A flag in the bag and another one on the way. What better way to stuff up the back to back march than putting on a few bets and hitting the Footy Show to show how the passion to coach is still flowing like the ink on a once drying contract. Is it a rot from the head or just a brief trip on the road along the October red carpet?
Thats what we are here to see. Carlton v Collingwood, the old rivals etc etc. Oddly Nick Maxwell leaves the toss to Harry O’Brien presumably as a hat tip to Multicultural round. Carlton sent Juddy for that. Harry lead em out too.
Carlton work hard to break the Pie Press and do so on a couple of occasions moving the ball at speed through the breach to an inevitable goal.
Yet the Blues struggle to string together sucessive goals. In the 3rd two terrific goals from either side of the half forward flank from the boundary from Sidebottom and Pendlebury hint at what is to come and although they dont relinquish the struggle, they lack the firepower to notch and repel enough goals to challenge. Leon goes forward and backs a nice kick off the ground but a ball that split him from his defender and turned right into the goals path.
Daisy took goal of the round and continues to build his credentials for Captaincy.
Bought a paper on the way into the ground – some 10 Collingwood stories inside in a nice act of timing from the Pies to assist News to get the phone hacking scandal off the front page. Some nice pics of Tom Hafey at 80 too working the beach at 5.30 in the ongoing struggle for octogenarion fitness. Still he looks fit enough to be Superman’s dad.
Hit me on the chest with your centimetre perfect pass