Difficult, not impossible
A plane has travelled west, carrying North Melbourne’s football team. They’re said to be on a mission to beat West Coast in a preliminary final.
West Coast is fresh after a week off. North Melbourne finished eighth. That’s some mission.
An empty forward line, space in cupboards
The Arden Street Bar was full. A pseudo celebration and hope of victory. Eight men, none with any empathy or desire for Sydney. Support rested with North, the underdogs from eighth.
I’d already played the game dozens of times in my head. North won each time. I kept thinking about emptiness, that forward line bereft of Buddy Franklin and Sam Reid and the midfield missing Luke Parker and Kieran Jack.
