ANZAC Day is arguably the most significant day on the Australian calendar. As a nation we hold it dear as it fills a lot of us with emotion and is a great reminder of perspective in our lives. It’s significance with time grows stronger I believe. We should never forget the sacrifices of the past that allow us to live the way we do today. That should never, ever be taken for granted.
I myself have nutted out a pretty good routine for the day. Get up early regardless of the weather, make my way on down to the Dawn Service to pay my respects. I’m grateful. From there I head on over to my local cafe for breakfast, and then head home weary and either sleep for a bit or watch some TV (either previous ANZAC Day highlights, or something significant to the day). 12pm the radio goes on, and the footy starts. For the next 6 hours I will be consumed by it. Head to the ground early, being late to is never an option.
Having said all that, on the Football calendar is a Collingwood supporter I rate it as a parallel with a Grand Final. There are games of footy where we can walk away and say they won’t hurt us as much as others. This one holds a greater significance. We must win. Anything less is simply not good enough.
To me as a supporter irrespective of where either team sit on the ladder this game to me means everything, and it should. In my eyes we should win at just about any cost. To quote the Navy Seals ‘It pays to be winner’. The winner of the ANZAC Day game would ultimately walk away with pride, respect, and sometimes that can propel a team’s season further than before.
The first four games before this one have been nothing short of a disaster. The Richmond result was a statistical outlier, even though we won it’s still a result as we were still terrible for the most of the game.
I know the club stresses the importance of ANZAC Day to the players. Education on ANZAC Day is as important every year to all us, not just the players. It’s worth reminding the club that at least half of the 90,000 fans at the MCG on Monday will be supporting the Collingwood Football Club despite the first four weeks performances.
And now to the point of it all. To the players, coaches, and the rest of the club: If you can’t bloody well win for us, how about doing it for those that served your country, that sacrificed so much for all of us. Think of them. Think of what their struggles were. The pain, the sacrifice, and courage.
When you’re showcased in a game on the greatest ground in the country on arguably our proudest day in front of 90,000 people with the rest of the nation watching you hopefully it dawns on the players then that they’re apart of something much greater than themselves.
Go Pies!
I myself have nutted out a pretty good routine for the day. Get up early regardless of the weather, make my way on down to the Dawn Service to pay my respects. I’m grateful. From there I head on over to my local cafe for breakfast, and then head home weary and either sleep for a bit or watch some TV (either previous ANZAC Day highlights, or something significant to the day). 12pm the radio goes on, and the footy starts. For the next 6 hours I will be consumed by it. Head to the ground early, being late to is never an option.
Having said all that, on the Football calendar is a Collingwood supporter I rate it as a parallel with a Grand Final. There are games of footy where we can walk away and say they won’t hurt us as much as others. This one holds a greater significance. We must win. Anything less is simply not good enough.
To me as a supporter irrespective of where either team sit on the ladder this game to me means everything, and it should. In my eyes we should win at just about any cost. To quote the Navy Seals ‘It pays to be winner’. The winner of the ANZAC Day game would ultimately walk away with pride, respect, and sometimes that can propel a team’s season further than before.
The first four games before this one have been nothing short of a disaster. The Richmond result was a statistical outlier, even though we won it’s still a result as we were still terrible for the most of the game.
I know the club stresses the importance of ANZAC Day to the players. Education on ANZAC Day is as important every year to all us, not just the players. It’s worth reminding the club that at least half of the 90,000 fans at the MCG on Monday will be supporting the Collingwood Football Club despite the first four weeks performances.
And now to the point of it all. To the players, coaches, and the rest of the club: If you can’t bloody well win for us, how about doing it for those that served your country, that sacrificed so much for all of us. Think of them. Think of what their struggles were. The pain, the sacrifice, and courage.
When you’re showcased in a game on the greatest ground in the country on arguably our proudest day in front of 90,000 people with the rest of the nation watching you hopefully it dawns on the players then that they’re apart of something much greater than themselves.
Go Pies!
