Well, it was a satisfying day today. Melbourne beat Port Adelaide - despite giving us all a fright by turning a 47 point lead ten minutes into the last quarter into 21 before sealing it. There's was some more fairly inspid play (although some of the Port players might be enjoying a week in the SANFL next week - especially that cheating bastard Pickett) but players like Leoncelli and Green who were under pressure to retain their spot played really well.
There was this whinging Port fan sitting behind me rabbiting on about how it didn't matter what the result was because Melbourne were going to go bust and/or merge with the Bulldogs (or move somewhere else, the old tart couldn't quite decide which). When I started talking about people who follow teams that have been in the league for five minutes being arrogant pricks she started shrieking "But the AFL has only been around for five minutes!" I chose to point out that without the Melbourne teams she'd be watching Port Magpies vs Norwood in the SANFL but she didn't want to respond. Just sat there bagging her own team out for four quarters.
Sadly she ran away before the final siren and avoided the massive verbal spray I had planned. But didn't she almost blow a valve when the attendance of just over 12,000 come up? So, we've got no fans. Who cares? We're financially secure and that's all that matters. People who follow teams with shite colors and the worst theme song in the league can FOAD as far as I'm concerned. I've never had anything (colors and song aside) against the Power before, but I have now.
We've got Richmond next Saturday (a night game, thank god, which means I can go). I'm not too confident, the Tigers have been surprisingly good and Richardson always plays his one good game against us every year.
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