Loosing to Collingwood

Voss+Brown+Lions+Gabba V a pie

Should only equal ONE thing. But alas, tonight, it did not.

Why? (Monday expert mode ON)

• Rain, why did it rain? It was suppose to be fine, it was fine all day, I even left my raincoat on the kitchen bench this morning on purpose. No, that didn't have any effect on the result, it made play sloppy in places, but equally for both teams, it just effected my coffee drinking and soaked my backpack. And, Alice, I had to get my own coffee! Beers elsewhere were to be had as usual.
  
• The ascendency the Lions had in the first quarter was not capitalised on - it should have been about a 7 goal lead, but was only a few goals in it, even with a bonus 50m free and goal after the siren
  
• The second quarter was good, and was a case of holding lead, but ended on the siren with a pies goal, bring it back to a small margin.
• The third quarter - the premiership quarter, was when the Lions should have let them have it, but a wobbly (straight) goal to the wobbles inside a minute of the second half, and another, put them in the lead. The third quarter really was two teams trying to power their way through, and they nullified each other mostly. With only one more goal kicked in that quarter by the Lions, giving them the slender lead at 3/4 time.
• Sherman? He was off tonight. Coaching was on, maybe even to the point of Voss being out-coached by Malthouse. The matchups on key players were perfect, Bradshaw was kept out, and everyone else (was anyone else there?) including Brown with the usual focus of the best defenders.
• Charman got broken badly in a tackle - it didn't look good. I think both his legs are broken, well maybe not, but close to it.
  
• The forth quarter was all about the Paul Medhurst and Leon Davis show, with sloppy Lions disposal for entertainment.
• The sealer being an errant handpass when the Lions looked ready to pounce, letting through a woods goal, and that was about it.
• There wasn't too much more of a threat left in the Lions, although we all hoped for a couple of quick miracle goals to bring them back in, it wasn't to be.
• The Siren sounding, seemingly prematurely to end the match, which really was won by the better team on the night.

And one of the worst things about it was a rouge crollingwood supporter sitting next to me - being happy of all things - in such a non-happy occasion.

It was a good game though, my voice is gone, that means it was exciting.

..."Got a black magic woomeennn..."

Yes, it is gone.