AFL – REVIEW OF MY PREVIEW

I am not one to usually blow my own trumpet….. but, what the heck!!!  My preview of the Grand Final was just about spot on, well okay it was spot on – even down to the exact margin.  It was a great grand final, but in the end Geelong kept the intensity, whilst the Collingwood players who had missed a lot of football went missing.  Reid, Maxwell, Shaw, Dawes, and Thomas went in underdone and in the end they paid for it in the ultimate way.  Leon Davis has had an awesome year, but yet again went missing when it mattered the most.  On the other hand the likes of Selwood, Bartel, Ling and Johnson further enhanced their golden reputations, whilst Tom Hawkins repaid the club for the enormous faith they had shown in him – a faith perhaps he even doubted was warranted.  Can the Cats keep going in 2012, or will it finally catch up on the aging list?  What about the Magpies?  Can the disappointment be the spur for another tilt at the prize?  No doubt 2012 will be another season of surprises and changes.  I will preview how things may turn out shortly, after trade week, when we know a bit more about how the sides will look for next year.  2011 was a terrific year, and the Geelong Football Club are deserved champions.

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