by Sam Marcolin
As a person who has enjoyed the spectacle that is Aussie Rules for only two seasons, I have only seen one Geelong premiership from one grand final.
I didn’t see the 119-point thrashing of Port, the shattering loss to the Hawks, and even though I was watching, I didn’t see Max Rooke’s second goal. I saw Paul Chapman snap the sealer, I saw Matty Scarlett’s toe-poke. I claim that Hawthorn cheated in ’08, but really, I don’t know.
What I do know is that the Cats will win the flag this year. Yes, there are Collingwood and the Bulldogs and the Saints and the Hawks. But we all know that the Cats are the best team in the league.
They possess greats, such as Ablett, Chapman, Corey, Enright, Stevie J, Scarlett, Bartel and Selwood. They’ve proven themselves as one of the greatest teams of all time. And there is another stat. An important one. One that could, ultimately, decide the premiership. Collingwood, good as they may be, have always choked in the finals.
The ‘collywobbles’ are supposedly buried, but they’ve come back. They dug themselves out, and they’re back. And also, every premier has lost to the other grand-finalist some time during the season. There are many other reasons, too many to list here. But, in summary, the Cats, the greatest team of all, will win the 2010 premiership, because They are Geelong, and Collingwood are Collywobbly.
About Sam Marcolin
Sam Marcolin realises that some idiots don't know when to stop and that google doesn't have privacy settings. People who are googling me should stop it.
New season, new team, new players with new strengths therefore i refuse to furthermore burden myself with the thought of the ‘Colliwobbles’ during finals!
the END!
Ah, the refreshing optimism that Spring brings to our youth…
Or in the case of Collingwood supporters, the month before Spring.
If we’re talking history lessons, I think a closer parallel would be Brisbane 2004 and the Cats now.
The cats have only won 1 game against the top 6 in 2010. They don’t have much depth and their best players are battered and bruised.
I’ll quickly digress, having promised no to, and remind Cats supports of their 5 losing GFs – i.e. every single appearance in them – between 63 and 07.
That’s a 44 hiatus, the Pies only had to wait 32 years and the Hafey teams were punching above their weight, as were 02/03 teams.
The list today is entirely new. The 1990 team had ten times more ‘outside’ pressure than this young team faces.
Why North Melbourne will win the Grand Final, 2010:
-They’re just too damn good.
Good article Sam.
If only Premierships were won in August! Then there’d be no such thing as the Colliwobbles and the Cup would be engraved in advance.