The margin was only 5 points out.
Licuria didn't exactly get king-hit, but he was right in the thick of it and copped his usual buffeting. Great game, Lica.
Molloy was pretty ineffective, I thought.
Tarrant took plenty of marks ... but obviously the "screamer" of the day went to Leon Davis.
Bucks got plenty of possessions. Gee, wasn't that a clever prediction
How did I work that one out?And Lonie did, in fact, play like a veteran, apart from a stuff-up or two.
McKee, of course, didn't play. So, I was wrong there.
We did see a fair bit of grass thrown up in the air. But not a lot of it was thrown up by Lloyd. I think Caracella has got a similar ritual. It's bloody annoying whoever does it.
And I was spot-on about the "polite applause". Can you believe those Essendon supporters. There were as many Essendon fans at that game as there were Australians killed in World War One. And yet they barely gave a yelp all day. I was watching them whenever Essendon got a goal. And I could see a few flags being waved. But then I could also see lots of people in red and black just sitting there doing nothing. I think they're bored with winning. Seriously.
And yes, there was certainly a period in the game when it looked like we would win. And it went for a lot longer than 5 minutes, I might add.
But, as I predicted, we were close ... but no cigar.
And we're all going around talking about how good we're going to be one day.
What a tipster! What an expert!
**floreat pica**