The Big one

Grandfinal night . Get used of it , it’s coming to Melbourne soon . It’s still a weird feeling to not be preparing for a bbq , reading the papers , listening to the radio and just the saturation of Grandfinal day . A totally foreign event to California . Can I line it up to anything here ? No , not even the Super Bowl is met with the same fervour and commitment that the Aussie Grandfinal brings . It might make you laugh but the closest correlation I can come up with is Halloween…… no joke . To be so quiet , so immune , so removed from this holiest of days is surreal . Even the grey , almost bleak weather feels like Melbourne . Tonight will be quiet , i’l watch the scores and I don’t really care who wins , as long as it’s not Collingwood . It feels different to last year ; I woke up with an overwhelming gut feel that Richmond would win . It’s funny , when you’re removed from the noise things can become clear . Tonight ..,… I don’t know ? I’l say Collingwood because they’re midfield is better and they’ve got more grunt , but ………… not sure. So sing along with me. ” We’re Eagles and we’re flying highhhhhh !!!!