2010 wafl grand final

ok, it's been a few days now so i guess it's time to speak of the devastating disappointment of sunday's grand final loss to the inbred hillbillies. a one point loss always throws up "what if's". what if the best full forward in the league had not torn his hamstring? what if the most courageous captain in the competition hadn't had his jaw shattered in a gutless behind the play attack? could either of these players have made that one point difference? the past two meetings between these sides would suggest that it would have tipped the balance in our favour but ultimately it's irrelevant as the history books will show that swans were the better side on the day and ended up 2010 premiers.

nonetheless, i remain so proud of all my boys have achieved this year. this time last year we'd finished second bottom on the ladder and narrowly missed the wooden spoon. still, i was optimistic that we'd challenge for a spot in the top four as i thought we had some good young players and we'd appointed simon mcphee as coach. as it turned out, we did so much more than just make the top four. we dominated the competition and only lost two games for the season. sadly our third loss was in the only game that really matters.

so, onto the grand final. it clearly wasn't our best game for the year and there were some boys who will be a bit embarrassed by their performance but there were also some pretty good performances. rory walton played a ripper, as did brandon franz. 'franger' had a tough time early but ended up dominating ashley 'the big albino' hansen. schammer and blackwell both played good games through the midfield and crawford was a good target up forward. i thought 'ninja' looked a bit overawed early on but got better as the game went. ian richardson never gives in and tried hard all match. i've probably left some out as it's been a few days but they're the fellas who stick in my mind.

so this year was a great success in jumping from second last to minor premiers and next year promises even more. i can't wait.