Archive for September, 2011
Losers and winners
West Coast is the loser from the first week of the finals. Carlton is the winner. Their semi final will be played in Perth at Subiaco, giving the Eagles the natural advantage playing at home deserves. Carlton, it seems, is in for a long, tough night.
Such is football
A finals berth is a terrible thing to waste. There’s no excuse in tender age and inexperience or old age and injury. Not good enough is no excuse, it’s a reason. The losers weren’t big enough or strong enough, lacking class, poise and finesse. They didn’t have might, a bucket to a barrel, a mullet to a bull shark, a knife to a gun.
