In his best Tony Greig voice, Billy Birmingham said “A grudge is nothing more than a place to park your car.” We respectfully disagree. Time to Restump preview podcast Saturday night’s much anticipated grudge match!
Yes Ok, there are four points on offer and we don’t want to take our eyes off the bigger picture prize…. but great meaningful entertaining long-term rivalries are built on stubbornly held grudges… so look out apron-string boy!
There’s a bit of a nostalgic old school Freo about this upcoming game. Sean Darcy making his intentions public and coach JL saying you should hand in your membership if you’re not filthy on Cez! (Well that’s what I read between JL’s lines… the inference was there!)
Prime time Saturday night, us and the Blues at similar developmental stages, both four and one, Jack Newnes is playing and Cez had the audacity to recently state he wanted to be part of building something from the ground up! We’re one win and four losses in our last five encounters and haven’t beaten them since 2018. And let’s also not forget round 3 last year when the Blues deliberately singled out, took to and viciously bullied Andy Brayshaw!
All the above plays a complimentary and respectful role, adding to the emotional and inspiring experience of the Len Hall game and the Anzac Day weekend. It promises to be one special occasion.
While we were singling the Blues over the losses of Angus Young and Tracey Chapman, it isn’t music to our ears! Their absence will seriously hurt us against Carlton’s powerful forward line. But Griffin Logue’s inclusion down back and a returning Sargent Schultz putting anything in blue under pressure up forward, has somewhat changed our tune.
Is Carlton’s naming of Paddy Crips a ruse? One week for a hamstring? Are the Blue baggers playing funny blue buggers?
We’re buzzing with anticipation and just can’t sit still waiting for this game to come around! Plenty more to go over though, matchups, selection chatter, coaches covid, Lobby, Sonny and Alex Pearce. We touch on the umpiring debacle without animated arm and hand movements and then we round it out with a listener’s question in the juggernaut that is the “Ask Jojo” segment.
So, pick up your plugs, put em in your ports and piers, press play on this hour of purple poppycock and join us potting that punk who pinched our pesos, played us and pi55ed off!
(You have to ask the question... how much nonsense can two people come up with!)
Whatever the case…. We can’t wait for Saturday night. Get in Freo!
