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Tuesday, February 22, 2005 It's Back!Football, that is. To bleating comments like "it's only practice games" or "it's mickey mouse football" (all from supporters of losing sides, naturally - notably Brisbane, Geelong and the Adelaide Crows). It's like a religion to many, so probably an OK topic for here. It certainly has its spiritual dimension (agreed, Gary?).The mighty Dees had a good win - and we were brave (or foolhardy?) to make the prediction before Saturday's belting of Brisbane that Melbourne would win on the first and very last weekends of the football season. Half way there! And for any o/s readers who don't understand why Australian Rules is the greatest game on God's earth, a quote from David Rath, "lateral football thinker" (Einstein of football?) gives a hint. On why football is fundamentally chaotic, unlike baseball or soccer or gridiron - "Baseball has far fewer crucial performance variables and therefore is more easily broken down, whereas football is not. The fact that we can move the ball so quickly and randomly in football, and that there is tackling and an uncertain bounce means you can have a game style, but you have to have room to be creative within that style". So there. And we just thought it was watching 22 superbly fit athletes running and kicking and catching and tackling, solidly for 120 minutes - and for spectators after 2½ hours of being totally involved and emotionally drained, whatever worries of life one took into the game, by game's end - win, lose or draw, all is forgotten in the perspective of your team's fortunes on the day. Excellent therapy! # posted by geoff @ 12:02 pm 0 comments
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