats really stamp themselves as the team to beat in these finals. And it was even better to witness it in person: It's the first finals match I've been to. Great stuff Cats, only 2 more to go...
Well, I think it’s fair to say no-one expected that. That was what they called in the old days, a towel-up. Anyway, now that the Cats can sit back, enjoy the week’s rest and prepare for another Prelim final, here are a few other things I’ve been pondering whilst waiting for Matthew Egan’s stem cells to thaw…
Retired players
This season has been the last for a number of the game’s truly great players; Riccuitto, Darcy, Hird, Archer, Gehrig, Byron Picket, Kouta, Chris Johnson and possibly Nathan Buckley to name a few. (Also, I’m pretty sure that Warren Tredea retired 2 seasons ago but no-one has had the heart to tell him yet.) It is now a true transitional period for the league, with a new crop of young stars poised to emerge and take the place of the retiring greats. By the way, with Daryl Wakelin also retiring, shouldn’t the league step in and force his twin brother, Shane, to retire as well? It just seems to make sense to me.
Lance Franklin
Speaking of emerging young stars… To quote Will Ferrell from Zoolander, “he’s so hot right now.” Seriously, is there any other player in the league you’d rather have for the next 10 years? And Hawthorn picked Jared Roughhead ahead of him? That’s like turning down Christy Turlington to go out with Courtney Love. It’s not often you find a player that tall, that quick and that mercurial. Not to mention clutch; that kick in the dying seconds to beat Adelaide was far from easy. He’s a genuine match winner and could down as one of the all time greats. Right now, Richmond fans, who had two chances to draft him, should be repeatedly slamming their genitals in the nearest drawer while staring at an autographed Richard Tambling Coburg Guernsey.
Shannon Byrnes
At this stage, I’m pretty sure ‘Monty’ is holding Bomber’s kids’ hostage somewhere. I keep waiting for ‘Lips’ to hold a Mel Gibson, Ransom style press conference where he offers a pile of cash for Monty’s head and screams, “Give me back Travis Varcoe!” Granted, Byrnes was not terrible on the weekend, but name me a Geelong player who didn’t look like a million bucks? Oh, he did find time to run into an easy open goal and miss badly though: At least he’s consistent.
The Other Finals Matches
I guess the game we’re all going to be watching, and hoping for several blown ACL’s, is West Coast v Collingwood. The Pies looked pretty darn good against a declining Swans team on Saturday night, but I get the feeling that it won’t be that easy against the Eagles, even with that ridiculous injury list and Chris Judd moving about as well as Keyser Soze. I don’t really care who wins either as both teams present some pluses and minuses. I am a bit worried about potentially matching up with Collingwood’s tall forwards, but we’ll lick that stamp when we come to it.
The other game, Hawthorn v Kangaroos, is really like one of those Olympic bronze medal matches; playing to see who the first loser is. Having said that, I’d like to see the Hawks go over to Adelaide and have another crack at the Power because, going on form, I don’t think the Roos will worry them too much. West Coast by under two goals and Hawthorn by 40.
Miscellaneous
Everyone looked in good nick, but especially the midfield; we all know how good Junior and Tickets Bartel and these guys are, but with Joel Corey having a rare quiet day, it was good to see ‘Bobo’ Kelly step up his game… I was worried about our lack of height in defence but it’s not really an issue when the ball isn’t going down there… Even though he kicked 5 goals, Cam Mooney had a pretty quiet day. Likewise, Steve Johnson was not as good as he has been in recent weeks, so there is room for improvement… I am thoroughly enjoying the renaissance of Andrew Mackie, the Jared/Max experience, Geelong’s ‘duelling trumpet’ theme song and Nathan Ablett’s improved game since he lost that ridiculous, sensitive-Euroman-soccer-style hair tie... It was great to see the Cats really stamp themselves as the team to beat in these finals. And it was even better to witness it in person: It's the first finals match I've been to. Great stuff Cats, only 2 more to go...
posted by the captain at 6:15 pm
2 Comments:
"...and Chris Judd moving about as well as Keyser Soze."
Pure gold!
Lets hope the Weagles do the pies as it will make getting tickets for the prelim a lot easier for all of us GFC faithful.
J Diddy
I think I can shed some light on the Travis Varcoe selection issue. I read this:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22268613-11869,00.html
and nearly fell off my fucking chair
Micro-Arborist
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