Having got back from Brisbane this morning and sleeping most of the afternoon (I left Melb at 6.00am yesterday and Bris at 8.00am today). I will offer some interesting observations about a very interesting game I went to at a very interesting place called the Gabba.
Let me see..
Getting to the Gabba - my hotel is in the centre of Bris - as part of the package TIgerland Travel don't give you trasnfers to the game - they expect you to walk. They tell me it will take about 15 minutes. Schucks in reality the hotel tell me it will only take me 45 to 50 minutes - interesting.
I grab a cab to get to the game instead. I say to the Gabba please the cabbie says "how do I get there?". I say your the cab driver - in a word interesting.
I get to the ground I have a pre-purchased ticket with no bar-code. They don't have bar-code readers at the gates. They have people looking at each ticket and ripping the butt off them. Archaic - but interesting.
The Umpiring: it was interesting
The phones in the RFC coaches box not working: interesting.
The bloke sitting in front of me who with his clear and concise use of the terms dud, you are weak, and of course you should be sacked(primarily directed to Leon Cameron, Richo, Bowden and Danny Frawley at the breaks) had me wondering whether it was Diggles, Laff, Harry or FUD. Was it ??? Interesting
Game highlights:
Dragga's comeback - sensational. thought he was terrific the way he went in hard. Not worrying about his knees.
Dutchy - clear lacking match fitness (AFL level) and at times couldn't keep pace with the game. He always looks slow to me but he looked really slow at times last night. But hopefully the run will do him the world of good
Richo - as I have said I haven't seen the replay and I doubt whether it showed up on TV but his captaining effort this time round was a lot better than against Carlton. He was talking and encouraging - good sign I thought.
Let me see..
Getting to the Gabba - my hotel is in the centre of Bris - as part of the package TIgerland Travel don't give you trasnfers to the game - they expect you to walk. They tell me it will take about 15 minutes. Schucks in reality the hotel tell me it will only take me 45 to 50 minutes - interesting.
I grab a cab to get to the game instead. I say to the Gabba please the cabbie says "how do I get there?". I say your the cab driver - in a word interesting.
I get to the ground I have a pre-purchased ticket with no bar-code. They don't have bar-code readers at the gates. They have people looking at each ticket and ripping the butt off them. Archaic - but interesting.
The Umpiring: it was interesting
The phones in the RFC coaches box not working: interesting.
The bloke sitting in front of me who with his clear and concise use of the terms dud, you are weak, and of course you should be sacked(primarily directed to Leon Cameron, Richo, Bowden and Danny Frawley at the breaks) had me wondering whether it was Diggles, Laff, Harry or FUD. Was it ??? Interesting
Game highlights:
Dragga's comeback - sensational. thought he was terrific the way he went in hard. Not worrying about his knees.
Dutchy - clear lacking match fitness (AFL level) and at times couldn't keep pace with the game. He always looks slow to me but he looked really slow at times last night. But hopefully the run will do him the world of good
Richo - as I have said I haven't seen the replay and I doubt whether it showed up on TV but his captaining effort this time round was a lot better than against Carlton. He was talking and encouraging - good sign I thought.
