04-27-2024, 01:28 AM
The Age has a two-page preview of today's game, padded out slightly by a puff-piece on the the De Koning brothers' rivalry.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/came...5fm7n.html
They are billing it as the biggest Geelong- Carlton game since the 1995 grand final. And the conclusion; "If you need a prediction, it’s this: Carlton will be too strong around the ball in the end." I think that's pretty well spot on.
For good measure there's most of another page devoted to an interview with Brian Cook in an article titled, "Billionaires and business deals: The money machine delivering big benefits to the Blues."
Cook starts with, “The true uniqueness I found, in comparison [with Geelong], was just the passion of its supporter base at Carlton – its width, its depth, its tentacles where they spread.”
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/bill...5fmj9.html
The AFL must be rapt that we're back as a serious competitor.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/came...5fm7n.html
They are billing it as the biggest Geelong- Carlton game since the 1995 grand final. And the conclusion; "If you need a prediction, it’s this: Carlton will be too strong around the ball in the end." I think that's pretty well spot on.
For good measure there's most of another page devoted to an interview with Brian Cook in an article titled, "Billionaires and business deals: The money machine delivering big benefits to the Blues."
Cook starts with, “The true uniqueness I found, in comparison [with Geelong], was just the passion of its supporter base at Carlton – its width, its depth, its tentacles where they spread.”
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/bill...5fmj9.html
The AFL must be rapt that we're back as a serious competitor.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball