
Touch Of The Fumbles: Schadenfreude
First of all, I would like to issue a sincere apology to the Port Adelaide Football Club.
First of all, I would like to issue a sincere apology to the Port Adelaide Football Club.
Our Fumbles correspondent returns to ponder the scant consolations of the Crows’ worst ever year (hint: they have a bit to do with Port Adelaide and Patrick Dangerfield).
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A few days ago a daily newspaper published its own open letter to AFL boss Gillon McLachlan to put the case for Adelaide Oval to host the 2020 AFL Grand Final. Well, allow our Fumbles correspondent to retort.
Amid the jubilation, there were some wry smiles and sighs of relief after the West Coast Eagles dug deep, drawing on their “head, heart and gut” to recover from a disastrous start and beat Collingwood by five points in an epic AFL grand final.
West Coast coach Adam Simpson has stopped short of guaranteeing defensive linchpin Jeremy McGovern will play against Collingwood in Saturday’s AFL grand final.
South Australia’s Sports Minister says he is “extremely disappointed” the AFL has signed a deal with the Victorian Government to keep the grand final at the MCG until at least 2057.