I had a good day out, my first time at the stadium.
As soon as Walters was gone I thought we were toast. One down and one of our best at that, and the forward line totally compromised. So to actually be within reach of a visibly tiring Toast late in the 4th was surprising.
I went with an Irish mate who's been here 7 years and has got right on board, he's memorised stats about some of the rookies, fercryinoutloud... guys actually still on the rookie list. It's good to go with someone like that, enthusiastic and well informed but experienced enough in all sports to not get too dragged into emotion fuelled rubbish about the game. He agreed the umpires were corrupt.
As disappointing as it is to lose to that mob, I'm still reasonably content with where Freo are at... saw some familiar bad habits during the game but one down and chasing, I guess pressure does that.
I was surprised to see us beaten through the middle after assuring the Man from Cork that was where we had the advantage.
Surprised. It's a euphemism.
