Well, the spirit of Easter was well and truly alive at Kardinia Park today as Melbourne were CRUCIFIED by the umpires for the first three-quarters. That combined with the inability of any of the 22 players out there to take a contested mark should have spelt doom but we were somehow only down by 8 points at 3/4 time.
Then, with no umpiring rorts required, the gameplan turned from small time self-mutilation to a complete and utter footballing suicide as Geelong piled on six goals to a point in the final term to win by 46. Particuarly awful was first gamer Nathan Carroll who was personally responsible for about four of Kent Kingsley's five goals. A more inauspicious debut hasn't been had since the young Wayne Lamb singlehandly cost us victory against the hapless Swans in Round 7, 1992. We ended up flogging him to Fitzroy, only time will tell if the same fate befalls young Carroll. Oh wait, it can't.
I'm usually a strident defender of Neil Daniher, but I tend to wonder what in gods name they were thinking not playing Chris Lamb today - he might not be the best defender in the world but it's surely better than the rubbish performances of the blokes they did pick down back.
A terrible game of football. I am quite worried about our season again. Next week it's Sydney at the SCG, we've got a decent record there but another shithouse performance down back runs the risk of that CRIMINAL Barry "F'ing" Hall running riot.
PS - Remember when I said there wouldn't be any blogging today? Well, thanks to the fact that I left at the fifteen minute mark of the last quarter time has been made. Thankyou for your enquiry.
UPDATE - According to the AFL website - "Demon debutant Nathan Carroll also took some good marks, looked composed, and lined up on Kingsley who was dragged at one stage." TSP sez - back to Sandringham young man.
UPDATE 2 - Maybe I am being a tad harsh, from Fox Sports "Kingsley ended the match as the dominant forward, although it was only in the last quarter that he was able to break free from Demons first-gamer Nathan Carroll.". Still, they're ignoring the three or four times Kingsley messed it up when he was left alone.
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