The frenetic push for AFL finals spots hit fever pitch on Saturday. Collingwood came from the clouds to beat Brisbane and, remarkably, keep their flag defence alive. Geelong might have sabotaged their top four spot by slipping up against the Saints.
CATS HAD IT ALL TO PLAY FOR. A win at Marvel would have sewn up yet another top four finish and given them an unlikely shot at the title in this most unlikely of years. At half-time, this game was firmly in their grasp. What the hell happened? That’s something coach Chris Scott and his crew will ponder during the week, but they can’t afford to dwell on it for long. They’ve got the Eagles next week at home, a game that on paper shouldn’t trouble them.
“We’ll take confidence from that and understand the season being like it is, you can turn things around pretty quickly.The Lions will finish the weekend fifth, and their hopes of a crucial top-four finish are all but gone ahead of their final home-and-away game against Essendon at the Gabba next Saturday night.
Wilson finished with 25 disposals and two goals while playing a pivotal role in the club’s second-half smashing of the Cats. “They really stamped us down at Geelong early in round one. They were doing it a bit early . We were in there but we just weren’t composed enough. But I thought we grew into that. Hopefully, we take some valuable lessons out of it for the future.”Chris, how do you assess that, especially that second half fade out, I guess?
Were there any indications to you before half-time that could happen or the Saints just flicked the switch after the break? Before a heaving, parochial crowd of 52,459, Port trailed at the first two breaks before finally backing up their stoppage ascendancy with territory and scoreboard nourishment. Vice-captain Zak Butters was unstoppable all over the ground and several of his Power mates, belatedly, followed his inspirational lead.
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