Round 20
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Port Adelaide 14.15 (99)		Geelong 10.9 (69)

You know when you're watching some thriller on TV and the good guys are speeding away from the bad guys in their car and they're laughing and carrying on about what they're going to do next and then the car starts to splutter and the good guy driver starts looking worried and the good guy accomplice looks over at him with the same look and then the good guy driver starts muttering and the car keeps spluttering and then the good guy driver says something like "Goddamnit! We're outta gas!!" Welcome to Round 20!

Port put the POWER down in the first half with some crackerjack work in the middle thanks to Primus and Francou and just blew the margin out to 55 points. Geelong kicked the last goal of the half and I didn't really think too much of it. In fact, I was getting selfish and hoping they wouldn't kick any so that we could keep or raise percentage as it may be important depending on what happens in the last 2 rounds.

So when they kicked 3 goals (thankfully their kicking was pretty bad or it could have been much more serious for us) in the 3rd quarter, people were starting to get nervous. Jesus Christ, all that work just to piss it away? I felt that some players are being a bit too clever, clever like Schofield up forward in the 4th, trying to outfox 3 Geelong players. Doesn't happen, son. Port started to pick it up again but were playing really defensive so that when the ball came back up towards goal, Tredrea was there on his own with 5 Cats players around him. How's a forward s'posed to do his job with no backup??

So it ended in our favour. Another 4 points on the board to consolidate our top 4 position. Another win and the smell of finals in the air. Mmmmmm... aroma! 

Highlight:
1) Getting 2 SANFL Cat 1 tickets and watching the game from the members. Pretty different view from the Outer. Thanks for the tickets Mr.XXXXXXXX, whoever you are.
2) Footy Park in silence during the last post for the Vietnam Vets.

Lowlight:
1) The 3rd quarter where it looked like they forgot how to play footy.!

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