At half-time I heard Hase being interviewed just before the third quarter bouncedown. He was saying that Freo was only a couple of games out of the eight and with the closeness of the competition it was reasonable to expect good things ahead.

He was confident just as I was confident that the team was in a winning position it was just a matter of how much we could win by; afterall percentage needed to be boosted.

I didn't want to be superstitious but a thought crossed my mind at that time: confidence is good but the points aren't in the bag yet. It came backe to bite us. Those freaking footy gods.