I am sure the Nth/Sth ends will be able to make a new chant with “piss-ant town” for Adelaide’s next visit although I can’t see that being this year.

Great move by Merrick to start with Carlos and try kill the game off early though not even the most hopeful supporter could have imagined a 3:0 halftime scoreline and Carlo’s impact. It’s almost certain we will loose him next year so I hope Gary Cole has more scouts out and about; Fred – Carlos – ?????

As for the Grand Final, I think we will need to do even better than recent weeks. Recall the last game of the year against Wellington – a frustrating affair only really put to bed in the 89th minute with Archie’s goal. Prior to that the fans were getting agitated by our the lack of spark.

Despite winning the first leg of the finals 2:0 we were killed for time in possession but not hurt on the scoreboard because of Adelaide’s lack of ideas going forward. Even on Sat we had less possession in a 4:0 rout and there were many periods of minutes where we didn’t touch the ball. Thankfully when we had the ball in the past two matches we were in great touch going forward and the best attacking line in the business did their job splendidly. But let’s be honest, at the moment beating Adelaide is like beating your little brother – a bit meaningless – bring on the real challengers.

When we come up against Roar in the final (and I hope we do) it will be another matter altogether and we will need to lift the intensity and momentum that we have had over the past few weeks. I am confident that we can do it but the boys will need to be on their game.