“Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” I have to say I had to pinch myself on Sunday afternoon after watching the Dees demolish last year’s grand finalists by a whopping 91 points up in Alice Springs.
Darren Spence – our correspondent in Jakarta
The last 5 weeks have been unprecedented in the history of this proud footy club that we all love – is this the same side that were so woeful 6 weeks ago?
It’s not the same side obviously, we have had some key ins over that period, but the confidence they are playing with, the sublime ball movement, the relentless pressure has been fantastic. It is something that reminds me of the Elimination and Semi Final games in 1987. Back then we played with very similar attributes – let’s just hope that it doesn’t end in tears like that year!
The Crows never had a chance on Sunday. We had ball winners across every line and the commentators seemed to only have interest late in the game on a) can we keep our winning quarter streak alive and b) can we win by 100 points. Well we did achieve the first but heh, I will take a 91 point win every week.
Brayshaw is becoming the star we all hoped he would be and had his best game with 37 touches, Hogan bagged a lazy 5, Lever dominated against his old club, Jones set the tone early in the game, Viney and Oliver had plenty of it with 35 and 31 disposals respectively, Gawn towelled up everything the Crows through at him, Smith played his best game of his short career….look I could name every player! It’s been a great 5 weeks to support the Melbourne Football Club.
But it is only 5 weeks and there is a long way to go in the season. Ecstasy has turned into agony in an instant all too often for us supporters but it won’t be this week. Up against the Dogs on Saturday it is easy to forget they won the flag 2 years ago and they play very well under the roof at Etihad. Ecstasy will, however, continue for another week. We will win this and I am confident that we will extend our streak of winning quarters. There is absolutely no reason why we can’t!
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