I should have barracked for Geelong. No seriously. My grand father (Dad’s dad) was a mad Cats supporter, was a trainer for a few years etc.
by Darren Spence
I never asked my Dad (or can’t remember) why he barracked for Melbourne, but as the usual rite of passage, I followed my Dad and became a Dee for life……And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Saturday night was gut wrenching. I watched it with a fellow Dees mate who was up from Melbourne, so it was the 2 of us on one TV, amongst a myriad of blokes watching some stupid Rugby game on the big screen. How many of you thought we were going to lose it on that final play?……Be honest….I did…it is just so Melbourne like. When the goal went through we looked at each other in stunned silence for about 5 seconds…….and then started laughing. Laughing!!…Isn’t the first phase of grief denial?….If we didn’t laugh we would going to cry. At that moment it seemed a lifetime ago when we went 29 points up early in the last that we started rehearsing our victory march in front of all the Rugby fans. It was all for nothing. We lost another close one.
Oliver was outstanding on the night with 40 touches and Harmes looks like he has found a new niche as a tagger completely nullifying Selwood, Petracca was dangerous at times, TMac was our best forward and Brayshaw and Jones were more than serviceable but at the end of the day we just couldn’t get it done. To be honest I would have been much more happier if we were just completely outclassed – I can handle that – I have followed the Dees long enough to know that feeling, but again to be the better team most of the night and not come away with the points……well I guess I can only just laugh!
Well this Saturday takes on even more importance with that loss. The Crows away. We have been playing well on the road this year and the boys will be steaming. I bet they wish they could have played on Sunday. It will be another cracking game and I am looking for the boys to come out firing and make atone.
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