The old guy with the Sprite bottle in front of him is actually why I support Carlton.
My family were all Essendon but my Uncle had thousands of old football cards and said I could pick one. I picked a Mark Maclure card.
I'm so old I got to watch several GF wins with Maclure playing.
I'd have been fine if we lost tonight as this is all about building up finals experience for the next few seasons so this has been invaluable in a learning sense.
Gotta put it in perspective from where we came from on the ladder to get to this point.
I think we're almost cooked in the...
Collingwood's come from behind wins were down to teams getting a lead and trying to protect it rather than keep attacking.
That's when Collingwood work best, forcing the turnovers as the opposition start to rush possession and moving it quickly forward.
Calton just applied pressure for the...
Night tonight they didn't!
Near 87,000 crowd on a Friday night and the atmosphere and crowd noise was crazy loud from start to finish.
No other fixture in the AFL matches this one when both teams are up and about in finals contention.