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Sitting in the crowd after the Kangaroos game, it was party time, we were just having fun at the footy game, there had been no tension in the game or the build up, we were clearly smashing them from early on, at the end I think the wave was going around the ground. Contrast that with '04 - every step of the way through the finals there was pressure and complete focus on getting to a GF, at the end of the Saints game it was absolute relief more than anything. The vibe in the crowd after the Kangaroos game was "well that was fun.........sh*t we're in a Grand Final". It was shock/surprise, it seemed to have just snuck up on us all, and I reckon that was the same for the whole club. I don't think anyone, coaches, players etc. had started to prepare mentally for it at all, and I think Choco just went with, god knows how we got here, but let's just have fun.Bullish is one thing, cocky is another.
Choco was strutting around all week, opening up training sessions for fans and media to go nuts. The whole week was treated like a footy carnival. Training was like fun and games. Meanwhile Geelong quietly knuckled down, quietly got on with business, and took it seriously, something they were pilloried for during the week by the press. "Loosen up a bit Geelong. Be more like Port".
This week feels much more like quiet confidence to me.