From round 1 till now, even when we slipped to 0-6 and the logical side of my brain was saying we'd be lucky to drag ourselves from the bottom 4, there's been a nagging feeling in my guts about this season. Can't really explain it - when the cards fell initially everyone was down and out, seemed like no one got a full PS in and we were not going to be able to get any sort of momentum together. That was the general consensus and why not, because that's how it goes when you're in that predicament generally. But I just haven't been able to shake the feeling that there's something about this year for the Crows.
I'm not really the sort who tries to overstate our chances, to try and delude myself into thinking we can do it when we can't. I tipped St Kilda by 50 odd points last year at the dome, expected a Port Adelaide win in last year's first Showdown, and thought we were gone at half time against the Eagles in the 06 prelim despite our 22 point lead. Hell, I turned to my mum during last year's Collingwood semi when Reilly helicoptered that shot at goal in a failed attempt to put us six kicks up and said that the pies were a good chance to overrun us from there. Not saying I'm the "great tipping master" or a psychic, but I don't have issues admitting when we're just not going to be able to get it done.
However, and I'm not happy about it because it's refusing to let me keep my hopes where they should be when your side couldn't get on the board until round 7, there's something uncanny about Adelaide this year. I don't know...there's just a look about them. Different to last year, and the few years before that. A mate mentioned to me a couple of weeks back (following our clash with Essendon) that he had sunk a couple of hunj on us for the flag, which was the shock of the decade. He can't stand Adelaide, won't barrack for us under any circumstance. He made a similar comment though, that there was a look about us and it was giving him an uneasy feeling. One of those things.
Waiting cautiously for tonight, how we'll go without Goody and McLeod (though we're missing a handful of players who should play important roles in our 22 next season when the vets hang up the boots - Knights, Davis, Otten, Pets) is something we've been waiting to see for some time. But I had to post about this - I don't know if it's because this AFL season as a whole has been one of the more anomalous ones on record, but yeah...just the strangest vibes about us this year, like we're going to come from the clouds. Anyone else been feeling similar?
I'm not really the sort who tries to overstate our chances, to try and delude myself into thinking we can do it when we can't. I tipped St Kilda by 50 odd points last year at the dome, expected a Port Adelaide win in last year's first Showdown, and thought we were gone at half time against the Eagles in the 06 prelim despite our 22 point lead. Hell, I turned to my mum during last year's Collingwood semi when Reilly helicoptered that shot at goal in a failed attempt to put us six kicks up and said that the pies were a good chance to overrun us from there. Not saying I'm the "great tipping master" or a psychic, but I don't have issues admitting when we're just not going to be able to get it done.
However, and I'm not happy about it because it's refusing to let me keep my hopes where they should be when your side couldn't get on the board until round 7, there's something uncanny about Adelaide this year. I don't know...there's just a look about them. Different to last year, and the few years before that. A mate mentioned to me a couple of weeks back (following our clash with Essendon) that he had sunk a couple of hunj on us for the flag, which was the shock of the decade. He can't stand Adelaide, won't barrack for us under any circumstance. He made a similar comment though, that there was a look about us and it was giving him an uneasy feeling. One of those things.
Waiting cautiously for tonight, how we'll go without Goody and McLeod (though we're missing a handful of players who should play important roles in our 22 next season when the vets hang up the boots - Knights, Davis, Otten, Pets) is something we've been waiting to see for some time. But I had to post about this - I don't know if it's because this AFL season as a whole has been one of the more anomalous ones on record, but yeah...just the strangest vibes about us this year, like we're going to come from the clouds. Anyone else been feeling similar?
