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April 24, 2007
Groundhog Day , Geelong Style
Reading a quote from Thompson after the game I’ve got to wonder if he really understands the Geelong conundrum?
“The Hawks were always going to be a difficult side to play against” he said
“As long as we have enough wins at the end of the season, that’s all we want to focus on. Win or lose, as long as we keep improving and working on our game style… that’s what we want to achieve.”
“We will come out next week and the week after and people will forget about this game”
Forget about this game?
I really doubt any Geelong supporter worth his salt will be forgetting this game in hurry.
Why is it do you think that despite two glowing victories against mediocre opposition that we failed against Hawthorn .Why was it not a surprise that we lost? All week I had a little flashing light going off telling me it was about to happen again and like Pavlov’s dog , history had trained me to expect the result that was delivered by our side in Tas.
Yes I was disappointed but surprised no. I had seen it too many times before.
To me , it was Groundhog Day , Geelong style. It was just like last year, all over again. In fact just like so many years all over again. To many times we all have watched that team give it to us right were it hurts. When they were a good team they beat us, when they were a crap team they beat us , when we were ten goals up they would beat us., when it most mattered they would beat us. When ever ,where ever they would just beat us.
Now maybe we are just all just nut jobs in Geelong. We are told we go wacky when we win and we want to blow things up when we lose. Don’t get too upset they say, don’t be over reactive. It’s a minor game , insignificant in the big scheme of things but just why does it keep happening to us. There must be an answer and after careful consideration I’ve come to the conclusion that the answer must be us.
Its our fault. Read the papers. Its all our fault , hear the radio. We pander them , we piss in their pockets, we tell every single footballer that he is a cross between the Messiah , a high powered business man and a rock star with a hit song. We put up them up on pedestals and over look their short comings. No wonder they keep stuffing up , it has to be our fault.
At the same time , Its all our fault. We just accept mediocrity , we are just all satisfied with a quarter of exciting football here or half a game of good footy there. We clap losing sides and don’t barrack hard enough to rev the players up. All we want is instant gratification , winning flags? Who give a rats! All we want from footy is to get our hopes up so we can then get our guts kicked in over and over. Geelong supporters are really just masochists, we just love to hit ourselves in the head with a hammer because it feels so good when we stop. So don’t blame the club and the players, they only play the game.
I mean it must be right. We have different coaches , different players, different everything except the same supporters. Its our fault .Sure we cant get out there and kick it straight, and take a mark but sure as hell , we keep coming back and taking these Groundhog days so , it must be our fault..
Hey , what the hell. Maybe Bomber can forget it , but I doubt I or other Geelong supporters will.Not really. Not because of this one minor game but because of the layer upon layer of this Geelong Strudel of disappointing results that have been served up over the years. Results just like this against Hawthorn and others, results that remind me I’ m a Geelong supporter what ever you do don’t start trusting your side. Results that remind me to never get comfortable when we are winning , never get confident when we a playing a team we should beat and never ever let the Bar Fridge get empty.
Posted by Turbocat at April 24, 2007 01:06 AM
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