Bugger!
The West Coast Eagles were too lucky and too strong tonight and defeated my team, the Sydney Swans, by four points in the AFL Qualifying Final in Perth. It would be nice to blame the woeful umpiring decisions, but they had their chances.
The Swans really needed to win this one. It would have given the team a home Preliminary Final in two weeks time, a comparatively easy route to the Grand Final. As it is, they now have to win at home next week, then travel, probably to Adelaide, to get there. I think it's too hard.
The Swans have been part of my life since they moved to Sydney over 20 years ago. My father, who hailed from Western Australia, introduced me to the game, and we were regular attendees at the SCG from that time, up to his death a couple of years ago. I now take my kids to the games.
I've seen the club go from mediocre to dreadful, at one period they lost over 20 games in a row, change ownership several times, and improve to the point where they played, but lost, the 1996 Grand Final. In subsequent years they've qualified for the finals many times, but never made another Grand Final, let alone win one.
AFL footy is a frivolous, time consuming and frustrating part of my life, but I'm not about to give it up. I just hope I live long enough to see my team win a Premiership. Many have died waiting. The last was in 1933!
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I was going for the Swans as well. It's such a shame they lost (and by so little). I was talking to my dad before the game began and we were both convinced that if they won they could have gone on to win the flag quite easily.
Yep, it would have been a much easier road. They had their chances though, despite the umpiring.
Hall had a shocker. We can only hope the team can rebound from the loss, and that the other games this weekend fall our way.
You are being too generous, the umpires cost us the game, Geishen has as much as said so.
Don't know if you know about www.redandwhiteonline.com/forum
You can read the comments on the game.
Well, he said the umpire made a mistake, and a costly one at that.
But so did Roberts-Thompson when his kick was intercepted, Mic O' when he missed a set shot from 20 metres, and TK when his kick hit the post.
We can only hope they have a relatively straight forward game against the Cats.