Lucky To Even Get Close
St Kilda 15.6 (96) def
Sydney 13.10 (88)
This was the first game of the season. Therefore it had all the necessary excitement of a brand new season with fresh hope and new players. I was in attendance happy that the footy was back and to be seated with a good friend at the best stadium in Sydney.
We arrived a tad late to discover Sydney had scored the first two goals. Then through some skill errors and poor checking gifted St Kilda the next five. Some blatant umpiring inconsistencies didn’t assist matter.
That turned out to be the constant theme of the game – close margin, not quite good enough, our own worst enemy with skill errors at crucial moments, not forgetting the umpiring inconsistencies.
Could be typical of our season. One where we find that we tend to lose those close games such as this one against St Kilda.
That being said, this season definitely does have an air of 2003 about it. If you don’t know the significance then check out what happened in 2005.
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1 comment:
Right with you there mate, gee Riewoldt gets looked after doesn't he. If it was Hall or Goodes that had have been charged in the back like Riewoldt was, no free kick - but the AFL's golden boy. If the umpires had have paid one less stupid free to Saints and one that was actually there to the Swans, we would have won!
Tim
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