Ohhhh those Bombers, they almost had the upset of the year upon them. Those Giants they were kicking away for a while and I was beginning to think that I should have picked them cos I thought the Bombers were in danger of the unthinkable becoming reality! I think that is why I shared my story on the Swan's victory over the top team Demons all those years ago. As mother used to say, paraphrasing using my terms, there is no such creature as a "certain victory". Prior to each match every team has a chance to win regardless of relative positions on the ladder, even in top versus bottom matches!! However the Bombers to their credit did hit their straps when it really mattered, in the final term, to score a reasonable win in the end.
My wonderful Maggies!!!!! What an awesome team. I knew I was doing the right thing in picking them, my faith in them was vindicated, they didn't let me down. It was pretty tight for a bit but in the end the Saints just couldn't match the talents of the black and whites even in spite of the significant team changes!!
North Melbourne went and spoiled my party. The Port Power ALMOST pulled off a win, I really did think they had a good chance, but at the end of the day they let the Kangaroos get too far ahead and left the final quarter run a wee bit too late, just 10 points being the difference between a perfect round thus far and a blemish to my round.
It looked as though for a while that Richmond was going to inflict my 2nd point loss, but most fortunately the Cats hit their straps in the 2nd half for a comfortable win in the end. The Crows were the other team that placed my tipping results in danger but once again the Hawks did enough to ensure a victory. The Suns were spirited but the Dockers were never really in danger.
So now with a 5-1 result so far the bookies have all three matches tomorrow at short odds. While the Swans and the Blues are expected to win in their respective matches, I am not so sure about those Weavils, I still think that they are over-rated. I did pick them and for two reasons, the match is at Patterson's, and they do have a number of significant players coming back in from injuries. However I do consider this the danger game, the match that could spoil my perfect Sunday round. All I can say is the Weavils had better win or I will send them hexes!! haha!! I should get two more points, hopefully all three.
With three matches tomorrow that most reckons to be almost certainties I share another story about upset wins, this time from the opposite viewpoint. After Perth Demon's successes in the late 1970s it was soon their turn to experience life in the cellar while Swan Districts amazingly rose to the top and winning premierships in the 1980s. South Fremantle Bulldogs were also enjoying success being 2nd only to the Swans. The Bulldogs are Debra's team. I think it was 1981 or so when Debra spent the year in Sydney courtesy of Andrew's job, and being the Rugby League capital of Australia, the coverage of Australian Rules were very limited. There was no internet, no emails, no websites, no Sydney Swans (lol), not even cell phones. Sydney media did give the VFL some scant attention but virtually none of the WAFL. So Debra depended on ME to post her by snail mail the football results from this side of the universe. Life was simpler back then, the matches were all played on Saturday afternoon, so full match reports were all in the Sunday paper, so I could cut them out and send them in the mail by the following Monday and I think it arrived by Wednesday.
Sooner or later the time came for Demons versus Bulldogs. Remember by then the Demons were in 8th spot in the 8-team competition while the Bulldogs were at least 2nd spot if not the top spot, it was a bit of a tussle between the Bulldogs and Swans. Whatever the Bulldogs were expected to win, but this time I did have the radio on, and I was shocked but delighted that the Demons were streaking way ahead of the Bulldogs, I think about 10 or more goals in front by half time. After the half time break the Bulldogs did fight back and almost did the same trick as the Bombers this afternoon!!! But it wasn't to be. The Demons managed to hold on for dear life managing to win by a couple of goals. But the margin didn't matter!! What did matter was the Demons DID WIN!!!!! And they beat the Bulldogs!!!! And I was so looking forward to rubbing it into my elder sister!!! I think I even wrote the letter in black and red ink to signify the team colors of the Demons!!! Oooooohhhh yes I had so much fun then!!!! Poor ole Debra really copped it a lot!!!! It was my moment of glory in an otherwise bleak season!!!! I was hoping they would beat East Fremantle the following week, that was Andrew's team, but it wasn't to be..... I was brought back to reality as I posted off a short and not-so-sweet letter the following week with tails between my legs.......
Anyway I get back into my Tardis and back to present time..... and I hope no upsets in the three matches tomorrow, and for the Weavils not to let me down otherwise I will feed them to the piranhas!! haha!!
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