'Carna Blues!!
How good is this? Bombing up and down the paddack today, mulching the barley we'd put in as a green manure crop to try and overcome some of the problems associated with long-fallow I had the radio tuned to the local ABC and "Grandstand".
I'm always a little surprised at how articulate and perceptive some of our athletes are. This week was no exception with Alison Annan, Chris Fydler and a Swans player who for the life of me I can't name. Adam something, not Goodes.
After that came the AFL broadcast from Melbourne. I'm sorry I couldn't see it, because apparently it had the first decent bit of biffo in it since they euthanased Robert 'Mad Dog' Muir.
As an aside, how old do I feel? Jason Wunderlich, one of the players involved (it's his first game, too) is the son of a former team-mate of mine. Anyhoo... during the call they gave updates of the game from Adelaide. Unfortunately, when the Melbourne game was over they crossed to the NRL. I say unfortunately not because I'm an ex-Victorian and don't like/understand league; far from it, I love all codes of football... with varying degrees of comprehension. I also think that Warren Ryan is one of the better pundits/commentators going around. This week was different, however, this week
Ian Prendergast under Pressure
this was happening and I wanted to know what was going on. Ah well, I'll just have to read things like this instead:
Fevola kicked four last quarter goals as the Blues won 14.7 (91) to 12.15 (87) before 41,617 people at AAMI Stadium.
Adelaide appeared the better side for most of the contest before a Fevola-inspired Carlton surged back with seven last term goals to steal the victory.
Fevola was the last gasp hero, booting a magnificent 45m goal from near the boundary line with three minutes remaining that gave his side the lead for the first time in the game.
Adelaide's Graham Johncock then had a chance to reclaim the lead for the hosts but kicked out of bounds on the full from a tight angle when 25m from goal.
Didn't need this reminder, but:
The lowly status of both clubs was evidenced in an error-riddled fixture which only gained a spark when the Blues came steaming home in the last quarter.
I don't care; we won! And I actually heard Drew Morphett use the phrase "Suffer in ya jocks!" on the same day! Momentous. Bad segue:
The Crows led by 25-points at three-quarter time and seemingly had the premiership points in safe keeping before Fevola bagged three goals in four minutes to reduce the margin to eight points.
The visitors, with Matthew Lappin also kicking two last term majors, kicked 7.2 in the last quarter to Adelaide's 2.3.
Fevola was brilliant for the Blues, as was acting skipper Scott Camporeale and Lappin.
Yay for us.
I'm always a little surprised at how articulate and perceptive some of our athletes are. This week was no exception with Alison Annan, Chris Fydler and a Swans player who for the life of me I can't name. Adam something, not Goodes.
After that came the AFL broadcast from Melbourne. I'm sorry I couldn't see it, because apparently it had the first decent bit of biffo in it since they euthanased Robert 'Mad Dog' Muir.
As an aside, how old do I feel? Jason Wunderlich, one of the players involved (it's his first game, too) is the son of a former team-mate of mine. Anyhoo... during the call they gave updates of the game from Adelaide. Unfortunately, when the Melbourne game was over they crossed to the NRL. I say unfortunately not because I'm an ex-Victorian and don't like/understand league; far from it, I love all codes of football... with varying degrees of comprehension. I also think that Warren Ryan is one of the better pundits/commentators going around. This week was different, however, this week
Ian Prendergast under Pressure
this was happening and I wanted to know what was going on. Ah well, I'll just have to read things like this instead:
Fevola kicked four last quarter goals as the Blues won 14.7 (91) to 12.15 (87) before 41,617 people at AAMI Stadium.
Adelaide appeared the better side for most of the contest before a Fevola-inspired Carlton surged back with seven last term goals to steal the victory.
Fevola was the last gasp hero, booting a magnificent 45m goal from near the boundary line with three minutes remaining that gave his side the lead for the first time in the game.
Adelaide's Graham Johncock then had a chance to reclaim the lead for the hosts but kicked out of bounds on the full from a tight angle when 25m from goal.
Didn't need this reminder, but:
The lowly status of both clubs was evidenced in an error-riddled fixture which only gained a spark when the Blues came steaming home in the last quarter.
I don't care; we won! And I actually heard Drew Morphett use the phrase "Suffer in ya jocks!" on the same day! Momentous. Bad segue:
The Crows led by 25-points at three-quarter time and seemingly had the premiership points in safe keeping before Fevola bagged three goals in four minutes to reduce the margin to eight points.
The visitors, with Matthew Lappin also kicking two last term majors, kicked 7.2 in the last quarter to Adelaide's 2.3.
Fevola was brilliant for the Blues, as was acting skipper Scott Camporeale and Lappin.
Yay for us.
posted by Dirk at 4:17 pm
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