I was a bit disappointed when we were in front and looked like winning by a point – at around the 25 minute mark? Why? Because my son was overseas on a school trip and he would have loved to have been at the Grand Final. So I was hoping St Kilda would have a Barry Breen to kick a point and that that would be that. A draw. The rest as they say is history. But now I need more tickets. Ideally three – one for me and my two kids, but failing that two, and failing that, yes, one. All the usual blandishments apply.
By the way, I did get tickets to the ground today, for me and my daughter, but not through Troppo. And through a source that I expect won’t cough up again. Any ideas?
I hope you get tickets.
Reading the Age editorial this morning, I was wondering about your reaction to the words “Ultra football, … too clever to be brutish, too bruising to be stylish.”
Yes, I certainly have sympathy for you as an individual, but I’m still hoping the longer drought gets broken.
The truth is . . . that it was great great fun, and I really don’t care if the pies lose. It’s frustrating that the silly bastards don’t have to. But the game was ‘exciting as’ as they say. And I’d strongly prefer the pies to win!
Now for three tickets ?
Somebody complained about people paying, and not getting a result. I replied “they paid for, and got, a grand final, so the contract was correctly executed. Indeed, they got a classic grand final that will be long remembered (like the Roos/Pies one in the 70s) rather than a boring walkover with no tension, so they can’t complain at /all/”
Glad you enjoyed the day.
BTW: If they need extra time next week, what is your opinion of use of the interchange bench after full time, if you were thinking as a purist not a partisan? Personally, I regret the devaluation of stamina in the modern game.