Just doesn’t feel like GF week to me.
Understand your feeling TT, so I decided to turn it around...
Grabbed my oldest son, and headed to Punt Rd....
Stood outside the Superstore and looked into the ground, no one in sight, store closed, gates locked.... closed our eyes and imagined the open training session, opened our eyes and suddenly people were walking past fully decked out in Tiger gear.
There was a hand written note to the team attached to the fence that was just beautiful.....
Walked up to the members entrance to the G, and imagined how packed it would be due to the GF parade....then walked over to where the stage would have normally been, and once again closed our eyes and thought of images from 17 and 19. Opened our eyes and realised that there were many people around, having brunch, families with kids kicking footies, and people like us, just soaking it up......almost ALL were decked out in Tiger attire.......
Went back to the car, drove down Bridge Rd ..shops with Tiger posters, cafes selling coffee with balloons with people waiting in the street....all in Tiger colours.....
Drove down Lennox St.....The mighty London Tavern.....open!....selling from a side window, coffee, toasties etc.....decked out in Tiger stuff. News reporters were there interviewing the owner, taking shots of the pub etc... (Should be on Ch7 news tonight)....Did something that I’ve never done before...ordered a coffee from the London....this truly is a different year...
Continued up Swan St....many people in yellow and black, many shops decorated in Tiger theme, the shops that were open had people out the front in Tiger stuff .....many houses in the backstreets have streamers, flags, balloons, and posters....
The vibe was returning.....its been different this year as we all know.....but there was a sense of extreme support and passion just brewing below the surface.......building, bubbling.....
Forget Ablett, forget Dangerfield, forget the Geelong love......there is a force growing in strength and size...we have been locked down, but we have not been locked out!
Those few hours spent in Tigerland this morning have re ignited the missing aura of the GF build up...I’m now right back on track..am becoming absorbed in what will be arguably the greatest GF victory of all time!!
Go the MigntyTigers!!