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March 28, 2007
Right Here , Right Now.
I can remember sitting there in the 92 GF , it was the start of the game and I was as tight as unoiled hinge. I’d missed on the tickets to the 89 and in 92 it was my time as much as it was our time… or so I thought. I still visualise the first couple of minutes with Gary senior , up the Punt Rd end , charging into the pocket giving out a bit of beef to Don Pike , just as Gary could. He him hit hard , Pike was on the grass quicker than a Combie full of hippies and I was ecstatic. “That’s its Gary , 17 to go”, I screamed . Reports? Who cares about reports, its all about “Right here Right Now” and “There is no Tomorrow”.
The reminiscence of a tortured supporter. Tortured?. Yes because no matter what anyone says we had a list good enough to be the side of nineties and we blew it. The year 1989 was supposed be the start of our new era , sure we could have done with a better key backman but really we had a side good enough. To have the players we had , to reach the last game so often and not get one was not just disappointing to me , in was like Summer Sun to fair skin , it was carcinogenic. The most overused , meaningless statement by people who just don’t get it is ‘Its only a game”. A game? It changes you when your deprived ultimate satisfaction, it effects the way you see life. I talk with a Dons supporter at work , he hates Sheedy , says he wasted the side they had and they should have won more. Man , talk about a different level of expectation. Is there a Geelong supporter alive that wouldn’t have be happy with what Essendon won since Sheedy’s has been there?
Anyway , here we are today. We have built a very nice group , yet again. Really if we can maximise our talent I think we should be able to match it with most teams on most days. No Gary Ablett Snr but some very good players , some very handy players but is that enough? Are we really strong enough? While we have built our list others have also been building theirs , positioning themselves for a run at a flag. West coast has already got one with their current group and their side is hardly old. StKilda have also a group that one suspects must be cheery to go all the way if the can only just stay fit. What about Fremantle? With the players they have had a chance to pick they should be the strongest side in the league. Are the Bullies there now? Nice blend of old and young and such talented young stars. All these teams probably fancy themselves as having the group to do it right here, right now , but somebody is going to be disappointed cause they cant all get the cup.
Time stands still for no one and very quickly a teams structure changes . Players get hurt , they lose their edge , they get old and before long they’re on the slide. Look down the road a bit , Hawthorn have maximised the use of the old Priority picks and the brainless trades of the Roos. Richmond are a very young Bulldogs type side probably needing a couple more bad years. Both Essendon and Carlton added a lot of quality last year and are probably thinking they are due cause they haven’t won a flag in the last couple of years.
So without any doubt the group down GFC are under pressure. No surprise. Time is ticking and its close to the deadline for some key people at Catland. Costa has announced its his last year either way , Bomber is teetering and we all know Cook could walk into his choice of jobs. The time has arrived. Its right here , right now for us. No more 5 year plans, no more end of year reviews, no more “more experience required” , no more “grooming the kids in the new game plan” , no coaching blunders and tactical errors, no more poor preparation , no more infighting. The question is.. are we at the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end for this Catland group. I hope this group can live upto to our best expectations because if not , there will be blood on the grass , in the board room , in the coaches box and everywhere else at years end .
Posted by Turbocat at March 28, 2007 08:44 PM
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